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Show Hi1 1 Saunterings j At last it has been decided just which parti- Hh cular family is the first family of America, and Bffl strangely enough the news comes from London BP and not from this side of the body of water of B which the Mauretania has made a channel. B' It seems that Mrs. Nannie Langhorne Astor B and the Duchess of Marlborough, at a tea given B, recently, were discussing American aristocracy, Bj the Duchess, of course, taking the stand that the Bj Astors were several notches lower in the realms B of the high and mighty than the Vanderbilts, and B in reply to the contention Mrs. Astor sweetly Bi replied: B "Why Consuelo, the Astors had stopped skin- B ning skunks for generations before the Vander- B bilts began collecting ferry tolls." B This is said to have clinched the precedence B of tire Astors in the minds of those who were EL near enough to hear, as well as giving them a H very definite idea of the ancestry of both of the B contending factions. The remark has pierced B even the armor surrounding the British sense B of humor. B, Bj Robert Schauffler who is writing a series of B marriage articles for the Success Magazine has Bf interveiwed factory girls, stenographers, book- B keepers, and others working in business houses B to get their views on the kind of man a girl should B marry, and one of them told him this: B "Say, I had an experience once that gave me , B a lesson! I was working in the signal tower and B there was a man worked there with me. He B was a good looking enough fellah. If I'd 'a' known B him anywhere else, I might 'a' took him when B he asked me. B "Thank goodness I was up there with him B all day long and I had a chance to find out. That's B the way to learn a man. If some of these girls B: ( that get married could stay all day with a man B for a while, every day in the week, there would- B n't be so many mistakes. B "Oh, there wasn't nothin really wrong with Bj ( him, only when his line o' talk played out there B wasn't anything more to say. We'd sit up there B' silent as owls. Say, mebe I wasn't glad when Bi I got a transfer. If we'd been married now, it B wouldn't have been so easy to get a transfer." B The above would indicate that the Bernard B Shaw theory to the effect that marriage is popu- B lar because it combines the maximum of tempta- B( i tion with the maximum of opportunity does not Bj entirely cover the case. Bl i Bj The recent dissappearance of what the out- B siders'were pleased to call "the fast set" in local B! society for four or five years, or from about 1903 B t 1908 is a matter of wonderment to many who Bf cannot account for the way some people have Bf subsided after the riot of fun in which they in- B dulged, to the interesting horror of those who B looked on from a distance as long as they could B keep awake. The explanation is rather easy. The B water wagon has carried some of them away, B the limiteds and the liners have taken others, B many are now very much married, others are B somewhat divorced, some who still remain are ab- B solutely blase, and while among the others the B, spirit is willing, the flesh or tnc pocketbook is K! weak. Bl Some day there may be a grand reunion that Mfo will startle all Quakerdom in this present peace-IB! peace-IB! ful city, and if there is, the half-shot will be Hj i! heard around the world. H 'I L 'I The popularity of Brighton is as great as ever, l ( but what a pity It is that more people cannot 1 go up to the cool of its green mountains and L, pretty lakes, merely because the general ' '"ties Hf for getting there are such as few people care I to take advantage of. Then again, at the end of the journey, unless one is a guest at a private cottage, he or she is in eminent danger of starving starv-ing to death or acquiring chijnic insomnia from a death struggle with one of the beds in camp. If some man or company of men had a little courage and a few dollars they were willing to risk in fixing up the road from Park City, building build-ing a comfortable inn and then provide efficient service and some good plain food, with possibly a bath tub or two as a side line, it would be easy to make the mountain resort one of the most popular in this part of the west. For notwithstanding notwithstand-ing the natural advantages surrounding this city, there is hardly a place one may go with any degree of comfort without taking a long journey. Those who can alford the time and money can go camping and no summer resort on earth can equal the joys of real camp life, but there are scores, particularly a great number of women, who must stay at home and swelter for want of a way to the mountain breezes, and despite the fact that one is supposed to rough it at Brighton, there is no occasion to make the roughing harder. There was almost a panic among the natives when the bath tub sent by the Ned Ferrys to their mountain home arrived on the scene, but it was installed nevertheless, and to date no deaths have been reported following its use, much to the surprise and probable disgust of the hill men who m could not understand the innovation and looked upon it really as an unnecessary evil. The Saunterer is for more bath tubs, real food and an easier way to bigger Brighton. It is said that the leading New York hotels, following the example of the European caravansaries caravan-saries are going to charge extra for the napkins and bread and butter when the winter season opens. That is the end of the human limit, and there ought to be an immediate boycott of every house that does it, for as it is, when anyone sits down to the table of a New York hotel he feels as if he is eating money. Probably the prospective pros-pective charge for the napkin is based on the possibility of it keeping one's legs warmer, thereby there-by lessening the necessity of buying so much hot food. Here's a prediction that the Duke of the Abruzzi and Katherine Elkins will be married before be-fore the year is out. Mrs. Elkins and Miss Elkins have been at Toblach across the frontier for several weeks, and during that time, the Duke accompanied by his chauffeur has dashed over from Venice a number of times, always at great speed and always incognito. The eastern papers are full of it, and smoke of this kind comes only from the fires of love. Besides there is very little questiori but that the Duke is a young man with the courage of his convictions and it is more than probable that the royal plans will be somewhat altered by the nobleman and the fine American girl. It has been a busy week at the Country Club and the call of the big shade trees and the veranda ver-anda has kept the cool places filled up morning, noon and night. Mrs. J. R. Walker, Mrs. George A. Steiner and Miss Louise Sullivan were among the hostesses of Wednesday afternoon. j - In honor of Mr. and Mrs, Richard A. Keyes and their charming guest, Miss Winnie .Rhoades, James McGregor entertained a large party at the Lagcon Monday evening and the affair was one of the most enjoyable of the week. A J The engagement of Miss Pauline Zabriske, if daughter of Mrs. R. H. Terhune, and Parker Gilbert Gil-bert Stevens, has been announced in Chicago. The Terhune family have a large circle of friends here, where they lived for many years. One of the most elaborate parties scheduled for next week is the hop at the Country Club to be give Monday evening by the Misses Norrine Thompson, Margaret Walker and Margaret Dunn. In honor of Miss Adeline Jacobson, Miss Lou Hayes entertained Wednesday evening at a Lake party. With the post deserted, Fort Douglas is lounging loung-ing through the hot weather with almost no activity activ-ity socially. Mrs. Clark E. Elliot entertained her bridge club late last week at her quarters. " Miss Margaret Dunn and her guest, Miss Gladys Richardson of Bridgeport, Conn., are the guests of Mrs. P. J. Quealy in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Wyom-ing. Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gustin, accompanied by Mrs. Gustin's mother Mrs. J. II. Harley or Nebraska, are on a month's camping trip on the Uintah reservation. An affinity is a fresh disappointment in disguise. dis-guise. ik |