The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-09


Those Who Seek
to Climb Up,card
ship. the estate from which Alice ana
Nicholas Longworth started their
honeymoon. and to which Mrs. Hard
ing went m q widow. Here there II
q quaint mixture Of Monroe's formal.
ity and JefIerson's pele-mele. Tables
dot the lawn. But there are place
cards for only the gold braid guests.
The others are hidden to sit where
you wish"
The magnihcoes sit according to
chart. The social peasants. eager to
chat. in coxy tete-A.tete, with an am.
bassador or baron. need no police
sergeant to keep them away from the
tables OF the great. for each climber
is fearful Of the unspoken rebuke Of
his fellow climbers. So. frequently.
he sinks OF to a table in the hinter.
lands Of the estate. and sits in silence
with other mediocrities whose social
ambitions. for the day. have been sirni-
larly thwarted.
But Mrs. Mclean could seat some
Of her guests In the alley and they
would accept her invitations: and hope
for better luck.
We have already spoken Of Juuette
Williams Letter and the unchallenSed
supremacy Of her dancing class. A
few years ago . Washington woman,
whose sirlhood as tho daughter Of an
Ohio plumber was glittered over with
the prestige Of q womanhood abroad
as the wife Of an ambassador, did
dare to challenge Gen. Williams
daughter. She announced q party for
the same night that Mrs. Letter was
giving q ball The guest list was al.
most a carbon copy. The papers got
hold Of the story. Both hostesses de-
MED that there was crisis. But
those who know swear that the daugh.
ter OF the Ohio plumber got In 50
bad that 1t will be q long. long time
before she. or any one save q cave
dweller. will try to compete against
Levi z. Letters daughter.in.law.
When she isn't entertaining Mrs.
Letter Is a dilettante shopkeeper. Her
dress establishment. francois" Is cne
Of the buildings which her mother,
with an interest In real estate, has re.
modelled.
Froclks and Politics. -
What the amateur interior decorat.
ing shop Is to the Chicago society
woman and the Little theater Is to the
Philadelphia society woman real e..
tate and dresses are to Washington
women.
For instance. there Is Mrs. Laura
Merriam Curtis, who married. di.
vorced. and then remarked James r.
Curtis, New York broker. She has
gone into business. operates "Cnes
Curtis" q smart dress shop on Con.
nectlcut avenue. has a branch in New
aork. and seems to be having grand
time Of It.
She gave q practical demonstration
OF her clothes sense down ct Kansas
City at tho Republican national con.V
vendon. whittier she went to sit at
. table In the Hoover headquarters.
dispense literature, and win a reputa.
ton az the most beautifully gowned
woman 1T the meeting.
2 once year she forgets frocks ana
politics and turns all her vivaclous
energies toward the annual Charity
pal: which she sponsors with such
amazing results. When the first Mrs.
Wilson vetoed q bali because she
I" counn't bear to have them doing
all those awful dances when woodrow
. anausurated." Mrs. Jimmy Curtis
got up q charity ball. II was such q
success that it Is now q regular Tea
ture Of the years calendar.
There are other groups Of residen.
ua!s. OF course. There II the civica
ana philanthropy department d.
Warrington society. There IL Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend. wife OF our for.
mer minister to Portugal, and patron
salnt OF the famous Wednesday mornA
inf mudcales which give the wometa
cns more thing to do instead OF stav.
ms at home. There Il Mrs. Henry r.
Dlmock. ever mindful that she was :
whitney. and feveriahly interested IN
~ D. A. R. activities. There ara Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman. busy cluhvvono.
an ana Mrs. Cabot Stevens and her
armenian relief. There are Mrs. Frank
rIeyer ana her Peruvian art. and
Mrs- Delos Blodgett and solitary slohe
I!otunes I'll over the world. There ara
NH: Charles Boughton Wood. aunt of
exGov. Clifford Ptnchot OF pennsvl.
saMa. and Mrs. William Phillfps Emo.
another ktnswoman Of the former
governor.
There are the conservatfves. NIL
BENJAMIN Warder, 60 clnsA *
to the cave dwel,ers
mat she 10 really one az than.
NH. Bessie Lodge. widow a
Henry Cabot Lodee's son. C,eor~e.
Mrs. Hope Slater. the well halove6.
VINO comes down from New York sor
.ne wntsrs. Until death removed her
~ 49, 1prM tnere was famous fourth:
aaN william Jarvis Boardman. who
prended with dignity over the home
u Du Pont circle 70 which the board.
mans moved from Cleveland In 1898.
4neTe Arc Mrs. Boardman,s daueh.
~. aars. Frederick A. Keep. and her
.rleno. Mrs. Wade Ellis. And there q
aaaoei Boordman. who taught The
World 20 wear full dress suits "a nreei.
aenua! receptions. and about whom
mere u to be more later.
Atnough she can 30 listed. nh.
c.sely. In none Of these catesprier.
! p.olaent u the residential cdrcIa n
- ". e. Eustis. widow OF : Cor.
.o..n. OF Corcoran gallery fame. ana
laughter Of Levi p. Morton. the Var.
mont country lad Who rose Is hanker.