Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-05
Hurried Changes in Castle Of Duke
And Duchess Of Manchester
For His Majesty,
He MUST MISS NO LUXURY.
How Carnegie's Gorgeous Baths Gre
Being Made Still More Gorgeous
American Women Starving.
Special Correspondence,

Special Correspondence.
7 ONDON, Feb. 2j.-Kylemoro Cas-.
tie. the recently acquired Irish
home Of the Duke and Duchess Of
Manchester Is competing with
Windsor Castle and Buckingham Castle
in the matter of equipment. In the ac-
counts Of the extensive alterations that
have been proceeding there for months
past, one important detail has escaped
observation. The fact that the king has
had recourse to electric light baths
since his coronation illness had been
overlooked by the duke and duchess
when the specifications Of the altera-
tons were submitted to them. When Il
became known that his majesty would
stay at Kycmore during his tour In
the west Of Ireland, and the duchess be-
coming acquainted with the fact that
Windsor and Buckingham Palace were
supplied with the electric baths from
which King Edward had received so
much benefit, she gave Instructions that
similar bath must be Installed at
Kylemore, The alterations originally
planned were nearing completion when
the new order was issued,and the build
ers had some difficulty in finding a room
that to their view could be conveniently
converted into an electric bath TO &C.
commodate such an important person.
age as the king. The duchess met the
difficulty by insisting that II her own
boadoir had 10 be sacrificed the bath
must be constructed. Luckily the late
owner Of Kylemore had the castle sup
piled with It's own electric light install.
lation, otherwise the duke and duchess
would have TO spend some thousands OF
dollars now to fit up bath for the
king.
ATTRACTED THE KING,
Nothing attracted King Edwards az.
tention SO much during his last visit TO
Sklbo castle as Mr.. Carnegies luz.
urious swimming baths, He insisted
upon having plunge and after he
had emerged he expressed a wish that
he could have a similar luxury at any
Of his own palaces, But In spite OF the
fact that the Skibo baths are acknowl-
edged to be the most luxuriously
equipped in Europe they do not satisfy
Mr., Carnegie. Since he left Cor the
United States a number Of workmen
have been oyerhauling them. giving an
additional polish to the beautiful mar
bic OF which they are constructed. A
service Of Russian and Turkish baths
Is being installed.
POOR W1LHELMINA.
From the Netherlands come renewed
reports that poor little Queen VIII
helmina Is looking sad and greatly dlf.
ferent from the radiant girl whose we'd
ding is still fresh IN the memory OF an.
1t Is true that her face is round and
chubby, but the grlishness has van.
ished, and in It's place has appeared
set expression Of forced calmness. The
sturdy phcgmatic Hollanders shake
their heads obviously when they speak
of her They will not admit that their
idolzed young sovereign can be at all
In fault. All Is set down to the score
Of the Prince Consort who is said TO be
doggcd OF temper and somewhat devoid
Of tact.
AMERICAN WOMAN's TACT
Although It is common enough for
Americans to hear Of cases Of want and
cuiferlns among the Italians who NJ to
their shores, Il Is almost unprecedented
that such a thing shord happen to m
American in Italy and in consequence,
says my Rome correspondent, the tai
lans are deeply interested in the sad
story Of woman now In detention In
Rome, Hannah Jackson Stevens, or
Stevens Jackson, Of Raleigh. n. c.,
woman about 80 years Of age. who
must once have been comcly, finding
herself without means or friends at
home, and having heard In a vague way
Of the sunny skies of Italy. and that
the people could live happily on n few
cents o day, determined to try her luck
here. No one knows how she got to
Naples and the next link I'm the story,
is when a peasant near Capuu, having
gone into the forests TO gather wood,
suddenly came upon the body Of what
he took for a dead woman. with tho
instinct Of the Italian peasant against
anything dead, he ned, but curiosity
fortunately oyercamc superstition, and
he returned 10 find out who Il was
, Her heart was sun heating 80 he car
ried her TO the village. where the good
people soon Put her to bed and had doc
tor I'm attendance, Apparently she had
been IN the wood without food for days
She WAS wasted 10 a skeleton, her sod
den clothes Clingng TO her limbs. az
there had Just been one Of the worst
storms OF the season, while her matted
hair was full Of leaves and twIgs mas
ses NJ It being between her fingers
pulled from her hair in her agony
KINDNESS OF PEASANTS.
When somewhat recovered. feeling