GUESTS WITH LABELS
LADY ASTOR’S INNOVATION LONDON, March 31. There was an unusual scene at a party at Lady Astor’s house. Fifty guests wore labels bearing their names and also their principal interest in life, business, or profession. “Mistress Blank, women police, interest social welfare;” “Marquis X., interest economics.” Lady Astor says that the labelling of guests is an improvement on formal introductions, as it facilitates conversation and makes for ease of manner. . ’Hie guests voted the idea a great success, and it is likely to be imitated by other prominent hoetesses.
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Southland Times, Issue 19223, 19 April 1924, Page 6
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