The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-30
SOCIETY IN NEW YORK
The Wedding of Miss Marjorie Gould and MT Drexe Will Be the Limit of Lavishness-Women Spend
 Lavishy for Pleasure
By MARGARET WATTS DE pEysTER.

the party has reached Gibraltar and will proceed thence to Africa. Mrs. Emily Ladenburg, widow of the rich broker, Adolph Ladenburg, established unique record In the annals of celebration when the courts awarded her $605, 900 from her husbands estate The estate was in liti- gation, but the decision favorable to Mrs. Ladenburg had been rendered only a few hours until the wealthy widow had sent 60 invitations to her society friends to gather at the Plaza hotel for a dinner party Even the Plaza, the most stylish hotel in Manhattan. was not embellished sufficiently for Mrs. Ladenburg and she soon had an army of artisans placing new decorations in the great banquet hall. The dinner was followed by a the atre party, after which there was big dance and bridge whist party. It is said that Mrs. Ladenburg spent more than SoO,OOO upon this single entertainment.
 By the death of Darius O. Mills, Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. wife of our ambassador to Great Britain, takes rank among the extremely rich women of the world. In addition to Mrs. Reid's private wealth before her fathers death (for she was a daughter of MT. Mlls) she inherlts s2s,- OOO.oOo from the Mills estate. Mrs. Reid hence takes her place along side of Mrs. Russel Sage. Mrs. E. H. Hartman and Mrs. Hetty Green.
 It is fact not generally known and one that I came upon by accident, that the matrimonial alliance of Miss Beatrice Mills to the Earl of Granard united two families in which twins predominate. The Countess is twin. her sister being Miss Gladys Mills, a favorite in London society. The mother of the Countess, Mrs. Darius O. Mills, was likewise a twin, There are two sets of twins in the Granard family, the Earl having two twin brothers and a brother and sister twins
 The world at large, I suppose. thinks that Col. John Jacob Astor deyotes his tune and attention exclusively to yacht- ing, but let me whisper that Colonel As tor Is an ardent autoist and owns more automobiles than any other person in the United States. He is the possessor of 70 cars of every type and pattern from the luxurious touring car down to the two passenger runabout Colonel Astor maintains three garages, one in New York, one in Paris and another in Lon don. A strange freak of liking impeIs him to use foreign cars in the United States and American built cars abroad. The recent automobile show in this city caused an augmentation to many big garages, for the society folks were out In numbers and gave many orders for cars to be delivered in February for spring tours. Miss Helen Gould pur chased locomobile F. D. Underwood bought two cars; John B. Herreshon 2 ded three cars to his garage; William N. Corey looked over half dozen and selected few, and many other rich so- ciety men made purchases. Strange to say, J. Pierpont Morgan. while owning several cars, is not an enthusiast Every year he takes new model. but he buys an automobile for use and not for dis play
 Mrs stuyvesant Fish. to use a political term. has nopped. One year ago next month Mrs. Fish in very heated stats- ment declared that she was enttrsly op-I