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Show skirts, to a similar entertainment of Hc: last winter, where, as a baby in short t clothes, she. disclosed chubby knee a takes , and. stockingless understandings, the New.Yorksqciety usually peculiar view" "of those' who come out has badi varied socialexperienees. She of the boundless, west to ktiine as stars is handsomeiand.. possesses a will of of the first magnitude inGotham. The iron, bu she utterly, lack savoir fairs, invite rexamanatlon much and by, her ignorance of whos who h& as tho clownjn a cirCus attracts. a neglected those persons who might kind of appreciative attention. The have1 proved most useful. She had a appearuuce. of Senator W. A. Clark, of good 'social start,' thanks to millions Montana and the female scions of his and public curiosity, but has since reHer ' sisters marriage to family has been a source of extreme trograded. was of her making,, as she Dr. Morris curiositv wh$rd sOciety prides itself on dull' and amiable man this considered its polished- manners. ; It is a couscious would as manageable as her prove fact thafthe senator and his family are and husband sister; but the the exemplification of crudeness. The father, Social , . , new-com- ers . - Egyptian symbols illumined the menus. The dinner was served in the large court under gorgeous awnings, the table ornamented with miniature;. ships and. galleys and curious devices.reminiscenfc of the Land of the- Pharaoahs. The sixty guests were served by twelve bronze-colorNubians, and included, in addition to several members of the faculty at Stanford and Berkeley, Professor and Mrs. George H. Pepper, of this city; Mr.' and Mrs. James C. Hooe, the latter a daughter of the late Congressman Dfhgley of Maine; Mr. and H. Dodge, of WashingJr'. D.Harrison C.; Miss Alice C. Fletcher, Mr. ton; OrrinPeck and Dr. Harry Tevis. ( - ONE mines of Montana do not constitute a school of social (politeness. A leading society papec. of New; Ydrk has the following caustic comment ' regarding the Clark faipily : ; - . I'".' ' - . ' - H s. ung . Whatever1.. amount of truthHhere may be in the rumor that Senator Clark would like Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger to become the second Mrs. Clark, certain it is that radical changes will have ,to be mode in family con d itions before ' such an evCnfe can take i 0 place. His v clever .and.: handsome daughter, MT9- - Culver, whom he adores, and of whom he stands in considerable awe, has no intention of. allowing, her father to take another wife,:for she has made up her mind that her little inherit the Glark mil lions, and she has already prevented her fuLher from presenting her and her younger sister, Mrs. Lewis' Rutherford Morris, a ith a stepmother' Tim small senator been ardently in of colossal fortune love for five years with a lovely girl who persistently refuses to marry him, or even to receive him. She is rich in her ow&righti lives not far from the dark and Culver homeland has-thhigh-bre- d her distinguished beautyof Spanish ancestors. Being rather inti-- n ate with Mrs. Rutherford Morris, she cousiantly met the senator informally. d'augh-ter-sha- ll . - ft It . .Mrs. Pbpebe' Harst, wife of .the late George. Hearst ofi California, seems to. have made-heway into the exclusive circles of New York society. She entertains lavishly', and the ' $8,000,000 which she has' to her credit in the New York banks does not hamper her chances 1 the social world. In me last issue of Tjwn Topics appears-thfollowing:.. . ft '.ft ' , One of the most elaborate functions ever, given by. Mrs. Phqebe Hearst at the Hacienda del Poso de Verona was her recent dinner in honor of the noted Egyptologist, Dr. George A. Reisner. ,The invitations were printed on sheets of papyrus, and scarabs and various . i . . . r e . . i i e . . . i ft ft. i . . Mrs. Culver scented the affair, straightway issued her fiat against any In vain entanglement. did Senator Clark offer substantial financial inducements to get his daughter to remove her objections. Mrs. Culver went to the young woman and said that if her father married, neither she nor her sister would ever enter his house again. This frank declaration of future hostilities decided the young woman, who Is of a sensitive &nd unworldly temperament, to avoid such a domestic row. Mrs. Culver has since openly boasted nf ..her astuteness, and that no woman will be Mrs. Clark without her consent.' ' From Chicago comes the information that Miss . Ruth Hanna; .daughter of Senator Hanna, the heroine of half a dozen rumored engagements to Amer lean and foreign notables, is really engaged at last. She is to marry a Chi cago young man, Mr. Joseph Medill McCormick, son of Robert S. McCormick, who was last week appointed Ambassador to the Court of St. Petersburg by President Roosevelt. This engagement is the outcome of a very pretty love affair that has been going on for the last seven 'years ever since Miss Hanna was a girl of fourteen and Mr. McCormick a lad of seventeen; All these years It appears the Ohio girl, whose name the public has linked with so many men, really had no intention iof marrying anyone but her girlhood lover. It was in Thomasville, Ga., among the pine woods, that they first met, young McCormick being there with his grandfather, the late Joseph Medill, and Miss Hanna accompanying her father on his first political round-u- p of the South. They both loved horseback riding, and the memory of their long rides through the Georgia forests Oaktime... The new crop of Ladies, Misses and . . Childrens matrimonial . i By taking advantage of our extraordinary . ft' ft It is not generally known that Mrs. Culvers marriage to the stout doctor was bitterly opposed by the senator. During their early married life the Culvers lived at Garden City in such poverty as to be at. limes in actul want for proper food and clothing. Dr. Culver, having anticipated' a financial bed of roses, had let his meagre practice go, and if it had not been for Mrs. Clarks dying request that her daughter bo forgiven, this youDg woman would still be eating the husks of the prodigal. The senator, who remains ignorant of social conditions in bargains in ojr Fancy Crockery China and Glass Lamps, Etc., Etc, ' FANCY-CHAI-RS " SETTEES, MUSI J CABINETS STANDS. ETC., ETC self-will- ed New York,. lhinkaLMrs. Culver, is.on the .same plane, as Mrs. Astor as an ai biter of fashion, and frequently speaks of her as a queen of society. ... .Since ball, four years agowhichsheattended as Columbia, with To Hell With. Spain emblazoned across her abbreviated C ONE PRICE STABUShL 0 1864 TO Aik NEVER UNOEPSQi- - .would not fade, but steadily grew into love, not to be dispelled by the attention received by Miss Hanna as a reign-- : ing belle in Washington for two seasons, Mr. McCormick is a Yale man, having graduated in 1900. He received his academic education in Elstree, England, :and Groton, Mass. Miss Hanna went to the Dobbs Ferry school and later to Farmington. The date for the wedding has not been fixed, but it is expected that it will follow closely the wedding in November of Mr. McCormicks cousin and chum, Joseph Medill Patterson, to Miss Allice Higinbotham, who was Miss Hannas schoolmate and is her closest girlfriend. Mr. McCormick is to be Mr. Pattersons best man and Miss Hanna will be Miss Higinbothams bridesmaid. ft ft One of. the largest and most elegantly appointed events of the week was the card parly given Monday afternoon by Miss Mamie Porter in honor of Miss Ann Bersbacli, who, with her mother, will return to Chicago after a pleasant visit with the Porter family. The game was hearts. The tallies and score cards were of artistic design and chaste, execution. The parlors were decorated with a profusion of palms and flowers. The prevailing colors were red and white. Miss Bersbacli won the first prize and the other trophies went to Mrs. S. C. Park, Mrs. Robert II. Officer aod Miss Abbie Wells. Those present were Mrs. Reid, Mrs. McyUtcheon, Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs., liurtch, Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Witchner, Miss Edytli Ellerbeck, Miss Stringeur, Miss Jennings, Miss Evans, Miss Dooly, Miss Phyliis Young, Mrs. Sam Park, Miss Dern, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Pardee, Miss McMillan, Mrs. Joplin, Mrs. McGurrin, Mrs. Pearsall, Miss Miller, Miss Welby, Miss. Geddes, Miss Lena Welby, Miss Jacobs, Miss Bess Ilall, MisS Grid ley, Miss Anna Hall, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Mrs. Ellerbeck, Sharp, Miss Jones, Miss Bird, Mrs. Price, Miss Laura Bird, Miss Shannon, Miss Frances Ilowat, Miss Kinney, Mrs. Parsons, Miss Mary Kinney, Miss Terhune, Miss Amy Bersbach, Miss Sharp, Miss Bertha Carter, Miss Kinnersley, Miss Helen Gillispie, Mrs. Mrs. McCuoe, Mrs. Knickerbocker, Johnson, Mrs. Nye, Mrs. Riter, Miss 7ane, Miss Leonard, Mrs. Officer, Miss al lie Leonard, Miss McIntyre, Mrs. Schoppe, ' . Hurry Up Before They arc All Gone. ; Mrs. Culvers first notable fancy Ready - Made Garments is here. . . Never before so complete, never before so cheap. . MAKE A FEW DOLLARS .... and NEVER UN0ER5DLr ed . Morris ; contingent, from whom' she frankly hoped much, holds aloof, and imeonven-tlonalitiedisapproves Mrs. Culvers She has much to learn of Bocial arts, and that cocktails served to women visitors, risque stories told girls, public ridicule of her and husband, ignorant snubbing of influential persons because of shabby or eccentric dress are better suited to the wilds of Montana than to conventional and critical New York. PRICE TO ALL H. Dinwoodey Furniture Co. ft ft ' Another of the delightful events of the.week.was the reception Monday |