Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22
SOCIETY DANES
PLAY POLITICS
Hospitality and Smiles Dispensed
To Strengthen Party Ties
And Win Recruits.
WILEs OF SOCIAL CLIMBERS
Ex-Ernpress Eugcnie's Friendship for
Sir Thomas Lipton--Esclusivc Lon
don Gossip OF the Smart Set.
Special Correspondence.

special correspondents.
r oNDON. Feb. 13.-With the open-
ing of parliament political host
A esses resume their functions Of
dispensing hospitality and smiles
in the interests of their respective par
ties. Pettlcoat politicians are far more
numerous here than in America. | be-
love. and they play the game different
ly. Their motto ia Feed the beasts
the beasts being the men. of course.
Bounteous repasts, served by matrons of
high social distinction are found often
to he more effective than masculine ora
tory In strengthening partisan loyalty
and winning over desirable recruits.
II is a species Of campaign in which
the Conservatives have all the best OF
It. They possess an overwhelming ma
jorlty In the house of lords. The wives
OF the hereditary legislators naturally
accept the political faiths OF their hus-
bands
American peeresses, who might be
supposed to furnish exceptions TO this
rule, don't They are all welded to
Conservative noblemen and are tho
stanchest supporters of hereditary dis
tinctlons. and all the other things
which dlfferentiate a monarchy from
republic. Nearly all the coroneted
DANES are Conservatives, and with po-
liticai hostosses titles count for much.
They make II easier for a Conservative
10 get into society with the big "S"
than for Liberal. And particularly
where man has a wife who Is amb-
tious to meet a duchess or countess.
that consideration is not unlikely to
he the determining factor In deciding
what party he shall support, Even II
the house of lords were abolished, or
their political powers greatly curtniled,
the peerosses would stlll count as valu-
able political assets,
Tho Liberals cannot muster single
duchess or marohioness 10 entertain In
its behalf, while the Conservatives can
count on half-a-dozen Of oach--and
none at pinch.
AMERICAN MAINsTAY.
The mainstay OF the government IN
playing the society game ~ an Amerl-
can woman. to whom / have frequent
~ referred In this oorrespondence-Mr
Lulu Harcourt Wife OF the first COM
missioner OF works who IL a cabinet
minister If her husband We're only a
lord she might accomplish a great deal
more. but all that woman can who
lacks title she may be depended
Oh 10 90. Hit - IN titAl ihIln lot inc
fray and, like the wise woman she ".
she has provided herself with some
wonderful frOcks straight from the Rue
dc Ia Paix and new jewels from the Rue
de Riyoli. / hear OF q white satin
princess frock cut with tho sim popu-
lar empire waist that sounds entranc-
ing. Stlff, rather hard fabrics are get
again the thing In Paris, but Mrs.
Hareourt has had the good taste TO
have hers trimmed with point de Nenise
ana The buttons which adorn the bodies
are of brillants with pearl centers
DECIDEDLY POPULAR.
She has extraordinary popularity with
her husbands party and never did a
Noman m "a brief a time manage to get
80 much influence over certain nom-
hers Of the cabinet, She is very sue
ccssful IN getting appointments for her
frends, II ~ something 10 her credit
that she accomplishes all this by thor
oughy straight means one needs
not TO 30 back very lar TO recall the
amazing manner in which a few society
women managed things OF the kind
both with the war office and his ma
lesty's government few years ago
There used 10 be a story that wei
ShpMn countess got places for halt
her following OF young men from vet.