The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-04-30

oline. When Amato appears she has
him dress in Italian costume to fit the
Italian love songs he has to sing.
Olive Fremstedt sings Swedish songs
In the peasant costume of the North,
and Lucrezia Bori sang Spanish folk
songs in the characteristic mantilla Of
her native country. When Edmond
Clement sang his delightful old
French songs he dressed In satin knee
breeches, brocaded coat, powdered wig.
silk stockings and shoe buckles.
"Arranger" for Society Folk.
The first one Of these "Chansons
Crinolines" was bowling success,
and Mrs. Hawkesworths future was
assured. Society people-always anx-
ious to be amused-saw possibilities
in this quiet-voiced, energetic little
woman, whose widows weeds were In
such striking contrast to the gay en-.
tertainments she had arranged. II
she could arrange unusual musicales
why couldn't she arrange unusual
dances, dinners and private entertain
ments of all kinds? This was de-
parture from her intention to be q
musicale manager, but Mrs. Hawkes..
worth was still too eager to make a
living to refuse. That was four years
ago, and now among society folk in
New York and Newport she Is as well
known as an arranger of dances and
dinners that are unusual as David Bel
asco is known as theatrical manager.
At one dance Mrs. Hawkesworth ar
| ranges a shower of real butterflies
| that fit through the ballroom just at
the appointed moment like dream
| Of fairyland. At another she has a
the professional dancers. At another
she has an arrangement like an enor-
nous book, so that the professional
entertainers seem to jump from the
pages of story as they appear.
where do you get all these ideas?"
people are constantly asking Mrs.
Hawkesworth, for they know she
doesn't have time to travel far for
them.
ut is simply a matter of concen-
tration," she says. IF / want new
idea | just sit down and think and
think and if / think long enough II
comes. That is concentration, isn't
it?"
But don't imagine that every clever
widow suddenly thrown on her own
resources could do the same. There
aren't fifty women In New York who
have energy enough. To prove this
here is the schedule Of just one of
Mrs. Hawkesworths days:
One of Her Busy Days.
She appears at her office at about
ten in the morning. The chances are
that she will begin work with her
secretary over an itemized bill fol
an entertainment given the night be
fore, for society women want very
exact figures and are more apt to
spotlight which they think ought to
have been only four dollars and fifty
cents than anyone else. Then comes
telephone message from woman
we'll known in society.
ooh, Mrs. Hawkesworth," she say
YEARLY. 81 have been appointed
chairman for the charity ball Of such
and-such a league, and we want some
thing original. l have tried to manage
but it Is quite beyond me. Will you
come up to my house this afternoon
and talk it over?"
Another telephone follows. It Is
from another society woman, known
for the daring entertainments she
gives. Mrs. Hawkesworth," she
says gayly, Il am giving dinner to
morrow and | want moving-picture
performance afterward. l haven't the
least idea how to arrange for it and
just took fancy to have 1t a mo
ment ago"
Then, as Mrs. Hawkesworth is rack
ing her brains thinking how she will
go about it and is just setting out tc
moving-picture establishment, the
telephone rings again. This time 1t Is
a message from one her musical stars
who has been taken i'll the last minute
and cannot keep an appointment.
AS she hangs up the receiver from
this call she is thinking whom she car
get to take his place. She cannot wait
to finish her work on the bills, al
though they must be posted that after
noon, for she must now hurry to the
hotel in Fifty-seventh street where she
has daily Office hours in connection
with her afternoon dances. Here she
has rehearsal for special dance
the week following. After that IL
over, she has to go to florists shoI
to make arrangements for some I'm
usual dinner decorations and from
there to interview one of the greatest
: singers she has secured for her mex
"Chanson Crinoline" about the cos
tune she Is to wear and the songs
she Is to sing. This takes till late
afternoon and then she drops In a
one of the hotels to see that the dane
ing Is going on all right.
Mrs. Hawkesworth Is very particu
lar about these dances. That Is on
of the reasons why they have beef
so successful with the more conserve
} tive elements. Perhaps societ,