Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08
Elements of Complication


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the wing of Alice Van Kirk.
R The fortihcation besieged
- Dozens of the younger men, nearly
" as many of their elders, and women in
bevies crowded to the place, numbers
to halt in the promenade; but the vast majority to
be Horse Show and became royal levee. Confused
and excited, but growing momentarily more gracious
and gish, even as she grew more beautiful with the
flush of color in her cheeks, Thurey could barely
conventional formula to each one thus presented
and think with terror the utter mpossbty of ever
remembering all those names and faces:
Alice Van Kirk, meantime was hardly less occupied
than Thurley to manage her own situation with the
diplomatic adroitness demanded by the moment She
smothered with honors, invitations, and popular.
ity absolutely overwhelming. score of attentions and
recogntions she coveted Unfortunately mingled
with twice many more she wished to scorn. The
younger men, whom first OF all she wished to magnetic
that in her social ambitions would follow
where they ed had multiplied to alarming numbers in
flash.
Her triumph species Of landslide. Of inconven-
lent proportions She did know and could not have
known at the moment that with all these men it was
Thureys exquisite beauty. her irresistible personality
and radiant charm, than all her advertised royalty
of origin, that wrought the magnetic SPELL She only
her protegee growing instantly more and more an
object of something akin to social worship and and
in her hold upon the novelty loving, ennu
haunted beings of their world
The next event in the was the judging of five
pairs, geldngs and shown to phaetons women to
drive The band playing selections from the latest
musical comedy the proud, matched animals and
their skfu drivers swung brisky in upon the tanbark
ring.
Thurey was instantly all attention before, from
sheer love of horses and their management. Dimly
aware that Count Fiaschi Robley Stuyverant not to
mention the Baron the Captain, and the Beau. were
waging silent sort of for place at her side, she
turned from them all to the bright arena leaning girl
shly forward in her fervor.
A MAN of middle age, with a mustache obviously
grown in resemblance to that of Kaiser William,
took keen, scrutinizing inventory of the girls
usual features nodded to himself and disap
peared in the throng. He the second curious ind
vdual who had waited for clear unobstructed view of
her face for reasons that not curiosity or
admiration.
There was still third such being in the garden
another woman, of the humblest of the humble, a
worker, out of employment, consumed with love of
things in the unattanabe highest social stratum, and
far in the tide of the crush that slowly paraded
by the box where Thurey sitting in her splendor.
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