Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-24

nnd though there are nurses, OF course
they count for little, az II Is his wife
who does everything for the fallen
chief She Is to him exactly what Mrs,
Gladstone was 10 the great Liberal
premier--the sole individual essential to
his happiness IN private life. When ne
Is out Of pain, she has the same unlim-
tied power over him and she rules him
by "canoodling' him into believing he
has his own way She has never posed
as being clever woman, but that IS
where her cleyerness comes In, for this
great statesman has holy horror OF
all feminlnity which apes that cult
Well, Mrs Chamberlain has had her
triumphs--no one moro so--and she had
the distinction OF once snubbing, In a
very iadylike way, Queen Victoria her
self.
you are MOI bit like an American"
said the queen.
THAT Is the very worst compliment
you could possibly pay me- was the
reply.
American women. Queen Victoria
could not tolerate az any price. Like
society OF her time she used 10 say
they were all the daughters OF pork
butchers whose fathers had suddenly
made piles"
Mrs. Chamberlain has had no ambi-
ton to shine socially AS a hostess she
has been "A dire failure, on memoir
able occasion things were so badly
managed AT one OF her parties. that
royalties who We're invited never got
beyond the hall, "a great was the crush.
The chancellor OF the excheQuer, as
Chamberlain then was. behaved Ike a
maniac when he heard what had hap
pened but the hostess in her quiet
little way. remarked
such pity. deag; but Il really
could not be helped. Had they the
courtesy and the presence OF mind to
have gone into one OF the lower rooms
and sent to me. | could easily have
made way for them on the staircasew
HIS LITTLE GIRL
The Duchess OF Marlborough's fe,h-
err Is over here on one Of his briuf
visits. When he comes he always brings
the little girl as he still calls the
duchess, check for 100000 or 100000,
which, / may tell you. goes Invariably
into the bank to her personal deposit
account. or late she has taken To
spending less money than any woman
OF her position IN England, She recently
made her will, and from what know.
IL the duke survives her he will find
himself a poor man, every farthlng OF
her private money beng left In trust
to her two boys.
Her friends say the duchess Is wise
woman not to fling away her money
on society--the most ihankless body un-
der Gods sun: but her enemies call
her mean. she certainly has none OF
the lavish generosity OF the usual
American woman and lately she does
not care bit for popularity. Whether
she will wake UP again cannot say.
She used to be enormously ambitious
and at one time moved heaven and
earth to push MARLBOROUGH TO the front.
Last season everyone was remarking
how Indifferent she was TO her looks
and how few new frocks she had. re-
member seeing her six times consecu-
lively In the same gown at smart aft
ernoon parties. II was an unbecoming
shade OF slatey blue. why, Il was
positively dowdyl
A DIAMOND NECKLACE.
w. X. Vanderbilt has brought her
the latest thing In jewels--a hectic of
diamonds, with little ends made OF ru-
bies. IL Is supposed to have been
iihuo III view lpIhs Dut 4 sdlu IL spclt
Paris when ] saw Il. In any case, 1t
Is decidedly effective and looks charm
Ing on that long swanlike neck OF hers.
There win be seen In the English and
irish hunting fields this season the
greatest number OF Americans that ever
British packs. They are COM
Ing from Boston. from Philadelphia.
New York and elsewhere. Some, like
Mr. and Mrs StraWbridRe Who are
from Philadelphia, are bringing their
avn horses. They intend 10 arrive
with 20, | hear, SO evidently they mean
to go the pace. The majority OF PEG.
pie prefer buying their hunters here
As for one reason they understand their
work In our fields better than foreign
horses. Moreover, stables In England
are built quite differently from those In
which believe am cor
'ect In stating have wood floors while
lurs are of stone, a fact which proyes