Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-29
Harry Payne Whitney vs..
The Duke Of Roxburghe

Mrs. Belmont and her daughter we're
leaving, several society women, them
selNes wearing cloaks worth Il ransom.
deliberately got behind the owner OF
! the sweet pea tinted garment With
the obvious intention of inspecting it,
and one woman was trying to take a
sketch. For at least once in her life
The imposing young duchess of Marl-
borough had to take a back seat, her
mother being the observed OF all OBJ
servers. But as somebody remarked
Her grace looked quite good-na-
tured over it,.
Betty Marquand. a daughter OF Mrs.
Graeme Harrison. adopted a novel
form of invitation to her wedding. She
sent out beautifully printed circulars
with a brief account of her meeting
with the prospective bridegroom. Il
description OF their plans and Il num-
Der OF other personal details when
were eminentlS interesting to her
friends. 1t Is suggested that this novel
notion Will find plenty of imitators.
just now people are sick and
tired of the smart wedding ard
are beginning to fight shy Of going to
see it unless the bride and her people
are able to offer something besides
a pageant of picturesque beauty and
glimpses of jewels which, as q we'll
known mondaine expressed 1t Can bo
seen any day in a Bond street jewelers.
window"
h.H 4tlSo ~ y y. iIldli al rloOh=
place at Reeding near which her
mothers rouse is situated. The house
is one of the Drettiest specimens of
OLD English style in the country. Mrs.
Graeme Harrison is very proud of its
quaint furniture, most of which h
has picked up5in cottages here and on
the continent. She is a first-rate judge
of antique things and spots a bit OF
genuine old oak. a pewter mug or q
Waterford cut glass jug in the twink
ling of an eye. Ii boasts that h
has never been taken in yet.
Her daughters, too, have traHlped
about the country in search of OBJ
jects Of art and the bride, Mrs. Mel
Tor, has in this way found quantities
of things in the most unlikely places
for her future home, OF all the brides
of the oinen she has given her hus-
band by far the most beautiful things
The dressing case she presented 10
him was the acme Of splendor with its
gold fittings studded with diamonds.
After the manner of all the new brides
She. too, presented her husband with
a wedding ring. Mr.. Mellor is in the
a brilliant future is ~prophesied for
him. That Mrs. Mellor could have
married lar more brilliantly all her
friends knoW n it was something OF
a surprise TO G that IL was tho
young soldier who came off with flying
lcolorS.
II the Wright brothers and their sis
ter had the faintest desire FOR social
fame in London they could have been
lfeted from buckingham palace down
wards. AS 1t was, all three received
scores of Invitations from duchesses {
to the wives of the city magnates.
There was not, OF course. the renlot-
est possibility OF the famous brothers
accepting any of these invitations as
every second of their time was filed
up before ever they set foot in our
metropolis.
Their sister. however, managed to
ind time to drink tea with one or two
duchesses. her grace of Sutherland
among the number The Wright fam
ily are not socially ambitious, though
the men thirst for further fame and,
above all. are determined to be multi
m~iliionaires. Unlike the usual lnven-
tor, they have phenomenal business
capacity; they stick out for their own
terms and practically carry all before
them. A big financier expressed the
opinion that they We're as hard as
nails in striking of a bargain. He All
ded that they must have some scotch f
blood in them, or If not. yorkshire
But they are far more genial than
either scotch or Yorkshire men; In
fact. they are typical Americans and
are liked by all with whom they come
mo LADY MARY.