Evening star., 1915-11-28
Picked Up Here and There.

New faces in the foreground of So
ciety made the strongest impression
last week. says the New York Herald,
the first formal week of the winter
season-interest in the events of which
centered in the first performances of
grand opera and the introductions of
debutantes.
The premiere in the Metropolitan is
musical and social function of inter-
national interest The singers are
factors in the musical centers of the
world In the boxes were leaders in
society in New York and eight other
American cities. At every first per-
formance in recent years members or
the diplomatic circle in Washington
also have been seen.
The men who organized the Metro
politan Opera and Real Estate COM
pany and became owners or the par
terre boxes were members OF families
recognized as fashionable factors. Ihe
few changes of ownership of parterre
boxes that have come by reason Of
death or other causes in almost thirty
years merely tended, with few excep-
tions, to extend the family interest in
the boxes and in the control of the
property. Those who parted with their
holdings sold to personal friends in
their own circle.
The renting of such a box for certain
performances is a personal matter be-
tween lessee and owner, so that the
parterre row today constitutes an in
fiuential, clublike coterie.
Chicago society is constantly gaining
new recruits to it's ranks and losing old
a n d y s,
Looks Like It says e
Would Be Our Gain. maj civ An
attractive group of lads and lassies is
added TO US this season, many of the lat
ter of whom have already been chronicled
in this column. The lads will have to
have coming out parties to achieve a
similar fame.
If we take stock of our social losses
We will find serious state of affairs
The Chicago gay world will have to
stagger along this winter without five
of it's most popular and prominent
young men,.
Capt Marion Howe, whose four-year
sojourn here made him host of
friends, has been transferred from this
military post to Fort Houston, Tex.
He was a capital auction player, per-
feet dancer, and a most agreeable din
ner table companion Git sounds like
an epitaph). He will be much missed.
The seemingly sudden departure of
George Porter with George Tuose for
Europe was great surprise to most of
their friends and removes from society
two men very necessary to complete
Chicago's social roster; for, though Mr..
Tuose has not been much in Chicago of
late years, he was we'll established
resident for a couple of decades before
that Mr.. Porters plan is to return in
February, by which time he expects
that his apartment in the new building
at North State and Scott streets will be
ready for occupancy.
Count Giulio Bolognesi has closed his
hospitable and cozy little apartment in
Astor street because he viii have to be
SO much in Washington this winter that
it is not worth while to keep the Chi
cago menage running. Every since
Italy entered the war governmental
business has necessitated his being
away from here more than two-thirds
of the time. He has promised to re-
turn, if possible. to be one of the band
of Spanish gypsies Mrs. Howard Elting
is organizing for the Spanish ball OF
December II.
The fifth deserter is Eames Mac
Veagh, who has given up his earlier
project to take an apartment here be-
cause he expects to spend most of the
winter in Washington. He stays here,
however, over the ball, having promised
also to be in the band of gypsies.
To have five able-bodied. amiable
young men. men eligible for dinners,
dances. opera parties and other social
functions. thus eliminated from the
scheme of things is serious problem
for the Chicago hostess and means an
added tax on the health and strength of
those Chicago bachelors who are still
faithful to their posts, ready, if a
fourth is needed at the card table, or
vacant place to be filled at dinner
table, or a partnerless maiden to be led
forth to the dance, to fling themselves
into the breach
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