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

duchess children. the Marquis OF
Blandford and Lord Ivor Churchill
were taken away from her by the duke
After Christmas this blow completely
overwhelmed her Occupation for her
mind had been taken from her by Mrs
Belmont's insistepce for her welfare,
WEREsIN DESPAIR. MA
Her relatives and her.friends were in
despair Again Queen Alexandra CAME
10 aid the stricken young American,
Her majesty sent for Mr. Garlic, The
duchess is Interested in your work
among prisoners families she said
Say why not turn 1t over 10 her entire
ly? She IS not strong enough to aid as
a helper or visitor. But give her this
little charity of yours as nucleus to-
greater things and she Will he too busy
directing the affairs and managing Them
to think of her troubles
Mr.. Garlic. Immediately followed her
majesty's suggestion IN his fianticaly
energetic way he rushed 20 Sunderland
House. The duchess was at luncheon
with Mr. and Mrs. Belmont. Mr. Garlic
joined them He impaired some of his
enthusiasm even TO Mr. Belmont.
The duchess doubted il she alone
could successfully manage such char
ity.
MI. Garlic was inpetuous. brusque.
II cannot help that" he said. ut is
turned over absolutely to you. DO with
1t what you VIII, / have nothing more
to do with it. ] Will help you. of course.
If YOU want advice, But il is yours
from now on 10 do with it as you ike
The queen sent privately for the
duchess The two talked for an hour
or more In buckingham Palace-not as
highly placed Iadles-hllt as women,
HARDEST or WORK.
Next day the Duchess of Marlborough
motored with her mother down 20 No.
Banner street, aud took over the
Church 4Arny's little nucleus as her
own, her very own charity. There fol-
lowed many days Of hard Office work
And II was on one of these days that
the new project OF the duchess, now
being CARED out, was born,
In Banner street Is a big white
washed bulding-the I3ouseless Poor
asylum. This was started in 1919 and
the original work is still carried on. but
by the Church Army. which has it's
kindlipG=WoQd brigade's headquarters
there. Mrs Holder. six years ago. per-
sOnnlly started hefriendlng the families
OF men in jail. he work grew to such
proportions that she called the atten-
tion OF the Church Army 10 It, -Four
rooms IN a building across the street
charity established there 1t Is this
little beginning which the Duchess Of
MARLBOROUGH has taken over, TOdays
roll contains the names OF more than
100 families,
Consuolo would have been tho Lady
3ountiml indeed but for the sta ylng
hand OF her lieutenant. Mrs Holder
The very poor remain cOntentedly in
the gutter for all time If given album
dant food and clothing In return for
nothing Slowly the Duchess learned
the science Of real charity. learned how
10 reclaim the lowest OF the low. In
week she was not tho fine lady, but
the superintendent OF tho Prisoners
Families Aid Society with Mrs Holder
as her assistant superintendent, Daily
she attended the office and on Friday
mornings she held the weekly loyee,
on that day AN the mothers and their
children on the roll have to attend and
opoTt- At the daily session only now
cases or emergencies arc looked after.
OUTLINED HER PLANS.
II ens after the first week that tho
duchess astOnishel her lieutenant Dy
that the society would continue IN
banner street only until she was ablo
10 get now and proper quarters, First
~. she explained there should be a
building devoted TO children Here |
the little ones should live until thelr |
fnth ers sentence ended and the family :
could be- united once more. Here they |
should be taught to- work, To read and |
write and 10 play
The naxt item OF the duchess plan
was a maternity home, properly and
thoroughly equipped az real home |
rather than cold. whtewash ed ma- 4
fornity hospital,
a wOman's home Here prisoners
wives mere to be housed al least
those whose health on condition need
ed something better than the wfeich-
cd accom- modatlon OF a single dnEy
room or flthy howell And here thore
should be an employmcnt bureau ana
skilled woirsR 70 'saee THESE pf,snh'