Ogden Evening Standard | 1913-02-01 | Page 6 | Tiring of Own Resources, New York and Chicago Society Stoops to Conquer Folk Whose Brains Are Their Fortune

, it TIRING OF OWN RESOURCES, NEW YORK AXD CHICAGO SOCIETY Z bTOOl El BKALNb ARE I Uil N - Ton, cM to rluhl: Mr. Hnrotd McCo rmlek, Cumatance Collier and Allot Rnoaovrlt l-nDCn rb i lower left. Ara 'Wllllm; Aitir. What mlKht be described as a revolution revo-lution In the social customs and tlme-bonored tlme-bonored conventions of America's two largest cities has recently taken place. Society meaning the so-called so-called "high" society nas grown tlrd of amusing itself and has turned to the. men and women whose fortune lJ thttir brains, to furnish it with en- ; tertaimnent. In other words, society has sought an alliance with people ( from the world of art. literature, music and the stage. Among those ho arc Intorested In the movement are Mrs. Ava Willing Astor of New York. Mrs Benajmln Gulness, also ' ot N'ew York, who Initiated the move- ; menu and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. Mrs. fcUro.'d McCormlck. daujhter of John D. Rockefa Icr, Is leader of tha movement in Chicago. Miss Constance Con-stance Collier, a clover English ao- I tress, has been selected by the N lb York smart set to stage plays to which members of the Stage Society composed of tho smart set and people peo-ple from the world of literature nod i. art alone will lo admitted. ij