The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

ful." and although she undoubtedly does
a lot of good among the people Of the
district, her manner of dress causes her
to be laughed at for miles around. on
the occasions of her visits TO the town on
missions of mercy, or even for shopping,
she appears in the most extreme exam
pies of the native Welsh dress and is
followed about by curious throng of
children and grown-ups when she ap
pears in very short skirts beneath which
appear legs incased in bright red stock
ngs and red Shoes
After Mrs. CORVALLIS West and her
troubles 'the unlimited guest and how to
deal with him. has been the other sub
iect of conversation at most of the tea
tables and not few of the dinner
tables, too, this week, consequent upon
the summoning of a young man who was
found among the guests at Lady Jessef $
dance last week. In this particular case
one is inclined to think that it was a
case of mental alteration, for the guest
turned up in a brown tweed suit and
brown boots, and gave as an explana-
ton when questioned that he was one
of the band The ordinary uninvited
guest" had to say, is quite often young
men of the same social standing as the
hostess, but possessed of unlimited
cheek and desire to get plenty of
fun and good supper for nothing. At
one of the famous annual concerts given
by William Waldorf Astor at his man
sion in London not long ago he espied
quite distinguished person among his
audience, but one whom he knew had not
been invited. Mr.. Astor demanded an
explanation which was that friend of
his, who had been invited. had met him
and asked him to come along.
1t is generally agreed that the present
fashion of entertaining is largely an
swerable for this kind of nuisance. Now
adays, woman's social prestige as
hostess is judged by the size of the
shows" that she gives more than the
quality of her entertainments. More
over, in nine cases out of ten women
who do much entertaining prefer to do it
in an hotel. and, of course, it is as easy
as pie if you have cheek enough, TO
join the dancers at a ball held in the
hotel where you are stopping. Perhaps
you remember some time ago. in a So
ciety case that attracted a great deal of
notice over here, that Mrs. Asquith,
when called a witness, asserted that
at the political functions she was obliged
to give as the prime minister's wife, she
didn't know even by sight one quarter
of the people present. Weddings are one
of the worst abused functions in this
way, for the brides mother, on whom
falls the onus of giving the reception
afterward, perforce entertains MANY peo-
pie who are totally unknown to her in
the shape of the bridegroom's friends.
Remedies, too, are difficult to find.
Many hostesses instituted the practice of
asking their guests to bring their invita-
ton cards with them, but many again,
did not like the idea of an old friend
who had left his card at home being
turned away from the door by the waiter
hired for the evening and. therefore, to-
tally unacquainted with his mlstress's
friends. Some facetious party suggested
the issue of buttons to be worn on the
lapels of the coat, but the idea of much
invited nut careering his glad way
through his various hostesses' ball rooms,
with variegated selection of buttons
up and down his coat was too ludicrous.
No, the only possible solution seems to
be to entertain only your own personal
friends in your own house, and it doesn't
look as if London society were Inclined
to do this yet awhile.
Some enterprising soul. having done
the Riviera to safety, discovered that the
roads in Algeria were simply rippin'
for autos, so there is quite an unusually
large number of people there just now.
are some baths, where several smart peo-
Pile are taking cures, and. of course, the
climate is perfect at this time of the |
year.
Lady Naylor-Leyland who has been
taking cruise in the Mediterranean, |
stopped there for a week or so, and an |
other couple who have excited much in
terest are Major and Lady Edwina Lew
in, who are spending their honeymoon at
a: =
until q week or two ago, Lady
Edwina Roberts, "Bobs' youngest
daughter. The great attraction at Siskra
is the races which were held there this
week. This is one of the few places in
the world where one can see races run
by cames, and besides being something
rather novel, these animals afford ex-
cellent sport. There is plenty of golf and
tennis to be had, too, and most success
full fancy dress ball, in which all the
guests appeared in Oriental dress, was
held at one of the big hotels.
Lady Diana Manners Will have to look
to her laurels which are in imminent
danger Of being transferred to the head
of another youthful spinster Up till now
Lady Diana has held the undsputed po-
sition Of being the smartest unmarried
girl in society. She is, as you know. ex
tremely pretty; she possesses originality
to quite an unusual degree and has start
ed more than one fashion in the smart
world, one of them being black wall
papers and upholstery, and she is brill
liant sationa1ist-rathersstoo brill
liant. some people say, having very
sharp tongue on occasions The rival
who threatens to dispute her kingdom is
Violet Keppel, the daughter Of a brilliant
and ambitious mother, and who has
made quite a splash lately on her own
account. She, too, is good looking girl,
though not perhaps so strictly beautiful
as her young rival, but her originality
and go are quite up to Lady Diana's
standard. 1t win be Interesting to watch