The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

no one outside their immediate circle In fact, they lead everywhere and the rest of society does it's level best to follow initiating, often feebly, the daring deeds of this advanced crowd. They all have brains-that is precisely why they score. As for Lady Sarah Wilson, who, is an aunt of the Duke of Marlborough, she has more intellect In her little finger than half the society women of the day have in their entire composition This coterie who, by the way, have preciously little to do with royalty, lay down the law for the general behavior of society To belong to this clique you must before all else be a personality. They also make a point of having for friends men of brains, such as Arthur Balfour, who is in great favor; Tom Beecham and his father. Sir Joseph, whose respective wives, by the way, have not the re- motest ambition to shine among this galaxy of brlliancy
 Talking of the Beeciiams it will be a terrible grief to Tom not to be able to produce for the moment any more German music, which he adores, at Co., vent Garden. However, as she is nearly as devoted to the harmonies of the Rus sians and the Poles he won't do so badly l am told just now he is digging up the compositions of some of the great un. known in this direction.
 Lady Churchill Busy
 I heard yesterday on the best author ity that Lady Randolph Churchill was going to write a play round the Gail laux drama. Just at present, however, she. says she is too excited to put pen to paper for, like the smart women, she Is arranging classes to sew for the wounded. She has been so ''neryy" that she has had the telephone service cut off from her lartarS a ta ic going to have 1t done, for the bell has never ceased ringing for the past three weeks. One of the big papers has of- fered her a post as war correspondent. but she has not yet quite made up her mind whether to take the job or not Though really one sees no change in her, she is not so young as she used to be. At the present moment she knows more about what is going on in the war of flee than any woman in England not ex- cluding the Queen, for Winston her son. says she is the only woman he trusts absolutely with a secret He tells her things his wife does not know till she reads them a week or two later in the papers. It is the passion of all the smart women to go to the front. Needless to say Lady Randolph Is going. In spite of all newcomers she Is the greatest Anglo American personality-one may as well admit it-in Europe.
 Page Working Hard
 'Dr. Page has aged 10 years in the last few weeks this is what all his friends are saying. Literally he has been working 20 hours day, not giving him. self time for any food and little rest Mrs. Page insisted on his seeing a phy- sician last week, who informed him this state of things must not continue, ''un- less. he added you want to be taken pack to the United States in your cof- in. What capacity for work he has, Ills tastes in food are the simplest and when ne IS out at luncheon time and cannot conveniently get back to the em- bassy he will drop in to any ordinary restaurant or tea shop< <for refreshment His favorite pick-me-up is chocolate. a beverage he takes even in hot weather. He looked so worn out the other after noon in Pail Mall that a passerby thought he was going to faint. As he was in- duced to spend the weekend at the sea he may be better now