Show WAR AR on THE Mrs Taft Leader in Movement for fora a 1000 I IDeath Death of Mrs Astor Gives Opening fo Enlarging the Smart Set Set Rank Rank Will Be a Valuable Asset Washington Under Under the name of ot the Assembly Set the smart set of New York Philadelphia and Washington Washing Washing- ton will be fused Into a body hot to exceed ex ex- coed a n thousand families In this process pro pro- cess ce 1 there will be eliminated the now historic Four Hundred Mrs William H. H Taft is behind this movement which had Its inception shortly after the death of Mrs Astor a n year ago and which is looked upon favorably by the New Yorkers in view of the wa way that divorce and other causes have played havoc with the original original ori ori- or- or ginal membership There Is absolutely no Intention to Ignore other cities except geographically geographically cally in the opinion of those behind the moi movement ement every social leader of the country maintains a residence in either Philadelphia Washington or New York and this will wm be sufficient qualification for membership Membership under the new order of things will not be limited to 0 a person so far as numerical strength goes but butto butto butto to on one family An atte attempt pt will be made whereby an outsider can be bo made eligible eligible eligible eli eli- gible through marriage to one of the members provided the union is of such character as to make t this is advisable There are as many men Int Interested rested In this movement as there are women men men who are renowned throughout the country for or what they do in politics poll poll- tics and other fields fields and and this promIses promises prom prom- according to the sponsors of the movement a total elimination of the snobbish rich The first cause that brought about the consideration of this step is the tho hesitation of a New Yorker for Instance instance instance In- In in in- stance to receive a member of WashIngto Washington's Wash Wash- ington's is or Boston's or s smart set as freely as he would one of the Four Hundred According to the articles of the new set which will wUl be informally ratified iL f I kl rt v Mrs William H. H Taft by the White House and the exclusive leaders of those cities a person recognized recognized recognized by the assembly will be eligible to all the honors and courtesies no matter what city he visits provided there is a member of the assembly at such place Rank birth and wealth will be but relative qualifications for membership Rank will be more valuable than birth according to the promoters of the movement They include birth as a categorical qualification in wealth to justify their coming under these head head- Ings alone will not be considered That money nevertheless is not an an unnecessary item is made plain b by the drain of expenses that membership In Inthis Inthis inthis this set will demand |