St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-01-25
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a. 81 NEIL D0DS0n RUSSELL

e. BY NELL D0DSOn RUSSELL Il
reading January Cosmopolitan few days ago.
and article THE New Social Set written by Igor Cassn the
Cho KnekerbOcker the society eOumn
the picture of lady who looked familiar, familiar
indeed. The caption read: Countess Mercat, leader
of the International Set" Leader Of the international
Set or not it was the Countess whose pinned
back in print, and called "old girl" several years
all millionaire Cornelius ~ - B
blt charged in a column he writing for the New ~
York Post that the Countess, who chairman Of
the ballet committee of the Metropolitan OPERA had
made unfattering remarks the subject of VI
adding Negro ancer to bal In my newspaper
column the following week. reprinted the Wander hOSSLL
b charge added few pertinent of and ended the
paragraph by calling the Countess "d girl few days after
the column desk telephone and clipped voice asked
would down Countess hotel for personal interview The
Vanderbilt had charged and didn't the wrong
impression accepted the invitation mostly because the Countess
living of New YOs exclusive hotels
and wanted chance to see how things progressing the
fed atmosphere of the op-drawer set
Countess Merca had suite in the hotel suite
didn't eboxes hidden behind like in Elsa Max
wells Ivory Tower" the
parOr bedroom and BATH swank with swish know what
My member of the almost spoiled
when big feet tangled that seemed be made
goofus feathers An invisible guardian angel kept from landing
Posteror
Trick ankle the strange rooms
gives way That just in she thinking wasn't used
to with threeinch down with
that did tricks such making look like
where wasn't To make things interesting small
down he didn't have place
dog and regarding each other
Merca put in right she wasn't the
od girl" Her might
but she slender trim person. smary gowned
extensively simple blue boerO dress thought "oh My Goh
needn't nave worried Inc Countess was nice enough maybe
pooche had the People peculiar
about their know. After the pemna
said Mr. " dawgOne talee She also added few asdes
that print
She said the subject Of the ballet had evening
having dinner at the Vanderbilt home but that Cornelius must
been gathering
limited the remarks he'd attributed her More than
Countess added contributor
charities how could she afford around making such mna
ing statements?
have had the inner ntgus the buebood
and still don't know who suppose my
dotage entertain the coming generation with the
once called Countess an "Od girl" and got away with it
also that when columnst nds the garbe
~ readers knows where it's going to end up or who is
going it. In other words call somebody
oands print you'd better be able to back have
shooter ready, pard!
Warhadened rs returning the
finding Bring Daddy
AS veteran the public opinion column
daily last week. Daddy" the
having little
Johnny, little Mary Egbert Daddy"
out occupation duty with the of the The
overseas
the longest
The tearerkng methods being used by Army
Identifying the Five of the ladies Ike
other day and told him Isolation" breaking up marriages.
and that they didn't appreciate the picture of American rs aer
nzng with foreign I'm afraid the girls keep harassng
Ike he give them sample the
told him Hmmer had offered surrender the Western
without Russia Wrap diplomatic language
o hell" Ike
Separation doesn't break up good marriage
foundation of and faith As Rochefoucaud
wind snus candles yet kndes fres where absence kills little
love, it fans great one"
The five Army wives who
plants charged Of three ending divorce
service families involved them occupation
duty girls The whole lot of people who
been married in the first place. find utterly
they for each other Too many marriages my
foundations that can't stand Normally might
have along for pickering making
lives miserable but the and its aftermath protecting
curtain away and exposed hard facts.