charitable and social notoriety & play the lady bountiful? Mrs. Cavendish, who had married John\'s father when he was a widower with two sons, had been a handsome woman of middle-age as I remembered her. She certainly could not be a day less than seventy now. I recalled her as an energetic, autocratic personality, somewhat inclined to charitable and social notoriety, with a fondness for opening bazaars and playing the Lady Bountiful. She was a most generous woman, and possessed a considerable fortune of her own. from The Mysterious Affairs at Styles by Agatha Christie Does "charitable and social notoriety" mean "being not charitable and not getting along with people"?But afterwards are written "She was a most generous woman" and "playing the Lady Bountiful".