Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-16
PRINCESS VIC"
AND HER CAT FARM
ROYAL Maiden Who Breeds FaIiues
For Profit as Well as for
Pleasure
FREE TO ADMIT BUSINESS.
Lady Mary iudulges In Interesting
Gossip Of Americans rsad-Writ-
ten for Saturdays News"
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
7 ONDON. Sept. 6.--Evcryone knows
by this time that queen AleNan.
L. dra Is cat lover, but It has como
Ey somewhat as a surprise TO a mum.
her Of English women that her daugh.
ter Prlncees Victoria is not only low
~ Of cats but an energetic and enthusi.
astIc breeder ~ we'll. The princess does
not breed cats, it appears merely TO
increase the number Of her feline pets.
Hcr Batteries" are worked on a solid
commercial basis and apparently with
considerable profit to her private peck
ct. That her enterprise Is conducted ON
thorough business lines may be seen
from the following announcement
which appears I'm a weekly paper whose
space is malniy devoted 20 sales and eN-
change Of miscellaneous articles,
Her Royal Highness Princess Vic
torla has for sale several very hand
some chnchilla kittens, sire Puck Ill
eX-Chea. also Chcla, splendid mother
lovely green eyes blue Persian female.
cheap to good homes. Must sell. Mrs
Great Park
on HOUSEHOLD STAFF.
Mrs Amor. ! am told. occupies an i'm
portant position I'm ~ household staff
NJ Cumberland Lodge Cheap is ale
ways a relative term but jan this iu-
stance IL stands for anything between
S25 and 500 when royalty desccnds
openly to business of this sort for what
can be made out OF III, aristoCratic folk
NJ the humber variety surely need not
feel that they lose caste by engaging
in trade OF any kind. Yet when q Wom-
an Of title gets hard up and goes In
Tor millinery. drcssmaking or any form
Of shopkeeping, she thereby losses her
right to presentation at court. I'm view
~ the fact that his majesty does not
even draw the line at making money
out Of cats I'm his own exalted family
circle, II would seem that he ought, I'm
justice 10 resCind thlg rule. or course
there are lots of folk here-dnd nop Il
few imagine I'm the land of triumphant
democraoy-wh would consider a cat
bred by royalty worth many times moio
than a cat from a plebian home, Such
competition seems hardly fair to those
who are compelled to sell cats solely on
their merits. Some day very likely we
shall have radical parliament propos-
Ing to dock the allowances made TO
princes and prncesses who engage IN
money making schemes IN which their
rank gives them such tremendous adj
vantage
no TIPS FROM GUESTS.
There are a few Of the old nobility
Of England who set laudable example
by prohibiting their servants accepting
gratuties from visitors or guests The
, Duke Of Devonshire. for instance makes
. 1t an lnneXible rule that no servant OF
his shall take a Tip" When, however,
party ofAmericans visited Chatworth,
! the dukes Derbyshire seat, a few days
ago and were entertained to luncheon
/ and shown over the beautiful grounds
by the dukes steward, the leaders Of the
party thought tho usual Shell out"
must be the climax to the days enjoy
~ ment. The party consisted OF four
men and three women and among them
S85 was subscribed with Commendable
discretion the money was not offered
10 the steward, who, OF course, Is
above accepting recognition Of the kind
out to an under footman who saw the
party to and from the railway station.
But the footman pointed out that It
was against the rules of the dukes es-
money" That seemed 10 suggest a
way Of getting around the rule The
next day various articles Of jewellery
reached the steward from London with
q request that they be distributed
among the staff nj his discretion. The
leaders of the party We're Edmund H.
Abbott OF New York. nnd Alexander
tattanach Of Salem, Mass. and both
lad introductions from Sir Thomas Lip
ton The duke and duchess were not
iu residence at Chatsworth az the time
Of the visit. but the latter sent one OF
her maids specially up from London
10 look after the ladies, The beauties
~ Matlock, Buxton and Blackwell were
fully explored before they returned TO
town.
GLAD TO COME HOME.
Many Of Lady Curzon's old servants
are delighted with the prospect Of her
returning soon To- England. Quhc a
number Of those who mad been IN her
service at Walmcr castle and previous
IS at Carlton terrace. have anticipated
/ the step the yiCefoy has lust taken iu
realgning his Indian office, Before she
/ returned to India after her severe M
ness at WaImer Castle Lady Curzon
made no secret OF the fact that she
had had enough Of the Indian climate.
not 10 speak of the political intrigue
which she felt was always at work TO
| undermine her husbands laburs
Cooks, hOusem0ids and other domestics
which she WAS unable TO take to India
with her were told she would be soon
fin England, and that they might con-
slider themselves engaged Immediately
she set foot on English soil. The wo-
man who nulsed her two FIRST children
was, from physical reasons. unable TO
proceed again TO India. but Lady cur
ION saw before she left that her wants
were not neglected. She assured her
that her absence from England would
he only a matte. Of months and Il was
only three weeks ago that she received
communication from her ladyshp
saying that she would DE In London
soon
GOES OFTEN TO IRELAND
II is not generally known that VIII
liam Waldorf Aator pays frequent visits
10 Ireland. II la a. common thing for
him 10 run over "a dozen times during
, the year. and there are few travellers
alive who have explored Ireland more
thoroughly There "a not spot of
any Interest On the island he has not
seen and his collection OF mcmoutos OF
these visits IS both varied ana unique.
Irish pipes, irish backthorus. spppl-
mems Of bos oak and marble find
home NJ Cliyedeu
CIGARETTE CASES FOR BRIDES.
That cigarette smoking Us rapidly m-
'teaslng among fashionable women les