Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
DOLLARS LAND MISS DODGE
Interesting American Woman is Max
ing Over Warwick House.
AMBITION TO FORM SALON
Former New Orleans Girl said
to BE Engaged 20 sister
OF Duchess Of MarI-
borough.

LONDON. Nov. 2s.-(speciaI)-"who
y Miss Dodgeg' Is a question which is
icing asked a great deal here IN the
ma gic inner circle OF society. As a mat
Ter OF fact. society in general knows very
tdttle about this interesting woman, ex-
cept that she Is an American, is reported
20 have colossal wealth and that about
fifteen months ago she bought Warwick
house. the historic mansion OF the earls
of Warwick, reputed to be one of the
most unhealthy houses in London, with
out ever having gone over It. It seems
her original intention was to have 1t re-
decorated and made spick and span and
forthwith open IT,. When. however. she
inspected the mansion she declared 1t
was necessary practically to pull 1t to
pieces. which meant an enormous further
outlay. Nothing daunted, she set to work
to find the right people to carry out
her plans. a proceeding which took con-
siderable time, for Miss Dodge has ideas
OF her own and determined that the home
of the "king-makeTs" descendants was
TO express her views as to what she con-
sidered a home should be.
At last the mansion is on its way to
completion and she hopes to have a house
warming there which Is to be the talk
of the town in the early spring. Miss
Dodge Is, before all things. a personality.
a woman who win and must be recog-
nized. 1t was Mrs. Choate, the wife of
the late American ambassador. who in
troduced her % British society and, al
though she is not yet TO be seen al the
gatherings which include royalties. that
Is a recognition which is bound to be ac-
corded to her shortly. London society
and, above all. royalties cannot resist
the omnipotence Of the dollar.
Most Ambitious Yankee.
Miss Dodge is regarded as the most
ambitious Yankee who has set foot on
these shores since the days when the
present Dowager Lady Abinger, who was
Helen Magruder, landed in England as a
Tide and solemnly vowed at Liverpool
Thai she would make Queen Victoria, who
bad q rooted aversion at one time to
I American women, acknowledge her. 1t
IS said that Miss Dodge means to in
ahgurate a salon after the order OF that
held by famous French women Of the
phst--a daring idea considering the num-
Der of social leaders in British society
who have failed in the attempt. The wife
Of the present prime minister has tried
her hand at organizing a salon and met
Z with defeat. Mrs. Asquith's interpreta-
ton Of the salon was a collection of In
teresting people from the ranks OF art.
Giusic and dancing as represented I by
Maude Allan. interspersed with great po-
liticaI and religious lights But Mrs.
Asquith's dream had a rude awakening
when she discovered that some of her
own servants refused to wait on her
guests. They said in their former
places they we're in the habit of serv-
ing their superiors, not their interiors,
and that things should be at a very low
abh uyhau fbau CANA fn having RI walt on
ballet dancers.
. 1t will be interesting TO discover Miss
Dodge's ideas Of what constitutes a salon
and how she will manage hers. The king.
who is an admirer of all original and dar-
ing people. is said to be greatly interested
In Miss Dodge's social future. II she
abegins well and can manage to hit upon
an Entertainment which will set people
talking she is bound to be one Of the
great American hostesses of the immediate
future.
management of Due de POmar.
Floating around Partisan society is the
rumor OF the engagement of the well
known and very popular Due de Pomar
and Miss Emily Yznaga, the sister OF
Consuelo, duchess OF Manchester SO far
there has been no confirmation of the
statement. but neither has il been contra
d'ctsd. The due is a very wealthy man. a
little past middle age. He has a magnifi-
cent hotel In the Avenue Wagram, a villa
IN Nice and a shooting box in Scotland.
No man is better known among the Ameri-
can set Ina Paris, where he spends the
greater Part OF each year. For years he
Iias been the despair OF designing heiresses,
|, ror although his title is not an old one,
= &c is a desirable one. and his personal
eharm counts for much.
' Another central figure in the best set In
Paris 70 the handsome Miss YEnasa, who
lately has taken a charming apartment
there and makes it her headquarters FOL
the greater part Of the year. Clever, cul'
tured and well read, Miss Yznaga hal