The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-04
ALLAN ARTHUR AND THE GIRLS.
4 Jenkins Makes Parting Mention
ola Youth About to Drop Out
of Sight.

Va q OAtA hOOAL w O1OA ObS
OF Sight.
Washington Letter in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Young Allan Arthur, who has an
other year before him at Princeton, pro-
Ionged his holiday vacation through the
first gay week Of January and then
came down a fortnight ago to stay with
his father until the end of things in
Washington. AS he slowly fills out
and builds up the lines Of his six-foot
frame, he is becoming d handsome fell
low and is getting some of his fathers
fine manners and bearing. The young
collegian has his fathers figure, but
hardly resembles him at all in the face
having the dark eyes and hair and the
features of the Herndons, his mothers
family. He inherits his fathers fond
ness for society and is a fine dancer and a
favorite among the bellies and debutan-
ties Of society. He loads them with
beautiful White House flowers, and
though the chaperons and European,
conventionalities are much talked about
here, no girl refuses, nor does her vigi-
liant mother interfere when the presi-
dents son asks her to drive with him in
a light buggy after his fast hay mare.
Pretty Maud Crowley, to whom he first
attached himself, had many rides be-
hind that skittish young trotter before
their little affair was declared off and the
poor girl went into decline and died of
consumption.
Last year the Junior Arthur was all
devotion to Miss Katie Beach, a demure
pretty little thing, who could charm any
ones fancy, and she caring more for the
splendors Of the equ:page than the gait
and record of flyer, chose to take her.
drives with her swain in the Presidents
luxurious open victoria, with two brass
buttoned men.in livery on the box. Alt
other girls used to sigh with envy when
the presidentialtournout came down Con
necticut avenue in the late afternoon,
and the promenaders had a glimpse of
the handsome young couple wrapped in
the heavy fur robes of the carriage and
dashing by with the rattle of chains,
the shine of silver-plaiting and varnish
and the statuesque men on the box, out
doing all the other equipages on the
avenue. Katie Beach is now in the
south Of France, fighting off con-
sumption and paying bitterly for the
gayeties, designations and exposures of
last winters seasou here which brought
on her malady.
Although wavering in his deyotions
this year, Allan Arthur has rather at
tached himself to the train of Matte
Mitchell, the pretty daughter of the ex-
senator from Oregan. Her praises as
beauty have been chanted' for two seasons
and she has the most exquisit doll-like
prettiness of face and figure to be found
anywhere. Her career in society is pc
culiar one and it would test Henry
James power to exactly analyze it. Her
beauty and her exquisite dressing have
opened every door of the inner circle to
her.
Last Saturday this very pretty girl
was out with Allan Arthur flying over
the snow in light cutter all afternoon
and when they came into the Blue Par
lor to pay their respects and take the
after-cup of tea with Mrs McElroy, Miss
Mitchell had the most delicate rose-col-
ored glow on her cheeks, her blue eyes
were sparkling and her golden brown
hair and fair, colorless skin were, as
usual, the greatest foils to her beauty.