| Show Ducal Duce Palace P ce to Be e Turned Info Into Factory F y For Guild rOD for or Poor 1 Cripples s IrtI Un I II Lon One of the Finest of oT the Homes Long Lone Stately o of England En IzAd r t to Become n a nI live I Hh of oT Industry for the Disabled Children of oi Poverty in Which hs Boon Boen l and W re e the Titled Favorites of or Fortune Were Vera Want to to Gather Converted C Into Inte Workshop Whom By Cunning Cunnin Crafts Ci the Mm Victims of oT GIlev Grievous OtiS ous Afflictions Will Gain G in Gt d Livelihoods A Transformation That is Like Liko a Fairy F alpy talc Made Mado KLeal Re cal l I Special Correspondence ONDON Oct Oel Trentham hall hallI LONDON I the famous seat neat In of ot the tha I Duke uke and nd Duchess a o of oC Sutherland U la undergoing conversion Into lito a factory for crippled workers Built from tram the tha th designs design de of oC Barry Barl at al C a m coat cost of ot In the days when labor labo and material coat colt teas lees 1 than halt half what they do now Its Is It walls wall adorned with Ith a II wealth of oC pictures by the Che old master lite rich lIch In statuary by beautiful gardens and conservatories set Net In the midst of ot a park Trentham hall hail he hen haa been ben for tor genera generation generations NIr tion Un ono one of ot the first Ant of ot show haw places place Now a wondrous won transformation is Ie isto to Co take Cako place In It The hall halls In which monarchs monarch have been beet entertain entertained ed will noon lOon resound with the din Un of Industry The root rooms In which the titled favorite of fortune were wre wont to W gather Cher will wilt be filled filed with the vic via victims time tims of ot misfortune from flOm their birth engaged in overcoming life lifes handi handl handicap cap by b the arts art of ot cunning It U la s like Ilka a fairy fair tale made real reala a socialist dream d dIt It I IN II all part and parcel of ot a scheme by which the th Duchess of ot pet pt charity charily the th Cripples Guild ha has been turned Into luto a public company co which will III pay puy dividends to It Its shareholders shareholder while providing a generous surplus for tur the lite disabled workers worker It to Ie 1 a n rt cognition of ot the principle that the philanthropy that save Move lit Is the tha that tbt pays para rho Tho duchess will continue the tho presiding presidIng ing III genius mUll of ot th Ch the whole business Th The Duke and Duch Duh Duo hes of ot Sutherland Suther Sutherland land have many Interests In that section sec MC section tion Uon of ot England known u ill s the thO pot potteries teries Cerl This comprises the th of Dt t and Worcestershire f tut lut ut the U first fir named is I the very vry center unter not cwt alone atone of o the district dl but of 0 tb U the Interests Interest of oC the t uth rland Th Thal r have hav estates estate there ther they take some of sl their Utica title from tr there LADY BEAUTIFUL For tho the past decade the baa ha bee the lady Id beautiful to toC the tho poor Ioor of the Che pottery country COli nil For Pon seven savon years year she ah ha h has especially looked look after the th crippled children many man of tit whom ale a now grown rOWl up VI Th These e cripples she he gathered Into R a guild Workshops Workshop were wr establish ert d 4 In n which the thu Ih wr were taught various t rules no so N that they ct oy might sue HUC ve veed coed ed In e arllin their own living 11 The guild wa WU supported almost ex eg exclusively by the tho Ih duchess d Of 01 late lale It Itha itha ha grown own a si large ar ge that H it I wa was w at ai aim 1 m most ast Impossible for the duchess to de di tote oCe the time Um necessary to properly conduct It its Ita agair In the ale town of t tH Hanley H In the guild hasa has hasa a great at fory In which some ume cripples of tIt both esen os are dally daily em It There iN I a st staff R of ot ln irue tore toN aM uN a business self W 1 PR Hut Hilt the tho duchess as a the president had Iad to personally look bek after all 11 the Ih b e The Tho demand nd for tor the goods good manufactured by the tb cripples ll was wan so 10 o great rat that the b due duchess ve hens wa wu soon adrift on ors the deep deop and end to her ber unknown of ot the th trade Crade world word The duchess duch I s Ia a great groat t social udal leader MM She he heI h is I also In many other othar ot rote role Hut she tIe U s not Iut a budness wo woman Her little home bomo charity charily had grown own lo to be he bei i tulle an a Industry It was w crushing tier loCI ar Her I liar or social and public duties are aN many I II Her r Ignorance of 01 business mutters brought brout the th affairs affair Ira of t the I guild lId Into In a h uel sw w tangs tangle tar Apparently Apparently enIy a 1 a working II It wan wag paying big b profit Yet Tut t Is la va wu was n a eo ant hovel drag dr on the duchess due purse pu Moth Both lf demands demand d on en time and money kept he I and Dd the was wu un on the verge vre of ot despair when wit on en the a he ha m ml met t gresus hustler bulkier C e g Arthur Peran the editor ni m rt tn an n of f the h und and andu nd u 10 i r I of r other 4 deli lc It ks and ami a t iu HOW HW 1 M WAX WAS MAUN MAliK lh Ih I h I l ui hi In e in sue Mi I r ra 0 are ar old Id IdT f I T I Ii im aN 1 i man hi b IMm and 11 1 h 10 I I Ii uLd I a Ml MI toI 1 wad VUR true Jew ut the gre greatest u ot t charities In England th tho the childrens Fresh Air fund la his hi The duchess her aid socially If It be b would give lv his hie aid Id a as aa a man to te hers hem he The deal woe was made and Mr took hold bold of ot the Cripples enI hind Guild H lie visited the potteries potterie pott and ana saw MW the UI work went Into the fullest de detail details tall tails with the staff a all as well 11 a as of with th the crippled workers themselves and when he reported to the Ih duchess he hI declared del I that the only way Aay out of Ht the difficulty waa was to CO make the guild a regular busi lud business ness noes n concern And so an was A to Mr Pearson the work ork of ot converting a i charity Into nto a public company compten The name was waa changed from The Potteries PHilene Guild of Handicrafts to The Duchess of ot Su Sutherlands Cripples Crippen Guild Limited The capital was wall placed at 11 In tIlt ordinary shares bare and deferred shares share I of ot Ii H each cacho The ordinary shares will re receive a fixed dividend of nt SH 1 per cent per annum and the deferred share shareholders shareholders holders will wilt receive rh the reminder remainder of the These Then Th ii shareholder er ere have agreed to t i ly such profits to tl the training school und mid the charitable work of ot the guild A As experts expert who have ha looked look Into the matter nutter have fig figured It out that run a UI as a business buln con concern concern cern the profit of ot the th guild should b 1 be fully tully 20 29 per cent ant then th promises promise to be bea a surplus for f r the charitable branch lit of f the undertaking OF X The directors of ot the I company are the be Duchess of oC Sutherland chairman airman CArthur C Arthur Pearson S H J Waring Warl and J F I Campbell Mr Raring Waring Varin t s III head hd of the Che Important firm Orm of f Waring ann limited and also alwi Waring B The c firms have Immense stores to In London Landon and elsewhere devoted d to house hall furnishings furnishing and hardware generally Mr to is also aleo u I partner of ot Mr Selfridge of ot Chi Chicago ChIco Chicago cago co In III the coming huge hua department store stor which I is soon noon to t starlit England En nd Mr Campbell s h head hd of oC the th celebrated c linn firm of t Minton The capital 11 III I of the om wa wu wee all U subscribed within a few minutes minute With such a unique and nd a duchess duchen a as chairman u Ie hundred times Urn the thO I mount amount wanted could have been secured se secured cured TRANSFER To further Insure the thu success of ot the tb scheme the Duke of ot Sutherland trans transferred erred Trentham hall and the tb magni magnificent Scent estate It t to tilt tie tom com company pany free t of root U It detract nothing tOm from from the munificence of the gilt gift Ift that Trentham hall ha has been tn for tor the lest last three years year abandoned B sI a ducal real resi residence dine dence cIe t because c 1 of the pollution of 01 the tb river Trent which run runs through the ground grenada rou dIl h by the Ih bully mallY factories on IU its It hank hanks The Th duke dul wont want to o law taw over the tb contamination if of the river ver and end was H beaten Hi ill It was WIL open to him t to III sell ecU U the for tur manufacturing purposes end and an It I would nave have v brought him In H n M ht of mono mone Net But he be b h has pr pre erred to lu take lak tb the more mor generous roua W Bourse oV oVA And A so o It II omes ropes tout llOu I that It U is I to be turned into nto a factory fill tory for tor crippled worker worle one on of the bl I apartments I has been 11 specially fitted 04 up for tor the Che ue use u of ot the Ihl duchess In her ber capacity M ad chairman of ot the company u PALAtE PALACE The Th beauties ot of 1 have hav been 11 In to Lord lArd d novel Jov where wre under th the mime nam of ot It I I is described describe 4 at III s an en Italian pal of t fr e t in vast ornate omak and aDd In scrupulous III condition Whit While the lb 11 Duke Duk of ot Sutherland hall a as a private residence e the bu busy PI y workers worker from the tile districts district round were always welcome el ki tit visit vi lit It s sNo Hue No 1111 park perk and ad nd this thin wa was u Indeed a boon boom u ti I the th dw r rs In III tin the II and grime of lit th the tha for tor tb tIN the park ark and an are II to The Ih tol tal 1 lIuk of 01 f hit uncle ono Mid IUd lh that IMI t in III his opinion th the gard n trust front of Trent lt m t hem ham was absolutely unrivaled u area v n by byI tits iota I own famous Chats Chatsworth worth J IM Perhaps the th met inot Nt of 01 the grounds round Is I the lithe la w to s almost I Ilie a roll mil lie long Imig with lIb woody w toland here her herand bernd and nd there on one on one side 14 rise rile lie hill hills II and nd m Oft H U tle other to s II a stretch of ot ofT greet T n field Id while above the th lak tak lake are re the thi terraced gardens There are ale a l i vi ni I i iiii 1 l l with 0 1111 hail tin In m then into one nor Oil th Ih the toll toile i 0 In III the Ih lu iiI t lying s If sSi o ol l n Si UI i r lu Lace I rl rite v to 10 roll reh who dwelt m la tu 0 luxury wy away hoAi I the th toil tell and dirt and an ones during th tM g bread riots riot lI t the tho nt of tit u hail ball hud had to secure th the ser see service I vices vice of ot armed retainers to defend them I against the mob Mementos Memento of this perilous time In the shape hape of ot guns gun Un and nd I word swords used u l II by y the little regiment are aro N till still to be seen n In the stewards room Such a state tte of ot thing Chin forms form a striking contrast contract to the thu th changed condition un under under der dr Which Trentham hall hn continues continue Its Ita leas leta of ot life lite I HUGE POSSESSIONS PO American of ot course are re well ac acquainted c with both the th Duke and anil nIl Duchess Duh of ot Sutherland for or they have hae haen been n much in he the Che public eyo 0 In the thela thelast last lail la t decade dud Thi Thu It duke in is the larg tart t landowner 1 owne In England HU His HI property s III i over ovir ov 1 acres acre ao in extent Mow flow uw came eam th the fluke Duk of Sutherland to tn topo po e such vast at estates lat A century and anil a half halt ago aco they the were wr simple York Tork Yorkshire shire squires Now No the family of which the duke cluke 1 is II the Che head bead possesses possesse five baronies bar baronies onies tour four five Ov earldoms earldom and it a marquisate and lands land almost almo t beyond enumeration num Th The secret art rrt t of their Choir luck luk 1 s II that tbt they have always alway had hadan hadan hadan an unrivaled aptitude for marrying heiresses Three lh great reat marriage In bygone Jay days set get I C the tho family more than on It II its feet made them masters at ot wealth It h beyond the Che dreams dream of ot avarice and land and houses house stored with liter literary UC ary alJ and nd art treasures BELLES BELIES HIS HIB LOOKS LOOK ft The Th duke M la tc a heavily bearded men man manof of middle age a He 11 look looka like Ilk a II pirate but Is III one of ot the best beat natured nat r men In Inthe inthe the th world orld And Ana It R fuel hi his hili fault that t thili his hili Intellectual endowments by nit no n means match tale hlf bl bread brand acres Th The duchess Such has ha bruins brats enough ellO for tor both find end nC beauty bt auty too She Is s accounted one I of ot the th lovellett women In England gh Ih she has bait written rooks hocks and nd plays play She ittie Is ii I not nut such uch a pronounced socialist a all as her hr half Mister alter 1 the tho th Counts Countess a of Warwick hut but for tor a peer ks es she he hc Is I decidedly dam dem democratic To cure un her two sons IOna of lit a ten too tendency tendency dency to snobbishness she be once took them away aw from a fashionable Insults lion of ot learning and sent cent t them to a parish anh school where they Uy minified mingled with peasant children She liven live for tor several v month months of ot the yet yr r In Scotland where the Che bint portion of ot the CM dukes e lute tat are ar l end and II has lift done notable work In he the t hI crofter horn home homespun spun pun twe tweed d Industry HOW NOW GUILD D M IS U IL wa was w Ml III Miss Margaret MacMillan a i Socialist who first turned the Ibo atten eltun attention tion ot of the b duchess lo to thi th need of ot practical work ork among the The Th duchess d e attended d on one t f her Without revealing her hr Identity the she ht aft dC afterward erward had u 11 lon long louif talk 1 lk with Miss Mis Mac Mutate That wits was 0 the th beginning of a nai warm ni friendship h has bill ha continued l d to the Ih day dy gain Boon after their moot mool mooting ing I 10 a II large I party narty of ot crippled w was r to Co TP f ni limn hell hall for tor to a picnic There Then and then h a II guild wo we formed The Tho Oral first 0 venture wa was In arti erti artificial flower milking making malt following the theof Ideas Idea of titans Th The duchess duchem secured a teacher from France n who visited in turn lurn the homes home of the Ch crippled chil children dren and instructed HI thus thum Soon toon afler af er ird a room was wad hired hind and here 0 the lb work begun legen to grow TOw In two Iwo yours rears stile tun the I h industry was m tau II big tr that a building In the center en of ot the district in It the town of 01 Hanley Hley wa wu leased leaned and other handicrafts were Werl taken up lp At th the he e Work ka on WU Wil Wilson son lIOn street Islay there tile are am of fill both tit sexes who ate aro re skilled a as 11 Jew lem printers hoot book bookbinder binder bander dl di 1 end and metal ta work worker ork er era The Tb flown flower r making how bow t ever toor vi r ha been Men abandoned Th TIt The e work p of the girls girl wa was excell nt but the mar ear earths market r rt ket t of ot Britain have v latOy uw been n swaMp d with artificial lowers flower mud In 10 Or 01 flatly nany and France and that combined com with the th lack hack of ot capital neu necessitated a ait ac it c million of ot tIt that work ARTS AUT AND AX CRAFT Thu Th work wink of lit th tIM the guild pIlo to s much mue doe Ilka that Chat of the Ih colony cloy coI of Hotte ito at M Ma att East a l t Aurora New Nw York aisle Ite It 1 In nude dudell 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