The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-17

New York, January 1s.-At this moment
 the gay world of fashion is pictured as
 theatre with every scene set for so-
 cial function. From the morning chat in the cozy boudoir to the ball after the
 opera, one would suppose that the whole life of the social matron was passed in
 eating. drinking, dancing and merrymak-
 ing. This, in a measure is the rule. But
 to 1t there is an exception. There are those
 who believe in other fields of human en- deavor and that women of beauty, wealth
 and station have their missions These
 ladies are Mrs LorilIard Spencer, Mrs.
 Frederic Vanderbilt, Mrs. Clarence Mack ay. Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan and Mrs.
 Frederic Nelson. Quietly, and without
 show, each one of these women find time amid the pressure of their social duties
 to reduce the misery in the world and to
 take to the homes of the poor and the needy the blessings of wealth. She mar
 ried Lorillard Spencer. Today she is as beautiful and young looking as she. was then, although much stouter. Society columns of the day are beginning to buzz with the announcement that Lorillard Spencer, Jr., is visiting here, sojourning there and turning up everywhere. At Delmonico recital at which Mrs. Spen- cer was present the other day,
 one of her friends remarked how young she looked. But no one knows the young man as Loriliard.
 or even LOFTY" the name by which his father has always gone. Even his mother calls young Spencer "Buzzie," and when
 he writes to her from St. Pauls School, Concord the letters are signed: Your
 boy, Buzzie" The Lorillard Spencers are
 to sail in a few days for the other side.
 MT. Spencer who belongs to all the big clubs, once dallied in the field of letters. At Newport Mrs. Spencer disburses more money in worthy charities than any wo- man connected with the colony with the exception of Mrs. Brockholst Cutting and
 Mrs. Fred Vanderbilt. Mrs Spencer is
 president of one Circle of the Kings Daughters, while Mrs. Vanderbilt heads
 the other. Her carriage may often be found in the fish section while her foot
 man carries hams and turkeys into the houses of the poor.
 Pretty lucky Kitty Duer now Mrs. Clarence Mackay, has a widespread rep
 utation for her generosity, and she has
 been unusually active In the past fort
 night. Mrs Mackay never parades her
 charities but sometimes they find their
 way into the newspapers. Clarence Mack ay himself is one of the most liberal fel- lows on earth, and it is good thing for him that he is kept pretty busy or the world might have the unusual spec tacle of millionaire giving away all his
 money. When MT Mackay is Ion the
 road" here or abroad, he lavishes tips on
 everybody and the best part about 1t Is
 he does 1t without any Tam Clarence
 Mackay air. Whether or not 1t Is laud-
 able practice, the fact remains that MT.
 Mackay probably scatters more largess
 than any other six men in the smart
 world of New York. Every servant in the country would jump his present master to secure a situation in Harbor Hin, the
 Mackay country place at Roslyn. The
 Mackays are now at the Waldorf-Astor,
 where they occupy the Boldt suite ad- ditional converts to the flat or hotel life.
 They will be there but a short while, as they follow Mrs. John w Mackay abroad. Besides her donations to church. es and gifts to the poor Mrs. Mackay has presented the Nassau hospital. at Mi neola, L. l., with thoroughly equipped ambulance. Mrs. Mackay differs from many smart women in that she finds her children interesting. She has their photographs made every cou e of weeks.
 Mrs Thomas R. Ryan devotes two hours a day to her charitable work. She has one room in her great Fifth avenue house fitted up as a handsome private office and here she tranacts all her busi- ness methodlcally and in approved fash ion. It is estimated that these establish ments have cost upward of $2,000000 and by reports she manages the income and disbursements. The enormous deficit Mrs. Ryan defrays out of the income of her personal fortune Mrs. Frederic Nelson. who is also one of the same religious faith is closely allied to Mrs. Ryan in many of her charities. Mrs. Nelson Is the mother of Mrs. Reginal Vanderbilt.
 Robert Shaw and his new wife, with her children and their governess, have been much around Lakewood. Notwith- standing the predictions of MT. Shaws former wife anent the future happiness of the pair. they make a picture of su- preme felicity. Being Shaws. they hail from Boston, and Robert Gould Shaw. 2d there is another MT. and Mrs Robert Gould Shaw, now of Virginia, who is a member of the horsey Langhorne fam fly. The dashing Langhorne sisters are all excellent horsewomen. Trent married Charles Dana Gibson and Phyllis became the wife of Reginald Brooks, of Newport and New York. Harry Langhorne, one of the boys. married not long ago the beauti- full Miss Peyton, of Charlottesville and, of course, 1t was at once declared that she was a distant Gibson type. To speak of the Langhornes and not mention the Gibson girl would never do The Lang horne home is at Mirador, Va Mrs. Shaw sued for divorce Just one year ago. It