The Washington times., 1904-11-13

of gems. Certain It is that lack Of
money does not furnish an explanation.
| for in all other avenues of expenditure
| Mrs. Law Is lavish. Her passion is
American Beauty rosebuds-not the full
blown flower. but the most perfect and
delicate OF buds on long. graceful stems.
I In truth, she selects all her toilet ne
/ cess0ries, all the luxurious appointments
OF her home with a view 10 emphasiz-
1 ing and accentuating Der own Watte-d-
! like charms.
Mrs. Law travels about with maid
/ duenna. whose appearance affords one
! Of those artlessly aytful contrasts for
which this little lady Is becoming ia
nous. The maid Is quite as plain and
sallow and old as Mrs. Law is fresh and
radiant and young. To see them to-
! gether in the shopping district (Which
1 Is about the only place where Mrs. Law
I has been Ia evidence since her return) Is
/ to realize the effectiveness Of foil for
/ beauty.
/ Mrs. Law viii ind herself pitted
| against a brave array or feminine love-
| liness whea the great show opens to-
morrow nisht-from women whose pO-
! sitions have been long assured in New
/ Yorks most exclusive circles and who
/
/ is reaching. to the gilded Westerners
who have spared neither pains nor mil
/ lions TO wTest the palm OF horse show
belleship from the East
The queen of the last show. Mrs.
/ Philip Lydls, viii probably be IN evi-
dencc, bat Il is a matter of precedent,
an unwritten rule, that no woman shall
hold the bclleship through two consecu-
I eL. a.
! tractod lots Of attention last year was
/ Mrs. ". T.. WOodend whose husbands
/ failure was precipitated by her horse
/ show expenditures. Mrs. Daniel q.
/ Reid. veritable bird Of Para disc from
! Chicago was also ia the running last
/ year and viii probably be In evidence to-
morrow night. Then there is the trio %
Z Philadelphia beauties, Mrs. Joseph
! Wldencr, Mrs. r.. Moore Robinson. and
/ Mrs. William +. Carter. who can trace
/ thCir Newport success back to Box y in
/ the horse show OF 1903, when they were
! the real sensation Of the great show.
/ Many a woman has been made socially
ana many "a heart has been broken dur
/ ing horse show week
/ Then there is the box usually occupied
/ by Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and
/ Mrs Reginald c. Vanderbilt, and all the
/ unattached men hover about this com
partment The Vanderbilt matrOns usu-
/ ally have pretty girls with them-thc
1 Vanderbilt name. too. means 50 much,
| Mrs. William b. Leeds. fresh from her
/ Newport triumph, and with Mrs. Oliver
/ III. p. Belmont 10 back her up and Mr..
/ Leeds thirty millions TO facilitate mat
: ters. will have "a box. Mrs Leeds is
/ handsome and dresses magnificentIy.
/ Mrs. Edward r. Thomas. who has the
/ influence of the William Jays behind
| her will be on hand. She is a dazzling
| blonde. who knows every secret of sue
| cess in dress
! Mrs. Pembroke Jones, a woman OF
| great wealth and an unusual personal
/ ity, Will have a bud daughter" Miss
! Sadie Jones, with her and one may eX-
pect sartOTial perfection from these
| North Carolina millionaires.
| Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, the sweet,
popular. woil-horn leader Of society
| about Hampstead, will return 20 her
/ own after a year Of mourning, Few
women can compare with her intellec-
| tually and brains do carry a world Of
/ weight.
Then there is Mrs Cornelius Wander
| bilt, on the top wave of popularity, and
/ she will have Miss Roosevelt with her.
| Here arc magnets To- induce many men
To lean over the box rail In ecstatic for
| getfulness. There viii be Mrs. Anthony
| J. Drexel and her sister Mrs Rhine
| lander Stewart, each with debutante
! daughters. These sisters have enter
| tained everything IN the way of royalty
this past summer. and they are bound TO
cause furore on their Fe-entree. Mrs.