Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-27

| slowed his friendship only ON pretty
women, Tho things that he does i'm
slst on are wit hnd viyacity. lie cares
| nothing fol Wncn who cannot "friyol'
a bit Fominite bme-stockIngs he alb
hors. He mF publicly applaud WOO
men with missions who make a success
of them, but II private they bore him
| He seeks socity for pleasure rClaXl-
ton and-bmdi not for serious dis.
cusson. ne SITS enough Of that when
attending to.hii business as "a king,
BITTERNEB AND JEALOUSY.
That among to Kings friends there
should be 80 uhny American women
has given rise 30 no littc bitterness
| and Jealousy I'm ,istocratic circles Hut
| these daughtcrslof the United states
owe their dlstlltion entirely TO the
| fact that as q tulp they are bright,
| tactful, attractit, and good takers,
| and esteem thoii hIrthHght too highly
| 10 be llustorcd blythe attentions OF roy
| atty, They are 100 well known on the
other side To- rctl moro than gass-
| INK mention of stno of them here.
Consuelo DuchEs OF Manchester. the
doWager duchossl has for many years
been regarded byl ho king as one of hts
staunchest friendL which is proof that
~ such matters L. is not uckle, She
Is getting on I'm llc. but Is sim "A bril-
liant woman and retains much of
the youthful beauty which Bs
Miss Yznaga made her famous
IN America. Hell name oftener than
that OF many younger women appears
among the list u guests at big house
parties gathered " entertain the king.
That other Consblo, the Duchess Of
Marlborough, has pften played the hos
tess Of the king, dough she ia generally
regarded as one n the queens special
friends rather thai his maicstys Tho
reigning Duchess lof Manchester for
merly Miss HeleU Zimmerman Of Cin-
CnnatL though slc cannot be classcd
among his close friends, is distinctly
persona grata' with the king She
should have had tie honor of entertain
ing both the king and queen at Kyle
more castle had he place been ready
for occupancy on the occasion of the
royal visit TO lreltnd.
ONLY ANOTHER INSTANCE.
Mrs. CORVALLIS West, formerly Lady
Randolph Churchill and before that
Miss Jerome of New York, is another
instance of the Nng's loyalty 10 his old
friends though since she took unto her.
self second husband 40 much younger
than herself she has not been so often
seen at the country houses which he
visits. When at Cowes a few years
ago an accident to his knee kept him
virtually q prisoner for several days
on his yacht, Lady Randolph Churchill
was most conspicuous among the guests
whom he selected TO help him while
away the tedious hours of his cap
tivity. Lady Curzon for time was
not In the kings good books because of
the reports sent home from India that
she gave herself more airs than We're
Justified even by her rank as the wife
Of the viceroy, but since her return
she has been fully restored TO the royal
favor as was evidenced by the fact that
the king stood sponsor at the christen-
ing OF her youngest baby.
SOME ENGLISH FRIENDS.
Among Englishwomen who figure
prominently as friends Of she king the
most conspicuous, and for many rea-
sons the most interesting, is Mrs.
George keppel. With far more justi-
fication than IN the case OF CavendIsh-
Bentinck might the phrase nobody
in particular" he applied to MIR. Keppe
He has "A business billet of some sort
with Sir Thomas Upton who makes
things as easy as he can for him and
always allows him holiday when his
wife is helping TO entertain the king.
Mrs. Keppel is generally considered the