SOCIETY AS LADY WARWICK SEES IT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 122, 15 February 1908, Page 11

SOCIETY AS LADY WARWICK SEES IT.

Lady Warwick has announced her intention of publishing her memoirs, and as discretion' is riot' supposed to bo her ladyship's strongest point it is likely, that these memoirs will bo.- exceedingly lively. One can well believe her statement that she has been offered a very large sum of money for the book. Will she touch on the old baccarat scandal of Tranby Croft? The period with which sho inteds to deal covers that famous year. , , ,', ' , "In my forthcoming 'book, says Lady Warwick, " I intend to give a picture of Society as I have known it. 1 shall bo fair, not hypercritical, but I intend fearlessly to tell tho truth." Still comparatively young, Lady Warwickcan look back over an acquaintanceship during twenty years with practically every person prominent in English life. Possessing a striking personality, witty and eloquent, she was as great a favourite in Societycircles as she now is with the Socialists whoso cause she has espoused, and no one could bo better equipped-than she to throw sidelights in life in Society during tho past two decades, having lived in the inside of Society and Court circles.- • " I am entirely adrift from my old existence," she said to a "Daily' Mail" representative, " and I can look at things in a cold, clear light from outside. I intend in my book to tell my experiences from tho time I was a young girl. 1 was married at nineteen. I shall start-from a little time before that. All kinds of reminiscences will bo included. Famous men and famous women whom I have known; both here-and abroad, will bo dealt with in'a reminiscent way, with incidents previously, unknown. "I would rather not mention any of those who will be particularly, referred to. You see, thcro are hundreds altogether. I shall speak of Society as I found it, and I shall bo quite truthful, and many .little mysteries will be cleared up. ; "One tiling I shall touch upon will bo tho effect of politics i on personal • friendship. Fow people realise how closely they are bound together. A decided attitude, . such as mine, in connection with political matters, separates tho chaff from tho grain, and shows those who are one's truo friends and those whom ono may regard ;in tho truest sense as having been acquaintances only. I am not going to deal with Socialism in 'the book, for this is . a personal record of my experiences in Society."

Thero aro about 13,000 women living in hotels • in Now York city who aro entirely relieved of all the cares and responsibilities of housekeeping and families and have their attention principally-' occupied with food, dress and amusement.