Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
TOO LATE FOR BREAKFAST
English Smart Set Abolish it by Late
Rising.
AMERICAN BORN DUCHESS WAYS
she Looks After the wives and
Children OF English COnvJet-
scientihe Rearing Of
Chifdren.

LONDON, Dec jim smart
society here breakfast, as we understand
It. has ceased to exist. There are a variety
Of reasons to account for this. Dinner Is
now such a very late meal in the magic
royal circle. wherein Il L. rarely served
much before . p m, that people are not
ready for anything but the merest p~rstenss
Of a repast next morning. In no circum-
stances do the king and queen ever par
take Of breakfast out Of their bedrooms.
This fact has led society to do Ikewise.
Only girls. as the early Victorian nove-
lists would say, ''in their frst youth" and
young men fresh from the universities
think OF showing their faces in a country
house before II a m.
To rush It in the morning" a society
woman said TO me the other day, literally
adds ten years TO ones looks. Rest Is one
OF the great beautifiers. It Is Imperative"
she went on TO keep as quiet as possible
In the morning. I make q point OF never
speaking even TO my maid while she dresses
me and then I feel quite fresh when I
enter the days excitement between IL and
midday"
American women Ike ConsueIo, duchess
Of Manchester. and the countess Of Essex,
who suffer from dyspepsia, take only the
merest pretense in the way Of breakfast
a cup OF hin tea and a crumb OF toast.
perhaps Mrs. George CORVALLIS West
is a great believer In two meals a day and
eats no breakfast. Some OF the doctors
swear by the two-meals-a-day rule. but
very few OF their clients have he phys
ical strength to adopt it.
In London It is really only the man who
goes to his business In the city who break
fasts IN the ordinary sense OF the word.
His morning meal Is about the same as II
Away has been and consists, like the
kings. OF the Inevitable bacon and eggs,
with tea or coffee.
English Lunch Preferred.
One or two hostesses OF distinction have
tried to introduce the continental fashion
OF d~e1euner, but for some unexplained
reason It Is not acceptable. The majority
prefer to stick to the ordinary English
lunch. with its series Of courses. Now.
however. one wins only is served right
through the meal and very few ever touch
liqueurs with their coffee; In fact. It is
scarcely etiquetts to do so.
Il was an American who said that IF
she shut her eyes she would have thought
she was in one OF the big American cities -
when she attended the great sale OF work
made by couvtcts' wives, which has Just
been held at Sunderland house. The
duchess OF Marlborough keeps up several
homes for the wives and children Of men
who are condemned to long terms Of i'm
p-risonment She is practically the first
lady who has ever thought OF these sadly
afflicted women and their little ones and
help is always forthcoming for them when
her grace is asked for 1t.
The duchess and her mother-in-law, who
was staying with her for the sale. were the
0nlU fuo Tadfaa nh. a-z,,-o5 rvf.H1.s
headgear. Very sweet. but so sad. the
duchess looked in her simple frock. which
added TO her height because OF its some
what abbreviated waist and extra long
skirt She was most indefatigable and sold
prosaic little garments to everyone,
amongst others the bishop CT London fos
his Christmas gifts to poor people. Tn
bishop and the duchess had a slight diff.
ference over half-a-crown, but her Grace
received In due course not only the disputed
coin but also a sovereign to boot. the b.shcI
finding that he had not spent the sum h,
had come out with the intention OF dispers
ing. He. however. to have tn,
worth Of his money and in making up tn,
remainder OF the parcel the distinguished
cleric was very fastidious.
BeaminE Smile from
A good many wanted to know who wa.
the 1anhee lady VINO paid ID guinea
for a ehild's flanneiette frock. AS shu
received a beaming smile not only from tn,
duchess, but also from Lady Blandford
who would be the dowager duchess o
Marlborough II fate had not been unkind
she no doubt felt she got the worth o
her money. Lady Dorothy Neville, look
ing surprisingly young and active. was TAX
ing a most warm interest in all that wa
happening and was being congratulated OF
her famous "reminiscences OF interesting
people. a book which is stilI being read a
II II had only been published this season
Even the resources OF Sunderland house
vast as they are, were taxed To the utmost
Fortunately the duchess had anticipate
a crowd and the arrangements were admin
able and everyone had tea or whatever els
she desired. the attendance being perfec
II I mistake not. It was Mrs. Drummon
CMrs. Marshall Field. jr.) who used to tax
about with her al instrument for testin
milk when her little girl was a baby. No
the devoted mother OF the hour carris
around a scientific discovery which