Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24
Popular American Hostess
Faces Queer Social Problem
snealal correspondence.

special NlfNHl'ii'l'llAN
7 ONION. April 15.-Mrs Lulu
Harcourt has resumed her week
~ receptions which We're inter
rupted on one or two occasions
because she contracted Influenza
These are parties of "a semi-politicaL
order and very catholic TO which AN
ana sundr-y may come They are made
lu of ministers and their womenknd.
labor members and their better halves
ana very often the friends Of the lat7
ler altogether a fascinating and in
lcresting medley where no one is dull
alrs uarcourt is one OF those hospit
pitable hostesses who do not put an
hour Of departure on her cards. The
result IS some people do not know
when TO go. At least the other after
noon there were some who apparent
az understood the invitation to mean
nights stay. They got fixed, some
wit afterwards said. near a glue
pot"
The Harcourts were giving a dinner
party that evening and royal princess
was to be among the guests Mrs.
Harcourt's frame Of mind can be rea-
lized when AT 1880 some Of these aw-
lul people We're still sitting in her
irawing-room. Like the typical hus-
band. Lulu" does not always show
up al his wife's afternoon parties. As
matter Of fact, he had spent the
greater part OF the time IN the square
playing with his two little girls. see
ing the guests come and go He went
Do when he thought they had an
cleared, only 10 hear the voices of the
treezers-on talking animatedly. Feeling
&c his duty 20 help Mrs. Harcourt out
of the difficulty he went TO the
drawing room and was butt0n-holed.
They wanted 10 know an about
the naval vote of censure on the gov
eminent The poor hostess wandered
about the room frantic. kept looking
cd her watch and still they would not
go. Al last an idea struck the butler.
DE though that If ne sounded the
gong they would think IL was the am
nouncement OF dinner and leave. Not
they. They stin stuck. Seeing this the
rcsourcoful servant entered and said
TO his master, "lf YOU please sir, a
fire has broken out upstairs and We
have tclephoned for an engine" still
10th 20 depart the undesirables sug-
gested that they would go upstairs
and see what could be- done. At this
junction junior servant appeared and
explained that the fire had been put
out. but that Mrs. Harcourt had faint
cd overcome by the fright aud that
she wanted her husband Then and
then only the guests departed.
OVERsHADOwED BY SISTER.
Lady Lister-Kaye has been always
somewhat ovorshadowcd by Consuelo
Duchess OF Manchester. her more
beautiful and more witty elder sister,
Who in spite of AN newcomers rec
mains par excellence the hostess of
kings. the FIRST fayorite of societyi
Practically the loader of British SOC
c.ey. Nevertheless. Lady LIstcr-kaye
is having her innIngs just now and has
been doing great deal of entertain
ing Her dinner Tor the Prince and
Princes of Wales thc other night was
thc biggest ihIug she haa dome ycD
Those who understand thc inner work.
inss Of society ana thc idiosrnorusies
thereof consider that BE- is in many
ways "a greater privilege to entertain
the Princess of wales chan me king
or queen inasmuoh as her majosty-to-
poe ls Ear more exclusive Than the pre-
sent queen. The princess, of course,
knows nll the American best SEQ n
me ordinary way bat on nor private
visiting liat There are not haif-a-dozen
names of Americans. Among thls pri-
Nilegod half-do1cn iH the ever green
Consuolo Duchess of Manchester.
Lady Lister-Kaye and Lady (Arihur)
laget sho has special regard Tor
The two last Lady Lister Kaye was