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Show : " jr . . PRETTIEST FOOT AND ..vLE New Moan of Diversion Found foe th Frivolous In London' mart Society. Dainty fnnt and ankle competition) , are likely to become a feature la p smart society entertainments, a I.00- J don letter says The ptnk-toe socials of a few yenra ago. whlrh enterprising enterpris-ing American dame promoted, bear some sort of relation to this novelty. liquaiit amusement Is nlways bclnat sought after by some of the more ail- ( vanced society women The new Idea, , was first Introduced lo one of them i , nt a recent country lair held In aid of the funds of the Actors' nssiMiatlon. f When quite the most atlrai live event T among actresses was the competition ' for the prettiest foot and nukle. Thn i ! fair competitois sat behind n curtain, 4 - raised Just enough to enable tha R masculine Judges on the other side to 1 ntiite at a Judicial decision Hostesses on the lookout for novel frivolities saw their chalice I'lllow flghls In country houses have hi nie K talMH--not because of Ihe grumbling V of the moralists, but because atirh 1. midnight gambols nre no longer a novelty In more than one quarter It was nt once seen Hint fisil and ankin ( competitions would be Just Ihe thine; J to keep the men awake after a day' j hunt. J Wires and cables began lo find ? their way Into the office of tbe best llrltlsh and Parisian dealer, who pro- ' vide equipment for such a game. 1 Some of the most beautiful shoes and hosiery Imaginable went to Ihe north of Knglnnd for use at two or three ' of the smartest house pnrtlea. Across the drawing room a curtain ' 1 was hung to within a few Inche of ( the Moor, and behind 11 sat some nf the prettiest figures In Anglo Auinrl- 1 ran society. Hunkers, lords, real- estate' magnates, ontror of the llrlt- , Ish navy, and Junior representative of the embassies set themselves to f the distracting task for a man of A ; deciding tiKin Ihe prettiest foot and nnkle to he eocn. ? |