Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-08
At Least Her Friend the Hon.
Mrs. John Ward Says
So.
HUNTING HER HUSBAND NOW
Bishop of London Amused by ParrOts
Swear Words"-Social Swimmers
Will Ease Up Bit.
lspecial corrcspondence.l

| London, Nov 25.-MiSS jennie Crookcr
and her great friend the Hon. Mrs.
John Ward are enjoying themselves
| thoroughly after their long separation.
| The very first thing Mrs. Crockcr did
when she arrived at Mrs. Wards was
to make a rush up to the nursery to
see Master Ward who took to her at
once. An engaging smile spread over
| his chubby face. which grew still wider
when he caught sight OF the exquisite
| tewelcd rattle which his "Auntie Jen-
ME" had brought him. All Mrs. Wards
girl friends are "aunties" to her son.
There is "Auntie Pat" Princess Patri-
ella, "Auntie Nellie" Miss Nellie Post
and so on.
Mrs. Ward has made up her mind
definitely that her extra special pal,
Miss Crocker, must marry a Britisher
and she has her eye on two or three
very eligible young men for the helr-
ess--for SO we understand Miss Crockcr
is. One of them has a title, and one
day VIII be an earl. would not be
playing the game to say moro than
that his father holds very important
place In the kings household. He dined
with the Wards to meet Miss Crocker
the other night. and from all accounts
everything went satisfactorily.
Mrs. Ward and Miss Crocker are Just
now In Paris. looking round the shops
generally The latter has a taste of her
own In dress. She is fond of white, of
old lace and of simplicity in style, all of
which suit her. She is also one of the
they won't adopt the new style OF hair
dressing.
WORST BIRD IN LONDON.
THE worst bird in London" and that
is saying good deal, is Mrs. Ritchies
parrot who goes everywhere with her
and has an intelligence which is al
most human. This pretty feathered
friend Is of the grey persuasion and
speaks most distinctly. and the cold
ness and delfberation of her often en-
barrassing remarks suggest that she
really Knows what she Is saying. Whom
Mrs. Ritchle was visiting a country
house In the north recently which did
not meet with the approval OF Polly"
she kept shrieking at the top Of her
voice. How long are you going to stay
In this rotten placer" Returning home
1t happened that the bishop of London
was occupying seat in the carriage
in which were Mrs. Ritchie and Polly"
who kept exclaiming, well this Is the
Hades of a hole" only Polly put it more
forcibly still. 1t Is said that his lord
ship laughed hugely and enjoyed Pol
ly's swear words Later the bird said
TO the divine, You must not kiss my
m'ssus." 1t was this vivacious bird
who was so saucy to King Edward
that he never forgot her and never sees
Mrs. Rttchie without making inquiries
for Polly.
II am suffragist." she said to the
king, land a jolly good suffragist. 100.
What are you?"
TO EASE UP A BIT.
The very latest of now clubs is TO
be the Take 1t Easy" Numbers of the
smart set say they are worn out by
the pace and they propose now to turn
the tables and take things as quietly
as possible. Members must sign
pledge never to look at an aeroplane,
never to enter motor car of any de-
scriptlon, or travel on express trains
The Sedan chair is to be requisitioned
by members of the club rs we'll as the
rickashaw, as used in Japan. II any
member Is found saying that she Is
In hurry. she will be heavily fined
and If the offense is repeated she may
run the risk of being drummed out of
the club. There are no restrictions
made in regard to dress save that il a
member is found to hurry her dress
maker sho will be subject to a fine. All
the clocks in the club will be kept
quarter of an hour slow. It Is pro-
posed to have half-a-dozen rest"
rooms In the establishment. Peace,
Ease and Rest" is the motto.
Numbers of men are clamoring to
gain admttance, and several very ex-
allied personages are interested In this
new club-among others the Duke and
ough, Lady Craven and the Countess
of Leicester. The dowager queen Of
Sweden, a notorIously peace-lovlng lady
who resents beyond everything the rush
OF present-day life, is said to have
given her patronage to the latest fash
ionable organization. Her majesty Is
just now in England taking things easy
as she always does more or less wher-
ever she is.
THE WAY 1T IS IN LONDON
1t is by no means in fashionable
square, this new abode of our one and
only Winston Churchill. At the corncr
not only motor buses but trains pass
1t is difficult to think why Winston and
his beautiful wife took a house in
Eccleston Square unless 1t was that the
future prime minister. as many of his
friends regard him, In a fit of good
tacks badly at tlmes-thought he would
take 1t off the hands of Mrs Arthur A.
Beckett. for whom 1t was q white ele-
phant after the death of her husband
The house was decidedly old-fashloned.
but the Churchills have spent a heap
of money on 1t and brought It quite
up-to-date. Agents are saying that they
expect great things for the square now
that Winston Churchill has advertised
1t by taking n house there. This Is
always the way in London-this land OF
snobbery. Directly someone of distinc-
tion rents an abode in a quarter that
Is doing downhill there Is wild rush
for houses close by,
The Churchills of Eccleston Square
are radicals pure and simple and IL
will be a cosmopolitan but an eminent
ly interesting crowd which Will fore
gather at their winter receptions. Poets
of the future, never mind II they are
down at heel, men OF letters OF to-
day with brains and a future. states
men, cranks. interesting freaks. great
beauties and the ct cctcras which go 10
make up the party that is really worth
while going to will be there, where wit
flies and wisdom and nonsense are dis
cussed In the same breath. However
brilliant Mrs. Winston ChurchIlls re-
ceptions may be. they won't beat those
held there by the Beckets in the past;
when everyone who was anyone In So