Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
Society Wo.fen Seek
New Fields.

willy Sit SNS-A
tmcent o! SocI-
New Fields. ety Personal
achievement has BROUGHT certain women
to the foreground while collectively they
have won public acknowledgment that en-
tends beyond the limits of their imme-
diate circles.
To her friends Mrs. Leonard NJ. Thorn
as, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Charles NJ
Oelrichs is known fo" her unusuaiiH SEN
sitive ne~ceNtiOu md 2'+*ti'' ten =
meut hut the p.biis. vas not aware OF
this until il h'r9U - 'H'd he' nooN q:
poems iss;lrtI !s=t %" ~.'!T Il 6
York Head g. -; &c roi'"T, ~
of verses in vfi"'r Toe 0oeteSs ret'e. +
many moods ard imp"e Sicns. is entitled
miscellaneous Poems ard carries toe
nom de plume OF Michael Strange BON
fMr. and Mrs. Thomas are known as com
poSers of songs. pieces for orchestra ana
chorals and hymns
But il is the manner in which the wom-
en- of society particularly of the younger
set. are appealing to another pubhc IN
quest of amusement tinged with original
ity that is attra citing broader attention.
The advertisement ball at the Ritz-Carl-
ton Hotel on Thursday night of last week.
which yielded more than $4,000 for the
LenoX Hill Settlement. was typical of
feminine clevernesS in conception 1t was
not the fact that friends of the directing
committee appeared as living reproduce
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every obSeryant eye that gave that en-
tertainnent its distinctive touch. but the
presence of men and women, also as am
mated ads, who were unknown to the
managers and their frie.tus.
was strolling through Kensington
Gardens the other day and my sense Of I
the beauty OF lie |
Lady Maidstone's was much appeal peal
Lovely Children. number of very
beautiful children in charge of their ]
nurses who were in these lovely !
grounds that adjoin the quaint old
red brick palace where Queen Victoria
was born and spent most of her child
hood says London writer in the
Pittsburgh Times.
Three specially charming ones at.
tracted my attention. me boy OF !
five. a girl of three and the other
baby being pushed in a wonderful
white enameled peram bulator. l soon
discovered that these were the chill
dren of Lord and Lady Maidstone Lazy
Maidstone was Miss Margaretta Drexei |
of Philadelphia. and she made SEN
sation in London society when she was
presented about eight years ago !
Lady aldstone's eldest boy VIII be-
come the Ea ri OF W lncnilSea ana sue
coed to an immense estate
Yes, the season is under way. You
always can tell by the condition OF
your evening dress when |
Signs of you get home from "a"
evening of entertain !
tuc AlueS. ment. writes a New York (,
correspoudent in the Chicago Tribune. |
In October you can put on the flimiest
of chiffons and get back from whatever
IL has been with costume fresh as
ever Last week you returned with
the underruff1e of nd-enbroidered
chiffon cloth torn from its mornings of
taffeta and bearing forever the indeH
cate imprint of a masculine foot. where
it had been stepped on. Many hand
some costume indeed made its first and
only appearance on hectic evening of
last week. which marks the beginning
Of the social season.
Yon cannot imagine it and l cannot