Evening star., 1922-10-22

youngest daughter OF the emperor.
the former Grand Duchess Marie
Valerie. and her husband. also her
cousin, the former Grand Duke Franz
Salvador. occupy what 10 still called
the Kafserviiia. but through the IN
the distinct prohibition of any royal
state.
The former duke is now plain Herr
Hapsburg and trudges tbs road IN
muddy boote. and even has to work
his acres and NOW his own lawn.
children: and they troop about ths
tiny village In the plainest OF
gowns and with no semblance Of the
etiquette which once hedged even
those Of distant kinship to the Haps-
burgs. Marie Valerie never was at.
she submits to the new dispensation
very gracefully. She mingies in the
village activities and several times
a summer she throws open the lovely
grounds Of the Kaiserviiia for the
pleasure of the countryside. Very
frown heavily on" those Hapsburgs
who are plotting for the return OF
the. old regime and they discourage
all their advances.
While all the larger events of the
social season are wrapped IN q maze
Of uncertainty and no dates have been
announced except tentatively. New
York has finished its program ana
every function Of any importance
greatness. and the entire program
stretches before the social votary
from the first debut party In October
to the zenith In the charity ball this
year. on February s. and in the splen- :
did chain OF bathrooms available at
l. Ns.NNr Ata he
ing snapped up for this gala evening.
and not box Of the many hundreds
can now be obtained unless illness.
absence or bereavement unexpectedly
places one on the market.
Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, who has
committee for two years. this season
gives place to Mrs. Henry Fairfield
Osborn. but Mrs. Frank S. Witherbee
has been reelected treasurer and Mr..
Lawrence Smith Butler. for ten years
chairman OF the executive committee.
its charity ball the most important
function OF the winter and no feuds
or factions are ever permitted to in
terfere with Its usefulness. Its Off
GERS are selected by ballot Of the
whole society and no cliques have
been the case with similar organiza-
tions in other cities. In Gotham the
soctal realm is as well ordered as the
mere serious divisions OF municipal
life. and the machinery is kept well
oiled.
Miss Rebecca Dial. daughter of the
senator from South Carolina. and Mrs.
Nathaniel BarkSdale Dial, has re-
turned to her home in Kalorama road
and will pass a busy winter. divided
between her dramatic work and some
I'll.
for her debutante sister. Miss Dial.
as a rule, passes busy days whether
1t be summer or winter and the past
vacation has been almost exhaus-
lively devoted to the production of
her clever little play, NO Dogs AL
lowed"
1t has been well received before
large and distinguished audiences in
South Carolina. not alone beca use it
is the production of native daugh-
ter. and full of promise for her fur
ther efforts. but mainly because II
is IN appealing bit of dramatic work
founded on those vital themes. love
and compassion for the unfortunate
Miss Dial produced another comedy
called sand" but she is now striv-
ing for more intricate plots and more
of the rounded comedy than these
first efforts. She is an earnest stu
dent and has taken up play-writing
as her way to express life. and she
intends to stick to it until She mas
ters the art both technically and in
the spirit.
Senator Dial and his family are
from the northern portion OF South
Carolina and live in the charming
little city of Laurens. which Is the
county seat of the division named
for the great patriot. Henry I.aurens.
They have an Interesting group OF
children. and their second daughter
Miss Emily Dial. will be presented
to society in the coming little sea-
son."
One of the most exquisite bits OF
landscape to be found in this locality
is directly back Of the formal garden
which Senator and Mrs. Smoot have
placed on the rock lodges. which de-
scend from the backyard of their Con-
necticut avenue residence to the bed
of Rock Greek. The woods are fam
ing with color and wind about the
marble terrace like a garland design
ed for a festal occasion, while the
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