Show r f t r ti r i t W-Vj W I 4 t I V. V The Photographs hs of a r v I. Butterfly o 4 S1 Society jf J Showing Phases Ai of Change Wrought I z r I the War h by I j r r ry t y j I M 71 J L J Jr r L r. r e f r f r i f w r vet d r rL L' L 1 f. f t A AJ J lu t tM iA R J 7 l r dr i J- J r. r 1 r T w br- br ri Mrs G G. G I J J. J S. S I I IWhite 1 g White When She V i t i Fluttered in j ft v Newport Festival Dances By Elizabeth Van Benthuysen comes a time when the butterfly ma Illa may turn scout plane and give gi attention atten atten- t r r. tion to the tho serious work of life with Avith all of the grim rim purpose that marks one who is about to kill for the good of society The j Blue Book then becomes a a companion work to the list of or fiS fight fighting 11 g 6 forces and wom women n who had hitherto been known only as leaders hithe in hi i inthe the spectacular and fr frivolous tal take e th their iL places in the serious work of or the world worl t n 0 On both sides of the water the belligerent k countries are full of or them but hut their names I J r. r do not come along in the lists of or those who have been decorated for valor on the thc fiel field nor do they the figure in the thc equally honorable e and nd more pitiable schedules of the kill killed cd the It t woun wounded ed and the missing But there is no more heroic figure nl in spite of these facts than the butterfly doing he her 1 bit The transition state front from the light to the serious is as difficult lt It as that which takes 1 a he the but butterfly from the original state and lets it soar in the sun C rl 1 k jt A Brilliant Transformation a Ir Ever Every butterfly can surprise you by re revealIng reveal reveal- al- al Ing lug the capacity for that serious effort t that at 4 1 counts in time of or stress Mrs Gustav Joan John I Schirmer White is on ont of or the notable examples d of or the tYne Her first husband was Henry Spies Kip She was next married to Julian McCarthy ki t t Little and md then to Mr White She SheB Is B the daughter daugh daugh- i i ter of Mr big and M Mrs hs se Lewis Quentin Jones of ot Newport and a a i cousin o of tb th late Mrs Sirs Stu Stuyvesant Y t t i r vesant Fish Few Fen women have come so often oCten lt I K to the news news' pages pases as 6 she h e. e j I hart had haIts Its little sensation c. c Society sensation o on Jan 1 v 1910 when she got a divorce orce from Crom Hen Henry r Spies c 1 c. c Kip 1 i He lie was waa a wealthy banker er V and she had only t resided in Reno long enough to obtain that U fleeting residence that the laws required before one one might bring action Mrs Kip had been one 1 i of or the most moat circumspect members of or the divorce v it colon colony and Judge P Pike I ke who he heard and the case little Itt lit tie tle thought that he wo would 7 Id be called h upon to vent e t his wrath upon the the very proceeding signed by e himself which restored her to single blessedness But two hours after the decree was signed signet 1 she ehe became the wife of Julian Mc McCarthy McCarth Carthy Little it I I The lure of ot the simple l life fe was then strong and jt she had the idea that the East would never know her again Sho She had been the centre o othe ol of r. r the ga gayest set at Newport le and it was WiS her idea to live In the mining camps cams of or the West Veat talon taking b i the rough diamonds of or the he country In t place 0 ol of f the polished specimens that had bad been alwa always y 3 n present resent at Newport v r f i But somehow for r some reason the humble e J at surroundings did not hold their char charm and she sh e f was soon back at Newport lu In a cottage famous ramom s for Cor its entertainments and a suite was maintained main rol tamed at one of ot the best 11 hotels In New York W 1 h The New York hotel if was as much as-much much of ot a J court as the Newport cottage and the lavis character of or her entertainments attracted at f. f 4 4 ik r- r i c Mr Little LillIe I Is ji 1 son of or Capt McCall LitO r r 3 f of or the th navy navy who resided after his f from Crom sea duty at Newport Little had som c I 1 taste tasta for fOl the stage and dew eloped developed eloped a genius fo Co r. r Jt Amateur Rma eur theatricals Next ext he hc went into one one o a of J Da David Belasco's companies panics and from Crom that war wor J Into Block x 4 Ills ills' wire divorced hl him upon th the ground c ci o J i f t. t t 1 r 1 t f l t t i J i. r It r Ire rf r r i w 4 I 1 Tr T r hat war nas as Voile one v V vV T J i ci I a ii I 0 f to acta fei 1 W iere re You Going y I r rr d t A f To o Work Said the Butterfly r et and a r JT 4 t Thousands of Them Who o Now Know No yG G r pt r j but the Call to Patriotic Service f Wherever It May BeI Be I 4 Demanded J I. I r 4 T y y A z c I tr t y Jy l r hL Ci t J r y Y r y y ti 1 f I J I j 2 r ty Vr v y N J p 1 y JL p G Gp J 1 r fy R i dJ iJ 1 h i J I IR id r i y 44 4 L S iv b A 1 a I. I wood Und no Mrs White in Her Transformed Situation as a Red Cross Enthusiast ast non Littles Little's brother was at one time military at Pekin and his sister is Mrs Reginald Norman of or Newport Her lIer life with Little had some thrills that were not nol a part part- of ote the tho social calendar The They were snow snowed d n it for the winter at Eureka mines while the they were on a R trail over o the Sierras During Durine the snowbound snowbound snow snow- bound period they lived in the cabin of or a a mine superintendent Social Plunge Following her marriage to Gustav J. J S. S White on Jan 28 S 1915 she became again known wn as ascue asne one cue ne of the ga gayest st matrons of or society Her acT ac- ac T a t I 1 IW W r rry I I r- r x fX f Ak ri y t f r tN r f 3 y Miss Alice D Davison avis on a Pleasant and Striking Striking- Type of the Transformed Soc Social 31 t Bt Butterfly Included the piano and singing t Experts said th that t voice her-voice lad unusual sweetness sweetness sweet sweet- ness uess and her piano technique attracted d eon consid- consid sid sid- erable attention When Mrs O O. O H H P. P Belmont put on on her suffrage J pla play Melinda Mrs hs White was asked to takone take tak one of or the best parts She he found round perhaps a lead leade to to the serious side of or Hr life In tn that political effort and many affairs that start started d in tn the realm of or char char- Ity Uy and wound up as patriotic efforts found her taking Inking a real and earnest place At Palm Beach during the winter when society began to looky look y f r with attention toward the gentleman In khaki ordered or- or 1 dered East she assumed the lead in organizing the tho work for Cor the Red Cross Many o of the most moat successful efforts were due to her energy an and tact S e Her friends have been amazed mazed at the transformation t ton lion of or the b butterfly lt of or yesterday into the serious serious- o minded worker of or today She has directed thour thousands thou thou- r sands of or dollars to the coffers of patriotic t and has bas done oue much of or the practical work k herself In In regarding the transformation her friends 1 f called attention Jo to o the fact that her bel Newport ort af af- 1 l' l d i i r ri v 1 L t 1 f J Ja f A a 14 T t I g l Ion l I t f 0 lj b Mrs White in Her Society Days fairs tars had been of or the most bizarre class At one of or them diem them while the once German once honored ns as a dance but now banned because of Its was name nan e was in progress she caus caused d a thousand butterflies to be released and the they went fluttering among the dancers to to afford a dazzling effect under specially arranged lights In addition to this she had arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged and set the fashion to for l' l a number of or extremely extremely extremely ex ex- ex- ex darin daring feature dances From th the young oun set et there has come no no better cx example mple of the butterfly with a serious mind than Miss bliss Alice Davison son Her lIer father Is Henry P. P D Davi- Davi i W C son sou the great reat International banker of the firm of ot J J. P. P Morgan Co who is now the head hend of or the American n. n Red d Cross When it seemed that the country was heading hending toward the war the palatial U Davison lson place on Long Island became the seat of of much ll activity All of the young oung men in the set wanted to take part In the aviation pro program ram and her brothers were among omon the earliest of or the lads who went out to learn the art o of aviation latton Miss liss Alice Allee heard much of the talk taU and when war actually came and her father rather went to Washington Wash rash Washington ington to take up the management of the Red V j J. J l I I y I I L d J 1 t n nA Ii- Ii r Y A 0 I It L I t 0 rr J V E ErZ rZ ri r 1 she pas u s Cross she announced that work too tc an n a as f Job She w went nt out ut and got bot a going to tor we weIn round found her g gin wa war r work and aud ever every day ar rot the tl 1 in n the tile new capacity Unlike man trying to find flod t II b mont meat workers who had trouble tam family tl 7 Jr a used accommodations accommodation sho she I Ie ley found traffic pol policeman iceman i 4 fine morning a York YorI l New through making dust north t tit I Icar T The prohibited that is rate the th where h its owner to cour court t Sf car and th the e 5 for lor fined filled Miss Miss- Davison o limit r eke ha haasl such a OU In Why were you asked cd said ald I 1 was ng to work she woman who h hYo 11 YoJo Yo Jo not look Wee like a sold Id the ro Curt ma make ke such stich haste to take a job Thor working for the Y am fen sue 6 le said k S 1 court fr centing cent cent- the theng The excuse did not deter court court s ing ng the fine but Jut one of ot h the that old the jud judge J hl confided the information thit II D show wed sho-wed M do o It At any rate the event and t he 1 I Ison flying for the public was butterfly particularlY miss the son fortune will not |