| Show i C I F l. l 1 i 41 r Q f i I tSI f fI 1 i J i I I t re r t t y rt I r P d J I f of c. c I 11 Wi 11 1 l B Bt J i r N CA t au i- i Q e UI i nj I e 7 I O ONE NE E thing thine at least which the world wanted to know has been settled by the recent visit to America of the Prince of Wales Nobody knows yet who is going to be the wife of the future r t King of England but it has at last been definitely decided what type of woman ef H. H R. R H. H prefers V He prefers brunettes He prefers women of medium height perhaps bea because be be- a 1 cause he is not tall himself women with large rather dark eyes eye women who are slender and who dance well welli women with complexions dark rather than light r This is the reason why Mrs Frederick i Cruger became the favorite dancing partner of the Prince of Wales during his rug memorable vacation on Long Island The vacation will stand out for a good 1 while in the Princes Prince's memory as one of the most enjoyable and informal which f he ever had AVid it will stand sand out in inthe inthe inthe the memory of Long Island society because because because be be- cause of the about equally divided chuckles of satisfaction and scowls of heartburning which were caused by the fact that H. H R. R H. H sought e every ry opportunity op opportunity op op- of dancing with little Mrs Cruger Mothers of blond daughters ought to have remembered that usually a blond man is attracted toward his opposite a Mothers of daughters who vho were as long of limb as they were of pedigree ought to have recalled that a man of medium height does not select a giantess giantess' for forthe forthe forthe the one It was because a number of ambitious mothers roundabout Long Island did not r take this fact into consideration that Mrs 1 Frederick Cruger of of New York City became an object of such unreasoning unreasoning envy as has seldom assailed any woman even in New York society 0 They might have known Mrs Cruger t 1 was exactly the type which appealed i f to the Prince These ambitious mothers should have thought back and then for for- ward It would have spared them many manya T a pang had they realized that in the thelast thelast theli li last few years the Prince of Wales has f had many favorite dancing partners but among them only three who were blondes and none who were taller or h heavier avier j than himself There have been for example Lady Diana Manners who to be sure is not k I w wL L i I rA rAa a r r t I a. a Eo 4 rr I Mrs Richard Norton is of the i betwixt and between type neither a decided blonde nor nor brunette and light and graceful grace grace- graceful ful as a wood nymph 0 short in stature but who contrives to j look of average height when dancing with H. H R. R H. H Lady Diana is a glorious L blonde There have been en at informal ga gatherings so it is reported the Duncan Dun Dun- Duncan can sisters who are in the blond class MRS MRS FREDERICK CRUGER could scarcely have failed to attract the h attention of Wales when he met her with a throng of other pretty women at the Long Island estate of J. J S. S Cos Cos- den Not only is ia she a real beauty but she dances with exquisite grace Of medium height with a mass of lovely brown hair she has the oval face I on which artists insist and the slender j figure demanded by both art and fash- fash lon on Her eyes are unusually large and handsome a dark hazel changing at times to gra gray Her complexion is a 4 i clear olive White even teeth and a well-shaped well mouth are not the least of her attractions Happily enough the mouth is a little large which gives the t. t v needed variety to a face almost classic in its perfection Young and ana athletic she goes in for sports such as as tennis and swimming s horseback riding and golf It was a stroke of 1 Very ery ery good luck all allaround around that friendship between Mrs Freddie Cruger and the C And the whole matter of the Princes Prince's favorite favorit favorite favor favor- it ite Long Island dancing partner only served to emphasize again that somewhat someI somewhat some some- I what topsy state of American i society and the utter democracy of H. H R. R H. H whenever he is given a chance to do doas doas doas as he likes It is disparaging no one certainly not t I H H. H hims himself lf and p d. d it is revealing ec ef t. t 1 t to t sak saR a Jh that thai pta any pi pf I the p perso per per- r. r so i whom i a al ada l glorious m o 0 i t i i 3rd tab Syr rap nD can ean v o r it e e i s a r i A Petite Brunette With With Large Dark Eyes Eye Who Is a Good Dancer if One i i Y e v s t May Judge From roan the Princes Prince's k tT j Favorite Dance an Partners a rn While in This Country r I P x w i r niL J I aY 5 T r 4 f f f 4 wr YG c r n na a ir i a L 1 w y 7 ia Being slight and below medium height ma may explain fr r f. f Wales Wales' reference preference for the thc small airy girl p t. t t t t s y r fr k Leonore Cahill of St. St Louis who danced with the l c Prince on the steamship coming over is of the bru bru- x y nette t type e and about the same height as Lady Diana 7 4 f Manners shown above who is one of the b blondes l favored by His Highness e 4 y It ie l t f r i j. j I r i S i r Y r Y 5 a n ur 1 y 4 The 55 Dolly Sisters rs as almost every one knows are L r blondes but their skill at dancing more than offsets little defect in defect in the thc Princes Prince's in eyes in color any eyes scheme S' S r the innermost social circles of New ew York Many of them would readily confess confess' themselves outside the confines of the rather statuesque group Who consider that tradition and the possession of millions millions mil mil- lions for more than two generations have made them social mentors mentor Every Everyone one knows for example that the hearty hearty though their welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come now is in many society quarters quarters- have had their money by the uncountable millions only since the rather recent oil boom out West Their estate is one of the most magnificent along the Long Island bland shore a and nd their hospitality is of such gracious and correct quality that Lord and Lady Louis l close relatives es of H. H R. R H. H were glad to avail ail themselves of it There is no reflection reflection reflection re re- re- re on the Cosden hospitality by bythe bythe bythe the way in in the reminder that it was while they were vero guests g at the Cosden home that that th the l were robbed of jewels of-jewels j jewels jyels valued at many thousand dol- dol lave late l J n H. H L. L with u aX tast Ii h picked out the 1 T A. A 4 n ft f t i if he had not stolen away from more f formal ormal affairs to join Mrs 1 Cruger and friends for an hour Of or so of dancing at the Cosden house if h he had not clearly shown that he preferred to tango with some one who really knew how instead of wasting his vacation upon more stodgy partners partners Long Long Island would be less filled today today- with frowns and chuckles But the moment the Prince singled lovely Mrs 1 Cruger out for spec special al attention the ladies who hadn hadnot had hadnot n not t been so singled out began to dig up every possible fact which they thought might discredit the favorite THEY THEY had a difficult task To be sure as Nesbit Mrs Cruger before her marriage had once been a movie extra The The dowagers wh who raked up this fact forgot the further fact that Lady Diana Dina Manners daughter of the Duke of Rutland not only plays in the movies but cams garns arns her living as an actress on the l le stage but c ll but the bit of f W sh- sh hAti h- h lt Ati had J no trio o dc definite i e f background i H J ground q i j f i i t it h r y Mrs Frederick Cruger who was one of if not the favored dancing partner of Wales while in America is slight and da dark and a perfect dancer A good family you know but never unduly prominent in society Thus the dowagers dowager's for forgetting etting that there are people in society today who look upon certain peers of ancient lineage as Superior in ip real downright t tj J f 40 J l th they King himself Fo FoAT Foge t. t AT a A that if the had never been of undue social prominence Finns Nesbit Cruger was pretty well welI in inthe inthe inthe the social limelight this season anyway A lot of things the dowagers dowagers dow dow- agers agel'S carefully forg forgot t when trying to fix up a good reason why they should be shocked at the preference of H. H R. R H. H for Mrs 1 Cruger They mentioned mentioned men men mentioned with well-simulated well horror the fact that Mrs Mrs- Crugers Cruger's husband keeps a haberdashers haberdasher's shop just off Fifth avenue But they didn't dwell on the fact that Frederick Cruger belongs k to the Crugers of Tuxedo and they sheered well away from the further fact that the Tuxedo society group r considers itself pretty well above the less conservative social cliques that are often more widely known because they do do things which the Tuxedo colony considers in poor taste Frederick Cruger is the son son of ot Mrs J. J Frederick Tams Tarns of Tuxedo Park To the thein initiate this means something of the same sort of thing as a of coat-of-arms used to mean in England It means in inthis inthis inthis this c cafe case e that when Freddie Crugers Cruger's fortune became impaired he did not try j to to exist on he prestige of his Tuxedo Park connections He lie went into business business business busi- busi ness for himself the himself the haberdashery business business busi busi- ness e s if you please A incidentally Freddie Cruger a haired brown-haired tanned vigorous man with witha a youthful smile and a direct glance glance- is related to the Wanamakers ers Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps was is the proper verb His sister Violet Cruger was married to Rodman Wanamaker in London in 1909 After her divorce in Paris last November November Novem Novem- ber bel she V was s married to Major Hope Viney M. M C. C of the British Army Almy The American Ambassador and anda a large gathering of notables attended her wedding in Paris last June HE Crugers are on th the best of terms THE with both the new Mrs Viney and the Wanamakers Indeed it was aboard the houseboat of Rodman Wanamaker ker at Cold Spring g Harbor L L. L I. I that that s the p. p p of th the Princes Prince's s 's i I 1 f f r vacation took place Here he danced with Mrs Cruger and he played the trap drum triangle drum triangle cymbals bell and all all all- with the orchestra w yr jle ite the rest of the party one Before the holiday on Long Island Island- which as has beer said will stand out outa a goodish while in both the memory memory of H. H R. R H. H and nd of society society nobody nobody ody had thought of the Prince of Wales as ayoung a ayoung young oung chap who liked lilted to play the trap drum But those over-ambitious over mothers ought to have been astute enough to think of him as a man who liked to t pick his own dancing partners And j they really ought to have foreseen that as between a blonde and a brunette the tho dark lady would get the preference Hi History very tory very recent social history- history ought to have taught them this For the three blondes with whom the Prince has shown a fondness for dancing there there- have be been bean n a dozen brunettes El Elizabeth zabeth Duchess of York sister sister-in- law of the Prince was even before her marriage selected often b by H. H R. R H. H as asa asa a n trot fox-trot partner With the Duke of York and with some other lad lady usually lady usually T a brunette the brunette the Prince and the Duchess are often seen in fashionable London restaurants for an theatre after-theatre dance Lady and Mrs Richard Norton both of whom were in the re retinue retinue re re- of the Prince on his recent American Ameri can trip are both dark As Edwina Ashley Lady 1 was noted as much much for her dark beauty as for the fact that she was the richest heiress in England Mrs Richard Norton though not of the raven type sung by poets is nevertheless decidedly not blond AT AT T SUPPER clubs and various informal informal in in- formal affairs the Prince is said to have danced with the Dolly Sisters They are dark On the way across the Atlantic H. H R. R H. H elected one American Ameri Amen can girl to dance with him at parties partie on the She was Leonora Leonore Cahill of St. St Louis At the time he selected her and filled the rest of the women passengers with jeal jealous us vexation it was said that he chose Miss Cahill because she danced beautifully ully and because she was of about his hi's own be height Miss bliss C Cahill too is isdar dar dark i f 1 IH |
