The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-27
MARIA'S SUCCESS IN LONDON
SHE TELLS or THE TITLED FOLKS
SHE NET.
Rady e.raspem WIN n Mortgage I lar
and Countess CoSnechaser WITH
Tickets TO Seu-Motar Trip with a
Real Lord Win q castle 10 Rent.

Real Lord Win a castle to Rent.
Knowing passengers on the big liner
that brought her home pointed the young
lady out IA the great success Of the London
season. She bore the scrutiny of her fellow
travellers with a modest Consciousness
of the attention she attracted.
Her mother. on The other hand. l,eamed
with pride and admitted to all those who
spoke Of the subject that Maria really
did have a splendid time in London. BY
the time the steamer rea"led New York
che had made this confession to nearly
everybody On board.
II was when she pot home, however.
that the full pleasure of her daughters
triumph was best Approached. The cable
had already told Of this American girls
social success from, the tirIc she was pro-
scented until the end 81 the iiornlurg seal
sor. So she merely hal 10 confirm these
s-5-:es to her girl friends.
And you did have . good time:" the frs
caller said. We heard about yonr snccess
and il was in all the papers"
Maria looked heCuminglv modest.
81 had n splendid time. IL I do say IL my
SELF" she admitted. Everybody was aw-
fully nice all the time"
Then thew went into particulars about
The men. She told how handsome they
were, what their titles were aud how differ
emit they were in lots If WAYS from Ancri.
can men. Then they switched over q" th"
subject Of hos'csscs.
women are rot nearly 80 sDolhy over
there. however smart they NAV to- Maria
went on. II always had au idea they pat
on such lots or side ;hai rohodv could over
get near them. There was dear Lady
Graspem. for ins'auc".
I'VE met her in Lucrrne luitc accidentally.
She heard that rathcr was Interested ~
boys clubs and she invited rs to let her
know when VIC vol 20 London.
~We lid. and she asked us 80 20 and 80"
her new club hous' IL london hrl then
70 home - tea. We Ill. IA! Sc wrS
swfrnv nice To- ne.
Father was delighted will TIA" cub, and
when Lady Graspem explained To him that
the mortgage on the house was moi PAID
and that she was trying worry hard Z" r1IS"
the money he gave hcr Sl.UUo on Tho sub.
scription. She was very friendly that after.
noon, and ] am SUR "" SiIuulG have seen
lots more Of her if she had remained in
London: but she Went away ~" next d1v
after that TO the country.
she gave a letter to father to "a friend
of hers, however, and the friend wasa worry
nice woman. too. We went down 10 her
place in the country
THAT must have been nice" murmurod
her sympathetic friend. I've always wanted
to visit in an English country house. us
been my dream"
well. il ~ perfectly delightful" Mnria
explained. although ! Couldn't exactly
say that We stopped there, We went Town
after lunch and came NJ to town VT" ~ she
afternoon very late. II was almost lark
when We got back to thc hptc!
mice people there. I siipposc. was the
enthusiastic comment of uer freud who hau
never before been IN Glca clos" contact win
the delights Oi lon ~ ,cictv. The
novels always make the men uut 50 lovely
on those house parties Mere there many
men there"
"Oh. lots. was The answer There must
have been two or three hundred.
You see H. was not cNaUtiv q house party.
II was a lawn party awfuily swell aud ter.
ribly hard to get IL. Nnu know 1t was ~
sort OF charity bazaar and III" invitations
to il cost SO.
Lady Graspcm and she wrote a note saying
that she was going g. give a garden party
and would he 20 delighted To welcome al
her house any friend of Lady GfHSl"in'-,
who had told her about us. The invitations
were in the letter and father sent her Il
check for the six. The extra ones were
in case papa wanted to bring a friend. IL
was awfuliy nice of her.
And the place II perfectly beautiful
dates from the days of the ludOrE ana has
wonderful stained glass IN the dining room.
We saw tina through the door. because the
living rooms of the family Were ropod Oh
and their own friends were there"
Their own friends?' repeated the listener.
who felt chat her knowledge Of English
social customs was coming a bit too rapidly
for assimilation. "Weren't they all friends
Of the family.
tone that suggested pity for one with such
elementary ideas of social hfe. You
know in England those things are altogether
different. This was a sort OF charity thing
for a church that was being restored IN
the n~eighhorhood AMI Countess toync.
chaser couldn't be expected To- ask all
London 10 come into her own living rooms
Just because "A ticket cost $40 10, she
had only her personal friends there
WAS she a smart looking woman
asked the visitor. "Some of the most
fashionable Of those women arc said to
dress like perfect dowds."
-Couldn't tell you for the life of me-"
was the frank answer. We couldn't maxi"
out which was which.
There was quite "a group of women in
the drawing room when we peepcd through
10 see the tea table, but didn't know which
was the Countess. Sne was very. NICE to
,,r, though. She wrote to father sh"
had her secretary write. the way all those
swell women do in London thanking
him for taking the tickets and saying
there were some other RESERVATIONS to be
heRnn in the neighborhood If they could
raise the money. and she was sure n would
interest him IL he would come down son"
day and have the curatc show him over
the ruins
I'VE didn't have time 10 go. though.
because the only day We had left in Eng
land had been promised Lord Toesout.
He wanted us 10 go motoring down TO his
place near London.
HE has a beautiful home. He's d 'vorced
or something and can't get married, but
he's n perfectly charming man. Like
lots of those swells. he married an actress
and they had all sorts Of trouble.
Il don't know whether you would think
him good looking. but over there the women
Just rave over him. He's worry tall and
quite thin. He has a long blond mus
tache. and it's the kind hat so many cf
the smart men over there wear.
1T comes way 10 his chin and seems
to hnvc only about three hairs in each side
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