Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-21
She is Coming Over to Study
Journalism and Other.
Things. -
10 TOUR AMERICA TNCoG.'
Most Interesting Of Women Who Are
Doing Things Planning Trip for
Study Purposes.
speeIal correspondenee.

Special Correspondence.
7 ONDON. Dec. 12.-Her Highness
the Rance Of Sarawak intends
paying a visit TO America early
in the spring. chiefly to study
American journalism. The title Rance"
b. conjunction with Sarawak win nat
srally conjure up in the minds OF Amer
lean readers some vision OF a dark
skinned woman with decidedly barbaric
tastes In the matter of dress. But this
particular Rance Is a thoroughly up-to-
date white woman ana differs only
from the majority OF European high
nesses In being much more talented and
interesting. She Is a brilliant musician
conducts a female orchestra and edits
an illustrated weekly Journal. Presum-
ably II Is with a view to Introducing
improved methods in the latter and
thereby increasing its circulation that
enc ~ going 10 personally investigate
American newspaperdom.
WHO SHE IL
The Rance Is the wife of Sir Charles
Brooke. who 40 years ago succeeded his
uncle. Rajah Brooke the First. the man
who carved for himself in Borneo a
Kingdom $4,000 miles square ana nut "a
stop to head-hunung and other muir
derous p,,Stimes there. For some wears
past she and her husband have lived I'M
England, turning over the management
or their distant domain TO their eldest
SON who Is styled in Sarawak the RAJ
jah Mudab.
BUSIEST WOMAN.
but unlike most royalties when they
ftlnt-undcr cOmDulslOn or otherwise
nom active participation in affairs Of
state. the Rance does not devote her
SELF 10 taking life easy merely. She Is
one or the busiest women in the king
oom, nm the cause OF charity. Tho care
una attention she used 20 lavish ON
nfoWn babies and their dusky mothers
H SdraWak she now oxpeuds ON the
I.ss fortunate children Of the slums and
thcir impoverished parents
When she first took ~ her residence
gt Ascot. In beautiful and stately old
mouse she was approached by several
iocal charities who We're badly in need
Ut FUNDS. She ala not 80 down aud
ll@lly sign checks and pass them on
l' her secretary 10 be sent through the
I'si, ts the average wealthy person
would have done. She ala something
I1f more sensible and practical.
stepping into her motor car. away IN
SPED like creased ligs'1ing from house
inR for lady musicians She covered
scores Of miles in a few days. ana
called M dozens OF houses OF course.
~ was very tiring, an this rushing
on ont at "a hrelk-nolk rate. but "a lady
who has had TO deal with some Of
The most villainous ana bloodthirsty
people on the face Of the earth. does
rot 90 AZ what merely tires.
ORGANIZES ORCHESTRA
She went on calling until she bad
found l3 OF the blnnicst lassiea the
writer has ever seem nll with the blu
80 of blue blood Boz their veins ana lot
few with whole yards of handle 90
thCir names, and an skilled in nlaN-
ing on stringed instruments. Then
q wonderful snusiciIn herself her
highnc8s with amazing uluck'and grt
90 to work 10 make those ld honnl'
lafsies more skilful sril ana 40 what
extent she uc'eeded may be- gathered
nom the fact that by means of TINS
unique aristocrati' orchestra, she hhs
moi collected ualirv hundred nut
thousands OF pounds. Performances
arc given everywhere where society u
wont 90 assemble an the fashion,
able London hotels. in the big Lone
dnn thoatcrs ana concert halls ln me
mansions OF Mayfair ana am up ana
down the country in The hotels round
ana about Ascot and whore notf
TYPICAL SCENE.
You may so. for instance. into the
Hotel Cecil on some evenings ana in
ono az the gorgeous banQueiinR halls,
YOU may md tho Rance. tail and state