The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
MUSIC And TEA DUCHESS'S
4 KIND or ENTERT iINMENT
POPTItR ~ IONDON.
Concert for Charity sure OF . Large Nu-
dicnee 81 . Guinea n Head when
Given In the Home % a social Leader
-Duchess OF Martbsrough Pays Up.

LONDON. July ~ Every afternoon and
evening throughout the season the many
concert halls OF London are working "A,
full pressure Many II the concert
givers are Of course musicians whose
names are known IN varying degrees 81
fame to che musical world. but the vast
majority Of them are the unknown and
the never To be known. The agent who
for a lump sum engages the hall and
does the advertising will also provide
an audience II the concert glvers per
sonal friends are not enough "a ill up
the room. The audience does not pay.
The concert giver's hope Of reward lies
in the press notices that are 20 follow
There is one class Of concert fire.
auently given in London that IL sure 81 a
large and paying audience. This il the
concert gwen in her own house by a So
ciety leader for the benefit 81 some charity
in which she il interested The pro-
gramme on such Occasions is invaria bly,
strong. Actors md musicians are ever
ready in the cause Of charity and
gladly give their services for nothing
The concert giver's friends rally about
her and buy tickets A very few adver-
tisements in the society columns 81 the
daily papers bring in a good number Of
the general public at one guinea 1851 a
head and the general public gets full
value for it's guinea.
OF course there IL the concert There
is also the satisfaction 81 feeling that YOU
are helping a good cause; but there il
much more than this For her guinea
Mrs A wears her new hat for three happy
hours in "A ducal drawing room. She
sees the people. or some - them, with
whose names and faces the society col
umns and the pictur. papers have long
familiarizsd her. She hears man IA
front 81 her who She ~ sure ~ Lord y
zay TO a lady next him whom she knows
TO be the Duchess 81 T. that Richard
gone yachtin Wth Billy She hear.
the Duchess rsk Lord y II his sister il
better, and altogether it's very nice TO H..
sitting with these great per~onages chat
ting away so intimately, even 4 she does
not JOIN IN the talk
Then when the concert /. over there's
buffet in the dining room. and Mrs
A. guinea entities her 20 sip her cup
u tea in pleasing proximity 10 the great
people whose names will be In the papers
tomorrow From that day forth Mrs \
will he able 10 tell friends from personal
experience that he famous society beauty
Lady Mary y talks With a lisp She can
describe the drawing room. the dining
room. the staircase aud the hall nf great
noblemans town house She has been
there She has had tea there Altogether
It IL very good vahIs for p shillings. ana
the n shilIings are devoted TO very good
cause
Yesterday afternoon one of tho most
successful of these charity concerts was
given by the Duchess Of Marlborough
in Sunde rland House This Is the house
10 which the notorious old Countess OF
Cadigan refers in her spiteful -Recol-
lections.- whea. writing OF the society
OF her early DAYS. she says: III some
Of those dwellers Of Mayfair could re-
visit the pale Elimpses Of the moon and
Mayfair feel sure they would be THANK
full they had been consigned to their
family vaults before Curzon street was
ruined by the hideous Anglo American
palace recen'lv planted in its III gnifad
Georgian midst Sunderland Ho,iso
IL srhAps a little heavy and forhiddinR
on the outside. buo It EaS-ceTJainlT boil |