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Show j Mrs. John J. Astor f I'! : Shocks Society , Bj S. JOHN JACOB ASTOK. leader jB of 2Ccw York society, has shocked 'jfj London's grand dames by a sen-SJitlonally sen-SJitlonally low-cut gown she woro 'i at Devonshire house. Some pronounced ' tne gown Improper. At tho back It was H cut down to ttK waist line, and In a broad H curve, which revealed Uie shouldem and H ' back right to tho waist. Crowds of peo- H ' Llo BiiiTouiulcd her and for the whole H V evening she had a circle of admirers. Peo- H' I'lc who did not know her stared hard l y and n posss oC duche&scs wondered who -ihc new arrival was. Mrs. Astor's gown H , I'Ore tho test of tho lorgnettes and tho H -. eyeglasses, for It is a superb creation by H Worth, of dull gold cloth, through which j run shimmering linen of glittering thread. H " Her neck looked llko alabaster, and twlst- H i 1 and colled upon her throat wero pricc- H , loss ropeB of strung pearls and diamonds. H ! At royal parties and halls she la tho b8t H I I ' dreascd woman, not excepting members H i 1 n of the imperial family, 1 i |