The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25
have been 81

have been showered. turning away from
Society as a vocation and working for
works sake.
Even while The hssty and uninformsd,
who swallow their misconceptions whole.
ususing not for mastication nor investi-
gation. are holding forth from pulpit and
platform against that shining target. the
Society Woman. there is 2 wonderful
change coming about IN the world
somehow the out-dressing. out-oancing.
II tse other women in her set does not
entirely satisfy her any more
The game Of keeping climbers out OF her
own 81 and getting into q higher set her
Self loses zest and ceases 10 be absorbing
The '-cezSeleSs round Of gsyeties'' come
iu time u be no longer gay
The uuutterable childishness and pitiful-
ness of spending her God-given life in
feesting and playing and dressing and
petty riraIrIes are grinding iza.upon her.
and she is restless, dissatisfied, reaching
out for realities.
OF course, there is SUI the endless pro
cessiOn OF women climbing the social lad
der, whose highest culture lies in knowing
exactly how many cards 70 leave when
calling. whose highest ambition is salts
fed BY achieving the acquaintance of
some one who doesn't want 10 know
them; but even these are q little dis
turbed and surprised by what is going on
shove them
For among the women who possess all
the blessings that seem desirable 70 wom-
an-Toulea who have wealth and beauty
and positon-there are many who are no
longer content with being merely beauti-
ful and beautifully gowned and housed
and socially powerful and impregnable.
They are women who not only want TO
60 sonething." but who have discovered
IN themselves the capacity for doing
aonething-
Only the other day the telegraph and
cable announced 10 ell the reading world
as far as the news service reaches, the
interesting bit OF information that Mrs.
Harry Payne whitney has been commits
stoned By the builders Of the Hotel Bel
mont 70 design some OF the most i'm
portsnt interior decorations OF this new
hotel. which is 10 put all the other luxu-
rious New York hotels IN tie shade.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney is one OF the
Enzrtest OF the smart set
she doesn't have 70 Strategic for her
social position II Is as firm as Gibraltar
beneath her feet
Her husband is the son Of the late VIII
liam c. Whitney. who was Secretary Of
the Navy and one Of the mulu-miliion-
aires. as well as one OF the finest gentle
men OF New York His middle name,
Payne. came 10 him with a share OF the
Payne millions.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney was Miss
Gertrude Vanderbilt. eldest daughter Of
Cornelius Vanderbilt She was married a
the age Of .. just ten years ago. in Aug
Ust. 1886. She has youth and more than
the average OF good looks. and she well
becomes the splendid jewels and beautiful
gowns her wealth makes possible and
which she INDUCES herself in.
She could. you see, queen il in So
c5ety II she would. There is nothing
rhat bars the way But she doesn't care
70. Society has for her only the die
tionary meaning. II offers diversion
and relaxation In her brain and her
finger tips she has found her real voca-
ton
In her girIhOod. carefully tutored and
govern cssed al home. she dsbbIed with
music. for which she has some talent,
but after she became d matron and had
presumably taken her place in socie-
ty." she found in herself q desire for
expression that neither her music, her
immense wealth nor her social oppor-
tunities quite satisfied
She tried sculpture-snd she found
her medium
She studied under masters with the
same enthusiasm and energy and in
oustry that the girl who has her own
future 70 make studies with Altkin or
TIden here, with St Gaudens in the
East. with Rocin IN Paris She set up
her studio in the Bryant Park building
in New York. and when she went into
Il she shut the door on her millions. her
social position. her gowns and her jew