Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-19

, ia going OF not. Now this very ac-
lion shows Mrs Lulu TO be woman
Of originality and daring for al
though John has been to Windsor cas-
tie for a dine and sleep visit. no hos
tess has ever until now had the dar-
Ing 10 invite him to Join roynl
hCuse partv VA which the king IL the
central figure.
ENGAGEMENT NO SURPRISE
The announcement OF the engage
ment OF Lord Alastair lnnes-Ker and
Annie Breese did not surprise anyone.
The heir OF the Duke of Roxburghe
has been paying his addresses TO Mrs.
Higgins daughter for a long time and
he was about constantly with her. The
Higgins were not so keen on the
match as might be imagined us eV-
cry one knows Lord Aastair ~ n very
poor man for nobleman with bare
thousand year or so~--sCarcely
enough for pocket money for a man
IN his position. His chances OF com
ing into his brothers dukedom are,
Of course. remote ~ only for the fact
that one brother Is likelv to live as
long as the other Annie Brecse has
snug fortune though by no means
a phenomenal one and the young peo-
pie viii have to live very quietly and
in quite a small way,
According TO present arrangements
the wedding is 20 take place mt the
end of next month Mrs. Higgins and
the bride elect are of this week TO
Paris 10 see about the trousseou which
will be as beautiful as that which Mrs.
Higgins gave her elder daughter who
is now Lady Willoughby d'Eresby.
This approaching wedding is regard
ed as a sort of godsend to brighten
up the end Of July and keep people
In town. 1t is expected that the
Prince and Princess of Wales who are
most intimate friends of the RoX-
burghe family viii both be present.
MARGARETTA THE BELL
The acknowledged belle of the sea-
son is Margaretta Drexel. Person
ally l fail to admire her which Is
detail for all the world Is at her feet.
IT is the men who have pronounced
her a great beauty and their opinion
Is the one which counts. She mas
turned the heads of all the gilded
youths and half the confirmed bach
elOrs of all ages are Ia love with her.
But all this admiration she takes with
perfect equanimlty--wit almost indif-
ference This strikes people US be-
ing unnatural in SO young girl. The
truth is this ambitious young woman
who has n thorough appreciation OF
her own worth has get up for herself
a certain ideal in the matter of hus
band and all the wiles md snares, all
the affection and enterprise in the
world will not win her until the right
individual enters upon the scene. She
might be mature spinster with years
of experience in the ways of that as
tute animal, man, so prudent, far-see-
ing and collected is she. Her man
ners are good and she has the bright
ness and wit which are the birth
right of all American women,
At the Duchess OF Devonshire's
party on Derby night, she talked TO
the queen with all the SAVIOR faire of
girl born in the purple and accept
ed her majesty's attention az her
right, Perfectly cool, she was never
theless extremely agreeable and Queen
Alexandra, who above all things likes
girls 10 be natural, found her ease and
frankness, as she afterwards express
ed 1t 10 Mrs, DreXel. delightful"
CHoATE IN THE SWIRL
As l write. Joseph H. Choate, the
former ambassador to the court of st.
James. is carrying all before him. Every
night he is the center of the biggest and
gayest crowd in London. while his
womenkind, represented by his wife
and daughter. shine only in his re-
fected glory Need 1 say this is a