Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-17

iouablc house for the season IN $4,000
MIA, tlUkguW, To be- sure, NJ paying me
Earl OF scArhofuugh 1880 for his com.
pnwtlNoly small place.
Nummully one can secure FOR A.hUO n
mansion containing say, 10 bedrooms,
thr'o reception rooms, a ballroom ANA
slahllng for i've ur six horses, The
WORD 'nomlnlllN" however Is especial.
~ good In this connection FOR the sum
mentioned applies 10 the house Just ag
II stands with furniture ~ course
ana doesn't include oIthcr linen, plate
servants ~ horses ana carriages All
Of those are costly ana to possess them
ana do anything Ike The sort of enter.
tanning That ls expected from Amor.
cans Nm the Wet End win mako the
cost If Keeping mp AN establishment ~
the tlBo mentioned not less than $4,000
~ month Thli foots up 100000 for
modest "touYpu"
Mrs potter Palmer starts of by pny.
Ing the Duke Of hboPnm $4,000 for the
uso of MS house mot including plato
ana linenl, bul I'm return ror her money
Nho hU7 the satisfaction Of possessing
one NJ The mos historic mansions I'm
MnSl0lr.H ana one ~ the ugllosl'
Hampton House, M II IL called, vas
hulll IN les, ana derives ~ namo from
the late Vlecounl Hampton who for
many years Inhabited H. Viewed from
outside. II Is low ana rambling ana
mono the more impressive for being
bulli Of ugly red brick II rs u spa.
olouH place, however ana with No. gar
donn occupies nearly AN acre uf ground
lls bedrooms number ~, ana there arc
~ sitting rooms, a state drawing room
and a ballroom
llampdcn House contains alo the Nm.
ext individual collection NJ paintings In
London Many of the works " art are
prlcolcss, ana they win romon In tho
mansion during Mrs polmor's occu.
pancy' Tho house II lannon's too, for
the beauty OF IT, art panclings
LAVISH MRS MACKEy
From the figures given lo mo II ~
easy 10 see how 100000 can be- spout
In running London house for the Hon.
Non, AZ already explained, the bus.
moss u ikoly to cost Mrs, Frank Mae.
kcN M wen M Mrs Potter Palmer
twice mat sum, Tho former whose
ilrsl assault ON london society last
year proved 30 uuCommOnly successful
hus made q good start this season by
Poltlng MrT AdNir's house, for II IN
one Of the largest rcntabo places In
MaNfaiL Like Mrs pamors house,
II ~ an old Georgian mansion modern.
i2od, Places of this Kind are most
esteemed for the season, Ns they com-
bino historical associations with TWEEN.
tlclh century comforts, Mrs Mnckoys
house contains iWonty.ilyo bedrooms, Il
splendid ballroom, eight reception
rooms and especially commodlous quar-.
iors for the servants There " stab.
Inns for nineteen horses,
The house and furniture alone, | am
told, are costing Mrs, Mackcy $4,000,
She supplies her own plate linen, ser.
wants and horses aud carriages, Tho
following estimate of the cost Of these
nppullcnancoe IL probably much below
the mark, 30 far nv this lavish. handed
American hostess IL concerned, but II
gives fairly accurate idea of how
much II takes 10 run n London house
during the season ana do the thing
we'll
why the plate, the linen, tho ser.
wants and the horses are never "lotn
with n London house IN not altogether
rlcpr In the care Of the domestic
however, II " probably because, when
first Americans began 10 take houses
for the season, several lots NJ carefully
trained servants liked their trnnsat-
lanilc employers go wen that they de-
parted Win Them Ond left their original
masters 20 mourn their loss Now
ndnys the American hostess In MAY.
fair usually solves the help dinlcul-
~ by engaging a butler of experience
and making him responsible for getting
the others The correct number II
about nfcen, and their wages, lnclud.
Ing the buffers, win be $1,000 for the
three months,
Plate and linen can be rented for the
season for $500 but IT'S more swNggor
10 buy them outright 80 most Amcri-
cans do 20, and spend $4,000 IN the
process, You can't have less than iivu
pnIra Of horses md NJ many vehicles,
but Il " quite the thing to rent these,
The cost for the season including tho
maintenance and services ~ ooochmnn,
win he 81 800 Then only an electric
auto iAgood form the other kinds are
too noisy and not clean enough for oX.
elusive Mayfair Moreover II IN not
correct a. rent a car although II II all
rght In the case Of horses ana carl.
ages, Even the particular style, an
electric broughsm, " llyod, These cost
$4,000 and the services Of u chauffcur