Evening star., 1927-10-23
Tales Of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
of Interest and Personal Sketches OF
II Notable People Grouped for Reading
!. Public-Personal Notes

occasionally visited Washington ana
have many friends and some relatives
in Vanity Faid. Miss Barbara barnes
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. E. Mortimer
Barnes had a coming out party the
latter part of September and MISS Mu
riel Lowe made her bow on the loth
of last month. De, / parties are pe
ing announced rapidly both IN the
country section and in New YORK Clty
and will continue to do so until aiter
October 81, when grand ball will be
given in New York City for all the
buds previously presented. There will
be many dinner dances and stately
balls given during the Winter season
for these candidates for social honOrs,
but special functions in the realm or
debutanteS close with October, fuil
month before the buds in this and
other cities have been formally pre-
scented.
viscountess Bryce remained in this
country until about 10 days ago.,
Samaria. She has recently been
visiting on the Hudson and in Long
Island, and among those who gave
special functions in her honor were
DIR. and Mrs. Richard Derby. the lat.
ter formerly Ethel Roosevelt. Lady
Bryce spent some weeks at River
le1on1the1Hudson. first as the guest
of Mrs Cleveland II. Dodge and later
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marshall.
the former the brother of Mrs. Vim.
cent Astor. Many regretted that this
we'll remembered chatelaine Of the
British embassy did not come to
Washington, but few of her friends
are in residence and she knows only
in the most formal way the present
officials of the British embassy. The
Viscountess Bryce spent six weeks
during August and September in Will
Jamestown. Mass. taking a deep in
terest in the Institute Of Politics, but
not attending the course. She and
her late husband. Viscount James
Bryce, visited the institute in 1921,
when the former Ambassador was
among the lecturers. The viscountess
continues her husbands work in the
philanthropic way and has edited
some of his unfinished papers. Just
before sailing for England she was
the guest at a luncheon and recep-
ton given in her honor at the Hotel
Roosevelt by the Notwithstanding
Union.
Mr.. f. Ambrose Clark Of New York
appears to be the successor of the late
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt in the mat
ter of keeping coaching on the social
map of New York and parts of New
England, and he has recently been en-
tertaining some parties on his fine
vehicle the Arrow. making a tour
of day all through Long Island and
its picturesque approaches from the
Empire State and from Connecticut.
Mr.. Clark, who lived a season in
Washington during his gay bachelor
days and who went on record as CIV
ing the most elaborate and picturesque
ball which followed the announcement
of President Roosevelt's daughter,
Alice Lee, and Mr.. Nicholas Long
worth of that brilliant season, has
been, with Mrs. Clark, entertaining the
Baroness of Ravensdale, the eldest
daughter of the late Marques and his
first wife, who was Mary Letter. Mr..
and Mrs. Clark have been neighbors
of Lady Ravensdale in England, and
when she decided to appear in person
at the suit recently won by her uncle,
Mr.. Joseph Letter of this city, she was
at once invited to see the beauties of
Long Island, this being the first visit
which she has ever made to her
mothers country. In the party with
Baroness Ravensdale were Miss Flea
aera Sears. Miss Lillian Bostwick, Mrs.
Henry Potter and Miss Betsy Clark,
and after exhausting the wonders Of
one of the, worlds most famous play
grounds, the environs of New York,