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Show the 10 MORNING EXAMINER: OGDEN, UTAH. SUNDAY, JUNE 10, iwrr, CMUSNSMS Wins American Duchess a That Will Cost Her Millions Victory LL THE SAME, MAY GECiLET, DUCHESS OF ROXBURGH!:, IS ELATED OVER HAYING GAINED HER HUSBAND'S CONSENT TO BLGKSOM OUT AS A GREAT HOSTESS, AND TIIOUGn SHE WILL SPEND NEARLY 2,000,000 IN THIS YEAR ALONE, THE PROSPECTIVE OUTLAY ISNT WORRYING HER EVER SINCE HER MARRIAGE SUE HAS WANTED TO SEE MORE OF SOCIETY, NOTIONS, POSITIVELY FORBADE IT IN CXJN SEQUENCE IIIS WIFE HITHERTO HAS SPENT LESS THAN A FIFTH OF HER INCOME, AND NOW BUT THE DUKE, WHO 1IAS THAT THE DUKE 11AS RELENTED, HER SAVINGS MORE THAN COVER THE HUGE OUTLAY WHICH SHE HAS PLANNED TO MAKE ON SOCIAL DOINGS, (Copyright In the United Stun and don is usually csleulaied at J 50,000, Great Britain by Curtin Brown. and that the Duchess la paying for her tenancy during the sau-soAll rights strictly renerved-- ) of the big house ia Siratfurd plane where her lavish entertaining London, June I. l'p to now one of is to be done. the moit complete and interesting If other Intentions with which sot actually one of the most Import- sheAmong is credited Is that of following ant of the Amarlcaa victories that the example of her eumpatrxx, the have been gained in ZtaglanJ recently Duchess of Marlborough, and buildhas had bo attrition devoted to it in a mansion in Mayfair, and superb ing fur daeenree a lot, however, print. It like enough that she wilL Short is It tha victory la quest ton, which has of having her own residence, howbeen gained by the Duchess of ever. the Duchess hardly could be in over the opinions, or one might better position to entertain than she even say the prejudices, of her noble awill few thin ba in Stratford husband, the Duke, ie a highly slgnll-can- t mansion has an Ideal House, location and is example of what a clever woman accounted on of the moot luxuriously can aooompUeh by biding her time all Mayfair. carde furnished mansions In and meanwhile playing her Built originally by Sir John lwslte. conthis little right Incidentally, It la now owned by Lord Colebrook, quest of the Duchess apparently la High Commissioner for Scotland, $350.-Wiher to like eost going something Colebrook, is one before the present season, and in whose wife. Lady hostesses as "Liberal the of leading the neighborhood of 1 1,500,000 before dames whom the weU one as of grande tha present year la over, to any nothing of correspondingly Mg auma in seasons and yean to come. But the Duchess, whs used to be Stay Goelet, doesn't mind that la the least, for In the Brat plaee she ran particularly well afford to spend the money at present, and in the second she has been Just aching to do It ever since she became the bride of the Duke, neatly four years ago. Then, Ilka nearly every other rich American girl who marries aa Englishman of exaltod rank. It was her ambition to beoomn a gnat" London hostess, but at tha vary outset the Duke put bin foot dowa on that Idea. Tbs spectacle of a British aoblemaa declining to permit bla Americas w ife to spend ter millions ie rare enough to be notable la itself, but than Hit Grace of ia not at all like moat dukes. Proud, haughty, sensitive Scotchman e that ho la ho ban an invetemte of oatextsUoa and social rivalry, and the Idea of hln wifes showing or and, as ho put It, advertising herblood la his self, act the Innee-Ke-r veins balling. Brer sines their marriage, Indeed, his great aim has been to prevent her doing anything which conspicuously suggested the fact that aha la a wry rich woman, and no doubt hln Intense pereonnl pride la at the bottom of tble. However, moat things coma to those wbe welt, and the young American Duchess, like the tactful woman that she la, waited patiently, now and then wheedling," doing a little Judicious end a while age the Duke gave In and told her to go ahead and enlertaia to her bearta desire. Thus it Is that for the flrst lime since her marriage we find the Ducbeaa in possession of n big town house la Mayfair and Intent on taking the place among London hostesses which her own wealth and her husband's exalted rank entitle, $20,-Ou- O n Ros-burg- u the King "delights to honor" with his company as a guest. The mansiou itself was belli by ihs great Adam. It ia large sad lofty, and noted, among other things, for its Wedge woou hall" its rooms paneled with mahogany, and its unique collection of Battersea enamel snuff box os. The reception rooms are especially beautiful, the pictures and furniture la them being exclusively French and of great artistic merit. Lengthy and extensive dealings with Parisian ooeiumleree have kept the Duchess of Roxburgh from beginning her aeries of functions at Stratford House as early as she wished, and sines her return to London the has contented herself with giving small, but exceedingly "chic" dinners. These are to be followed, however, by n round of big ones, which will be com tinued right through to the end of July but the Duchess" special triumph will come at the cad of this month when Rox-burg- die-lik- her. Judging from all accounts, too. ehe la going to make up for lost time, for It is said that, Including a big ball which she intends giving toward the end of the present month and at which it is probable that the Princess, if not the Prince of Wales, will be present, the Duchess' round of entertainments during the season will cost her somed thing not far from the figure men-tlons- at the beginning of thin article, Nor ia that figure aa p re350,000. pos lenous as It may bound, considering that tha cost of a royal ball in Lon she gives the greet ball at which the Princess of Wales has promised to be present. This really is a greater compliment to the young American peeress then it would he if the King and Queen attended her ball, for Edward VII. in a lot leva exclusive than the future Queen of England, while his consort la often obliged to accompany him to houses which aha would blackllat if she had her owa way. The Duchess of Roxburgh, too, haa the distinction of being the only American woman who has succeeded in gaining the friendship of tha Princeaa of Wales, and the only one who ever has been Invited to visit Her Royal Highness the Princess having for some inexplicable reason what amounts to aa aversion for most women frqm the United States. It was for this reason that all Mayfair rang with the triumph of the former May Ooelet when It was announced early la the sear that the Prince and Princess of Wales would pay a visit to Floors Castle at the end of April. That visit wan postponed at the time on account of the health of the Princeaa, but it- in new net for either September or October, and ia anticipation of it lao with her husbands hardly won consent the Ducbeaa la engaged in restoring and refurnishing her husband's historic seat, at an expense, it la said, that probably will run to a million and a half of dollars, if not more. But at the moment her town entertaining in of chief Importance In ,the Duchess' mind, and she Is brimful of ideas for doing the thing in the splendid way In which aha haa yearned to do It for ao long. Among other things she is planning to Import from Floors Castle half a down of her famous footmen. who are giants In stature, all being well over six feet; while her three Nubian pagea, the eldest of whom la only 14 yearn of age, are also to be In attendance. These nine servants. In the gorgeous should make n striking addition to the already stately and terrifically expensive house bold. Nearly 2,000,000 for a year's entertaining! It is a gigantic sum, and Peter Goelet would probably have taken a fit If he could have foreseen thla day when ho was scrimping and Buying at tha "sign of tha Golden Kay" In Now York, and laying tha foundations of the Geoiet fortunes. If all accounts bo true, howavtr, hit la not going to fed this immense outlay to any extant It la said that sines bar marriage aha has not spent one-fift- h of her Income, and that bar thla year will be more than covered by saving on the interest on her fortune from the time the became a duchess. So much Cor tha shrewd and eminently flootcb-- counsels of the Duke, now no longer enforced. It would be rather surprising, however, If Roxburgh did not feel n good deni of Mtlafnctton over the chnngen that the Duchess already has made and the far greater one which she is planning to make, la tha ancient neat of hie ancestors, though ,he would have none of them at the outset. He considered that It was not la tha fitness of things that a womans wealth should redeem a maaa estate, which wag another original point of view la a nobleman. But the promised visit from the Prince and Priaoeea of Wales ... furnished the Duchess with an excellent excuse for getting her way, just as aha since has obuined it In the matter of entertaining in town. The expenditure, she urged, would be regarded merelr as a proof of commendable loyalty sad devotion to the reigning family- - and ao the American money began to fly. Should tha royal visit take place there ie little doubt that the "Laird" of Roxburgh will enjoy showing the Waleees how the InneeKera were in the habit of receiving their over lords in the good old days when hla kith and the greatest families kla were la Scotland. And even should the Prince and Princes of Wales again postpone their visit, the refurnishing and refurbishing of Floors Castle will not have been w sated, for the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Roxburgh haa long been in need of a thorough overhanging. The castle was rebuilt by Vanbrugh In 1718. and though he also designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, - OPirDaj7TJD jrjlJUZTTQK sS2 7Trnry-tvc&BOQKJ- 6i French designer, who baa cane Mancha He took possession of the castle eoiM time ego, end eertiued of costly things have been arriilng since. He hue procured some wonderful tapestries with which the walls of the state rooms are to he draped, and apodal brocades to his designs are bring woven for curtains. These apartments are all ia FTsnch style, severely simple, but perfect in every detail. Foe months past the Due has a, who takes to herself the credit of being a perfect judge of object of art, has been searching for the furniture which will eventually adorn the rooms, and she beliavaa she haa suooeeded la finding a drawing room suite which was in one of the apartment! of Marie Antoinette, together with a Quantity of other historic things. When it became known that Floors Castle was being refurnished all the dealetw In Bond street, Paris, and even New York tendered offers to the chatelaine, saying they would procure for her treasures which she could find nowhere elee la the world, fihe, however, declined all their suggestions, preferring to undertake herself the search after the articles she desired. Guy Laking, who 4s the Queens artistic ad riser, and ia a eon of Sir Francis Laking, one of His Majesty's favorite physicians, haa given the Duchess some advice, and 1 hear baa been amaced at her Infinite knowledge and Judgment la regard to her pur chases. In complimenting her he said she had smaeend a collection of antique lYench furniture, the Bke of which he doubted could be found today la any one house la tha world. From hln point of view it was much more valuable and more beautiful the that In the poeseerioa of Lord Rothschild. who has hitherto bad the finest in Europe. The armory in this wonderful home on the Tweed la one of Its moat InLr-esdapossessions. Ia the impecunious day of the present pear he was offered 1400,000 for the collection, which Includes shields eaid to have been won by Mark Antony, while there Is in It n sword which belonged to every monarch sines the days of the Conquest A dagger owned by King Robert Bruce of Scotland is now placed under glass. At the euggeetlen of Boulanger all thee Interesting mementos are now to be placed in the great entrance hall, which In tiring painted with n suitable background to show them off to the greatest advantage. This ball Is already panslsd and furnished In rid oak, and auay tiger .skins which arc aanong tha trophies that have fallen ie theto gun of the Duke of Roxburgh, who cos of e xhota la Boatload, the best will cover the floor. It Is tbs fashion now in XMglud to have all the bedrooms upbolstorei In chinties, and the moat fantastic Assigns have been selected by the Duchess herself for this ns. In the Pring Innee-Ker-liveri- . groat-grandchi- ld . big-gam- cess' bedroom It will be a case of Roses, tones ell the way," the Old World fabric which in to drape It being maisea of throe blooms. Amaalng bods are being constructed in Paris for nil the rooms la the royal suits then Is VHH lit JfX he regarded Fluor aa hie chef doeuvre. Thla huge white palace of the Roxburgh ea steads un the bend of the river just above the little towa of Kelso. The gray ruia of its abbey, with the Norman arches and broken buttressed choir, rises in the very center of the town close by the bridge that span the mingling streams of Tweed and Tevlot. u would be difficult to find in nil Britain n fairer and It In quite understandable that the American Duchess should see fit to Uriah even no colossal a sum la restoring the dominating castle to its ancient splendor. A holly bush in the perk marks the spot where King James 1L was killed in 1400 by the bursting of a cannon. Here the Duchess in laying out a garden of which the tree ia the center, and there are to bo fountains after the style of those In the gardens of Versailles. Aa for the redecorating and renovating of Floor Castle Itself, that la In the hands of M. Boulanger, the famous DIMS We MOXBCffiOHB. (Continued on Page Thirteen.) ' JZL4ITO &42TTA . XXXBLIJJTZZ) J |