The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-13
HIRED MEN ATTEND
LONDON FUNCTIONS
One GiIIett Furnishes Young
sterS to Society DANES at
So Much Per.
NEW LINE OF BUSINESS
ACTORS ABROAD MIGRATING TO
THE VARIETY STAGE.

Iondon. March 12-Now that there is an
absolute dearth of entertaining owing 10
the feverish political situation, there Is
one individual in town whose occupation
is for the time being, gone W. Glleu
4, ono Of the characters of London.
He was the founder OF the Bachelors
club-the home of the giIded youth-and
his chief business IN life is TO know
duchesses. and TO assist those whose ac-
ouaintance is limited by plain Brown
and Smith" to the aforesaid duchesses.
But he has several branch lines. lie
has become in recent years universal
provider of dancing men. When most
ess is in despair over a ball, she rings
CD Mr. Gillett at the Bachelors cluD ana
saws i'm her most dulcet tones: please
Mr. Gillett, could you bring Few danc--
ing men on the 20th. All the men nave
asked are engaged. And punctuaily at
supper time the dancing brigade from the
Bachelors club, headed by Mr.. Gllett'
appears on the scene.
The Young men condescend to give the
girls treat to the extent OF two dances.
Then they go down to supper, eat
hearty meal and disappear 10 ahOtH0i
.Gillett function
And thus Mr. Gnlett, who was at first
only tolerated and ridicuied, has become
a power and his Hradium parties bring
together impoverished peeresses and
wealthy social climbers 10 the sat!sIac-
ton OF both.
Just al the moment, Mr.. Gillett, de-
sDairing of bringing anyone at all to
gether. has hit upon . new scheme. He
has started a dancing class, and already
sixteen carefully selected couples are be
ing instructed in the mysteries OF the
Boston waltz" This class Is, OF course
intended to develop into a weekly hop,
which will compensate for the exceptional
dizziness of this winters season.
In appearance Mr.. Gillett resembles an
undertaken rather tnan a universal pro-
wider He is ALWAYS ADDdTCnIiN. well pro
vided with funds, and pounces with IN
err:ng instinct on any new and wealthy
American arrivals
Has Dropped Her Title.
The decision Of. the Marchioness of
Anglesey, who recently married John Gil
lat, TO drop her title and call herself
plain Mrs Gilliat" came as no surprise
glesey has long been hateful TO her The
notorious and eccentric late marquis only
lived with her for very short time after
the wedding, which would eventually
have been annuiled had the marquis lived
another year When she left her disrep-
utable husband, Lady Anglesey made the
unfortunate mistake of going about with
associates of doubtful character, so that
she got little sympathy from anybody.
and for time was severely cold-shoCl-
dered by the best set' in London. She
has, however. lived all that down, and
is now generally received.
Her husband, Mr.. Gilliat, is little known
in society, and is six years younger than
his wife. Mrs. Gilliat has $4,000 per an
mum of her own and some splendid jewels
given her by the late MARQUIS. Mr.. Gill
lat is also wei off, and the couple will
entertain considerably next season both in
London and Paris, where Mr.. Gilliat has
spent most of his time of late.
The majority of titled women who have
married commoners, cling tenaciously to
their titles, although the king and queen
Ignore the title in the majority of cases.
The late Lily, Duchess Of Marlborough,
who married Lord William Beresford, was
always announced at court at Lady VIII
liam Beresford The American hostess,
Cora, Countess of STAFFORD. clings to her
title although her husband is Mr.. Pryor.
The Duchess of Buckingham, the last
of the race, whose husband is Lord Egg
erton, obtained special permission to re-
tain her title. The great exception to the
general rule is Mrs. George CORVALLIS
West, who dropped her title of Lady Ran
dolph Churchill. when she married her
goodIooking young husband.
Roller Skating Craze.
The roller skating craze shows no signs
OF abatement in London, but there are
indications that the building of Kinks in
the provinces is already Overdone, and
there is likely TO be big scandal in the
near future III regard to the flotatiOn of
some recent rink companies.
Last year great many members of the
smart set discovered that roller skat-
ing at Olympia was great fun, but as
usual the names of the society beauties
and their attendant SWANS were adver-
tised, ana this lea to all sorts of awk-
ward predicaments and also to a ire
mendOus rush on the part of suburbaniaes
anxious to rub shoulders, or even collide
with peers and pesTesses
This winter the particular set met in
secret conclave and evolved the Olympia
Sunday Skating club. which was to be
"E1ghtfully exclusive NO more musical