Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-27
The Notorious Crime is Now Laid
At the Door of a Swell
Automobiles
CHAfFEURS CUT BIC FIGURES.
Some Recent Domestic Tragedies In
Which They Have Been Shame
fully Prominent
,noc,al correspondence.

circles. where susceptible heiress-
es and emotional young matrons
abound the chauffeur Is fast
coming TO be regarded as more danger
o,,s 10 society than the vehicle when
he controls, despite the fact that one
naper has dubbed It the murder car
Hardly a week passes by In which he
does not figure In some tragic romance
onlv few days ago two chauffeurs
we're cited In divorce case which re-
yealed bllghted home and an honored
name besmirched. About the same time
a pretty debutante was found drowned
In a lake. A letter which she had left
EXPLAINING her reasons for committing
suicide was destroyed by her guardian
that It's contents might not be made
public. But, as Is well known among
friends Of the family she stated In this
eplstle that she had fallen in love with
the chauffeur and no longer had the
courage to face life, having discovered
that he was not only married man
with children but, after winning her
affections he had been base enough to
show the letters she had written him
to other servants of the household,
MISS BALDoCK's MADNESS.
The London smart set IL eagerly
awaiting developments In the case of
Miss Baldock TO which | referred In
previous letter. who still stubbornly
cngs to her determination to marry
her handsome young chauffeur She
only recently passed her twenty-frst
birthday and has an income of $4,000
year with expectations bound 10 be
realized II she lives, Of inheritlng an
additional $4,000 a year. This may
perhaps account for the fact that the
chauffeur has refused an offer made
BY the girls father OF $4,000 cash down
10 call the match on and exile himself
untl the young girl has outgrown her
lniatuatlon for him. He VIII come OF
age IN september, and the girl has so
iar yielded 10 strenuous persuasion as
to consent to the postponement OF the
marriage until October, but stoutIy
protests that she will make no further
concessions 10 her parents feelings.
me father has issued his ultlmatum 10
.ne eHect that the day she leaves her
nome TO become the bride of the chauf-
,eut us doors VIII be closed again her
,roIeFer' ana he will never see her again,
Ine angulshed mothers pleadlngs have
proved futile 20 move either OF them.
now mat every family influence that
could be brought to bear upon the girl
70 induce her to change her mind has
oeen tried and failed, common-sense
nlends are suggesting TO her parents
snat they should make the best of the
matter She Is bound to marry the
t,Snauleur and you cannot prevent her"
.lsy say but you could no doubt
~. ner consent TO the stipulation |
, ,naI she take him abroad for two or |
..lIee years and have him educated
um..pre ana trained IN the usages Of no |
w.. w. society People have short memo |
vii LONDON, and well-dressed and |
Nen'behaved, with handsome face |
ah1 ngure, he will experience NO AHA |
eulty IN being received I'm society cs. |
Pe'iaIy II he spends money freely"
THE STERN FATHER.
out the stern father will not agree
any such compromise. Though tho |
EoPoNuon Is novel one. as far az |
eesaiIng with husband is concerned n |
nas JUS counterpart In several Instances |
shat could be cited In which men have |
married pretty girls IN humble clrcum- |
sss.ances, sent them abroad and put |
wen III the hands of society polishers |
Nun such excellent results that on |
,uIyF return they have been able TO |
~ lhelr places alongside Of their hus. |
ro,is and make no bad breaks that |
"Vull betray their lowly origin.
a. striking recognition of the dangers |
,olVed IN bringing a chaffeur into the |
nuusehold is afforded by an advertise |
uleUt Tor motor-car driver which re. |
S,elty appeared In which IL was stated |
my plain looking men need apply." |
t,ne was when among the servants. |
,Io 'UHleh mad far the best opportunl |
srS ior capturing romantic heiresses |
nv tlat they have not failed TO make |
W. most OF their chances numerous so
wv scandals attest. But now the !
tnaNeur II distinctly ahead OF the Jehu
~ paying this sort OF game with
nupla, despite the fact that he is often
o,,s sOlleu TO wear goggles and a hide
blIa MASK II would seem that the ex-
crllatlon or noting" exercises BE-
csr,,t, psychological influence over sus-
'spuole feminine hearts.
ARE BEING FRAMED
Inc envelopes Of n whole nackot NJ
lt,tIs, just received from Chicago arc
bbvv,ns framed preparatory TO being
fJus III the hall OF fashionable Nav.
ba,r mousse For around these envelopes
s"Ss an amusing little bit Of romance
thoIt the reconteur who now claims
no,i, possession holds them as proof
nnJJ..IllVe Of the veraclty OF his story
bsiout which he thinks no one would
b5eye IT, For some little time he has
~ = maid at his house In whom all
u, e 'amhy took much interest as she
srS a. a nice, ingenious sort OF girl
sbU uia her work well They knew that
y1,, was engaged to be married TO a
ybu"k man OF scientific turn OF mind
may, was N tho employ Of the leading
,roh,prs OF barometers and other mete-
U N.Y.. Instruments IN London. Ia
b ,., sent by hls firm TO Chicago ON
nos,nss matters and the lovers were
ff ,n Letters came thick and fast
s s,u,n chicago to the maid I'm Mayfair
M h.nere was no suggestion Of any sort
H. ureaoh between the two. But as
s TI' went on II was observed that the
~ appeared much perplexed and wor
iy hnd me master Of the house ANAL
~. askea her II anything was amlss
"VNNten her and har autaAthaae,