Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-01
DUClL HOSTESS IN ANGER
Mrs. Marshall Field, yr., Insists on
Testing Milk.
GUEST IS GUEST no LONGER
Blunder by Footman Causes Mrs.
GeOrge cOFnwnllis West 20
wear oueen's Gown
It Ffts Her.

in the drawing rooms Of the elect Of which
AIRS. Marshall Field. jr-. is the heroine. As
II was told me. the rich Chicago widow
was recently invited 10 a ducal seat in
Scotland and asked TO bring with her her
little girl. whose health is in a very deli
cate state. IL was thought that the bracing
Scotch air would benefit the child and that
/ was one Of the reasons for including the
little invalid in the initiation. Another was
that Mrs Field. who is one of the most
devoted OF mothers, would not come with
out her.
In due course they arrived But Mrs.
Field had not been long in the house be-
fore she announced that she would have to
go to the dairy and test the milk with q
milk tester which she had brought with her.
She never allowed her dear little girl, she
said. to drink milk anywhere unless she
had assured herself that It was absolutely
pure.
The hostess a Scotchwomsn OF q rather
severe type. asked her guest what in the
world she meant by doubling the respecta-
bility of her milk-miIk upon which all her
brawny sons and decidedly brawny daught-
ers. too. had been brought up. In fact she
said, in a ladylike way. How dare your"
/ But Mrs. Field continued to dare. A great
specialist had told her that she could not
/ be too particular about the milk that her
little girl drank. The child's health was
/ infinitely precious TO her and she could not
/ permit any Of the conventions Of society to
stand in the way Of taking every possible
precaution. What the servants call words"
were exchanged. with the result that the
milk remained INFESTED and Mrs. Field and
her adored offspring left the mansion that
same afternoon in the motor in which they
had arrived.
King MODs on His Guest.
This story in some form. may have
reached you before As 1t shows the
smartness and tact of the American woman
it is worth venturing a repetition. More
over. this is the correct version Some
little time ago the king and queen gave
a succession of small dinners at Bucking
ham Palace far immediate friends and one
night Mrs. George CORVALLIS West-the
ex-Lady Randolph Churchin-was of the
favored sixteen, which was the limit in
number. Now, even royal servants are
not inpeccable During dinner a six
footer'' in the royal scarlet and gold H--
cries Of the royal footmen dropped the
best part Of a tureen Of fish sauce down
the back of the lady's bodice. The king
on whose right Mrs. West was sitting saw
the incident and Immediately attempted to
mop UP the mess with his serviette: in fact
the only person who was calm at the table
was Mrs. West herself Turning to his
majesty, she exclaimed: II like hot bath
on chilly night"
When the ladies retired TO the drawing
room after dinner. her majesty came i'm
nlediately TO her guest and said: Come
along with rue and shall give you some
thing Of mine TO wear for the rest Of the
evening"
Various waists" as you Americans call
your bodices, were tried on; but Mrs
West, being Of far more generous proper
tions than the queen, nothing could be
found TO fit her. At last her majesty re-
marked: why. a tea jacket will be the
very thing. You can surely get into that"
Which Mrs. West did II was a gorgeous
thing OF maIve chiffon and Point de Venise
lace, and the wearer set it off to infinite
advantage. l hear Mrs West made her
majesty promise before she left the palace
that night that the footman who had com
mitted the iniquity should not be dismissed.
The fact was, he was a new servant doing
footmans duty and he was so appalHnRly
nervous that he lost his head.
Irish season ReIeEated.
1t looks as IL the Irish season in the
future win be mon est" This year Lord
and Lady Aberdeen can manage to spIn
II out for only three weeks. Hitherto IT
has gone fairly merrily for six weeks. The
truth is, things socially are going from
bad TO worse in ireland. The day is not
fer distant when there win b. no use for a
Lord Lieutenant in the Emerald Isle and
Dublin castle, after It has been overhauled
by the sanitary authorities and has been
disinfected, will make a good hospital. or
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may approve.
Irish people may have their vices. but
ingratitude is not one Of them. They are
extraordinarily appreciative Of kindness.
more so than any nation on the face of
the earth; indeed, as matter Of fact they
can always be got at by kindness. Con
sequeutly they have the greatest possible
II gard for Lady Aberdeea. who undoubtedly
has done much for the working classes
She is a big hearted. masterfuI, but very
kind woman
am told the first drawing room at the
castle was killing spectacle, some Of the
dresses being amazing. Before now Irish
women, who. as you know, are nothing If
not daring, have requisitioned that dread /
ful material tarlatan, a kind Of coarse
cotton net to do up" their antique satin
and silk froclIs. The court trains Of Il /
- - -N-NN - --1 4NNiAA RNlE a slElL LOT i
the gods
Display of Sham Jewels.
The display Of sham Jewels was pathetic /
The family heirlooms were evidently either |
al 'uncle's" or had been disposed Of and |
the owners were not in a position 10 buy
even good limitations, which in these davs /
deceive even experts. Those worn on the |
great occasion in Dublin could not fan 70 i
be detected by the merest tyro in the
knowledge OF stones
A stricter view Of social etiquette IS being
observed in Berlin, at the personal instance
Of the emperor. AT gala performances al
the opera, AT which the emperor and EN- 1
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be present. il is now imperative that the
women must wear deoollete evening dress
and gentlemen evening clothes and white
ties Those who do not conform to thts
direction are refused admission Hitherto
evening dress, as understood IN London or
Paris. has been the exception Another
Innovation on gala nights is the closing
of the retreshment department at the
opera. where many OF the audience have
been accustomed 10 consume lager beer
and sandwiches between the acts
Afl rneRa Alterations ]