Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-18
Brilliant American Woman and
Her Son Have Joined the
Liberal Cause
NOW THEY ARE NOT FAVORITES.
Owners of London Houses Find That
Americans Have Learned Thing or
Two About High Rentals
speclaI UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Special Correspondence.
I ONDON, Feb. 9.-Mrs CORVALLIS
West the brilliant American WOO
man, better known by the title she
bore before her second marriage,
Lady Randolph Churchill--is at outs"
with many Of the grand DANES who
were numbered among her friends when
she was vice president Of the Ladies'
Grand Council Of the Primrose league.
Her clever son, Winston Churchill. has,
Of course, seeded from the Conserva-
tive party and Ia waging n hot fight
against Mr. Chamberlain's protective
taHn scheme. Mrs CORVALLIS West
has adopted her sons views, and as il
Us not her nature TO be a mere passive
supporter of anything, her attitude has
ciused her Go Boz regarded as a traitor
iu the stronghold Of feminine conserya-
tsm. Hence the swapping of old friend
ships aud her absence from drawing
rooms whore her wit ana Wyacity were
wont To make her "a welcome guest The
head of the Churchill family the Duke
of Marlborough, follows the lead Of the
Birmingham statesman and Mrs. Corn
wallis West and the Vanderbilt duchess
are 90 longer ON terms Of social inti-
macy I'm consequence, The friendship
that used to subslst between Winston
'hurChNl's mother and Mr., Chamber
laius American wife is a thing Of the
past CORVALLIS West who by the
way. is a year younger than his brainy
stepson true TO his family traditions,
stun sticks TO the old Conservative faith.
But politically he rs a good deal Of a.
!, gtrff.
! has unboundpd faith IN her sons future,
does not mind risking little domestic
iufeliuity 90 help push him along II is
predicted that he win occupy a coD-
spicuous place I'm the next Liberal adj
miuistratiou.
PETTICOAT INFLUENCE.
Pettlcoat influence counts for deal
more I'm politics here than IL does I'm
America, and the Primrose league IL
one Of the evidences Of H. Besides do
ing a lot Of wire pulling behind the
scenes many women Of social promi-
uence come out into the open az eec-
lions and canvass and make speeches
10 an extent that would astonlsh their
transatlantic sisters At the same
time the woman's suffrage movement
find much less support among such wo-
men than Il does In America. That is
probably because they have no desire
to share their political activity with
the pebian swarm that feminine suff-
rage would let loose.
HIGH RENT RACKET.
Owners Of London mansions are be-
ginning TO realize that Americans will
no longer pay eXorbitant prices for the
luxury Of possessing town residence
for the season. Last year, taking adj
vantage Of the great influx Of American
visitors who desired TO have houses
OF their own for two or three months.
they demanded prices $50 per cent IN
advance of the ordinary value OF such
residences, with the result that many
of the most eligible places remained
inlet Taking q lesson from these eX-
uerleuccs owners do not propose To
Indulge i'm such cxtorton this coming
season. "The appearance Of Mrs. Goe-
let md her daughter on the scene last
year. says one agent, caused many
of us to think that there would be m
extraordinary demand for West e d