Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
MRS. COPLEY THAW is HAPPY
Sister of Pittsburg Youth Glad to Be
Free Of Nobleman.
MARRIED LIFE ONLY NIGHTMARE
Mrs. Potter Palmer to Open New
London HOme-King Edward
May Not Attend, Though
Anxious to DO SO.

LONDO0, Oct. 3l.-(speciaL)-Mrs
Copley Thaw, as the ountess Of Var
mouth, says she wishes to be known
hereafter, is now in Paris, where she
proposes to spend a good deal of time
in the future. Unlike the usual Ameri-
can woman. she never took to London
nor. indeed, to the. English. To her
friends she refers to her married life
as "a nightmare" and AYERS nothing
would induce her TO re-marry. She
adds were she by any possibility to
change her mind, next time It would be
for love and love only. She has a ter
ror Of fortune hunters and Is rather in
clined to look upon all men for the time
being in that light. The gOssips 90 on
to state that she has a romantic ad-
miration for a certain great Italian tenor
and the Imaginative are already arrang-
ing "a poetic termination to. the matter.
Those who know her as a girl say she
Is happier now than she has oeen for
years and that she onye more takes an
interest in her looks and her frocks.
which was lacking totally while she was
married to the British nobleman. She
has Just had her autumn outfit made, and
some OF the most exquisite gowns, which
ia every case have been especially de-
signed. are now being worn by ner. These
are In the prevailing directoire and en-
pirc modes OF cloths that are as fine
as satin and satins as soft as cloth.
AEquith Loses Interest.
Some American lost a brilliant position
in not having become the wife of the
president Of the Board of Trade. For
Winston is sworn to be prime minister
of England and that sooner than anyone
thinks. For the last couple Of months
there has hepp "a craving rOO1npgz he
tween Winston and his chief. a fact
which leaked out at the time of Winston's
wedding, when at the last moment Mr..
Asquith found he could not tear himself
away from his golf at Slams castle. The
prime minister and his wife were rep
resented at the reception by a most or
binary piece of silver which was prob
Aably bought for something under Is and
was, forsooth, their gift.
John Burns and Winston Churchill are
hand in glove and both have stones up
their sleeves for Asquith. John believes
implicitly in Churchill and promises,
come what Will, to be at his side. Mrs.
John Burns and Mrs. Churchill have also
made friends. the best proof being that
the bride, who wisely did not let the
grass grow under her feet, has been
visiting Mrs. John at the humble Burns
home in questionable Lavender hill.
once upon a time, a couple of years ago,
another cabinet minister's wife, to-wit
Mrs. Lulu Harcourt, forgot to call on Mrs
Burns after her husbands election to the
cabinet. on meeting Mrs. Burns somewhere
Mrs. Haroourt remarked to her: You must
forgive me for not having called upon you
But Berkeley Square is such a long way
from Lavender Hill. 1 have not been able
to get 20 you. Come and have tea witt
me instead
Unfortunately replied the labor min.
ister's wife, Berkeley Square is an equally
long Journey from Lavender Hill-and l am
so busy"
Mira. winston is TactfuI.
Already Mrs. Winston has acquired a
reputation for tact. She does not talk
much. but she has an eloquent smile and
the little she does say is well chosen. II
is cons deIeG clever of her to have dropped
so easily into her position, as 1t is one tC
which in her widest hopes she never as
pred to, for though so well born she lived
with her mother i'm the quietest possible
manner. going out only to most ordinary
parties In viliadom until some wild stroke
Of luck inspired Mrs. Freddie Guest tc
invite her to a house party at which Win.
ston Churchill was one of the guests. As
everyone knows by this time their meeting
was one Of love at first sight. Before
Christmas Mrs. Churchill is to give one
big political party at Captain Freddie
Guests house in Carlton House Terrace
which has been lent to them by the Guest;
and to which all and sundry will be invited
Mrs. Maldwin Drummond, whom so many
people siill call Mrs. Marshall Field, jr.
Is expected shortly at Danesfield, her splen.
did seat in Herefordshirc. / an told never
was honeymoon more prosaic than hers
good deal OF the time she spent making
a cure which she carried out most rigor
Ously, and the other portion she had T.
give up to trousseau buying. as on he
marriage she was like another lady o
fame who had really nothing whatever t
7 wear"-at least according to herself. He
taste in dress is at all times quiet in tn
extreme, but her frocks are always in tn,
most perfect style. Her new husband ha
presented her with a magnificent set o
sables direct from Russia equal to anything
of the same kind possessed by the czarina
Danesfield Is now one Of the most pala