supplement, what the theaters are...

JAMES A. BLISS, BELASCO

This great majority plumps for theserious drama either heavy moralitiesor problematic clinics; Imean whole-some stories of normal men and wonWinterestingly and truthfully elaborated.

Happily for the theater as an enter-prise and for the drama as an influenceno less than as an ;entertainment thevast majority of theater patrons isnever blase. Three-fourths of the peo-

ple who go to the playhouse do notgo to be either critical or captious, butto be entertained. And there is a dif-ference between being amused anJ

being entertained. They may begin by

wanting to be amused: but they de-velop an interest in seeing the por-trayal of emotions that compared withtheir own conceptions of life, their ownideals, their own aspirations, their owntrials and triumphs.

Comedy. and farce are the custardand whipped cream of the dramaticbill of fare,, delightful as a course,perhaps, but neither energizing norblood-producing to an extent necessary

to keep the theater alive and growing.Comedy, farce and kindred attractionsare chiefly sustained by the blase the-ater-goer. The old theater-goer wantssomething new and the play writer,

with an ambition to tickle the palate,seeks novelty. Ifhe cannot find It he

puts In some dashes of tabasco, or he

has recourse to comedy, or burlesque.

The drama Is always in the processof going to the dogs, If the censorsof the passing show nrc to be takenseriously. And yet the . power andprofit of the theater have enormously

Increased relative to other, things InIts advance from the "palmy days" ofany given period to the present, Itspalmiest epoch. This is my roundaboutway of answering a very old questionrecently put tom e: "Do Ithink theserious drama has had its day.?" WlAnthe serious drama is quite done for thetheater itself willbe moribund.

Anyone who has known twenty-fiveor thirty years' experience of stage lifeknows that certain theatrical condi-tions recur Ht Intervals more or lessregular. Ifyou willtake up an essay

on th"s "contemporary drama" from thetime Greene wrote In censure ofShakespeare to the latest tilt at apassing phrase, you will perceive thatthe "palmy days" of tho theater havealways been the exclusive property ofthe generation of players immediatelypreceding the active one.

E. S. Willard

Drama ot Today

Two very Important dramatic pro-ductions are In prospect— J. I. C.Clarke's version of Gen, Lew Wal-lace's "A Prince o( India," and MarlonCrawford's new play, "By tho Watersof Babylon."

In addition to the two Drury Lanespectacles, "The White Cat," which willprove the greatest that DruryLane hasyet sent over, and "Humpty Dumpty,"Klaw & Erlanger will have a third, ndistinctively American production oy

Paul West, W. W. Denslow and JohnAY. Bratton, to be called "The Pearland the Pumpkin."

will present two- of h'la most Importantsuccesses, "The Duchess of Dantsslc,"

which has Just closed a four months'run at Daly's theater InNew York, and"Veronlque," which, like the former, Isa light opera with an historical theme.The cast of "The Duchess of Dantzlc"wilt be practically the same as thatseen at Daly's, headed by Evle Greeneas Bans Gene and Itolbrook Hllnn asNapoleon, The eiltlre original Londoncast of "Veronlque" willbe seen IntheAmerican tour ot this piece.

Amber, Rose Btaht, Marian Grey andEdith Crane.

T. Daniel Frawley, who Is won tobegin n. starring tour In' "Rnrmom'sFolly"on the Pacific coast, has plannedto present a company, In New Yorknext season under his own ,manags-

ment. Mr.' Frawley says: "I havean option on two Broadway theaters.Iam not going to star myself, norwillIstar for any other actor. Iamgoing to exploit the authors of theplays to be presented by my company.Ifany of the plays to be produced havono acceptable part for, myself Iwillremain out of the cast.' Ihdpe to sur-

SYDNEY DEAN,ORPHEUM

contract'to write two comedies this

summer, but says he will,do no morein the way,of • comic .opera, as ,hehnds work like ."The ,County Chalr:man", less exacting and more satis-factory. .He;.wlil- return east after a

brief -stay In California.- ; . :':IEthel' Barrymore; fainted. again fromexhaustion :at: the close ? of the thirdact of- "Sunday :livChicago" Saturday

night.:.' .- :. . \u25a0-..\u25a0.-.\u25a0\u25a0' r.'.:'-

Florence \u25a0 Gerald, :having closed ;theseason 'with "The County: Chairman. 1!has Joined the -'Alcazar stock company

role' of the young bride Miss Gardnerwill find'herself especially at home, asIt Is' exactly . suited to her tempera-

ment. , . ,

MASON OPERA HOUSE— (AdvanceAnnouncement). Margaret Anglinconies to the Mason the entire weekof May 15, opening in her greatest pro-duction, "The Eternal Feminine."During the same week the wonderfulemotional drama j"Mariana," adaptedfrom the jSpanish of Jose Eschagarey,will be given. It is the first Englishversion presented In this country of

Coming AttractionsBELASCO THEATER

—(Advance

Announcement). For the coming week,

beginning Monday evening, the Uelascotheater stock company will offer oneof last season's greatest successes,

"Hnrrlet'B Honeymoon." In this playMary Mnnncrlng added greatly to herfHtne find the piece ranked high In. thelist, of popular favorites.. It Is a notimpossible .story of a young weddedcouple who find themselves strandedIrt-a German hotel, whore they areforced to resort to all sorts of amusingexpedients to help themselves out ofthe difficulty and succeed (it tho samj

time In getting themselves well "talkednbout." Everything, as Is usual on thestage, turns out happily. It Is a playwhich will bring into use ullof the bigBelasco company and find congenialloles for each. In Mary Mannering'si>\u25a0.\u25a0«\u25a0\u25a0»..»\u25a0\u25a0»\u25a0\u25a0\u2666\u25a0\u25a0«. \u25a0«..»\u25a0 .»\u25a0\u25a0».\u25a0«\u25a0\u25a0«\u25a0 J.J.J.J. AXm.1.11.

this celebrated play. Miss Angitn will'

also give during the week "Zlra," "TheCross ways" and "The Marriage ofKitty." She willbe assisted by FrankWorthing, Miss Blanche Stoddard, MrsWhlfTen, Miss Gwendolyn Valentin*Mrs. Brooke, Miss Rdlth Cartwrlftht,Kdwsrd Emery, J. Hartley -Manners,Walter Allen, Gordon Burby, MauriceWilkinson and Walter Hitchcock.

ORPHEUM—

(Advance Announce*rrent.) Lydia Yeamaris Titus, orlgl*nator of the "baby song, 1

'and one of

the most popular of all- vaudevillestars, will head the new bill at theOrpheum next week. Her singingnnidainty comedy work never falls tomake a hit. Sydney Deane and thre-iother men will sing, and crack- JokesIn an original skit known 'as "Christ-mas on Blackwell's Island," In whichthree merry Jailbirds and a trusty{\u25a0ass the Yule tide In their own way.The fact that this piece .was- writtenfor a Lambs' club gambol by Clay M.Greene, Is a guarantee that It willmake good. Jack Norworth, "The lifeof. every party' will bring monologueand parodies, and Louise; Dresser,

whose face Hinllcs out from;the coverof so many popular songs, will warblesome of the ditties. that she has madefamous. Louis Simon and Grac«

Gardner In "The New Coachman," theBuch-Devere trio of musicians, theColumblnns with "The Wax Doll,"Herbert Brooks and his mystifyingtrunk and new motion pictures willcomplete the bill.

BURBANK THWATER—

(AdvanceAnnouncement.) The week beginningSunday afternoon the Burbank stockcompany will present Richard Wai-,

ton Tully's romance of the missiondays "Juanlta of San Juan." When,the play was given, in San Franciscobut a few weeks ago the press praisedboth the author's methods and hisproduction. The piece scored the big-gest success Inthe history of the Ma-jestic theater and after running two

weeks was withdrawn with reluctance.The story of the play concerns the.love of a young American for a Span-ish girl who has been made the vie-,tlm of renegade American landjump-ers. All the Burbank favorites will

be In the cast. William Bernard, ahandcom young actor who has ap-

peared in this city with the JamesNeill forces, will make his reappear-ance in "Juanlta of San Juan." Theusual matinees will be given this af-ternoon and Saturday.

GRAND OPERA HOUSE—(AdvanceAnnouncement.) "King of the OpiumRing," that narcotic classic of China-town, San Francisco, will be" the suc-cessor ot "Quo Vadis" at the Grand.This piece has always been popular onthe coast, not merely because it isdrawn bo true to the local color, butbecause It Is a "thriller" clear through.

Itis intended to make the revival ofthis play

—which was one of the biggest

successes of last season—

the finest

production of the popular piece whichhas ever been presented here, and theUlrlch Stock company -will be at'lfabest. —:^'y: ':-'^:^--:-:':^:

FISCHER'S—

(Advance Announce-

ment.) .Tonight will occur, the openingof Fischer's new. and popular pricedtheater on First between Spring andMain streets. The house Is. cosy andvery attractive, the interior being de-

corated in gold and. ivory tints withbeautiful medallion effects. The- open-

ing bill willbe a1a 1 ladies' minstrel firstpart done In

'white face in which the

entire company will participate. Thevaudeville bill will be especially at-

tractive and will consist of Huntress,

the dancer, Ed. Leslie, the well-knowncomedian, the Kingsburys, a black-facemusical act, and the latest movingpictures. The performance will con-clude with a one act musical burlesqueentitled, "A Merry Whirl," in whichthe entire beauty chorus will tak»part.

Met His MatchA woman, while going downstairs to

dinner, had the misfortune to 'stepslightly on the dress of the woman infront of her. The man on whose armthe former was leaning rudely saidaloud, so that the couple In frontmight hear:

"Always getting in the way, like Ba-

laam's ass!"

"Parden me, It was the. angel whostood in the way and the ass whichspoke."— Milwaukee Sentinel. ';,'\u25a0'. ,;'

//.

Upon which the woman, whose gownhad been trod 0n,.. turning round,replied with a sweet smile: .. ;\u25a0

The man who says he can drink orhe can let it alone is so busy demon-strating the first proposition that henever gets around to the second.—Henry F. Cope in the Chicago Tribune.

There are nearly 22,000,000 ,horsesin European Itussia. No,other coun-try In the world has so many horsesas Russia.

at the Alcazar theater in San Fran-cisco, and.' opened on Monday, April24, as Queen \u0084 Catherine in "WhenKnighthood Was In Flower."

Channlng rollock has been securedby the Lelbler company to dramatize"In.the Bishop's Carriage."'

Oftbrlele d'Annunalo la Raid to bewritinga tragedy based on the life ofNero.

Charles Frohman has obtained theAmerican rights of "The Du»L" *drnrrfa by Henri Lavedan, which ha»been a. success In Paris.

Kunlre Clarke Drake and companyhave mnd> a success of a one-act com-edy, "Winning ah Heiress." while play-ing at a Los Angeles vaudeville home.

dor. may cause her to accept one ofthem.

MISS JESSIE MAE HALL,

•..«! . • BURBANK \u25a0:

George Ade, after a' short visit to

the Orient, .returned to San Francisco

on the' Korea- April 20. He is under

MRS. ASTOR AS A METHODICAL HOUSEKEEPER

\u25a0 Itis rumored that Mrs. James BrownPotter may come to America .' beforelong to appear in vaudeville. She has

received several tempting! offers andthe failures she has met with in Lon-

The new Actors''union of England atIt first meeting held last week passeda resolution forbidding any memberto appear hereafter at any of the ba-zaars and charity socials tha,t occurwith such great frequency In Londonand. "other English, cities, withoutcharging a substantial fee .that willbeadded to the fun of the union, whichdoes not propose- to .raise money by

subscriptions.- Performers, have beenImposed upon In England in the past,but now that they have. the, union be-hind them they can defy,even dowager

duchesses who may wish to enlist theirservices for "sweet charity,"; , •/&'\u25a0}.

Elliott Schenck, a young Brooklyncomposer, has the honor of being theonly American recently that willhavea grand opera acccpted'and produced.It wlll*be done by the Savage GrandOpera company in'the autumn and is

founded -on-Hardy's romance^ "Tess b*the D'Urbervilles.1

"' •" •\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0 ';V:; -!;,'^'

round myself with a company of cleverpeople and give each member a'finan-cial interest In the project."

'

No slu was ever burled deeu enough

to escape the resurrection of shame.

Undreamed of Extravagance,"We asked our wife|the other day,"

writes the editor of the Hickory nidgeMissourlaii, "if she thought she coulddress herself on $65 a year, jand sheturned pale and asked us Ifsonio richuncle had died and left us an immensefortune."— Chicago Tribune.

In the John Jacob Astor house, thetwin of her own—which is so con-structed that, as everybody -knows, thetwo :may bo thrown into one for theAator fetes, senior or junior—the socialdictator is so completely merged in thattenderest .of relationships that the*world' of fashion seems very far awaywnllo tho young person and the old per-son make merry together. Some of thegrandchildren are Id the great mansionevery day to knit into closest harmonythe most intimate joys of Mrs. Astor's

After luncheon If the weather isfavorable, Mrs. Astor drives from two tofour. She Is a strong believer in thehealth giving properties of fresh air,and walks a great deal for exercise.Sometimes her constitutional is takenin the street adjacent to her home, butmore often she halts her carriage inCentral park and descends to walk inthe bypaths and watch the children atplay; '.This is part of Mrs. Astor'scharming-, side. Her love of childrenbespeaks the grandmother, and in therole 'she is perfect—not the over In-dulgent grandmother, blind to all faults,but the kindest of friends and counsel-ors.'

Her Favorite Flowers

understand what she is paying for.The chef then sends up the menu for theday, which Mrs. Astor adds to or takesfrom as fancy suggests.

By arrangement with George KJ-

tvardes of London Klaw & lCrlunger

comedians, willopen the season at theNew York theater ina new spectacularfarce comedy by George V. Hobart, tobe called "Tho Ham Tree." Other im-portant musical productions to be pro-

sented by this firm are "Seeing NewYork." a musical comedy b>* Hurry UBmlth; "The Butterfly of Fushion," anew,' musical comedy by C. M. 8. Me-Clellan and Gustave Kerker, and a newmusical comedy by George M. Cohan,

the author and star of "Little JohnnyJones."

iFollowing their policy of the pastseven seasons, Klaw & Erlanger willmake a new production for tho Rogersbrothers, to be called "The Rogers

Brothers In Ireland." Joseph Caw-thorne willbe made a full Hedged starlii.a, new comedy by John J. McNatlycalled "In Tammany Hall." Mclntyreand Heath, the famous black face

Klavv & Erlanger will present anarray of attractions next season, for

\u25a0which they are making extensive prep-arations and engaging an extraordinar-ilylarge number of people. "Ben Hur"\u25a0will be continued and willbegin itsseventh year in September. The DruryLane .spectacle, "Humpty Dunipty,"will be presented In several of theprincipal cities for long runs, and Inaddition to this the new spectacle, "TheWhite • Cat," to be brought over thissummer, willbe the holiday attractionat the New Amsterdam theater,- NewYork. Itmay come west later.

Syndicate Prospectus

Howard Scott bore the distinction ofbeing the only actor who ever serveda stock engagement

'in Los Angeles

without having his photograph repro-

duced in any public print. He objectedto personal notoriety. Private businessdemands the actor's presence in SanFrancisco, and if he returns to thestage it willnot be until next season,

when :he may be seen In Los Angeles

again.

While, many of his characterizations,such as the pipe mender in "The FirstBorn," bore the marks of inspirationhis art was the kind which satisfiedbecause of ;conscientious attention to

detail. He realized as too few actors

do the immense value of such littlethings as not saying "dook" for "duke,"

"servus" for "service," "wlmun" for"women," "bulong" for "belong," andbyIinstinct or more .probably by long

study he knew how to time his actionsand knew the power of reserve.

Howard Scott, who makes his finalappearance with the Belasco theaterstock company tills evening, has been

with that organization since Its start

and during that time has maintainedfor himself a standard in his art whichhas' made him a host of admirers inLos Angeles.

ExitHoward Scott

"There Is onlyone ofhis predecessors

—Edwin Booth—

who gives me pause

\u25a0when Iaward to H. B. Irvingthis trib-ute; but in truth H. B. Irvlng's Hamletis as much more simply natural thanBooth's as Booth's Hamlet was morenatural than any other of his perform-

ances; and that is saying a great deal."

"Some would infer that his impersona-

tion Is therefore' less emotional than

others. On the contrary. A sensitive,highlystrung person is just us naturalin his vlßlble perturbations as a phleg-

matic person Is In his impassive de-

meanor. The old actors used to makethe "the play's the thing" an elocution-ary exit. Some of Die best of the newHamlets have devised striking eccen-tric action to accompany It. H. B.

Irving flings himself down at a tableIn a frenzy and begins writing Indeadly haste ina manner which, so far

from conflicting with, Is, artistically,

the finest example of his artistic nat-

uralness.

"In circumstances so baffllnglychangeful it is mere epigram to say

that Henderson or any nthpr Is Hamlet.One may say that one Hamlet la mys-

tical, another hysterical, anotherprincely, another deranged. H. B.Irvlng's Is natural.

"In the abundant Hamlet literaturethere is extant v discrimination ofHamlets who had appeared up to thebeginning of the nineteenth century.

One wasHamlet the prince; one, Ham-let the son; one, Hamlet the lover; nno,

Hamlet the gentleman; one, Hamlet thescholar; "Biul so on. But Henderson'sHamlet was Hamlet. Now, this was» -strong thingto assert, then or at any

time. For who shnll sny, ex cathedra,

what is distinctively Hamlet's charac-ter? There Is scarcely a line, a gesture,

a glance of the part that may not beenacted with differences feasibly de-fensible. Not only each temperament,but each generation will find Its ownHamlet variants especially acceptable.

"H. H. Irvlng's Hamlet la tho mostnatural Hamlet In living memory. Fuse the word, at the moment, not only

In praise, but Indifferentiation.

THETIT3 has been n new Hamlet dls-\u25a0 covered in Londo^ for although

H. B. Irving, the son of the morefamous Irving,has never before takenrank with the great artists the papersof the Kngltsh metropolis aro almost,

unanimous now In Bounding Vila praises.The production was looked upon n« anevent of unusuni Importance In theat-ricalEngland. Sir BdWafd Russell, the\u25a0well known writer on dramatic and oth-er topics, was enthusiastic over tho lat-e»t Impersonation of the prince of Den-mark. The following portions of hisreview of the piny nre taken from theLiverpool Dally Post:

The Week's DillsPKIiABro

—"MurrlM'n Hon'ymAnn.'

RIIRRANK-".limnll*of Sun Juan."onrrrcuM—v«u<i(uiiii>.OfIAND

—"Klnnof the Opium Wnf."

FlSMKfrS—Vmi<ii>vlll».CHUTES—Burnt Cone.trt.

For the tlrst performance of the re-vived "Trilby,"with many of the orig-inal company. Including Virginia,Har-ncd and Wilton Luckuye, at the NewAmsterdam theater, a box hus beenreserved by William A. Urady for theactresses who have played the titlerole. since. the pluy was first produced.They 'Include Blanche Wulsh, Mabel

Channlng Pollock has written aplay on the life of Napoleon Bona-parts, which is to be produced, by andby, \(ith Thomas 13. Shea, as Nap-oleon. The frtny is In four acts, and Itappears to be an epitome of the story

of Napoleon's career beginning in 1799,

and extending to the year of Waterloo,

1815. . .

The tour of Mr. Sothern and MissMarlowe, which began at Chicago onSeptember 19, will close at Wheeling,

W. Va., on June 24. They will thenhave acted in sixty-nine cities, pre-

senting only the plays of Shakespeare.

Greenroom Gossip

For the subject of his discourse thisafternoon Dr.Mclvor-Tyndall willlect-ure on "The Message of the Century."

Dr. Mclvor-Tyndall,by reason of hiswonderful .spiritual insight, and hislogical exposition of the obscurities of

psyi-hli:manifestations, has unquestion-ably done more, toward the spread ofmetaphysical knowledge- on this coast

than could ordlnurily.have been accom-plished in years. The Mclvor-Tyndallphilosophy is so thoroughly broad, all-Inclusive and comprehensible that itappeals as of practical help in ahphases ot life.

The Mclvor-Tyndall Sunday after-

noon lectures which huve been giventhroughout the winter at Blanchardhall to very lf»rge audiences, will becontinued for a short time only,or untilsuch time as the weather becomes ex-tremely warm, after which the lectureswillbe delivered at the Mclvor-Tyndallinstitute, 1501 South Grand avenue, onSunday evenings instead of in the af-te-rnoons, and to which only the Psy-chic Science alliance subscribers willboadmitted, owing to the inadequacy ofthe seating capacity of the institute.

"The Mystic Message"

The wonderful $30,000 Dresden set,

originally designed for royalty, takesprecedence, of course. Hut of all itsvast muster, of splendid rival* for herprivate table Mrs. A»tor uses the bliii-pletit white dinner service,, rimmed wltligold. It is of v fashion of year* gone

It in the same with h»r china. Ifshe has a hobby. Mrs. Astor woulddoubtless admit It ia for china. Sovast Is her outfit that ifa table of tencovers were laid three times each day

for three weeks no one piece would berepeated.

Mrs.'Astor does not in reality carry

the keys/ but- she is':herself, the motifaround which the keys revolve. Thatlinen-closet is stocked by her, stockedwith the-pride and care— Mrs. Astor

'i»

famous for her linens—

of one of theKhrewdest buyers- in

'Kurope. All of

that wonderful collection-of linen ill

imported. Mrs. Astor never goes abroadthat she does not add to it. There aretablecloths that have been In her pos-session for twenty-live years and arestill practically new. Dozens anddozens of pieces He folded away In thatvast repository in the big house atFifth avenue and Sixty-fifth street, andyet nothing Is less than spotlesslywhite. Mrs. Astor contrives this withthe same elaborate system that she de-votes to every detail of her housekeep-

ing. One set is used after another tillall have gone their way to the laundryand found their way back again to thelavender of the shelf. Fast us the re-inforcements come in they are putthrough the same routine, and Mrs.Astor's waiting: list of linen Is often aslong as her waiting list of guests to be

summoned to the various entertain-ments of ceremony that she givesthroughout the season. f:'"Vy';\

those other storehouses :of!her' treas-

ures In which a- woman's heart1'de-

lights.' • ' ;;\u25a0•••:..:•;

Oni' of the early tusks U.that oflooking over her bills. .Mrs. Astor pays

her own bills, ami makes it a point to

The billof.fare Is of the lightest andseldom varies. Mrs. Astor has no faithin breakfast foods and declines cerealsof any kind. Kggs In:different forms,

often an omelet, reinforced occasionallyby chops, with coffee .and rolls, con-stitute the sum gf her desires. Mrs.Astor wanton no hours upon the hair-dresser, the ,masseuse, the manicureand the train that wait upon the wo-man of wealth to soothe, tired nervesafter too many houm' dissipation. Hermaid is the composite who fulfilsall therequisite service each day Inthe toilet

of her mistress,;"'; il-<i\k

On the stroke of nine she Is at thebreakfast table. This meal is neve.-served.in her room, Mrs..Astor prefer-ring always to take It In the company ofher companion In the breakfast room.

The mistress of the great house risesinvariably at- seven. :It

• matters noth-ing 'that, one of her: grand balls may

have kept her up till three a. m. Herhabit .is fixed. She is .one of thosewomen \u25a0• who :plan out their existence

and would be unhappy to depart fromthe smallest title of their programs.

At eight she Is dressed and ready for

the. day, but for another hour she fastswhile she goes over her personal lettersand replies to those that need Imme-diate attention. This 'is one of Mrs. 'As-tor's' pleasures. . \Vh\le necessarily thegreat burden of mall, begging lettersand appeals of all sorts, as well as tlwmere formalities, falls to her secretary,her, methodical life has enabled her to

reserve her friendly missives for herown pen.

by, and carries the lady of the mansionback in memory to days when her lifewas characterized by the substantialof-wealth without the present elabora-tion that surrounds her. .

Her home is her real kingdom, andshe literally holds it In the hollow V»fher hand. She know* all of its proc-

esses and controls them. Shr has herrepresentatives, of course, In every de-partment of the household, but It Isshe who directs every movement. Tothe imagination the queen of society,

splendid in her velvets and rare lacejand sparkling with jewels, appears asthe ; simply garbed chatelaine, whosowaist in encircled by the cord on which,hung the keys of the linen closet, th?silver chest, the china pantries and all

This is Mrs. Astor as she Is known to

the list of the elect and the longer listof would-bes in society. But to a smallcircle of her intimates— and she is oneof the believers in the adage that weshould have many well wishers but few-friends—Mrs. Astor the housewife Isthe other side of the picture. Anci,granted her generalship ,in matters otstate, her suavity, her sayoli' fuire, allthat has contributed to (he personaldomination which has so long and socleverly held her subjects In check, ItIs on the womanly side that Mrs. Astnr

is at her best. . . \u25a0

The Linen Closet

MRS.ASTOR, the'undisputed lead-

er of.New York's exclusives. has

one title that she, values aboveeven that of social dictator. As abso-lute ruler of the pomp ,and ceremony

of the gay. world as seen In,the Ameri-can metropolis, she has gratified herhighest public ambition. Her nod canmake or unmake the most daring

climber of them all. -A stroke of.herpen and social damnation may result!Her every smile carries with It- anaugury of success. Her wish 1b the"open sesame" \u25a0, to doors, scaled to allother approaches.. In.a word,- sheissupreme, and age cannot wither 'her,

the doubts and cavlllngs of the en-vious to the contrary notwithstanding.

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