Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-08-23
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A list of Womea ana Men VINO are Hand
some and Yet write.

a list of Women ana mon Who are Hana-
some and Yet write.
Time was whom all literary women
were supposed 10 be homely. To-day
beauty Is becoming fashionable ln the
elan. Maud Howe, Amelie Rivee
Chandler, Dudu Fletcher. Mrs. Bur
nett, Blanche Willis Howard and
Madame llama are all handsome
women. Maud Howe, or rather Mrs.
Elliott, has o Juno figure, and eyes
and hair OF rich warm brown. She is
much given 70 Bsthetjc gowns Of sad
oolored green, and tangles up water
lilies In her hair She has the car
rage Of an Empress. Amelie Rives
Chandler has blue eyes, golden brown
hair and pretty complexion. She
disdains gowns upon ordinary occa-
Sions, and winds herself up in yards
Of nun's-veiling or camels-hair. Dudu
Fletcher has q wonderful head OF
golden hair, black flashing eyes, and
gets her gowns from a French milli-
ner. Mrs. Burnett is a striking bru-
nette, and also Affects the aesthetic.
Blanche Willis Howard is described as
having an unusually fine presence and
attractive face. Mime. LAMA (Dr.
Hammond's daughter) is blonde OF
the purest type. Her hair is reddish,
her eyes dark gray, her skin fair and
her features strong, but feminine. She
wears her hair short and much frizzed.
She dresses like the average society
woman, and Is addicted to white furs.
Julian Hawthorne, Marion Craw-
ford. Thomas Bailey Aldrlch. Henry
James and Edgar Saltus are the best
looking OF the men. Hawthorne Is
nearly six feet and measures forty
eight inches about the chest. He has
a strong, dark, rather stern face, and
wears his hair long Crawford has black
hair, blue oyes and good figure. He
was great belle (sic) before he was
married Aldrich has splendid pair
Of dark eyes and a carefully waxed
mustache. james has dark hair and
beard, n fine, calm profile, thoughtful
eyes and intellectual head. Saltus Is
dark as an Indian, and wears his hair
as carefully straight. His head is re-
markably well shaped, but he has n
spoilt, pouting, boyish face. He does
not look twenty-five. All OF these men
dross like rational individuals.
The gossip regarding Amelie Rives
Chandler Is on the wane. Still there
is interest. There is a slight reac-
tionary movement on the question OF
her beauty. II may interest those who
have seen her pictures 10 know that
she Is just Ave feet two inches in height
and inclined TO be stout. Tho follow
ing Is from letter written by Mrs.
Chandler 10 the author OF this gossip
just previous 10 her marriage and
when the music regarding her was at
concert pitch:
II think that one reason the critics
fail TO annoy me more is the fact that
what have published seems to me so
insignificant and small portion OF the
work that have already accomplished.
Dramas are what care most 20 write
l will probably write serial for a
certain magazine to appear two years
from this time. do not know.
never take orders. may write more
old time stories. / don't know. Since
people have taken up the idea that l
mean to pose as an Elizabethap scholar
II has startled me so that find no zest
In the, thought Of writing more OF that
period. The extent OF my erudition
In that quarter consists OF having read
Bacon. Shakespeare, somo old glossa-
ries and some Of Worcester's Diction-
airy. This Is all that can really tell
you. except that don't smoke cigar
cites. don't receive men in my bowers
OF roses and couldn't jump a FIVE
barred gate II would. "-CurreRt lit
srdtftre.