Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28

-HE following clipped from The
london Daily Mail will 8undoubt-
Eedly be appreciated by the large
I u - English representation in Utah:
There is a good deal of. agitation
n1nong my country because a greas
many Americans who can a ford to live
outside the United States are pnrchas-
ing homes In England or occupying one
of the many or your delightful and
i most comfortable hotels. q, "a
i63 am of opinion that this movement
IS only In It's infancy England, with its
\ delightful town ana country houses. IL
likelyEto become the headquarters of
N the more wealthy of the Eng lish-spea X
Ing peoples, and there Is q sort of rough
Justice in the movement, lnasmuch as
the United States and Canada have
been almost entirely populated, SO far
as#their better elements are concerned
from England, Scotland, and Ireland.
one of the real reasons soHmany of us
are escaping from America is the de-
h sire to be let alone. In London, and
for the matter OF that in Paris, though
not so much there as in London, people
are accustomed to mind their own busi-i
ness. Private gossip and scandal are
at d minimum here, not only in houses.
but In clubs; and your newspap ets do
not print 1t.
My day, as a wealthy man In Eng.
land, Is so entirely different from my
q day in the United States that / will de-
scribe both for the benefit OF: American
friends who may be DESTROYS OF Joining
us in life in this delightful country.
It is the London season. | rise at
J llalf-past 8 or . to- n quiet meal, at
which We help ourselves without the
aid of servants--who are not present
at English breakfasts-to the accom-
paniment of newspapers that prefer
municipalities to what we call neigh
borhood news" l walk or ride as /
choose, and there is no crowd of curi-
GUS spectators to watch me as make
my exit. There is, in fact, no curiosity
with regard to rich people in England
Only the other day there died in Eng
hand Your Mr. Morrison. one OF the
richest men in the world, and l had
never heard his name, nor had any
4 OF those at the clubs In which the mat
ter was being discussed. Mr. Astor.
and Mr.. Morgan, whose smallest doings
would be chronicled in the United
4 States, may move as fceely# as they
please here, and their private cominss
and goings are not recorded, for the
simple reason that no one wants to
hear about them.
"A ENGLAND'S LACK OF CLASS
FEELING.
The absence of class feeling in Eng
land Is another reason why many of US
& prefer to live here. The rich and the
poor are not divided into two hostile
factions. Every man has his PLACE.
There is not the rush, envy, and malice
of New York society, with its continual
struggle Of Western and Pittsburg peo-
! pie to etinto that curious circle The
-Four Hundred" New York society is
not what 1t was in my early days.
4 When old Mrs. Astor reigned supreme,
society in New York was not at all I'M
n like cociety In London. There was no
ostentation, and any persons of birth,
brains, or breeding were freely adj
mitted. Today it is merely a question
or money and such charming salons
as exist In London, where rank money,
and brains occupy about the same posi-
tiOn, are now impossible in most Amer
ican cities. and certainly in New York.
From mans point of view, the con-
is extremely trying. Here, contrary To
very little formality of any kind; too
little, many people think III these days
= of what is known as the .'rat-catcher'..
style of dress adopted by the English
man. Such things as card leaving and
calling are rapidly going out Of. fashion.
and one Is free to do as one chooses. If
/ desire to entertain at luncheon, car
ask whom choose, provided, however,
Z that there is something beyond food to
offer. Authors actors, poets, play
4 W,rights, statesmen. men of business.
distinguished foreigners, the delightful