Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-28
POOR SOCIETY
IS DISAPPOINTED
Richest Of American Peeresses
Does Not Entertain Enough
For English.
DUE TO SCOTCH HUSBAND.
Latter Detests Big Parties and Swell
Functlons--Siayfair Bellies Using
Typcwriters Now.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
T ONDON, April 1S.-Never did an
American peeress prove a sadder
disappointment TO British society
than the young Duchess OF Rox-
burghe. Because of her vast wealth,
great. elaborate, indeed unique, hos
pltalties were expected of her. There
was an idea that she meant to Guido all
her countrywomen as social leader.
Her friends were all convinced that she
intended after her marriage to rent or
build, a great town house, and make 1t
center of gaiety. And what has she
done? Practically nothing. at all events
nothing big. Her luncheons and small
dinner parties at claridge's for her
immediate friends have been greatly
appreciated by them Her tiny house
parties at that huge Scotch palace,
Floods castle have certainly been
anything but gay and even her grace's
intimates have felt lonely and tout OF
It. in that great barracks, desolate
enough to be a prison. Society Is yet
again fancying that the duchess means
TO take up her position this season as
one of the great hostesses She has no
tucH lnttnllDll. IL ~ even uDuDtIul tnul
she will take a town house.
ON all sides people ask. What does
Il mean?" The Duchess of Roxburghe
IS decided favorite with royalty. AS
n matter of fact, she X the only Amer
lean woman with whom the Princess
OF Wales has ever been on friendly
terms. and the only one, too, who has
ever stayed as guest under the roof
OF her royal highness, privilege which
has on various occasions been accorded
To the duchess at York cottage, Sand
bingham. as well as at Frogmore.
The real truth In the matter Is that
the Duke OF Roxburghe hates society
with a large S. II bores him. It both
ers HIM To use his own countrymen's
definition he IL somewhat done" in
temperament. Scotchmen are invari-
ably difficult, and even an American
wife has her hands full If she hopes to
manage one. Although usually kind
hearted they are as obstinate as mules
and those who understand the Scotch
character best will tell you a Sotch-
man never tells his wife he loves her
until he is on his death bed, yet he
loves her devotedly all the time. The
Duke of Roxburghe has been a soldier,
much accustomed to give orders and
90 be obeyed. Even his pretty Amer
lean wife obeys him! So far there has
never been hitch In the domestic ma
chinery, for the excellent reason that
her grace has fallen In absolutely with
the ways Of her lord and master, That
IS why she Is such disappointment to
British society.
We seem to have little more time
mt our disposal this season, as instead
OF sending Invitations through the tele-
phone or by telegraph as we have been
doing for the past two years, many OF
us now typewrite them. Every other
house in Mayfair or Belgravia Is now
provided with dainty machine"
many of which have got gold or silver
fittings, and 1t is fixed on my lady's
writing table and there she taps away
all the morning. Quite the latest thing
IN wedding presents IL typewriter and
an enterprising Arm IL turning out
charming machines for this purpose,
some being quite gorgeous and ac-
tually boastlng the owners Initials In
diamonds.
Society damsels even write their love
letters by the typewriter! OF course II
is usual for the writer To sign her name
nj the end; but II does not always fol-
low that she does do So What a pros
pect the use Of the type machine opens
up for the wary lover of either sex
who through It's Vaccinations obviates
all possibility OF committing that dead
ly sin of being found out Anything
may be written by typewriter and
repudiated. Is 1t any wonder II has De-