Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-25
Former Say That Latter Stand in
Light of Young British
Debutantes
GOSSIP OF GREAT METROPOLIS.
Lady Mary Tells of the Desire to H,v.
"All London Constructed on thc
Broad American Principle
Special Correspondence.

special Correspondence.
I ONDON, June 15-Manv f,lr 49,
mas with eligible daughters ons
l. 'haperones with fair aspirants for
matrimonial honors on their hand,
have grievance for which tbo, A.
clare the young American mat,op. ,r,.
hgure SO conspcuously In fasblo,ohis
society are largely responsible Tbo.
Srecillc complaint is that debutaptos
are no longer invited to dances 90 q,
yore and that In consequence ho,.
chances Of contracting desirable nor
rldBes are greatly diminished. And ,bov
assert 1t is chiefly the brilliant and ho.
witching young American wivos In IN,
London social world who set tbo o,.
ample of closing the ballroom door.
against young unmarried English girls
ilaNlhg once taken the field they Mold
II against all new comoY. 1t is thew
VINO dance and give tho dances for
Nnl'n invitations are most eagerly
sought AS notable among these ara
mentioned Lady Essex, Lady Grey.
Eser'oih ana several others, In who's,
trains, as attendant satellites, are many
young English matrons, At their smart
terpsichorean functions Young unn,ar,
ried girls form am inconsplcuo,is mi.
nority, while their brothers. who ofto,
regard dancing as "beastly bore D." re'
cclNc more invitations than thew can
find time to accept Under sucb cir.
cumstanCes what chance. asks the I'm.
dignant British matr1n. has the demnro
little English girl just ont Of school
against the brilliancy and dash NJ tha
all-conquerIng American woman I'm so.
ciety?
STILL HOUSE HUNTING.
The Duchess Of Roxburghe Is SIN
house hunting. She Is now personally
known TO nearly every fashionable real
estate agent in London and has earned
the reputation Of being the stilfest bar.
gamer among all the American ladies'
who have found their way into the Eng.
lish peerage. "She also Is fastidious
TO the point of being almost ridiculous
said a leading agent who has some OF
the finest mansions I'm Mayfair and
Belgravia on his books. why" he
added, IF / offered her Buckingham
Palace or Marlborough House she
would find fault with them. She wants
all London constructed on the Amorl.
can principle" II is thought likely
that the duchess will settle on a house
In Cayendlsh Square az the owners NJ
mansions In the American colony m
Mayfair are opposed to any radical
changes IN the international construc.
ton of their properties especially when
they are only required for short terms.
MONEY CONSUMING WEDDINGS.
That expensive and brilliant weddings
do not always ensure the Coutinu 4
prosperity Of the young COUPLES is
trulsm that holds good from the high
est to the lowest Certainly few marrl-
ages could have been more dazzling
than that Of Lady Peggy Primrose the
daughter of the Earl of Roseberry, to
the Earl Of Crewe, yet within a few
years even these, lacking the where
withal to keep up home of their own
have returned to live with the bfldcs
father
LADY PEGGYS NUPTIALS.
Not In a generation would there be
such universal interest IN the marriage
of any one girl as that manifested in