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Show Mrs. Astor Scores Members of Societv MItS. WILLIAM! ASTOIt, who for ninny years was rocognlzcd ns tho leader of New York society, has shown hor disapproval of tho mothods of spmo members of society In nn Interview, Inter-view, nnd declares that "many women havo given entertainments that belong under tho circus tent rnther than In a gentlewoman's home." Mrs. Astor, who recently, owing to hor nge, has boon obliged to relinquish her position ns lendor, says: "I am not vnln enough to think New York will not bo ublo to get along very well without mo. Many women will rlso up to tnko my placo. Hut I hopo my Inlluenco will bo felt In ono thing, nnd that Is In dlscountennnclng tho undignified undig-nified methods employed by certain Now York women to nttrnct a following." follow-ing." Speaking of tho class of women who glvo entertainments to foreigners, Mrs. Astor snys: "Their solo object Is notoriety, a thing that no lady over seeks, but rather shrinks from." Sho snys that women of this stamp nro fow hero, but they aro appallingly active. "They havo dono untold harm to tho good nnnlo of American society In tho minds of foreigners. "When n distinguished man nrrlves from tho other Btdo ho Is seized upon relentlessly, nlthoiigh possibly n stranger to his hostess, and plunged Into n mad whirl of extraordinary festivities. fes-tivities. Ho enters upon thorn with much tho samo spirit thnt wo would havo ns spectators of nn Indlnn war dnnco, nnd thus ho forms his opinion of us, "Tho best women In Now York society, so-ciety, thoso of tho greatest Influence nnd thoso who glvo It Its truo tono, aro almost unknown outsldo of their , own circle. Society nowspnper noto-1 rlety is Interesting to them, ns It Is ' to me, ns a study, a very amusing ono, 1 too, sometimes, as ono gnlns so much information nbout cortnln women supposed sup-posed to belong to us, but whom wo nevor seo and do not know oven by sight." |