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Anne Louise Avery on Twitter: "The Vanderbilt ball also featured the whimsically-costumed Miss Kate Fearing Strong, described by Henry James as “youthful & precocious,” who went as her feline nickname “Puss”. Worryingly,
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![Anne Louise Avery on Twitter: "The Vanderbilt ball also featured the whimsically-costumed Miss Kate Fearing Strong, described by Henry James as “youthful & precocious,” who went as her feline nickname “Puss”. Worryingly, Anne Louise Avery on Twitter: "The Vanderbilt ball also featured the whimsically-costumed Miss Kate Fearing Strong, described by Henry James as “youthful & precocious,” who went as her feline nickname “Puss”. Worryingly,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0-R6ReXgAIAfDo.jpg)