Apropos of women in art it, will be interesting to see whether Claire Boothe's play "The Women." with a east of 40 seamen and nota single man, which hada. tremendous run in New York, will succeed in Lor don, The "Daily Telegraph" synopsis the story says that it Vgivos bald, wnvaristied, picture S55 cement that "eu omen ates as aka See Py tat A divorce "esse" against the. uskand Sunfo=iaw' (rom "ihe test se {Ser Juttale methods to get hima backs All the critics agree that brilliantly written and as repellent as it well can be. One woman Advised to Nave her nails varnished "Jungle-red," and the motive of the whole play is Nature (feminine ture) red in tooth and lay, I doubt whether London will like tt "Top-Shelf" Bureau Whatever New York's society women may think of marriage there are those in London who believe in it, Two. young ladies, Miss Mary Oliver and Biss Heather Jenner, both tunimpeachably presented at" Court, have had the brilliant idea of opening a marriage bureau in Mayfair "Why." they ask. "should such useful work be left to the second-raters of Charing Cross Road, and the gamble of Gretna Green 'To prove that they do the thing in proper style, they charge high fees, Five quinoas to °a man for pulling his name on their' books, though girls are charged according, to their means. There is a further charge if the marriage comes off, and, avoid being done out of this, they Keep a close watch on the records at Somerset House, have only been in '200 applicants rang ing it is said, from. a middle-aged, farmer to a lady of title looking for suitable wie for her son, Several debutantes, it is. stated, have rung p asking for middle-aged husbands, fand deserting themselves as utter) bored with the "bright young men' of the day.
All'the young men ask for something "domesticated," and once again, it is evident that "gentlemen. prefer blondes." There seems no reason why this Jove bureau should' not flourish ike the green bay" tree. But one foresees that sooner or later it will prove its own destruction, Among the etients there will be a William for the Jenner and a Roland for the Oliver.
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