The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-30
SPECIAL By CABLE.

By CABLE.
London, June 2.-Of course, the greatest
social event OF the week has been the fete
at Stafford House. about which an account
was cabled at some length on wednesday
night. Little behind that in social interest
was the great County Bazaar at Earis
Cour. Exhibition. which began on Thursday
and closes tonight. What a crowd 1t was.
on Thursday especially. The Imperial Gar
kjens. extensive though they are. were hard
y large enough to hold all the stalls. The
passages between them were consequently
30 narrow that It was almost impossible to
J make ones way round the grounds.
Even the great preparations made for
catering were insufficient to meet the de-
mands. During the day every table at the
Welcome Club and the Quadrant Restaurant.
which are 80 popular as resorts for society
people during the summer. was occupied
Many. being disappointed and unable to find
room. were forced to wait until their return
TO town and do their dining at the res
taurants there.
Attempt to mention all who attended the
bazaar on one day or another would be Inn
possible. for the attendance included every
body who had been at Stafford House on
Wednesday night. and a great many more.
In fact. everybody Of any note in London
was there.
There appeared to be as many selling as
NV "SAC OOuy seemed 10
Fave something to sell. and what was more,
sold IT. so that though there is much talk
about the lack Of money nowadays. the
total. when II comes to be summed up, Is
expected to reach something like a record
for baxaars.
great many people back to London. which
r. fuller than ever. Evening parties have
been more numerous than ever.
MI. Astor's Brilliant Party.
One Of the principal parties. about which
there has been a great deal OF talk. was that
given by Mr.. Astor on Tuesday night. 1t
was a very brilliant affair. indeed. II. Pad
srewski's playing caused almost . furore.
. His admirers still maintain his superiority
hger all rivals. Nine. Emma Eames also
0ptrihuted one or two items to the pro-
srAmme.
fhe house was beautifully decorated with
pink and red flowers. which made an ef-
fective background for the black and white
almost universally worn by the ladies.
Among the many present were the Duchess
OF Marlborough. the Duchess of Montrose,
Lad Helen Graham. Lady verulam. Lady
Helen Grimston. Lady Archibald Campbell,
Miss Elspeth Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Faber and Mrs. George Corvallis
West.
Mr.. Astor had a second concert the next
evening. when NJ. kubelik played.
story Of . Bracelet.
A funny story is being told about q we'll
known society beauty. who. in trying to do
4 couple OF wealthy friends" was neatl.
done herself. She. the story goes. asked
q wealthy friend to give her 4 present to
celebrate some event. He told her she
might buy a bracelet for n.0o0 ana
send him the bill. The lady then applied to
another wealthy friend and got the same
promise from him.
HaNfn0 fhun - m fn nwnnaA ehn
CAM to the conclusion that she would buy
one bracelet costing 1900. instead of two
bracelets at s1.0C0 each. So she bought q
a.eoo jewel and took II to one Of her gener-
he friends to exhibit II to him. As he want
Nd to show It to some friend.
! eh left 1t with him, but As luck would
have 1t. unfortunately for her. another 30
ciety beauty made . call shortly after. and.
seeing the bracelet. gushed 20 e6usively
over It that the gentleman, In the ~fullnese
of . good heart. gave 1t to her. and told
the other beauty he would order . similar
one to DO made for her, Is he had been
obliged to give the original away. The rival
beauty b now wearing the bracelet.
Curious Means Of Raising Funds.
II all stories are true, some society ladies
Afs adopting curious means Of raising funds,
because. rs I have said before. there are
thosG. who ind the shoe pinching pretty
badly. In fact. II n becoming quite q griev-
anee IN certain circles that 30 much barter
ing 10 going on within them,' ladies being
Wayiaid, called upon. visited. and even in
stted AZ guests. an with the same object. to
bug goods made ready for sale.
Here - one society lady's terrible tale
Of woe:
Wherever you 60" she says. you are
pestered to death to buy barbaric bead
chains. the latest goods N hand. Or;gi-
rally they were made for savagea. but now
Il - fashionable wcuteK who wear the
worthless rubbish. For there IL nothing
real or good about them at an.
"a little business II the term every
one uses nowadays. You 60 out to lunch
con. Opposite you q seated q woman with
rowe of these common beads round her
neck. You know II coming a. soon a.
she catches your eye.
sWhy, you haven't one Of these pretty
chains, you poor thing she viii gush.
k1eok at mine. Isn't IT sweet? You really
rzst have one. I know some one who
EeD them. He VIII send one on to you.
3 are wonderfully cheap. only Is shill-
Men Suffer Just the Same.
what can you do? Men suffer Just the
same Over the top Of some beautiful now
ere or ferns you see a woman at the other
end o. the table holding up her string Of
colored beads. You pity the man next to
her, Who 10 trying to Wriggle out Of the
sellers clutches. But he very rarely does.
only the other day at luncheon I heard
q woman saying:
".Nsow. do give q guess. How much do
you mink they aref'
=" I think I know some one else broke
In; - shillings.'
oh. I'm afraid they're q little more
than that" was the answer. with q glare
at the woman for interfering. No, they
are ; guineas. They are such beautiful
things
8 the man paid ; guineaa"
Really. the men are giving these beads
AWAY as wedding presents because they
don't know what to do with the chains they
are forced to buy. A girl who was married
last week received no less than seven of
these chains. Before the chains came up.
lamp shades OF apple-blossom hue were al
ways being forced on ones notice. The
lamp shades In the world are to be
3bught at 6~o-and-So's. You say I told you
ksay you want one like mine your host
or guest would suggest. Afterwards
You would discover that she made them
herpelf n supplied the shop where they
were sold on . small commission"
I oaIe q wines FF0n Royal CellaRs.
Uudoubtedly one Of the most interesting
sGaents Of the week has been the sale by
nnction. which finishes to-day At Christie's
poDms. OF the overlook Of good old sherry
169 the cellars Of the royal residences,
~ down in the time when II was the fash
tRhIs wine, and when people had the con-
ss1utions to drink It in large quantities.