Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-31
II/beTQ lie lutte holds he fort
Vanderbilt Determined to
Reconcile Duke and Duchess

4 go or. as they are. going and the wicked
Radicals--one of the chief of whom is
/. -his cousin, Winston Churehill--are al
1 lowed to ruin the country and get
money for Dreadnoughts and old-ase
! pensions by taxing the dukes and the
millionaires.
4 This may seem a somewhat exag-,
! serated picture. but the fact is that the.
duke is far from prosperous. Apart
from the budget Observation-Disclosures have
not been running smoothly at Blen-5
\ helm. Like so many of his class the
| duke lacks business capacity. Though
/ by no means cxtravagant. money slips
\ through his fingers. Hislwifelhas more
i business in her little finger than he has
| in his entire body. While she was
I at Blenheim. everything Went .swim-
| Iningly simply because she ruled the
| roost. She is a splendid manager II
| first rate organizer and one ofFthose
| women who can save out Of any in
come.
LINING ON HOPES.
| Although recently the duchess has
taken all the expenses of the children
| off the dukes shouldcrs-as both boys
| practically live with her. Lord Ivor
Churchill doing so entire'y-their father
does not seem much benefited financial
~ by the concession. The duke is
said to be living in the hope that Mr.
Vanderbilt Will not let Blenheim de-
teriorate. 1t was a. costly job putting
1t in repair when his daughter became
its mistress. and the duke is said 10
be banking on the belief that Mr. VAN
derblt will find it cheaper to keep
things going than to pay for another
complete renovation when his grandson,
the little Marquis of Blandford sue
ceeds to the dukedom.
In spite of the royal boycott the du-S
Ina
this season. People who turned up
the whites of their eyes when she was
mentioned last year are now glad IL
accept her invitations, and the recent
ball she gave at Sunderland House was
undoubtedly one Of the most brilliant
functions that has ever taken place III
London. Royalty and the American
ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid
and their daughter were absent, OF
course, but there We're a lot Of pcoj;ls
who are seen at smart functions.
She owes whatever position she has
to her mother-in-law, Lady Banford
who has stood right by her since the
separation No other member of the
dukes family will have anything TO do
With the duchess. but his mother con-
siders that i1er daugiter-in-law is de-
serving of sympathy and her stanch-
ness is the most remarkable thing in the
annals of matrimonial quarrels.
MoTHER-IN LAWS HISTORY
No doubt Lady Banford.s own his
tory has much 10 do With this She
is a daughter Of the famous first Du-
chess Of Abercorn-"the mother of the
peerage''--and she was forced by his
conduct TO divorce the dukes father
before he succeeded to the title. She
never became Duchss of Marlborough
and is still known by the title now
borne by her little grandson Con-
suelo is immensely uppreciattve of Lady
Blanford's efforts on her boialf and
they are perpetually together and as
devoted as mother and daughter.
1t is only by careful management
that the duchess is able to live on her
reduced income. II is said thar lEa
brilliant PARTY she gave in June was
paid for out OF balance she had on q
hand at tho end of the financial year.
Although her jewels are of fabulous
worth they are nearly all presents
from her parents and relations. She
buys no new ones and though per-
fectly dressed and in the best OF taste
she never spends more than $3.50 on a
dress and never. more thar SIS on II
hat She has been known to wear Il
fruck n dozen times in season and
not iufrequently has one re-nlade a
dozen hats in all meet her requirements
during three months.
The only person on whom the
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