Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1929, Page 40

" in l\b Iw- here yes- BANKER SEES PERIL m:‘ e g n isa M M D ENGLISHWOMAN ENTERS BUSINESS m..:“m.. th serent e’ IN LflAN SITUATION L one I oy Ay o Avm Call !oney Market Is Un- | demand BUYADYDRORD | e s e NDWADECORATOR uuseum sses 44, BEDFORD SQVARE W C 1 lnnouncement Quotes Price for Advice on House- hold Tastes. BY HENRIETTA W. IINGHAH Written exclusively for The and the Nortn“Kmerican Newspaper Allianee. LONDON, April 18.—The friends of the Countess of Oxford (Margot As- quith), knowing that she already was one of the busiest women in London, with political activities, - social obliga- d literary work suffcient to & person of ordinary powers, ‘Were amazed to receive this card: The Countess Of Ox!ord At Home From 10:30 to 1 P.M. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays ‘To Advise Her Clients Upon Taste In Furniture Color And Decoration. Fee, 5 Guineas (No Commissions). And apart from their incredulity that Lady oxrord should increase her heavy duties and obligations, her friends and the general public were interested that & woman of her social and political im- ce should enter business. I determined to go to ley Oxhrdl house on her first morning “at he thmuh 1 was warned b lflendl thlt “Mas t‘ did not 'c:ire T newspapers and their representatives. e door was opened by a dignified butler, obviously an old hmfly servant. He preceded me up a long mlmhed lbone taircase and les R e in a lary on_the second floos I had barely hud time to notice the parchment colored .walls and celling when Lady Oxford entered. smartly dressed in a black skirt, black and white woolen jumper and small black felt hat. “Why Did You Come?” She asked in her rather deep, musical volce why I had come, and when I an- swered that I ulnbed to interview her | she said abruptly: “Well, you must leave at once. I don't know how you cause my servants have !mct ordns not to admit reporters. “I have never been interviewed, and I am much too busy to start now, even i?I wnnud Good-by 1 su) my face betrayed my dis- lppomtmt t, because Lady Oxford looked at me intently for a moment Adam | &0 THe CounTESS oF OXFORD AT HOME FROM Fee S GUINEAS (NO COMMISSIONS) Announces to 10.30 10 1 PM. TUESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, TO ADVISE HER CLIENTS UPON MATTERS OF TASTE IN FURNITURE COLOUR AND DECORATION: l'l'll COUN'I'BSS OF OXFORD (MAMOT ASQUITH) in the decoration of their ds_that she will Romes. " (Copyright, 1929, by The North Amertcan N Nnmper Alliance), and then said in the kindest voice im- aglnab) Perhnpu I can help you. Tell me ex- letly what you want and I will do I told my story uulckly T’he gift of |mp!r1n| confidence is certainly not the least of Lady Oxford’s many talents, and I belleve I recounted more ot my personal history than reasons interview. “Well, I will un she said at last, “but it is so hll’d w know what to say. I don't know how interview should be written, or I should write it myself.” Enjoys Her New Work. Lady Oxford gazed out of the window thoughtfully, ll&hud & cigarette and ld with animation: “In the first place I can say quite | frankly that I enjoy this new Sk 10 is not an ordinary business undertaking. I really am just testing myself, but I am determined to make a financial suc- cess. 1 ho‘)e to have clients from all over the d to consult me about the dec- orntlons of their houses. I shall study the tastes of each cllinl individually and devise decorations that will suit not only the architecture of their houses, but their own personalities. ou about my We I defy uniform style. I think a room l:g‘xld have l'.muphzre more than an; tal what I can. You are youn: ,and young ” people shouldn’t be ui rd" “Do you know w Feflod is?” she lsked sudde; int fine settee -nhut nu: nlr%ppu ite '.lu the | windows. question. “The settee is Chippendale, 1s William and Mary, the red eahlnet ll Chinese—it gives jlm the right amount of color to the room, I think. The bu- reau is Iullnn thouqh the yellow horses on top of it are, ‘of course, Chi- nese; and the chairs are mostly Vic- torian and comfortable. Furniture Disappointing. 2 thlnk mndem furniture is most disappol ‘The design is somehow wrong, tor cefl.llnly the London cab- inet maker is skillful enoulh to mlke anything him. 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