The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-29

misaing the day that Henry James did not
Gomez They agreed, without dissenting
voics. after the ordeal was over that Elinor
0lyn had put the widest expectations to
the running. ~
The general summing up was that she was
interesting a few said that she was merely
naive, which is as good a word as inter
esting" and just a. lucid. One gasped:
sExoticl"
ElinOr 0lyn has personality. 1t reached
nut and gripped the minds Of the club
members before they arrived. When they
got there they were fairly obsessed by
hsr approach. One meeting another said.
MY dear. l haven't e you for Three
weeks-oh. l mean four days" and a third
aaid 20 q fourth. where nave you been for
Three WeeksP mean. oh"-with hand to
forchead---the last fortnight
Il was this fateful number which de-
eaded the number OF men there. a very
fair proportion for a woman's club tea.
. to $50. This trio stood shoulder to
shoulder near the exit while Mrs. Glyn
told about her book. When she said that
the poor dear Of a heroine had suffered
untold cruelties from the brute she had
married In her ignorance and innocence,
.AA bhag gAV AAAUhhAbUtS VI NhU Y anu
Brush Club had no idea how awGully cruel
such men could be or TO what horrible
extremes Of brutality they would 20. the
three. squeezed to a pulp by the mass Of
unyielding w~Omankind. looked thoroughly
ashamed of their sex.
From her improvised pedestal Mrs. Glyn
looked Down at the club women and told
the story which apparently needed her
fuka~nRANatkAn DAaAnr- ,Ak aaVAh e.l.a
ideasl The members came away with the
Suppression that alongside of her book
Pilgrims Progress and the alphabet were
salriy Zolsssque.
And n tbs word exotic described Mrs.
0iyp when she spoke to the Pen and Brush
Club. what adjective 0an be employed to
pozfrey her when she r0ceived a Sow re-
pesseS ~ Der temporary home at the Plaza
Hotslf Thers we're big bouqusts Of tiger
klisa and orchids scattered about, A book
By tho last erotiO poet Of Manhattan was
on tho table alongside of a photograph
which suggested Paul Verlaine. There
vss Q mixture Of perfumes in the air; and
nm salls. desk add mantel wers photographs
a her country homo. Of her rooms at the
RtE IN LondOn, OF Lady DuR- Gordon.
Who " coming TO New York soon, and Of
mtt nhtDbs Lazy Inc WpHg Dehuh-
fuI akbHtAnke a her season. whom Mrs
0lyn presented az court.
Mrs 0lyn ffoats In. gOwned in q pink
siik peghsee. with cascades OF lace ripping
al . IL. decorated here and thsrs with
eny wrsaths OF applique rOaebuds. She
10 trsah from her tub. and there are roses
60 bar cheeks. while her hair shines lus-
sroasly. She harmonizss perfectly with
hsF ss~RvounaingsL
Il tod the manager that he would rave
% rspaper the rooms for me- said Mrs.
Glyn pIacidly, - II that zero the usual
custom 10 be observed. -Of course. I
couldn't 1--we in rooms that were a horrid
blue end mustard. could II
10 had them done over In this soft
dovs gFay like my boadoir at home. and I
went tArepgh some Of the other suites
end picked cut como furniture that would
- with tAs paper. He dida't sssm to
shdpk 20 could buy an entire nsw furnish
Eng: then they would have been quite right.
but thsy do very Vol AZ IL 10.
Il eouldn't taxa any other suite, for I
hksd the view. Il Ia 90 weird when night
comes and the lights begin to twinkle