| Show p mu W Mf m R Titled Dames Excluded from Court Courte e ause si They Earn Their Own Dread MID DRESSMAKING Honorable and In tn d In Many l Occupations Despite the Van lIan lIanor Of or Sno Society j o April j tuch used to be beL written about a 11 few 1 L men of title who ha l horrified by going Into business linen shop of the famous imitation o f In Bond Hond street treet by the Countess Warwick But In the last two or If of ot oft tho same samu length about gambling for bridge Ins t that at hIgh feature o of ft Wo lW London WD a number of ot bear I II old English names I r into Inlo business has hll become hafe gone scarcely notices It J real that society isi wort nm his never neer been another year ear met the South Sea Bea Bubble BUbblo burst that man mv Merest s t to say ny nothing of or off of f R r title tie havn b n In stocks One countess count ki Itc lother of ot the K l l of osslyn Is In proceedings at this moment Kunt of unlucky speculations ami en f i n others could be named who S kno n to be 00 hanging by their eye CC failure Stock HIM nd on the edge of f by the dozen arc aro Retting In Sliced Into exclusive circles In cx ex e for tips and on the hand noted In l irire are known to keep keell by aid rf 1 commissions from promoters on Bales Balest 8 leR t to their friends Owing part partIj partIr Ij Ir lo t the l gambling crate among fash twills omen In London partly to tho 11 here ami to the steady st Increase of lavish u In the tha ruc for to social faction there Ihm has hall been no time In jurt when fo 10 many London society men rt n hoe have b n hard up un ana ready ti tradition and to rub ruh elbow a tub the common folk rol k In the tho daytime ila time thi take uke of keeping above them In tit evening CUT OUT OP m COURT COUnT MooNing According to nil accounts most of ot the tho millinery milliner shops In arid street are ure own el tt In part at It least by women whose appear lI two or three times n uk in the precious society column of the Morning Post An American Amerl nn count til a tali uM to o be n 1 heavy In Inon cut on ot of the tho largest ls Mores lito res In and a d another titled personage in t i the whole holl of her enormous In tone tome from a 1 brewery There Is ono one hitter bitter bitter penalty that thit has to be paid by h the aristocrat tho ho goes In openly for tor tralle ne that t I a Woman oman still trying to keep her Jt tace ce In hi society or to wriggle Into a 1 Kill better one means a 1 great deal She li I forbidden at nL court A As soon an a hop the doors of or his hili maje tys room are closed to 10 her The Tho W kl c qU n theoretically turn backs upon her and anI her name lanes fama forever from the tho lord chamber Ulan book as an eligible at court A titled woman may be he a n doctor or teacher of bridge j she may il ll motor cars carll or puppy py dogs on 00 com lonas do many of at the greatest of ot d ladles In dayn for tho sake 8 tf utra tra pocket money may even enn lamp 9 beAd necklaces H n 1 none non her hor friends and J t e neat host and to at fal te in land Bland ready reldy to receive her hel kt any trade bo done dono boldly In III a n J Ia or or lot let tho marry v man In trade tralle and andi i qU y A recognition cognition comes comel 10 a theory n hit that PUt i ICI this rule thero Iro exceptions 8 have l tho Iho 11 lp POP Lady lent vot to court and tr husband and pieces tf tal al l hH i In Tottenham i lOad te lOrd lack lit f on tho part of f chamberlain may Inn for tor and more For Mr 0 w ld who ler and does her own on rOCking bun sein nt c court ent Into l yet I h e wish ell to Ita to court ll because h she sho HAH has n II en Hint Is III carried under the name ot oC SHOP rTh the Mu Archer Tumour Is un h knowlI If I o bm Who to n en I lw hun III the h s only III the future Mr I III the th brother of or ui i 1 nt Jar ot 1111 earl I ha hOIl I IlIn ho III very I It l n nt thai I e only SOI will lloy af Tho ho Tur ural 1 8 I I 11 family which the mt nt Petworth nJ 1111 iro iroM with notable M rals i Till people of that h eort Mrs rB tho 3 N lit Kl ter r tf to tho high of At tho 1110 nt I tho lion Mr Archer Tur Tura h lie hll only rol hI n In 0 Ih mother her nil 10 or ho I o 1111 of No 2 nel hns 1 thOI a an a nd the Tho Tu I Ind f cd gIt shu lins for tor Mole which a lal lit tho thoro hI lit teet Alit II A S II 1111 With which 1 Ira tho to th or the thc I of oft t as y AMI 1 ad her right 10 hh 1 by to I 0 for tOI It IH I I With SUPPlies I ton nM other their regular of ot 04 By lilT Is 8 Cor neil I bonnet hop In III Houth Mu Charley Vho o IK IR u n cousin of ot tho mar of Hath ulao places h among tho because Bho nukes nM button Slip Blip hall not tin 1111 ordinal y factory for this her hel buttons being of u n suitably url foil oll exquisite of lit embroidery worked with gold RollI and silk threads which cost u n mull fortune each Mrs was niece of James Jumes MacNell Whistler LUCILli LUCILE Lady Duff Duft Gordon the tho wire wife of Sir Cosmo Duff l urr the fifth baronet of or that IK II one of or tho most con of or titled al nl although though ho Is known to 10 the outside world only na as Lucile tho dressmaker She begun her lading career In III n 1 very Cry Email way wn After divorcing her husband who wn the secretary of the Turf club and finding her hr In Income Income come reduced to 10 5 a week she he not only felt compelled to make malc her own gowns but nought to design and mako tonic for her aristocratic friends From l do doIng Ing every eye 1 stitch herself sh advanced to the point of ot taking a 0 woman oman to help her ut nt her private This led to the setting of or a proper workroom and as the business grow grew this clever dressmaker took what whal used II NI to 10 1 hc the AilS Aits club In square and Is Isnow I now moving Into Imposing premises at lit H H H H l H 1 iI H HI I I I I II t o I 11 i I of H t H HI 1 H HH H r TilE THE 01 to tho Robes of Queen Alexandra the other coiner of lC Hanover square It was Willi lifter after her hel In III Hanover that she married Sir Cosmo eo mo Duff Duft Gordon who Is III one III of ot tho best hest known fencers In III london nn who owns nn extremely pretty Irett place In Scotland called Their pil VAlo house In London IH III ono on of ot the UIO tiniest In fashionable JJ and Is In truth one of Charles hunting lodges Tho 10 taste Hut th t has hns made the of ot Luclle Iu one OM to by II In the world of ot has hns nil 1111 been bren brought to l ear upon Ul On tho and furnishing of or this pretty little hou Tho rho walls of ot some soma of ot tho rooms uro washed white while outlining tho wainscoting running up UtI over oyer overarches arches and doorways goes a n trail of green St en Ivy hy cut out In from nn all ordinary wall willi paper papin and pasted on un onto unto to the vi nils It now adorns Tor l or to 10 Lady Duff Duft Gordon material la Is nothing taste IB IR everything ever a year at ut the beginning of ot spring and autumn Lady Duff Gordon Invites InviteR lo to her dressmaking establish establishment e ment her hr and many of her bun bands to the Iho latest modes mOileR oho ha hn hat designed and ho models who ora carefully choen for tor and car carriage ringe parade up and down and In out of ot her In nil 1111 tho newest One of ot the queerest features of Lady Ind Duff Durt Gordons business Is If her practice of ot giving soulful names to her names that would II III a 1 mere man of ot the tho that n II certain famous of or cock In III New York used to be ct edited with giving to his hili blond One of Duff I uIT Gordons most gowns was actually christened A Adear dear dead desire n IL beautiful h ono uno that ron ran tho th flom tho lito deepest fullest blue to the 1 orange called on a f distant shore The Tho laughter ot If spring was all n mass massing ing III of rule 1111 pink and another wonder wonderful ful tul creation was A little on u II moonlit sea HM Duff frankly confesses that thai nho far to tu American women to any IIII Iw nay IIII they have taste they Know lenow 1111 a IL gown Is III pet feet Will klo It n It Ills Is He HI ldes which tb the y bo how lo to curry a n gown as IK It should bo be cm i led and do cia not detract from poetry of It On tho other hand titled con condemns domn Iho will over u 1 dr sn R xay I O how perfectly l nhe IM 1101 with It nil and andio nilso io so on Oil sn 11 Lady Duff yet rt I 1 hr In a nb bos at II t the t hi opera or Ir nt n dinner parly Hint Hn will kome bow hol of ot colored colorNI ribbon on ull It and marred tha thaW W whole nuB idon l hI Iho th sister of or 1 who hn rolo The Iho of ot J Tho of ot Am 1111 who Is III famous as nR a abeau beau y with n of ot red Kohl Soli hair H It was In her hel honor hOllor hat Mr Ir all Alen returned to Nfl New York last las July lo both hoth lit l Now York YOt and a nt Newport for tor six weeks of en You malo tor on n 1 lave hove tho h b t M that anyone lad hotl In America It CI Mr Van nn ever Ier word to Mrs Glyn Oln U ough the of the prom 0 was ln frustrated by IJ renewed r otI d health contracted at nt the coronation durbar HUNS A Among other othol who cannot bo be at nt court are mm Ion who has hn ll a 1 houw and Lady In who ho has opened a n number r of ot dairies In London and RV Rh Si un them the tha name of ot creamer IM nil all her supplies coming from her m In ox fr the tho daughter of ot Sir Andros do lID In Hue nue has for tor forfeited her right to be Invited to Blick Continued on n pogo liP 1 SOCIETY WOMEN 1 AND HARDTIMES Continued from 11 ii Pala by lading as m II a n dress dressmaker M maker under tinder tin lu well known name of at In Dover r street Her f lia joined the rank of or traders tra and It Ii by Iy WilY way of ot helm u a hou decorator According to 10 the lawn Ia that Mrs dr Irs Oswald Chapman I tin daughter of the late Into Fir Jr William of ot the th Morning POM IO I Ilpo ato figure among amon thos no oilier eligible nt fit court courts for when ball bail times the he turn d her h r household In lt talents to 10 ac al account count and now bull built up UI nil 1111 excel excellent lent little bu In the restaurant Ut line floe This Thle started by b 1 Inviting typewriter ty und and nd other oilier women employed near by b to take lake their theIl teas tc all In III lie draw drw drawing IlnI ing room of or her little that lint In Victoria suggestion that Ih t met inot with a I l ready r that hut Mr Mrs 11 Chapman began providing for tor thin them th lit ut lither her ier home hom until dm UA bURhl press Ire to o large Jorge that hi WAil obliged to fit lit tip III th luncheon te CU rooms Oft off where ono can n a lunch of ot meat vegetables and pudding for tor or the sum eum of ot 16 cents Thin Thill IA In nil ott cooked by hy Mm her little daughter nget 15 IG 1 ami any nn other oilier of her hor who are willing to 10 help h lp her In III the kitchen n or to tu wait upon thc tho hungry custom era ers It IK III h not nn an uncommon sight to toree ree roc one of these assistant drive liD iio In a 11 carriage for tor the purpose of oC giving a helping i hand during the thc rush of or the midday hour bourn Mrs Mie Chapmans little daughter Poppy though hard hardat nt at work with culinary problems during luring the morning Mill 1111 continues her edurn duea education then tion In III the afternoons At 2 23 30 It ip m her serving apron Is I discarded and Iho eho ho Hoes noes with her French gover governess over ness or on days with ith her ner man Instructress WD AMERICAN COUNTESS fly Ily 11 general consent the tho hardest 81 bual IJ head henl among tho the peeresses lit is that lint nf if the little known Countess of or I II lx who was A kant of oC New York be before belore lore fore eho married the tho cat oath I She Rh never nevor Jaa been known to lay Iny out a cent with without out Iut gutting getting a n return for Cor It and never has ha been beau caught ea like KO co many of or orthe the other peeresses on wildcat schemes chenies She the holds shares In IIi a IL number of or dry goods gools concern and In III generally under tood to bo be heavily Interested In at leant lenat two fashionable millinery shops carried curried on under assumed As All she keep heel shop hop In person however she ahe Is IN not Hot excluded from Om court Two years ago ngo It was reported that this energetic counters was going to Mart a n laundry nd ry AH As the tho tie laundry waR waRnot W not lot forthcoming the th report was va credited to some sorno correspondents but hut as n a I matter of or tact fact the countess entertained ente the tho th Idea seriously and late lately lately ly I han hal taken It II up tin again so liD far as nB to send lend two men mon around to tl Inspect tho the London laundries and report on tho the generally unsanitary un conditions which prevail In iii them An All noon coon as IS tho the report Is J 1 ready the countess purposes to a nak tor for municipal regulations Improving the tha thoon condition on of ot women wornell who hio work worl In Iii tuna Hum dries drle and If It she olio la is not successful ful In Inthis Inthis this I understand that thiat HIO Intends to toRO toRO toRO RO Into the business bu herself elt not partly for profit but for 01 the ho sake of ot wiping out Bomo St rno ino of oC the tho wretched places In which laundry work Is ia now liD dona and Hiving employment to ho tho women who would be thrown out of work I Tho The nt care much for I London society has hina no town ton ho gl glat of at e her own Her husband has no head for br business so BO the tho countess manages f the thc estate herself looks after a I lot l f charities chillI tlell besides c LAURA FRANK I I |
