Show IN da u f BIG PARTY FOR LITTLE MISS ASTOR just juet before leaving london to for america recently mrs john astor gave a party for her daughter alice muriel to celebrate the girls birth day at no IS 18 grosvenor Oro avenor square the big drawing room was dono done entirely with white flowers lilies and roses alice who Is in well grown for or her age wore a beautiful silk muslin frock rather long it was waa frilled with very old laco lace and with a lace alchu she wore a string airing of pearls given by her bar mother and a locket with her fathers father a picture in it with her initial in pearls and one large diamore on other side bide many children came to the party including lady An casters two and mrs afro rupert becketts Becket tg tour four all dressed alike in sky blue silk with pink OBO rose I wreaths one of the late mrs gervase becketts girls accompanied her cousins in a white muslin frock and black sash bash Z the duchess of marlborough who 4 is is making her country home her headquarters now came with lord ivor churchill square dances which were the feature of the party were perfectly carried out by the children lord ivor had the young hostess as aa a partner in country jigs mrs astor aster wore a gown 0 of rose roae silk bilk with roses at her waist and during the early afternoon a large black hat which she discarded after tea |