Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-10
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oypoN. Nov sl--Jame' Van
| Alan who Intends to become a
pr,Bsb subject, Is clearing out al
i mo furniture that remained In
..,,on Hail. his newly acquired man
an Northamptonshre. Second
Nv, furniture dealers from London
..a cunningham have been examining
~, ,,s,ytbng from pictures to tapestry
=. ibs place during the last few days.
~ was generally believed that the new
o,eup.er would retain some of the best
=, ,be furniture, but when the whole
s,a been cataloguod he gave a whole
.,ls order that the lot be cleared out
II. found that the furniture would not
,,rmonlze with the scheme Of dccora-
Nan which he means to introduce 70
g,, me hall viii be newly furnished
,,,r 0oof TO ceiling lie has expressed
slmself ready to spend half a million
,Dlors ON structural alterations alone,
ssdn Is understood In the neighbour
Nod mat there win be hardly anything
Sut the outer walls left when these all
ienilong are complete. He II consid-
,rrg number OF estimates and speci-
esstIons and IL Is not anticipated that
4, vlll be able 70 take up his porma-
Nan, residence there for another six
~ nine months. An architect from
Nav York has been exploring the man
hon for the past fortnight and II is
considered most likely that the altrra-
tons wifi be carried out under his d.
mtlons. The builders IN the neighbor-
hood Of Referring which IL the nearest
town 10 the hall. are competing keenly
ior the work because 1t is understood
mai Mr. Van Allen Is most liberal and
generous man to deal with.
AUTHORITY ON OLD LACE,
Il has just been discovered by her
friends that Mrs Spender- Clay is one
81 the best Judges OF old lace IN Eu-
Npe. The dealers have known Il Tor a
bnp time because she has frequently
exposed their impositons. Shortly
AFTER the announcement OF her engage
ment an American friend who knew Of
Miss AstoTs Partially for specimens OF
goOd old lace was enlarglng on the
beauty Of q sample which she had just
bought from a dealer. II was the lady's
Intention to present the piece Of lace %
NE bride as a wedding present. Miss
Aston without q moments hesitation,
described the sample as not lace az all
but a poor German copy OF a genuine
Irish design, The friend collapsed. She
tod Miss Aston that she had paid an
enormous price for II. Go and get
your money back" said Miss Astor: III
he dealer Is worth powder and shot he
viii not hesitate; II he is not you can
consider your money lost
Few people know how she OBJ.
tlnei her extraordinary knowl-
dg Of lace, She has paid fire..
qgtnt visits 20 Limerick. the center OF
he lace Industry IN Ireland, and has
a, for hours at a time watching the
gIr.s IN the convent schools there while
hey were at work. She has made some
n'flCale designs herself. and II she
we're mo-, a mIllionaire's daughter she
t'ld earn a handsome living as a lace
yTker While she is an expert In Irish
hei would be difficult TO deceive her
70 Spanish Maltese, Egyptian or Ar
n,nlan specimens. Her admiration for
lish lace workers has caused her to
tlTiort the industry most generously
ron time 10 time.
ACTIVE INTEREST IN CHARITIES.
Following the example OF Lady era
ven young Mrs, Bradley Martin has
Mealy commenced to take an active
llIeS, IN charitable institutions that
oeoe their efforts towards the relief
u distress among INDECENT old people.
we nos no sympathy with the English
lNIholse system by which old mar
nA couples ore separated immediate
" Wey become chargeable TO the rate.
l4'eIA 1t has been the custom IN re-
Ch' years to solicit subscriptions from
Nsalny people 10 provide some meas.
VIZ Christmas cheer for the poor IN
uN warehouses;. such 'luxures' can
p obtained only through voluntary
slplof' because the government will
uH sanction my extra expenditure that
asnI involve the general rate-pay-
w When Miss Phipps was appealed
W view weeks ago for n subscription
%WVvlae an entertainment az Christ.
s su Ior the inmates Of one of the
%S,ea poorhouses she quietly told the
,D.eolor that she would be always
~pFy 70 contribute II there was