The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-26
lON0oN'S SUMMER NJ
SEASON IS ENDED
Metropolis /. Deserted by the
Society Folk Who Make
the Big Doings.
auELic DANCES 6

= Has Largely Taken tho Place Of the
Private sall-charity the Special
Fad Of London Soeisty-
Gossip of the Town.
Copyright. 1904. by ". r. Hearst.)
London special: London is empty.
The sunmer of 1904 is dead. Wander
Ing through the streets and squares Of
the. west end, we confront an endless
succession of barred and bolted doors
with staring white blinds and dust COW
cred entrance halls. Society has down
to the four corners OF Europe. there to
remain until the fogs and bleak winds
OF November shall W. settled down
Apon England. and Christmas Is In
sight. OF the Americans who play an
accustomed part In the social tread
mill of the season, scarcely one re-
mains in town. Those who still claim
a domicile In America are on their way
home or preparing to sail for New York.
OF those whose homes are permanently
in London, the Roxburghes are snugly
%ensconced at Floors cattle. where the
dowager empress will shortly join
them. The Malboroughs. having kept
their home in town closed during the
season, have retreated to Blenheim and
will presently make their way to Mar
ienbad. there to Join the little coterie
of courtiers around the king. Mrs.
Ronalds and her daughter. Mrs. Richie,
are at Eastburne, and toward the end
OF August will go on to Biarritz. Mrs
Adair Is in Scotland. Lord and Lady
Bateman. honeymooning in Carlsbad
and later in Paris, will go on to their
home In Shobbon hall, Herefordshire.
Mr. Mackay will go on to Hamburg
mr. YHYNArnn arA NO hnna uyOrf f0 min
ter in Nice. Lord and Lady Cheyles-
more, Mr.. and Mrs. Rupert Beckett,
Lady Naylor Leland, the countess of
Essex, and Mrs. Frank Avery will wan
der through the continental spas. Mrs.
Frank Mackay, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross VIM
ans and Mr.. and Mrs. Newhouse will go
back, like the vanderbilts, to the Uni
ted States. Mrs. Jack Leslie will be
wherever the duke and duchess Of Con-
naught go, and the destination Of this
amiable royal couple has not yet beer
settled.
Pus!io w. Private Dancing,
One of h marked and most inter-
sesting features Of h seaso lay in the
almost complete abandonment of the
private dance in favor of the public
ball. Thus is Illustrated the growth OF
the democratic spirit in the British
aristocracy. For ten years the society
woman OF exalted position would have
frozen with horror at the bare thought
OF an appearance at a promiscous as
Semblage. The stately and elaborate
balls, which years & lent beauty,
tone and distinctiveness to a London
season, have been almost entirely abb
sent. Those who would seek an ex-
PLANTATION need not travel far to find
one. The woma whose great inherited
wealth renders her impervious to the
influences exerted by the wealthy par
venu, be he of New York, Chicago or
South Africa, fatty refuses to entertain
or to recognize people, who in these
days could scarcely be excluded from
any great social gathering, and they
~absentation. Many OF h great
houses-Grosvenor, Dorchester, Chel-
sea and Bridgewater-have been closed
from April to August. The great lady,
.defying the spirit OF the age, simply
and sternly refuses to be affronted by
-duchesses of Norfolk, Roxburbh, Man
n Marlborough have not as
yet taken their places among leading
-hostesses. Lady Rothschild has spent
the summer in the country. Stafford
Mouse. famous for its hospitality in the
chief seat Of public entertainment. The
close OF the season saw the warm
hearted duchess OF Sutherland over
whelmed by a storm Of applications
from all and every kind Of charity for
the use Of Stafford house in the coming
year.
Imposition on Artists.
One of the most gratifying signs of
THE times is In the revolt Of those in
high places against the imposition on
artists through the constant repetition
of the charity affairs. wherein sing
ing and other performances are de-
nanded by greedy and selfish women
Sutherland is the first to take a firm
stand on behalf of the oppressed, and
her. example has been followed by the
duchess OF Somerset. In the future
those ladies will withhold the use Of
their houses for charity concerts unless
engaged are to receive adequate re-
enumeration for their services.
Reference to Stafford house recalls
She memory Of a pretty compliment
paid tosthe then duchess Of Sutherland
by Queen Victoria, who was decidedly
sparing n compliments. 7 come"
said the queen. from my house to your
palace" And a palace indeed 1t is.
The construction as a royal residence
was n of the many extravagances
associated with the malodorous career
of George W., then prince OF Wales.
Then it was that the prince regent,
areaking under a mountain OF debris.
entreated the then marquis of Stafford
to take the building Off his hands and
finish 1T. To this gentleman, after
ward first duke of Sutherland, and his
successor, the second duke, the COM
pleticn of the building was left. One
stately reception room to the left of
the great hall is never opened save
when royalty visits the duke, or when
~ bride of the house goes out nto a
new life" 1t is a sacred law of the
family hat the whole building, save
for the private apartments. shall be
free to art and science, to philanthro-
ny, and to the political purposes Of the
conservative party" Grisi, Moment,
Malibren, Chaplin, Rubinstein, Arabella
Goddard, Lablanche, Albani, Tietjens,
DE Murden, made melody within its
walls: Shaftesbury e%loquently pleaded
the cause of the white slave of the Lon
don slutns; Lloyd Garrison. the cause
of the black slave of the plantation. Mis-
sio1,aries. reformers, princes. poten-
tates the world over have been among
those to whom Stafford house has ten
1sered welcome. Its art treasures nc
less than its historic associations are
almost with out parallel among other
private dwellings contemporary with
Itself,
Charity as a Fad.
Never In the history OF nations has
charity in all forms been SO popular as
in the reign of King Edward VII. II