Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-07
Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., Wanted
To Test the Milk Before
Daughter Drank 1t.
HAS WORDS" WITH HOSTESS
How Mrs. George CORVALLIS West
Received Bath OF Soup at a
Recent Royal Dinner.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
n oNDON, Feb 27.-Society is huge
ly enjoying a story that Is be-
ing told in the drawInc-roorns OF
the elect of which Mrs. Marshall
Fed, Jr, is the heroine. As It was told
me the rich Chicago widow was recent
~ invited to a ducal seat in Scotland.
and asked to bring with her her little
girl whose health is in very delicate
state. 1t was thought that the hraclng
Scotch AR would benefit the child and
that was one Of the reasons for incIud
ing the little invalid In the Invitation.
Another was that Mrs. Field, who is
one of the most devoted of mothers.
would not come without her.
ARMED WITH MILK TESTER.
In due course they arrived. But Mrs.
Field had not been long in the house
oetore she announced that she would
nave to go to the dairy and test the
milk with n milk tester which she had
brought with her. She never allowed
her dear little girl, she said. to drink
mix anywhere unless she had assured
herself that II was absolutely pure
The hostess, a Scotchwoman of a
rather severe type. asked her guest
what In the world she meant by doubt
ing the responsibility of her milk
milk upon which all her brawny sons
ana decidedly brawny daughters, too
had been brought up. In fact she said
In lady-like way, How dare your"
WORDS" EXCHANGED.
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 Ia
an nor 20
the conventions of society 10 stand in
the way of taking every possible pre-
caution. What the servants call
words were exchanged with the re-
suit that the milk remained INFESTED
and Mrs. Field and her adored OFF,
spring left the mansion that same af-
noon in the motor in which they had ar
rived.
AMERICAN WOMAN'S TACT.
This story. in some form, may have
| reached you before. AS it shows the
| smartness and tact of the American
| woman 1t Is worth venturing a repeti-
| ton. Moreover. this Is the correct YER
| sion. Some little time ago the king aud
| queen gave succession of-small din
ners at Buckingham palace for immedi-
ate friends and one night Mrs. George
CORVALLIS Wicst--the eN-Lady Ran
dolph Churchill-was one OF the favor
ed l6 which was the limit in number.
Now even royal servants are not i'm
peccable. During dinner a ''slx-footer"
in royal scarlet and gold liveries OF the
royal footmen dropped the best part of
n tureon of fish sauce down the back
gSi e M ,rS Vest es sfin n Saw U t mnGS
cident and Immediately attempted to
mop up the mess with his seiNiette; IN
fact, the only person who was calm at
the table was Mrs. West herself. Turn
Ing IN his pnaipstV she exclaimed .'T
like hot bath on chilly night.
When the ladies retired to the draw
ing-room after dinner her majesty came
immediately to her guest and said.
Come along with me ana i shall give
you something of mine to wear for the
rest Of the evening
rofrND HEP IyADD 1-o FIT
Various waists ms you Americans
call your bodices. were tried on; but
n ,mi ions than the mieen nothing
could be found to III her. At last her
majesty remarked, why. n tea jacket
will be the very thing. You can sure
ly get into that.
Which Mrs. West did. II was gor-
gcous thing Of mauve clinton and point
de Venice lace and the wearer set II off
10 infinite advantage, hear MIS-.
West made her majesty promise pc
fore she left the palace That night that
the footman who had committed the
iniquity should not be dismissed. The
fact was he was new servant doing
footman's duty ana he was so appall-
ingly nervous that he lost his head
IRISH SEASON NOI EST
IL looks as though tho Irish season
IN the future will be mon est" This
year Lord and Lady Aberdeen can
manage to spin out FOR only three
meyE ed 1 y9se ~ reo ou ruth ir =,
things socially are going from bad to
worse In Ireland. Tho day is not fur
distant when there will be no use for
"A lord lieutenant IN the Emerald ialo
and Dublin castle After II has been
overhuuled by tho sanitary authorities
and has boon dlslnfccted II viii make
a good hospital, or some public instl-
tuition OF which tho people may APP
prove
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Nibi'iN" - iA|Lh'
am told the first drawing-room OF
tho castle was a killing spectacle. some
of tho dresses being amazing. Before
now Irishwomeu, who. as YOU know.
arc nothing If not daring bnve re-
QUESTIONED that dreudful material
tarlatan. a kind OF coarse cotton net