The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-08-25
l0NDON'S SUMNER ~
SEASON IS ENDED
Metropolis Is Deserted by the
Society Folk Who Make
the Big Doings.
oGE!.!~: DANCES VOGUE
< Has Largely Taken the Place of the
Private BaIl--Charity the Special
Fad of London Society
Gossip of the Town.


London special: London is empty
The summer of 1904 is dead. Wander
ing through the streets and squares o.
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 fowr
to the four corners of Europe. there to
remain until the fogs and bleak winds
of November shall have settled down
hpon 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
nome or preparing to sail for New York.
Or those whose homes are permanently
in London, the R~oXburghes are snugly
e~nsconced at Floors castle, where the
dowager empress will shortly join
them. The Malboroughs, having kept
their home in toWn closed during the
season, have retreated to Blenhelm n
Will presently make their way to Mar
ienbad' there to join the little coterie
of courtlers 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.
Mrs. Mackay will go on to Hamburg
and Lucerne, and, as her wont is, win
ter in Nice. Lord and Lady Cheyles-
more. Mr.. and Mrs. Rupert Beckett,
Lady Naylor Leland, the countess of
Essex, n Mrs. Frank Avery Will wan
der through the continental spas. Mrs.
rank Mackay, Mr.. n 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 been
settled.
Public VS.. Private Dancing.
One OF the marked and most inter-
esting features Of the season 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 Dare thought
or an appearance at a pronliscous as
semblage. The stately and elaborate
balls, which years g lent beauty,
tone and distinctiveness to a London
season, have been almost entirely alb
sent. Those who would seek an ex-
planat1on need not travel far to find
one The woman whose great inherited
wealth renders her impervious to the |
influences exerted by the wealthy par
yenu, 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, n they
accordingly seek refuge in a policy of
houses-Grosvenor. Dorchester, Chel-
sea and Bridgewater-have been closed
from April to August. The great lady,
defy1ng the spirit of the age, simply
and sternly refuses to be affronted by
he presence Of these vulgarians. The
iuchesses OF Norfolk, Roxburbh, Man
chester and Marlborough have not as
yet taken their places among leading
nostesSes. Lady Rothschild has spent
The summer in the country. Stafford
house amous for it's hospitality in the
cause of philanthropy, has been the
thief seat Of public entertainment. The
close OF the season saw the warm
hearted duchess of Sutherland over
by a storm of applications
rom all and every kind of charity for
use of Stafford house in the coming
year.
Imposition on Artists.
One of the most gratifying signs of
he times is in the revolt of those in
llgh places against the imposition on
artists through the constant repetition
II the charity affairs, wherein sing
ms ana other performances are de-
handed by greedy and selfish women
a gift. AS usual, the duchess of
sutherland is the first to take a firm
on behalf of the oppressed. and
Ter example has been followed by the
iuchess of Somerset. In the future
hose ladies will withhold the use of
heir houses for charity concerts unless
hey receive some proof that the artists
Engaged are to receive adequate re-
nuneration for their services.
Reference to Stafford house recalls
he memory of a pretty compliment
1aid to the then duchess of Sutherland
~ Queen Victoria, who was decidedly
'paring N compliments, Il come"
aid the queen, from my house to your
And a palace indeed it is.
The construction as a royal residence
n of the many extrayagances
,sSociated with the malodorous career
II George ", then prince OF Wales,
men 1t was that the prince regent.
breaking under a mountain OF debris
the then marquis of Stafford !
Q take the building off his hands ana
'nish it. To this gentleman, after
first duke of Sutherland, and bis
QcceSso!, the second duke, the COM ,
.letion of the building was left. One !
lately reception room to the IzC+ Of ,
ne great hail is never opened save !
'it@il royalty visits the duke, or when ,
hFioe OF The house goes out into a
-eW ME" 1t is q sacred law of the :
aiaiIy that the whole building, save ,
or the private apartments, shall be :
rec 10 art II science, to ~philanthro- :
y and 70 the political purposes of the :
Conservative party" Grisi, .NIonieni :
I&iibren, Chaplin, R~ubinstein, Arabella :
.cddard, ~Lablanche, Albani, Tietiens. d
'e MNrGen, made melody within it's +,
ais; Slaftesbury eloquantly pleaded :
ne cause Of the white slave of the Lon !,
sluns; Lloyd Garrison, the cause =
me black slave of the plantation. Mis- :
reformers, princes. poten- :
lteS the world over have peer among :
rose TO whom Stafford house has ten. y
welcome. Its art treasures no =
So than its historic associations are :,
most with out parallel among other \
ilEate dwellings, contemporary with .
self. {
Charity as a Fad. E
Never in The history Of nations has n
larity IN all forms been SO popular as 4
the reign OF King Edward VII. r. {
H2W regarded as an indispensable
1janct to the position OF every leader
women that her lame shall be iden-
ned With some scheme for the gener- n
good. The queen, with her Alex ~
trust and her children's hos- /.