The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-26

dustries. the countess ef Jersey with
her Stun children. the countess OF
Warwick turning women into agricul-
turtsts n the duchess OF Portland
uttng their husbands winnings on the
turf among various charities, provided
an exalted example for the world Of
women to follow.
Lady puneombs's Engagement.
To Lady Utica Duncorabe in her en-
gagement to Colonel Everard Barring,
is U the credit OF giving society its
quietus on the last day OF the season.
n it will be perhaps among the hap
piest ~recollections Of Lady Curzen Of
Kedleston that 1t was at the viceregal
mansion that this rarely beautiful
woman-one Of the four lovely daugh-
tiers OF Lady Feversham-met her hus.
band Colonel Barring. an old soldier,
and one who had seen service at At
to Lord Curzon, and is nov commander
Of the don't dance tenth h%uzzars."
The Lady Utica was among the crowd
OF lovely women at a reception at the
viceregal palace. Lady Curzon hap
pening to look around saw the elder
a light In his eyes that had never been
there before. And reckoning UP the
situation as only an American woman
could DO, h at ono led him over to
Lady Utica n introduced them to
each other. AS a brother of Lord Rev
elstroke, and a typical Barring, the COL
onel possesses the maximum Of exc
cutfve ability.
Some day there will arise a woman
to write a highly interesting work on
the marvellous old ladies of the Victori-
an era-serving in these days as relics
of a great past.
The venerable dowager duchess Of
AhprcnrI LADY NTarv L>a vpt,ho- p0u,
IN her ninetieth year; Lady Burdett-
Coutts and the late Lady Honoria Cad
are examples in point. Lady Far
quhar, born in 1914, was the daughter
of the sixth duke OF Beaufort, and Is
therefore a great aunt of the present
when Waterloo was fought and won,
and married Sir Walter Farquhar in
the year Of Queen Victoria's accession.
Every In society from the aged
queen downward, rejoiced in the dia-
mond wedding celebration OF the dia-
mond Jubilee year.
Lady Thaw.Yarmouth Cut. London.
Once more has Lady Yarmouth, once
Miss Alice Thaw, of Pittsbrug, given
evidence OF her dislike OF London by
quitting town in h last weeks OF the
season and betaking herself to Swift
zerland. Nearly all her time is spent
IN the country or on the continent, al
AAS IA SoNAA oAl SSSoSloAA0Aly
gives a concert. And at her husbands
urging, she will once more visit Amer
lea, the country, in which Of all others,
Lord Yarmouth Is the happiest.
Now that Mr.. Kruger is dead. the
eyes of the world are fixed upon the
broad, soldierly figure Of Louis Botha,
who as though by destiny steps into
his place as leader OF the Boer people.
And Louis Botha is of a different stamp
from Kruger. A scholar and histor-
thoughtful and clear-headed. and
abreast OF the age. he is in all respects
the a%ntithesis Of his predecessor. It Is
now fitting to recall his words, spoken
at the close Of the war. Peace will
last If all people will sink their individ-
ual feelings and work together for the
general good Of South Africa" Heart
lily despising Lord Miner. he gives him
an undeserved credit for good inten-
lions.
Princess, But Human.
Little Princess Mary, Of Wales. care
fully instructed by her governess that
she must never, when at dinner, ask
for a second helping Of pudding, but
must walt for an invitation, looked
with longing eyes at the sweets as they
We're taken away, but in the absence
OF any Invitation remained silent. Her
looks spoke volumes. Her dolls were
arranged by and by in a dinner party,
IA v oOoldlllllE LIE IOll Ok
hostess. and presently one of the waxen
guests was made to say in highly dis
tinct tones, II think it is very impolite
OF you not to ask me whether 1 will
take any more pudding"
In the teeth Of one of the hercest
storms that ever ragged ever the Irish
channel, Lady Cadogan Travelled from
Dublin to Manchester to give her SER
vices In connection with the sale of
Irish women's work in Dublin. Those
were the troubled days when Lord
Cadogan was viceroy of Ireland. and,
like Lord Spencer, had succeeded in
winning the love n loyalty Of the
Irish people. The address and testi-
monial In the form Of a splendid and
refined work of art presented a few
days ago to Lady Cadogan bears elo-
quent witness to the persistent graft
tude Of Irish women to this graceful
and womanly of affairs.
Lady Bateman's Honeymoon.
Lord and Lady Bateman (Mrs. H. C.
Knapp. or New York; spent the first
part of their honeymoon at Fountaine-
bleau. and from there the happy couple
took several trips to Paris. Lady Bate
man has been trying to convert her
husband to a-utomobilism. He has
" cared for motor cars, but from
all accounts it would appear that Lady
Bateman's brothers, nor any of his
nave one, So mat lnere IS every likeli-
hood of the establishment Of a garage
at the Bateman seat in Herefordshire.
1t is a strange fact hat neither Lord
Bateman's brothers, nor aryq Of his
family met Mrs. Knapp until the act
ua day Of the ceremony at st. Georges,
Hanover square, when there was a per-
feet swarm Of Hanburys.
The relatives, when they did meet
the bride, were pleased with Lady
Bateman's unaffected cordially and
chic appearance and are all Immensely
delighted with the match.
Craigie Writing Novels.
Mrs. Craigie (John Oliver Hobbes)
has given up the drama for the time
being and Is working with feverish en-
ergy over no fewer than three novels,
which are to make their appearance
in 1905. Her old friend and publisher.
Mr.. Fisher Unwin, who first published
Mrs. Craigie's great book, Some Emo
tons and a Moral" in 1891, has been
lecturing the lady in a fatherly man.
ner.
Mrs. Craigie's later works have
shown a decided leaning to epigram and
mental fireworks and nothing more, and
the public have not responded as they
should. Mrs. Craigie has, therefore.
been persuaded to return to her earlier
style and give the public moro plots