Show OUTSHONE THE OIVA + Radiant Mrs Astors Triumph of Dress and Beauty t EVEN AGNER FORGOTTEN HER MONOPOLY OF ATTENTION AT OPERA ± New Story of Teddy Roosevelts Forgetfulness For-getfulness and Selfhelpfulness Late Fad of Society t Irs John Jacob Astor is certainly a radiant creature On the opening night of the opera she showed not a trace of her recent illness and the regal figure I In the soft gray satin dress with the tiara and ropes of diamonds was the I cynosure of all eyes She attracted mOle attention that Ime Emma I Eames upon the stage and whispers Of how sweetly pretty Mrs Astor looks tonight were heard all over the house I to the strains of a Wagnerian accompaniment accom-paniment During the entaactes th Astor box was filled with the handsomest handsom-est and most brllliant men in the house for Mrs William Astor is without doubt the high priestess of New Yorks fashionable fash-Ionable society today A bow a cordial cor-dial smile of recognition but above all an invitation to one of her cermoni ous dinners gives a man D cachet that nothing else can supply With the stamp of Astor approval debutantes anti beaux can feel assured of their social position Mrs Astor Is as popular with the older men as she is with the young ones and to be seen in her opera box is a kInd of patent of social noblllty and an Introduction to her Is a very important im-portant item in a young mans social equipment for whatever she does at once becomes the fashIon It is rarely that a woman so frankly worshiped by the masculine half of the world is also a favorite with her own sex but Mrs Astors highbred face and gentle manners arouse mOle enthusiasm than envy even among women less fortunate than herself Colonel John Jacob Astor Is also Immensely Im-mensely popular jut now for the halo of the mllltary hero is around his head HIs patriotism and the soldierlY simplicity sim-plicity of his bearing Juling the late war earned him more friends than were ever attracted by his millions and the act that he neither asked nor wanted any reward In the way of political preferment pre-ferment added greatly to his popularity ROOSEWELTS SELFDISCIPLINE Though It is a trifle late in the season i for stories about Colonel Teddy Roose I volt at the beach I want to tell something some-thing that happened at his place at Oyster Bay last summer which shows the chracter of the man and his stern selfdiscipline better than anything else I have heard during the war or the late political campaign On goIng to his house to interview him one afternoon I learned that he was down bathing in the ocean so decided de-cided to wait on the veranda till he should return Pretty soon his square broad shouIderel figure was seen comIng com-Ing rapidly up the hill After learning my errand he excused himself for a moment and went upstals and when he came down agalh Mrs Roosevelt said Teddy did you bring up that wet bathing suit 0 no he said with a comical little lit-tle gesture of selfpunishment I forgot for-got It Then Ill send a servant down to bring It up saId Mrs Roosevelt for it will be ruIned if it Is left to lie down there all wet with the sea water You will do nothing of the kind said the colonel for I am going to bring It up myself He started down the path but shecalled after hIm Teddy have you got the key to the bathhouse In your pocket Z He turned and came back to the house I left it upstairs just now I when said I went after a handlerchlefr he Iwill run up and get it said Mrs I Roosevelt it will only take a moment mo-ment She had her foot on the first step when her husband caught her and playfully play-fully pulled her back You are not going upstairs to get that key for me he said I left the bathing suIt in the bathhouse and I am the one to go after it I left the key upstail and I am going to get that myself too It is quite time I learned to be less thoughtless They had quite a little argument as to who should get the key but he finally fin-ally cut It short by bounding up the stallS two steps at a time and Immediately Imme-diately bounding down again swInging the key In his lingers He never will let pybody wait on himJ said Mrs Roosevelt as the colonel started for the bathhouse In a few minutes he came up the hill nIp3 looking bright and happy and ji i 1Ji itz < < J holding a sloppy flannel bathing suIt at arms length It doesnt do for n man to humor himself too much hesLid smilIng at Mrs Roosevelt I wQuld never succeed in breaking mj bad habits If I allowed you to spoil me That rigorous sefdlscipline doubtless contributed a great deal toward making Teddy Roosevelt so good a soldier and it Is sure to make him a good governor and possibly a good president after 1900 but no matter how high the post tion he may be called upon to fill his best role will always be that of hUsband hUs-band to the modest little woman at Oyster Bay THE OLD FAMILY SERVANT These people who pride themselves on the perfection of their menage but who do not happen to have a number of old family servants are now trying to supply sup-ply the deficIency by borrowing them from other members of their family who may be more fortunate In that regard re-gard If they cannot borrow them of relatives they will buy them or hire them but to be without them is to be quite out of the fashion It doesnt make very much difference so long as nobody knows it whether the old sect u s = rJ rIri ilJi I H I rFcTr I U rvi eli S5 g I I 5 7l7 4 i I i C J l e r l I l 31 I p A iin f MBS ACX ASTOR AT THE OPERA ants have really been In the famIly one month or forty years but they must be in evidence on all ceremonious occasions occa-sions A christening In order to be up to date must have the young mothers old nurse hovering around looking anxiously and tenderly at baby while the old graylailed butler and the housekeeper in her stiff black silk areas are-as necessary to the fashionable wedding wed-ding reception as the orange blossoms or the bridegroom It looks rather odd but then many newfangled things doto see the bride give the third piece of wedding cake to an old servant serv-ant especially If one happens to know that what is supposed to be a reward for years of faIthful service is bestowed be-stowed upon an old woman who never saw the bride until the rage for family servants began a few months ago As the genuine article is certainly rare I now In America even In the south It goes without saying that most of the old family servants seen everywhere I nowadays must have been manufactured manufac-tured to meet the evergrowing demand for ancient and respectable retainers MRS GEBHARDTS CLUB When a group of pretty society girls with Irs Fred Gebhardt in the center are seen earnestly talking together the chances are that they are not discussIng discuss-Ing the opera or somebodys engagement I engage-ment but are making plans for the new club in whrch that charming young matron Is tryIng to interest all her friends The sole object of the club is to foster Individuality in dress each member pledging herself to design all her own costumes and to induce M many other women as possIble to do i t t M the same Whlthlr this moement will result in n diversity of styles similar to that which characterized the first few years or this century remains tube tu-be seen The present tendency seems to be toward classic draperies and clinging snaky effects and at the the atre the other evening two girls In the orchestra eVidently prospective members mem-bers of the new club were discuoslng one of the costumes worn by Elsie de Wolfe in Catherine and speculating as to how the design could be modified sUfilciently to meet the requirements of originality without sacrificing the characteristic features of the gown I gathered from their talk that there was soon to be 11 costume part in UPPEr tendom at which each lady would wear a dress of her own designing By 1 the time the curtain went up on the thIrd act it was arranged that the blonde glll should call on tIle brunette the next afternoon and see a dress which the latter had just evolved fItm her Inner consclousnElSS and which she herself pronounced a dear 1 The dressmaklrs are inclined to 1 smile at thb new fad it doesnt trouble them in the least for they knoW that j 1 while fashionable women may find 4 amusement for a season In designing costumes they have neither the skill 1 nor patience to make up their own designs de-signs so the dressmakers occupation is secure ELSIE BARKER J 4 J ifs 11i JJ I t J s lt mt g 1 < flWi 1i I = I I2 J I in r f0 JiUtE 1 4 A = f l 4 u s c a M it 0 n I I1 j T 4 P f1I P 17 4F I 7 P fP ex rf < I L I e < r F c I J c 1J J P I lt1J t y4ff4sc I JrI L m U I Jl I r f Jt g1 1v i z m rfrFj i h I t F V r I f r flr ir L r ll I 1 < 1 JJ iIi i P t u Ii f I A f Q sl r 1 l < < ih WI c ff 14 = = rt q J 1 1 1 tf eln t = V I 1 t I iif5tx Jj < J > tr J J rrC t 0 I c t 1 fr j L t ki < < < v Cr r 9J1 1 1 f D < 6p j Il 6f Wm 1 7 riO t Iritr < = IL b h UJ r ttl Iln h h r 1 d c Wl 1I arp I fjt 6 P J I Po 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