Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01
Yachting Is More AIluring Thar
Season Of City Fes-
tivities.
AMERICANS HAVE A NEW FAD
Fashionable Women rs Hostcssr. -,
Outdoor Sleeping Partics-N,rs
Potter Palmcrs Jewclry.
Special Correspondence

ONbo-N, July H.--IGVeryonp u,s,.,
to Know why the Drexels nv,
so quiet this year. So far ,b,.
have done practically notb,,n =
the way OF entertaining. There &c ,ss.
ton of concert which Mrs. Drexe, mo !,
give before the season is out. but h.'
friends doubt this. Most of tho
mer they have been In the oountr ,.' q,
on the continent and the beautifrl No., VI
garetta whose charms were on a'.ot,
ones lips last year, when she mad ~!
DEBUT, Is hardly seen this SUNNI.
MarBaretta was par excellence the An
erican belle of last season and she ',,I
everywhere. AT the end of tho s, wa
rner the startling rumor was afioa, S ,sn
she meant to join her aunt's cor,," 'S
"a rumor which was emphaticallv oo,.
tradicted. 1t is nevertheless ,roi.
heard Just now and II is said tho,
is owing to her repugnance ~ ~.
world and its gaieties" which c.rsa Wy
the fair Margaretta to have % zee
sistently deserted the merry crowd M
year. "u hR
Mrs. Drexel has remarked that T
would break her heart" were Marras'
eta to leave society for the cloistaSa,
1t is said on good authority that MI.
American girl has received over b ,'
dred offers Of marriage, in fact Na,
she holds the record In this regard =,
girls on the stage Many of the NJ
posals have come from men who ~,
only seen her photograph In the fsn
lonable papers. The young ladv -.
has a keen sense OF the Ridiculous b,,
had all the letters received from Nv.
known suitors put In neat little voB
frames and hung around her boudoir
Inc DreNels propose to do praat
deal of yachting later. They are a.
the lookout for house in Scotland and
would like Invercauld, but II is sa,r
Capt. and Mrs. Beatty intend to ,sks II
again this year Mrs. Beatty being de-,
termined to keep I'm close touch with
the King at Balmoral as she Is re-,
solved, come what may. that the Can,
tain shall In due course beoomA harm
or a visoount. N used to be said a m.
tie while ago that Mrs Anthony Drex.
81 had similar future in view for her
lord and master. but one hears moth.
ing of It now.
Pertect weather here this summer has
evoiVed the openar party. A numb,
or social leaders, Including Lady Pagst
Lady Londesborolgh, Lady Ieig5 spd
Mrs. Lulu Harcourt invite Their friend,
Tor weekend fresh air parties The
gathering camp on the grounds Of the
respective hostess shopping IN The oman
air in roofless sheds which, howeye,
are quite decorative and dainty. Thess
sheds are also quite open at one side
There is an immense vogue lust nov
Tor this form OF entertainment. II.
Votaries say that they derive more nv.
genie benefit from ane nights sleep in
the open than from 81 month in thu
same atmosphere indoors The health
ana beauty craze goes hand in hand il
being now an acknowledged fact tha,
IL is impossible to possess beauty with.
out health. Hence these open air Mu
ties which are nearly always made Nc
OF women, the men OF the gathering
preferring their sleeping aocommoda.
ton under a roof,
delightful story is going TIE
rounds about Cora, Lady Strafford. who
Is known among her friends for her
good nature. At a well known club Of
Whlch she is a member the countess
VINO was dressed quite simply hap
pened to be dining alone when she ttl
INTO conversation with a member al
an Adjoining table Who is the wife Of
poor country clergyman. In the
course OF their conversation the "coun.
Try mouse" who had no notion of Lady
Stranord's Identity explained TO her
tflat she was staying In the club De-
cause IT was good address and shs
had 10 BEE there very important per-
son for her husband who was temper
artly indisposed. She went on to say
that she found the club very expen.
sive and the servants so zine" that sh
was positively afraid of them She
further explained that all her belong.
lngs We're In carpet bag and she did
NOT know how on earth she was going
10 get tho wretched thing down IN th
lift with tho awe-inspiring' porter gsl
ing at It,"
Now, / will tell you precisely what
we will do said Lady STAFFORD. =
nave large mantle and IN so 10 YOU
room with you and carry the bag 70
that not one Of these blessed servants
VIII see it"
The parsons wife said she could nj
near OF such a thing, but Lady Strai'
FORD Insisted and IL was under her e1'
qlhsite cloak that the humble LOOKING
bag was taken into the street. When
Il and it's owner had been safely placed
IN four wheeler, Lady STAFFORD re-
quested the clerEyman's wife To be SURE
TO come and see her. handing her az
the same time her card.
Curic shops in London and on the
continent are bting ransacked for fobs
AFTER the style OF that worn by MIS-.
Potter Palmer at Ascot. When the
queen was speaking to tho Chicago
woman she noticed this dainty tflhe
and promptly remarked, II must TX
to get one az like II as possible
Whereupon Mrs Palmer begged mel
majesty TO accept the one she was
This. however, she INefasea
TO do saying that having admired y
u would b. impossible TO take IL from
airs Palmer
One would have thought Mir, MlE
mad tho time OF his life at Dorches.ol
House for there were many festlYlllus,
arranged for him and he had the hohol
or absorbing the Interest OF Qu"tn
Alexandra for a whole quarter VI ~
hour at tho royal gaZNleI-pa7y a.
a matter OF fact, the poor old gonlee.
man was bored to death By the Iva
mat was made over him and was u S~s,
tired after a week OF II For the ~
time he wore a court suit AZ the w
naughts' dinner party and looked W.
tinsnshed and neposeful IN H. IL "a
listed OF black velvet knee breeehes a''S,
velvet swallow-tail coat with lloe
lies and lace oravat. He wore tis
thodox black silk stockings and Dus ,snr
shoes, These suits cost anyIllhS hs.