The Washington times., 1904-11-13
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| yet on the newer Riverside Drive, but in
| the very heart Of conservative old New
/ York. in the Fihties. Society mad begun
/ TO ask, when is Airs. Law coming out
| Of her SHELF" when the real truth dawn
I ed upon them. Mrs. Law had not the
slightest intention Of making any public
appearance until the Horse Show busles
sounded, when she would be found in the
right box among the right people. Her
social god-mothers had shown their
I hands at last, and society proceeded 20
ask what claims. beside her somewhat
romantic life. Mrs. Law might make fJr
the position of Queen Of Horse Show
week
The conquest Of Paris and London. of
men of art and men of royal blood was
not enough. New York is at once the
hardest and the easiest social fort to
storm hardest for the commonplace wo-
man, easiest for the picturesque, gifted
woman.
What was the secret of Mrs. laws
preliminary conquests. Why hal she
/ brought TO her feet a succession cf for
eign suitors, Including the Maharaiah
OF kapurthala, the young Khedlve OF
Egypt, Count de Dion, Count CasseIon.
Prince Fursteuburg, and Gen. Leveyre
Pontalis, son Of the president OF the
French Gable Company? None Of these
men denied the soft impeachment whe,
the story Of his suit leaked out. over
there in Paris and i'm London il was con
sidered an honor 10 sue fer the hand
or the beautiful American widow. and
an honor 10 retain her friendship bav-
ing lost the suit And through an these
years Of social campaigning and con-
quests. she retained the friendship OF
one stanch American. Craig Wadsworth.
10 shom above all others, she will owe
ihe position which she is 10 take az the
horse show tomorrow night.
Mrs. Law is a beau;y-of the sort
which carries one back two centuries
She does not belong 90 the new. long
limbed. strOng-feaIuTed school OF fem
iHinc beauty. She Is more like a Wat
teau figure, dainty and fragile. Short
OF stature, she has yet a figure which
artists rave about. Her big saucer
Ike eyes are arched by Well-tfaced
/ hrows. Her manner is demure and in
genuous. and save for her welI-groomed
appearance, sue would never be mistak-
en- for woman of the world Il has
been this air Of iugenu0usness. OF al.
most shrinking timidity, which has lea
more than one sIitor TO his hapiess Fate.
Yet beneath this Weli-assumed air Of
simplicity and ingenuOusness. AIRS. Law
Is a cOusummate pOseuse She studies
herself as religiously as the philosopher
I pores over his Senaca. BENJAMIN Con-
stant. The great French painter. told
/ Mrs Law that she was the very incar-
nation OF an eighteenth century mar
I Quise. Mrs. Law was quick to seize
/ the suggestion, and unto this dav has
I she lived up 10 the comparison. All her
gowns smack of styles two centuries
old. Her coats are the Louis Quatorzc
coats. Her hats take on historic shape.
I the tricOrne being her characteristic bit
| OF headgear. She dresses her hair af-
I ter the fashion of Nine. de Maintenon.
/ and scOrns the fads Of modern Golf
/ feurs. Her favorite frock exploits a
[ plain satin skirt and an ornate bodice
/ joined by broad girdle. Eleven
gowns bearing the name of Caliot,
[ DOucet, and Paquiu and the stamp of
/ Mrs. Laws individuality will she dis
| play during the coming week, but their
/ secret has been guarded even from
/ her intimates. They are built to daz-
zle not with riotins colorings nor &c
/ centriclties Of cut but with their wear
/ er's personality.
! one Of Mrs. Laws fads which has
created talk and Ofttimes criticism, is
| her adherence OF jewels. A single string
/ or pearls she sometimes dons. but this
/ rarely Her enemies insist that she
/ takes the stand purely to emphasize
/ her Individuality Her friends say she
/ has the good sense to realize that her
| daintiness and occurrences would be
completely nullifed by lavish display