The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-04

lack of the expensive, sparkling ant
wit-sharpening champagne. 1t is sale
that in giving orders for the dinner
Mrs. Green stated plainly that she
wanted it to be of the best, and wher
she was told that a satisfactory dinner
would cost her $40 a plate, did moi
move an eyelash, but calmly ordered
that the preparations for such feas1
i should be begun at once. But even
more amazing than the fact that Mrs
Hetty Green is actually living in luxu-
rious apartments at the Plaza and en-
| tertaining her friends in a fashion be-
fitting her wealth. is the latest story
that she, in pursuance of her policy OF
| doing things up brown when she
starts out, has put herself in the hands
of beauty doctor, and has paid $500
for a course of treatments. 1t is said
that perfectly wonderful transforma-
ton has taken place in the personal ap-
pearance of this excellent lady. She
has emerged from the steamings and
massagings of the beauty doctors treat
ments with many of the old wrinkles
gone, and with a pretty roSe-pink
bloom on her cheeks. The clever fin
gers of the hairdresser have added a
soft white puff of hair here and there,
until her head now presents the ap-
pearance of fashionable, wellgroomed
woman, and the dressmaker has COM
handsome, becoming and up-to-date
gowns. At her dinner the other night
her friends told her she looked like an
18th century Marquise, and it is pretty
safe to conclude that never before in
her life has Mrs. Green heard anything
which pleased her so much. That she
is playing the game for all it is worth
is proved by her intention of taking a
cottage at Newport this Summer. 1t is
quite plain that Mrs. Green is doing all
this for her daughter, to whom, of
course, much of her money will go on
her death, and whom she desires to see
take the place in society to which this
wealth will entitle her. But it would
not be at all surprising if Mrs. Hetty
got good deal of fun out of it all her
self. No woman, no matter how hard
or practical she may seem, is entirely
without the weaknesses, as they are
called, of her sex. To look well, to
have pleasant things said to her, to be
treated with perhaps more or less
empty, but vanity-soothing, graceful
consideration, to have in her life GER
tain amount of agreeable. social diver
sion is something to which no woman is
insensibie. The woman who goes thru
life without this is. certain, as The poet
has said, to bear with her to the end
"A blighted@ experience, rancor with
in"
1t is something which every woman has |
a right to expect, and if her life has |
been without it she has been cheated
out of a natural craving of her nature. |
women, and having sternly denied her.
self any Indulgence in these feminine
weaknesses for so many years, will I
now, that she has made up her mind
to ''let herself go" to a very proper and
dignified extent, get surprising amount
of real satisfaction out of this new ex-
perience.
Imagine a pink-cheeked, plump
armed milkmaid in overalls and jack
ct, Of course, no one can. The veryl
thought is iconoclastic in the highest
degree and not to be entertained for a
moment. One of our most cherished
figures in poetry and fiction is this same
seated on her little stool in
her fresh cotton dress, her sleeves
tucked up. revealing the round white
arm, and the stream of rich milk flow
ing thru her rosy fingers into the pail
beneath. Charming, fascinating crea
turer Gin poem and story, and tho gen.
orally, responsible for much masculine
dear to the. hearts of us all.
Now we are told she is to be robbed of
all this delicate, dainty romance by be-
ing compelled to milk her cows in over
ais and a jacket The Board of Health
Of New York has just issued an order
that no milk shall be allowed to enter
New York which has not been taken
from the cows under this condition
Naturally the girls have rebelled, and /
as most of the milking has been done
by the daughters of the farmers, those
who depend upon the sale of the tactical
fuid for their living. either entirely or /,
in part, are in state of mind. Butt
who could blame the girls? Certainly
40 one with drop of poetry or senti-
ment in his makeup.
The curtain has fallen on Mrs. Aired
domestic tragedy She has
been awarded an absolute divorce from
her husband with the custody of her
little six-year-old boy. While she is
Just as much divorced now as she could
ever be, she can apply in three months,
# she wishes to, for a final decree,
which will give her the right to resumed
ner maiden name and marry again in ,
any State. Mr.. Vanderbilt, on the con-
trary, cannot marry again under thel
laws of New York until she is dead, or
unless at the end of five years the Su-
preme Court gives him permission to
10 so. 1t is said, tho it may not be
true, that Mrs. Vanderbilt originally
I F,
son, Mr.. Vanderbilt only being willingl
20 give her $1,000, 900, but he was final
y induced to compromise at $500, 900.
This viii be given her in trust for the
boy. Her personal fortune is quite suf-
fcient for her own wants, but she has
no idea of having her child cheated out
Of his rights by the misconduct of the
father. During her life with Mr.. Van
1erbilt she became very much interest
ed in his stables, and is said to be a
better judge of the fine points of a
horse than even he. 1t liz now rumored
that she will turn her farm near New
port into a training ground for racing
horses, and enter the lists against her
former husband and Reginald Wander
oilt, who is also great turfman. Horsesl
and yachts are her two hobbies, and
She is equally at home with both.
9'be latest report with regard to the
of Anna Gould and Helie del
Sagan denies the sensational story that ,
they We're married in New Jersey be-
are made for weddingl
in Paris on June IA There will be
beth a civil and religious ceremony, the
after performed by Protestant clergy
man. The lady has stated that she hasl
The written consent of every member of .
her family TO her marriage, which dis
poses of that all-important money sub
ject. Well, let us hope that she will
have better luck this time.
No one can fail to admire the rluck !
and courage of Bristow Draper, son Of i
the Lieutenant Governor of Massac hu-
sets, who, in spite of the opposition of 1
his friends and family, married the girl /,
he loved, and is now supporting her ,