The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25

els. and in her all-over apron worked
in the moist clay as though her bread
and her happiness depended on it.
Perhaps. indeed. her happiness did
depend upon il.
At any rate she worked TO some pur-
pose. for she was recognized as an art
ist. and il was not held against her that
she had millions: and when designs
were called for by the builders, Warren
& Wetmore, who are trying TO make
the Hotel Belmont. at Forty-second
street and Park avenue. the very finest
thing OF its kind in New York. the de-
signs she submitted received respectful
and admiring consideration, and for the
excellence OF them she was given the
commission TO make some OF the most
important interior decorations. and es-
pecially the earyatides for the corridors
and dining-rooms. and she is 10 be paid
for the work just as any other artist
working not only for works sake, but
for the good red gold that would be paid
Thus il viii come about that other
millionairesses. promenading and din
ing at the Hotel Belmont, may look
upon the work of the hands and brain
OF one OF their kind.
Another very rich woman of New
York's smart set. Mrs Clarence Mackay,
is not content with being merely So
ciety woman and q figure for the dis
play Of fashions vagaries
She has written q book and some
poems OF considerable literary unim-
portance, il is true: but she is. doing a
very real and vigorous work that lies
al her hand She recognizes social duties
that lie quite beyond the limitations of
her set" She is genuinely. actively. tre-
mendously interested in her own neigh
borhood, in the people around the beau
tiful home that she TO large extent
designed. She made a determined and
successful fight to be elected school di-
rector. and now that she is she is doing
all that she can to make her district
school model school and q social CEN
ter-not society venture.
She is something of an artist. some
thing of poet, something of dreamer
"a beauty. too. in a distinctive. pic
turesque way. The Mackay millions. TO
which her husband is now the chief
heir. have surrounded her with the
most splendid and extrayagant luxuries,
yet she is still unspoiled, q real woman,
sentient. sympathetic, natural, vigor-
Gus. keenly aware Of the responsible
ties as well as the possibilities of her
wealth and power.
In England, where the activities of
women of wealth and position are not
so new and so unusual as they are in
this country. the Countess Of Warwick
heads the list of busy women who no
longer make a business of society.
If ever there vas a woman beset
with Inducements TO lead a life of friv-
oliJy the Countess of Warwick is that
woman
AS Lady Brooke-the much-babbIed-
about -BabbIing Brooke" of the Prince
OF Wales set-she was one of the
beauties of England. leading spirit
IN that smartest OF smart sets, initiated,
admired. sought after. gossiped about,
enyied. and enjoying that rarest of lib
erty-cr iicense-the liberty OF a smart
young married woman in London's
smartest set.
On a day that 1 saw her in the
royal inelosure al Ascot, favored by
the Prince Of Wales who is now a King
ana discreet, Dy Well
groomed British dandies. she was the
most perfect type of high-bred, tri-
umphant feminine beauty I have ever
seen. Tall and slender as a lily stem,
exQuisitely gowned, golden haired. blue
eyed. with delicate features perfectly
chiseIed. radiantly young and proud
and joyous. she was picture of thor
oughbred loveliness.
She was dancing. dining, opera-going,
baccarat playing by night. coaching,
riding. race-going by day, frivoling and
flirting all the time. and yet, even then,
finding the time to 20 something else
besides shining in society, for she had
already set up the little shop in the
West End for the marketing Of peas
ant women's handiwork.
She is still beautiful and beautifully
gowned. still a figure in socIety-and
a power. Yet since the day when she
was the ~Babbling Brooke" she has
had the time and energy to set up