Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20
Special Correspondence.

4 ONDON. April lO.--Consuelo VAN
drrbit Duchess OF Marlborough
now practically has completed
plans fer unique charity on "
big scale. She hes done it so quietly
tina tha facts are made known here
for the first tifee. The duchess HASN'T
Joined The directorate OF the Church
Army as some American papers have
been saying. nor is she going to work
in its ranks. nor TO devote her time and
money to It, she has II is true, given
her help to the Army's 'firewood de-
partment" for several years, but so
have many other artlstocratic women
OF England. No. the charity on which
she has just embarked is her own. She
Is the supreme head in planning, In
management.
Tails new benevolent enterprise of the
dGcl,ass takes the form Of a home in
London fer women and childrent of a
special and previously almost neglected
class They are the wives and children
OF imprisoned criminals innocent SUI
ferors for the misdeeda of husbands and
fathers-and TO make a home for them,
or at least some of them, the Duchess
OF Marlborough has just taken 81
years lease of a roomy building In
Endsls igh street. ST. Pancras. This is
being reconstructed entirely by hei or
ders- and negotiations are In progress
for the use of two buildings on either
side When all these have been opened,
and time has proved their usefulness
the duchess, out OF her American mil
Hons, mas pat up special buildings on
add 10 her lcaseS the adjoining houses
ON the same block. For with her this Is
not new charitable occupation OF the
I-euten season, nor the passing ana
forced dity OF a great lady OF the land.
but a life work In carrying out which
she hopes TO solve one OF London's
many social problems.
FAMILY TROUBLE,
Readers. OF course. are familiar with
the family troubles of the Duke and
Duchess OF Marlborough The duchess
has the friendship Of Queen Alexandra.
By marriage hcr aunt Is the Marchion-
ass OF LahsdnWnc wife OF the former
foreign ministers she Is the acknowl-
edged leader among women In political
society. Lady Lansdowne also is
great friend of the queen, and may be-
come mistress of the robes at court
The queen and Lady LansdoWne deeply
sympathlzc with the duchess. They
have checred her up and advised her
ON moro than one occasion.
Soon after the estrangement between
the MarIborOughs the queen suggested
that The duchess devote her time To
hard work In order 20 get her mind of
her troubles Her mother, Mrs. o. II.
=. Belmont, was with the duchess at
the time ana together they went to the
Church Army and had talk with It's
leader. he Rev. Wilson Garlic The
ducess wanted occupation which
would not bring her before the
public. Mr.. Garlic took her 10 NO.
Banner street, st. Luke's. whore, in the
midst of the city slums. the army has
Its little branch devoted 10 the aid of
prisoners wives and families. The work
is carried on la a modest way without
publicity by Mrs, Holder, wife OF Capt..
Hoddcr the man in charge OF the fire.
wood department OF the Church Army,
ASKED TO HELP
The duchess was asked 10 help. and
help she did. She went feveTishlw. into
the work. She bought 200 blankets, 1905
yards OF cotton Ia be made into sheets
ana undorclothIng, boots and shoes
everything. IN tacli that MIS- Holder
said was needed, And she began visit
ing the wives OF the iaIlbirds, Rieketty
stairs IN nolsome sums she climbed by
the score. Dark. eYll-smelline and evil
looking alleys and tumbledown rook-
cries Knew her,
Then Mrs. Belmont stepped In and
stopped her II was dangerous work,
There was not only fear 81 Infection,
bur fear that she would give way phys
ically under this heavy self-imposed
tasks. There was no Thought on The
courageous little woman's part OF at
tack. perhaps murder by some drunk
On uiIllan In that crme-lnfested dis
"a was Christmas time, and though
her Strenuous work was stopped the
d,lchess continued being the good angel
She ordered basket OF provisions
roal Christmas fare~to no sent 10 every
family on the army's roll whose father
sss,lp psiscn'