The Washington times., 1904-11-13
GOtham's Smart Set Will Pay Homage to
Social Cinderella Who Has Won
Brilliant Triumphs in Partisan
Society.
Society.

| was found that his dainty. girl-wlfe had
/ inherited all his millions. unhampered
/ and unrestricted.
Even after her prescribed period Of
mourning had elapsed Mrs. Law was
/ too clever a woman 10 open up her
! social campaign. She lived in the ut
most seelusiOn and paid no attention
I 10 the rumOrs which followed her
/ wherever she went. the fate Of every
I woman who achieves notOTiety even
/ through so small cause as inheriting
millions. 1t was said that in the re-
/ tirement or her home she gave the
! most eccentric OF dinners, that her
rooms were cooled by having immense
cakes Of ice dragged through them in
carts: that her teeth were ihfd with
( diamonds In reality. Mrs. Law was
merely waiting until her affairs could
! be so arranged as 20 permit her to re-
+ turn 10 Paris. home Of her happy
girlhood.
( There iR her apartment on the Avenue
: d Autin, she entertained the cream of
( Partisan society. and those Americans
who were admitted to the best and most
/ exclusive Partisan houses. BY and by
il was borne in upon Americans who
visited Paris that Il was AN honor 90 be
received by Mrs. George Law. Then.
just as invitations were being sought
with the eaGerness that presages a So
/ cial success for any hostess, Mrs. Law
quietly closed her Partisan home and
started for new fields of compositions
don Here. during the past social sea-
son, her star rose gradually but surely.
Her campaign among the ultra-fashiOn-
able Mayfair set was admirably man
aged. said management being carefully
, concealed by the little WOmaus charm
! ing personality. TO which no less person
fages than King Edward and Queen
/ Alexandra fell easy victims. Her sue
| cess was largely due 10 the fact plat
/ she was so different from the majority
/ Of American candidates FOR social recOg-
/ nIIiOu ar the Court of St. James. She
| was so petite. so gentle, so Clinging, al
mOts helpless in her way. And above
all things. she lacked the pOsitiveness.
/ the self-assertion which generally marks
/ the American woman bent on London s
conquest Clearly here was woman
who would appreciate being helped-and
the great social lights of King Edward s
/ circle proceeded 20 lionize her and make
much OF her.
! While this was going on. her path fire.
/ quently crossed that Of such women as
/ Mrs. W. Rhinelander Stewart, Mrs Og-
/ den Mills. Mrs. ogden GOelet-au social
/ powers in New York. the real world
which Mrs Law sighed 10 conquer. They
4 brought back 10 America word Of their
| countrywoman' triumph, and society.
/ then encamped al Newport, began TO sit
up and take notice when the name Of
/ Law was mentioned. AS a result when
/ the little lady arrived, unheralded and
| unannounced. I'm New York the early
part OF September, Invitations Were
! showered upon her but she was not 10
/ be caught mapping. Not She She turned
| her back upon the fascinations Of New
port and the conservatism Of Lenox and
I hied herself TO a quiet hunting lodge IN
/ tho Adirondacks Later there was trip
/ 10 Hot Springs, where she stopped very
/ quietly-and rested Then back to New
/ York, where she took up her residence IN
/ the old GriswolC Burden house on East
1 Fifty-fourth Street, and gave forth no
/ intimation OF future plans Here came
/ cards or people who wondered. and here
/ also came architects who. II is Whis-
\ pered. are drawing plans for a Law
mansion. not on Millionaire's Row, nor