Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-10
SIMPLE LIFE FOR
THE DUCHESS.
Has Turned Vegetarian and Tee.
totaler as an Example
To Others.
HAS SOME SOCIETY CONVERTS
Desert Parties, Swclldoms Latest
Craze, Leads to Creation Of
sahara Sunbath Gown.

Special Correspondence.
7 ONDON, March $50 many OF our
society leaders, especially Ameri-
cans. are adopting the simple and
serious life, that It looks as though
We were In for very solemn and dis
tinctly duh season. What with the
Duchess OF Marlborough turning vege-
tartan and tectotaler for the sake OF
setting a good example" and the
Duchess OF Sutherland doing likewise,
ough, who says she has for "a long time
considered society, as IL Is understood,
a mockery, delusion and snare" while
I'm the same category Is the Countess OF
Essex, II certainly looks as though
frivoity, luxury and bridge were on
the wane! AT Sunderland House q
special footman Is told off TO serve the
Duchess Of Marlborough's menu, which
consists OF cereals, vegeta bles and gin
ger beer, surely an embarrassing state
Of affairs for her guests who may, IL
they choose, feast on the usual re-
cherche Injuries though they are as
sured of special smile from the grace
lul chateaine II they partake OF the
simple fare which Is her own special
menu. But II is not surprising to know
that the Duchess OF Marlborough and
the other fair duchess who Is leading
the simpler life movement here have
had many most polite refusas to their
respective dinner parties. AZ for the
fH. g H..
year given up entertaining, dinner par
ties or indeed dining out herself be-
cause Of the numbers who declined her
invitations. though She poor lady, took
up strict rule Of life owing to an
acute form of indigestion.
DON'T LIKE VEGETABLES.
The fact IS that John Bull and his
womankind have fine appreciation for
the good things OF life, and they resent
vegetable fare and teetotalism even at
a duchess board. Many things are for
given tho mistress of Sunderland
House because she Is an American, but
people have no patience with her grace
OF Sunderland, who is Scotch woman,
and who they say ought to know bet
ter
Followers Of the simple life have
made dead set upon light fantastic
music, insisting that II begets levity.
They viii not he seen at light opera.
they won't listen to a band that per-
forms breezy airs. and IT goes without
saying dancing is rellgiously omitted
from their program, at least what IL
called fast" dancing. which includes
round dances, such as waltzes. The
simple life" said the young American
Duchess OF Manchester, "the simple
life, | tell you, II Is the sort of life
which tempts one TO elope with ones
husbands worst enemy. That In what
the simple life would do for me-"
SOCIETY WITH A BIG IS"
Now is the hour OF the enterprlsing
dOwaber of limited means. The LON
don season being at hand, she Is on the
war path for clients To present at court
and to introduce into socety with n
big IS" II she has a really defnits
position therein she can command
prices for introduotions that run into
four figures. She may claim for a pres
entatlon to a royal prince or princess
from $4,000 to SIS, 900, but when thu
client Is an American and is known 70
be possessed OF large fortune, higher
prices are asked and received. For an
Introduction to duke or duchess the
sum varies from 81, 500 10 S. 900. Last
celved as much as 81 500 from an am
bilious provincial lady mayoress for a
presentation TO the young Duchess OF
Marlborough. AZ matter OF fact, tho
duchess who has "A sense OF humor
knew exactly what was happening and
was especially effusiVe TO the lady from
the provinces She actually asked her
TO one OF her big Primrose league
brushes. thereby doing further kind
-.
the lady meyoresa, a most impossible
person. got excellent value for her
money. Young married women with
small dress allowances do handsome
thing during the season by the paying
guest system, the understanding, OF
cOurse, beinE that the guest Is intro
luced. Men, usually bachelors, OF small
means are quite willing TO pay for in
Productions. They reside with the fam
ily and pay for board residence sums
varying fsom S25 To $50. or perhaps s,5
a week, according 10 the status OF their
hostess. These are the men who de-
velnp into tame cats and fetch and
carry for their respective hostesses and
not infroquently end the chapter in the
divorce court. IL must be understood
such men are ostensIbly visiting the la
dies In whose houses they live, Were
II suggested that these ladies' kept
houses on a small scale they
would never get over The disgrace.
LATEST SOCIETY CRAZE.
The latest craze Of society here Is
making mp parties 10 60 into the des-
the Sahara--for a few
weeks Lord and Lady Monson. who
have taken . brief leuse Of town
house are among those who arc going.
aud the Duke and Duchess OF RoX-
burghe had also intended tn take a par
IT, but their trip has been postponed
Indefinitely Mr. and Mrs Bradley Mar
I'm and the Earl and Countess Of Cra-
ven are among those who also speak
" going when the time comes for start
Ing for Egypt.
One Of the fashionable society doctors
has been sounding the praises Of sun
baths as the perfect cure for govt rheu-
natism, nerves and what not, and TO
obtain these baths TO perfection thers
Is, II Is declared. no better place than
tho desert To take this "cure" tho
patient rs clothed lightly. though the
garment selected may be as dainty and
expensive as pousiblc. Enterprsing
customers have now on view sun bath
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