Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-12-20


New York City, December 18th,
II i92S.-i.ong has Il been known that
no city in the world probably takes
the Christmas season so seriously as
does New York Wantonly generous
/ through a long history. the ED ;Gwn
goes the limit at Christmastide, The
season now really begins on Thanks.
! giving Day when employees Of one
Of the great department stores march
in parade down Broadway, clad IN
the carnival costumes Of Mardi Gras,
( dancing to the music Of bands and
drum corps TO open, or rather, as
they term IL. 20 unveil the windows Of
! the shop that await a buying public
Thence on the avenues and the shop
! ping centers from noon 70 twilight
and beyond are mobbed with retail
buyers turned wholesale. Down in
Wall Street, at the end Of the great
est year in the history Of American
finance enormous dividends are dis
tributed in the form Of bonuses 30
overworked and exhausted employees.
Funds pour into the charities that
New York supports in profusion. The
tinkling bells at the Salvation Army
pets draw harvest Of greenbaeks and
even the policemen, the janitors. hall
boys. eharwomen and elevator men
Of thousands of apartments draw
their share of Christmas giving.
J Theatre For "The Frat Actress
So busy is New York with Christ
mas that the theater and the opera
and other entertainments suffer &C.
cordingly. As the proverb goes the
three worst elements in the theatrical
\ year are christmas week, Holy Week
Z and here is inserted the name Of 4
\ certain lady Of society renowned rs
4 one of the worlds worst but most de.
termined actresses. So il is that lit
\ tie has happened in the theatcr since
( last We wrote The Patriot. There is
one event OF expectancy this week and
that is the appearance of Miss Ethe
Barrymore on Thursday night in the
new theater which bears her name
The play. the first Of seasons roper.
toire which Miss Barrymore will pre-.
sent Is entitled "The Kingdom OF
God" and is from the pen Of the Span
ish dramatist, Sierra. The piece has
been playing all around New York for
several months and it is predicted that
Miss Barrymore has chosen a hit. II
is q story Of convent life and therein
! Miss Barrymore appears throughout
in num- habit. first az the age Of nine
teen and at the end Of the play in the
late and mellow years of the life
religious No more striking contrast
could the First Actress have chosen
to her comedy role in her last success,
the Vaughan play, The Constant
Wife"
The Royal Parade
Recently New York has been treat
ed to a large dose of visiting royalty
There was the large party of Swedish
I nabobs who came for the spectacular
! marriage of Miss Estelle Manville q
the nephew Of the King Of Sweden
We met them all at a tea before the
| tremendously advertised nuptials and
found them handsome. likeable lot
easy Of manner and bit stunned by
program Of entertainment that put
the daily routine of a Broad Street
] banker to shame. Then, to advertis,
the 1929 fairs at Barcelona and Sew
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King of Spain and that portion OF
society which claims the use of upper
case lettering took them to then
hearts There were dinners and re
ceptions az which ladies Of the
American democracy did much curt
swing and there was great use OF
"highness" and other court phrase
oogy. Quite in contrast was tbs
quick passage through the city Of tn,
youngest son Of the King Of England
hurrying to the bedside Of his strick
en- father.
A Great American Lady
There is in the City Of New York /
lady whose name always figures quie
~ in the press when there is any tall
of visiting titles. She is Mrs White
law Reid. widow Of the late Amhas
! sador TO the Court Of st. James's and
IL you ask Us who know something OF
our New York, she is quite the very
first lady Of Manhattan all other
more widely publicized names TO The
contrary. Mrs. Reid, whom once We
had the great honor Of talking witt
for most of an evening, has none OF
the pretensions that one attaches q
the motley throng Of American soci
ETY.. Mistress Of a tremendous for
tune, chatelaine Of "A haif-a-dOzer
great mansions and estates, she Is in
manner and in dignity simple and
American, intelligent, charming and
gracious, a very great lady Hers Is
great name in London and Paris as
in New York. In her native Califor-
mia. where she was born the daughter
Of the late Ogden Mills, she is az
greatly beloved as she is in the Ad.
irondacks, where al her camp she
distributes delightful hospitality
But Mrs. Reid's activities are not en-
tirely social.
After the death of her husband,
who was the owner Of The New York
Tribune, Mrs. Reid set herself 70 the
task Of rchabilitating the paper made
famous By the genius Of Horace
Greeley. This was no small job, for
the Tribune. from the having the
city's greatest circulation had sunk 10
the position Of one Of the minor
journals of the metropolis. But with
q viii and a loyalty TO fine tradi-
ton she set herself 20 her work. The
Tribune way revised and made mod
ern, then it was combined with The
New York Herald. the paper which,
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