The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-28
ANTECEpENTs OVERLOOKED.
ELLA Could Have scratched Gertrud .
Deeply with This Taunt-

When two lauies Of such wide liter
airy celebrity as Mrs. Ella Wheeler
Wilcox and Mrs. Gertrude Anterior
enter into a vigorous public contro-
verss about each others personal
| characteristics, IL may not be indeli-
cate to inquire respectfully US to the
merits OF the dispute. The sire of
Cleopatra's waist has been thought
worthy OF discussion by antiquarians
Of acknowledged eminence, and
that famous model of Greek
beauty, the Venus de Milo, has been
critically inspected by hundreds OF
connoisseurs of known piety, nay.
prudery. Ii may therefore be consid-
cred quite within the limits of the
strietrst propfiety to inquire more
infinitely into the stacus of the present
controversy.
II will be remembered that in her
reply Ia Mrs. Atherton, Mrs. Wilcox
said. Had revealed myself as freely
in tull dress when YOU called as YOU
| revealed Yourself when / called, Your
meagsr charms OF body might have
| been abashed bsiofe my more gener-
Gus ones, and my "mouse-colored
! TINT" as you must know, conld be-
come lovely golden BY calling in the
aid OF the hair hseacher.r
| In order 10 verify the truth or
falsity of the insinuation made in the
above. newspaper gentIewoman OF
| the ExamiHey stall called upon a fash
ionabie dressmaker yesterday with the
| Paragraph in question.
r Ia Wheeler Wilcox may say what
she pleases,n said the dressinaker.
"but Mrs. Atherton is not by any
means a lath of woman. | ca.l give
you her best measurement IL you
want it.
The reporter minated that the pub
| lie would be interested and Mrs. Ath-
erton's fair fame indicated BY any
evidence OF the sort. and after II At
teTiug OF the leaves OF huge folio the
modesto supplied these statistics:
Bust 50. waist 81, upper arm I6
neck Is. front length IL, back length
Is. skirt front 80, bach Az Now that, .
continued the dressniaker, SIS 4 very
we'll made woman.
Mrs Atherton has better figure
/ than nine women out of ten, ana she
can wear rs low bodice as any body.
Her skin IS iovely--jsst as white as
satin. and she wears black velvet q
great deal. which is very trying TO q
skinny woman.
Is she a very dressy woman p
asked the reporter.
No-she always wants her street
costumes very quiet She is rather
exscting. hut she dresses like lady
and her word Is rs good Us the money
| only wish there were more ike her. ,
1t the little mouse-coloresi woman
wanted some fun with Gerald Ather
ton, said one of the iatger's friends q
a newspaper gsntiewoman OF IN,
Exasa1sscF staff, s.she ought 10 hay.
tessed Der about her marriage. Tina
was fun.
! In what way 7" asked the reporter.
well, YOU see, her mother WAS ,
/ Miss Gsrsrnue Franklin, who married
Tom Horn. anu then he died and sh,
married a man namsd Uhiburn, ans
he Vanished from the scene too.
''uegtie Horn was at iIooi In Ken
tucky, yea know Well. when Sd.
was rs tshs's only - now Geo 4,
Aiherion wa~ very attentive IL Mrs
Unborn. Msdaln Athestoa ,s.sinh
like II somehow You see, Mrs. Ubl
horn was very vlyariosiS, AMI Tnayb.
MAJ an4e AtheTson thought 0sxagS.
needed quivtvr sort OF wife. lie
staes George : A. only II aud Mrs
Unborn was nearly a.. Anyway
/ n &sISlae Anterior wanted 10 break i
Oh. afsa she threw the girl after asol he
IN Georges way. But he ekdn't Xix,
any u ,saeEn, ~ fsnaiiy she made az
her mimi that il the Franklin stoes
was what suited him he had beat.i
take contemporary getserstion
30 she u-stl ge ask Sertle - th,
Menlo hotsss, and pretty soon GeoFg,
BEGAN "a sit up ana take notice. she
wasn't naush Ia iuok al then. she hat
lives IN the coaAtsy q great deal, ane
her has and COIN paexlosi were nothing
ike what they arc tsssw.
'sStil1. she Was a bright, nice littls
girl, anu she wa, SO nsiaiy 10 have Ia
the house thar alter \ whlle George tel
in witts hlS mothers views.
80 yea see IL was emily q sort o
pedsgree love match, assd the sPoeses:
~ lassion' Ensght have txissed bel
sils having bexn married IS an anti
dose so her nsosae
"ehe vas Always good 10 George
though" 2siei. s.sc lady :Bessitativsly
rs shc ~ F<sf trF tsxsk her leave.