Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-21
BRADLEY MARTINS
REN0UNCE AMERICA
Expatriated Dame Had Rather
A Hut in England Than Pal
ace in Native Land.
NoURISHES SORE MEMORIES.
Mrs Potter Palmer Refuses 10 Attend
Regatta-,Jcan Reid Makes
Good ms Hostess.

Special Correspondence.
London, Aug. 6-Mrs, Bradley Mar
tin. the expatriated American multi
millionairess has renowned her native
land. She told friend the other day
that she would not live In 1t If her
husband were elected president OF tho
United states. She said she would ra-
Their live in a hut over here than In
palace on the other side. OF course
Bradley Martin does not stand tho
ghost of chance of ever being elected
to the chief magistracy of the great re-
public, and equally remote is the con-
tingency that his wife would ever be
called upon to make a choice between
| living in dire poverty here, OF in af-
iuence in the land OF her BIRTH Her
exaggerated phraseology is merely her
way of emphasizing her preference for
| England,
| She says that English folk are more
natural and more sincere than Ameri-
| cans and are not so absorbed In mon
| ey-making to the exclusion of every
! other interest and various other things
| of that sort which have often been said
! before. But her real reason for liking
| England so much better than Ameri-
| ca, people who know her intimately
| say, Is that here she can do as she
| likes with the great wealth at her
| command without attracting uncOmpli-
| mentary public notice and criticism.
| Her futile efforts to get into the royal
| set, her extravaganza and ill-regulated
entertainments, her blazing indls-
cretions in the matter of display, cause
much gossip and amusement in society
| but are never commented on in print.
| The society columns Of the English
newspapers are written in the same
| cut and dry style as regulates the pub
| lication of law court proceedings, If
any qualifying adjectives are employ
ed they are always of the most laud-
| atory character. And Mrs. Bradley
| Martins entertainments receive fair
share of them.
A SORE MEMORY.
She found 1t different in America
The recollections OF what some of the
papers said about her famous fancy
dress ball which she gave before leav-
| Ing America, are sore memory with
her. She can do just as ridiculous
| things over here and make as ostenta-
! tious display of her dollars as she
pleases without being shown up as
you Americans phrase it. by the news
papers. Therefore she prefers living
and spending her money here, much to
Englands profit. On the whole 1t is
| NOT 10 DC wondered at. IneTt arg " lOl
of other rich Americans living over
here for the same reason. Besides,
| In Mrs. Bradley Martins case there
is an additional motive. She still hopes
that some day she may entertain the
king and thereby reach the topmost
Bradley Martin himBelf shares his
wife's partially for England nobody
knows He counts socially only as
| Mrs. BradleyMartin's husband. And
that, according to English notions, is
| characteristic of married American mill
| lionaires.
BERTHE HER FACTOTUM.
Mrs. Potter Palmer Is not going to
Cowes for the regatta week, which Is
one of the greatest social functions
of the year In England. Consuelo
Duchess OF Manchester, as ] told, 1
think, In my last letter. beat her in
the competition for the prize estab-
llshment of the Isle OF Wight-Egypt
| House-and she will not put up any
thing inferior to It. She has taken
Stansted Park in the nelghborhood of
| Goodwood, and has been entertaining
lavishly there in preparation for the
races. Society Is again discussing
the likelihood of her marrying Berthe
| Stopford, who has been so much to the
| fore In all her entertainments this sea-
! son. He is her handy man, organizes
all her parties, leads her cotillions las
| no other man In London or elsewhere
can lead a cotillion), answers her let
tiers, replies to the telephone hell--in
| short he Is her factotum, ever at her
beck and call BERTHE Is one of the
best hated men In London and decided
ly one OF the smartest. He has always
had enemies, but twenty times more
than ever before since he attached
himself to the rich American widow.
He belongs to a good family, Is as poor
as the proverbial church mouse, and
Is always turned out regardlessly. He
went over to Paris to select the eX-
quisite presents given by Mrs. Potter
Palmer Mt her cotilion. which was the
last of the season. The beauty and
magnlfcence Of these gifts were the
talk of London. which need not sur
prise. when 1t Is realized that the bill
sent In for them amounted to nearly
$4,000 Jewelled cigarette cases. hand
painted fans, ornaments of all sorts In
which every stone was a real gem, fig
ured among the gifts.
BERTHE Stopford has planned out n
motor trip for Mrs. Potter Palmer and
number OF friends she is taking with
her She starts shortly after Good
wood. and needless TO say, BERTHE him
self will be one OF the guests.
MISS REID MAKES HIT.
~ have never seen more reposeun
young hostess in my life.' This was
the comment of the Duchess of Con-
naught on Jean Reid after the great
ball at the embassy whore In the alb
sence OF her mother, the ambassador
daughter received the guests. For once
there was no doarth OF men In the ball
room--a fact which caused almost
amazement as even At the dances given
by royalties this season the scarcity OF
mon caused extreme dissatisfaction.
All the smartest men about town were
there. among others Prince Francis OF
Teck, who considers dancing n bore.
Tho fact that he waltzed no less than
four times with his hostess was much
commented upon. "Would the king be
willing 10 give his permission were our
future queens brother determined tc
pop the question: was asked by on
lockers frequently during the night
Another OF the royal guests was Prince
Arthur OF Connaught who, like the rest
of his family, is very fond or Ameri'
cans He, too, danced with the hostess
several times.
The palatial Dorchester House looked
oven more beautiful than II ever did
under the management OF Mrs. White,
law Reid All the floral decorations
which were I'm new and novel devices
were superintended and inspired by
Jean Reid herself, who IL most artistic
In one OF the dancing rooms there were
banks Of water-lilles, flowers which ne
far az / know have never before beer
used for decorations of the kind. Tho
OBJECT was exceptionally good and was
greatly admired. Another room wa
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