Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-04-13
Famous Aston Mansion
Gives Way to Apartment
Seven-million-dolar Home Has Been Scene of
Most Notable Entertainments Given in This
Country-Horse Show Advanced.

Jacob Astor always being one of the
| partners.
Vincent Aston the present owner,
and his wife care nothing for social
life, and they seldom have enter
oniS pa an the rin nansiGn In fact the
aside from charitable entertainments.
was a. dance early in the season for
MI, Astor's sister, Miss Muriel Aston
of England.
MT. Astor will have a smaller house
In New York, and of course has the
big estate at Ferncliff, at Rhinebeck-
on. Hudson. He also recently ac-
OF Long Island, near Port Washing
ton, which he soon will occupy The
| furnishings of the 9Th avenue man
sion viii be removed to Ferncliff
With the trend of thought toward
charity, the members of the younger
set are rehearsing industriously for
an afternoon of interpretive dancing
Monday, April 81, in aid of the social
service departments of the New York
Hospital. Bellevue Hospital and the
LenoX Hill settlement. After the pro-
gram has been given at the Plaza
Hotel, there will be dansant from
1850 to $3.50 o'clock in the grand ball
room. There is a varied offering OF
interesting numbers. Among the
dances of the children will be the
"Raggedy Ann figure from step
ping Stones" by Miss Fiji Iaimbeer
and Miss Winifred Lee and a solo
DANCE by Miss Yolanda Benjamin.
An announcement which added q
word or two to the chat over the
tea cups in drawing rooms through
cut town, was that Mrs. Joseph 3.
Thomas has tired of the placid
rounds of social life. and has decided
to adopt career. Curiosity succeed
ed surprise when 1t was made known
-I4 oil
painter of theatrical scenery and al
ready has completed sets for a play
| which will be produced on Broadway.
The critics say that the work is ex-
| cellent. and that those who make
this sort of thing their profession
in life had best look TO their luarels.
The design is formed entirely from
I her own ideas.
Mrs. Thomas. a decade ago, already
was d. social favorite as Clara Fargo.
and her home in Gramercy PARK
has been 4 gathering place for the
Bohemians of the smart set. 1t is
expected that her experiment in
scenery painting will have several
imitators before next season dawns.
Another item which has produced
much satisfaction among the ultra
exclusive set here is the notice which
has been issued that the national
horse show will open month ear
lier next fall than in any other year
Der IS, the place the Armory of
Squadron A. incidentally plans are
being laid to make the show this year
the finest ever offered here.
The shift of the horse show week is
looked upon as one of the wiSest
moves ever made by the executive
committee of that institution. When
the opening was held in November II
inevitably clashed with the premier
of the opera and the discomfort which
thus was produced brought many pro-
tests. Social leaders who felt that it
was incumbent upon them to attend
both events declared that they were
hard used in the matter. To fit from
the show to the opera was considered
entirely too wearing, more especially
when the dinners which were really q
| part of both events were taken
| into consideration. They further say
! that everybody is back in town, or at
| least ought to be, by mid October.
Others hail the change as a welcome
effort to lengthen the season, which is