The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-23

appearance of his love letters to Bessie De Voc. the vaudeville singer. Mir. Gould has been living quietly-I might say very quietly--in France It was with consid- erable interest that I scanned his let ters for mention of names we'll known to the Social Register, but the nearest I got was dissertation upon the love affairs of Jap Now, who is Zap, I wonder.
 Until Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, the d. vorced wife of Col. John Jacob Astor, really goes to the altar for the second time gossip will be continually busy link ing her name with eligibles of the stern- CT sex. It Is the penalty of being rich, young, pretty and divorced; under those circumstances Madame Grundy will never be silent. Friends of the former matron have already planned her future Her friend, Mrs. Benjamin Guinness, insists that Lord Curzon of Kedleston will be the man of Mrs. Astors choice. London club talk seems to favor Capt. the Hon. Cyril Miles Brabazon Ponsonby, second son of the Earl of Bessborough. I think it quite as pertinent to wonder whom the dashing Colonel Astor will lead to, the altar.
 W. Gould Brokaw. who received the usual dole of publicity during the separa- tion suit of his wife, has been hiding upon his country estate near Charlotte, N. c. Naturally of a nervous temperament and unused to such experiences as divorce In New York leads a man through, Mir. Brokaw suffered keenly from the play which the newspapers made of his case. Mrs. Brokaw has been living with her father, Colonel Blair, on their Long Is1- and estate, but on the contrary the separation case seemed to depress her but little.
 American women do not know how to dress, especially for evening functions. This startling announcement comes from M. Henri de Sincay. scion of one of Bel gium's noble houses, who is to marry Miss Marie Louise Logan, granddaughter of Mrs. John A. Logan, widow of the fa- nous soldier. MT. De sncay spent quito an agreeable time in this country, and he was lavisly entertained, both here and in Newport. so he had ample time to judge.
 Your women are the most beautiful in the world" he said. "I am to marry an American girl. I have had an excellent opportunity to study the women of this city and Newport, and I must say they are very charming but in the evening they appear to be overdressed. They wear too much lace and gingerbread stun which think detracts from their appear ance as well as from their beauty.
 There is not enough simplicity about their evening dress. The woman you see at the opera or at some society event does not seem to be that same smart, dashing girl of few hours before when she was strolling on Fifth avenue or sipping tea at one of the hotels From the sensibly dressed girl sne has become the much-dressed woman, with too much lace, too much jewelry, and altogether too much trimmings that attract more attention than the wearer of the dress.
 ''The women here enjoy themselves much better than do the men, To your men everything Is business The great trouble Is that everybody Is money mad. It Is different abroad. With much less money than you have here, both the men and women get much more out of life than do the Americans. We give some att tention to the pleasures of life and are satisfied with just enough money to en- able us to enjoy those pleasures"
 Tho coming summer will see 8 busy time ahead for Mrs. Belmont, who will again open Marble House. one of the most pa1atial of the show p,aces in New port. Indeed, the task of converting Newport to suffrage has been delegated to Mrs. Belmont, and she is planning to hold a number of meetings upon the ground of her homo Mrs. Belmont has delegated to Mrs John H. Hanan the task of converting Narragansett Pier As the politicians say, the outlook is good with not all the outlying districts heard from.
 Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Sr., who professes candidly that she has no love for suffragettes, has gone in for chil- dren's work. Mrs. Vanderbilt, in order to get glimpse of unfortunate child life at close range, has been visiting Chi- dren's Court, where the little vagabonds and the youthful incorrigibles are treated to justice.
 Freddy Townsend Martin has really proved himself In earnest about the American embassy thing. Freddy related to me several months ago his plans for a campaign of education throughout the west and south to urge interest in the movement of building suitable residences for our ambassadors and ministers abroad He made one trip west speaking before audiences which had never seen a real live member of the 400. His second trip included the cities of Pittsburg, Cleveland, Detroit and St. Paul. Mir Martin is one of the sponsors of the American Embassy association and trav- els in special train. with two cooks, a French chef a valet, common servant, & secretary and a companion. MT. Mar tin declares that his trip through the south did world of good I was ru- prised but not amazed to read in some of his speeches secrets of society betrayed for the first time-follies of the idle por- trayed as only the energetic Freddy could portray them.
 There was keen disappointment among the rank of the fashionables when 1t was found that Mrs. George Keppel, the favorite of King Edward. was not com ing to America. True. her husband came, but 1t was Mrs Keppel upon whom in terest of New York centered. Of course every one has heard of nthe million dollar residence which Mrs. Keppel is building in Grosvenor square, London. Recognition by her Is the open sesame to the inner circles of the English court and to the favor of King Edward as well.