Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-29
HOTEL DINING-HOOMS
CROWDED AT MEALS


The restaurant nitd hotel dining
rooms are crowded at iurch and dinner
time, and at those restaurants where
dancing has commenced once more the
moor space IL scarce sufficient TO hold
the call of jazz bands aud other or
chcstra6. Ecv'! was there such
fererish desir" expressed to get -!
move on" everywhere
One OF the most notable instances
OF the reuaissanc" Of social itc is
inc reappoarhnc" IN london OF tina.
:tatcly and beautiful dame. tho Duch-
cas OF F"rti.rr. Before the war this
tai. slim i'"'iCrs WAS practically un-
Known TO tho general London public:
IN fact. except as q sos; Of "rurnor''
she was quite All unknown quantity
even In her younger days. But nCw
ina tci dhuI .'tcr. Lady Victoria Cav
,mdish Benunch has been married =
the evra' occurred the other da -
she seems 10 have suddenly come out
INTO the light OF publicity, and in per
son AMI photograph has become a very
Interesting unI' in the great world Of
London soc!cty. The Duchess of Port
land cannot Il. Ia her first youth. for
the honest aud TERRIBLY direct pages OF
the PeeraCc give her away. but this
fact matters l.t;i. and she is amaz-
irSly youthiul. both in figure and
face.
saw hcr the other Gay standing
At haZar ana certainly II was din
cult 10 tell which OF these two tall
and graceful women Was the elder.
Brett tell very plainly the tale OF
the ages OF both these charming ladies
duchess Consuclo' certainly has the
advantage over her English sister .;
the strawberry leaves The Duchess
Of Portland Was married To the sixth
duke OF that line in 1859. Will. il WAS
not until 1895 that Miss ccuSGc!o Van
derbiit married Charles Richard John
Spencer Churchill, Duke OF Maylbor-
ough.
TWO DuCHEsSES TALi.EsT
WOMEN OF THAT RANK
believe that these TWO duchesses
arc the ta!lcSt women OF this pariicu-
lar rank who adoiu English society:
certainly they are thc most slender.
The duchess Of Portland ms become
particularly thIn during wartime. and
II is her luNa:!ubi" rule 10 wear black
velvet in the evening. Her gowns OF
this sombcr mtteri1! arc specially be-
coming and characteristics AS a rule
she wears few ornaments. and her da .k
hair. which has scarcely streak OF
silver in IT, sne wears very. simply
brow.
The Duchess OF marlborough on the
contrary has recently affected short
the cffeci OF The pushed edge Of hair
about her annormaily long. thin throat
Is distinctly attractive and quaint.
nowadays. Whether the conditions OF
hcr life ar. more conscn!il than they
used to be, !. OF course, do not know.
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mother o: a grown-up con. i.S Il much
more juvenile appearance. now than
was the ease four or tive Years ago
Like the Duchess IF Portland. lie.
Grace OF Marlborough ..is also :. dis
:irct Partially for bla9, ..S V.;.ing
wear. think il is bc,oIniug 10 her,
and also tshows Wp with Wonderfully
subtle effect the splendor OF those Van
derbilt pearls Which st.il droop like
clouded globes 81 iigh, from her throat
YOUNG AMERICAN DUCHESS
l.. n q
very wei, remember the first ;ilnc
that me young American duchess
made her appearance in the Ma!!uor-
ough box AT coNcnt Garden opera
House. II must have been late n the
season of lSJ5--a; ANY rate she was
a very new hride-.and the very thin
est specimen or female longevity
had ever seen. She WAS so long that
she only seemed like q Perpendicular
line wound about with white sa,in
Her throat was like Alice in Wonder
lands when SIT" ate the wrong end
Of the currant ban, and around it was
tied a vcriiablc sash ribbon Of White
satin. beneath which CLEANED the mon
strous pearls which we"r then more
famous than they are now The poor
little duchess had a curious fright