Society Mavens

[Joel S. Berson]

Well, why couldn't she have been an expert on society?  The Hedda
Hopper of her time?

Joel

At 9/9/2009 01:06 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

>Cupertino for misspelling of "matron", such as "matren"?
>
>On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:39 AM, George Thompson
><george.thompson at nyu.edu>wrote:
>
> > An exhibition at a local art museum includes an illustration of a dowager
> > in a fancy dress sitting in an box at the opera.  She is described in the
> > card by the picture and in the catalog of the exhibition -- which
> originated
> > at the New-York Historical Society -- as a "society maven".
> >
> > GAT
> >
>
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