Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26
THE BEAUTY PRIZE
Captured by Miss Grace Wilson, a :
Blonde Debutante, Who is to be
THE REIGNING BELLE OF GOFHAM
How Her Cleyerness Enabled Her to Win
Three LuneheOns On,s Wager.
STORY ON A SINGER WHO WAS HUGGED
rcoRaEsroxDExcE OF THE D1srArcH.I

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPArcH.I
NEW YORK, May 25.-The time of the
year has come for choosing summer belle
from among the debutantes in that small
but pEetentions section of society whom ws
watch so closely, ridieule so much, and
envy more or less. believe was first to
name last Winters winner of the beauty
prize, and my Judgment proved correct. I
selected Miss Sallie Hargods from the half
dozen possibles, because saw that she was
fully as lovely as any of the others, besides
having personal viEacity and family adj
Vantages. She distaneed all competitors,
and throughout the season of balls and
opera was the belle supreme. But she has
sailed away for Europe, and on Tuesday
next, unless her plan fails, she will be pre-
sented to Queen Victoria at formal draw
ing-room reception. That viii be pretty
sure to start her in for the London early
summer season as a new and enhancing
representative of American femininity, and
she is well prepared to enjoy the distinction
to the utmost After high old soeiabls
time in London she will go to Paris for
spell, and thence to several of the Euro
pean watering places. With circumspect
chaperonage, glorious wardrobe, and
determination to become a celebrity, We
are bound to hear from Sallie Hargous as q
conspicuous figure on the other side Of the
earth.
But set out to identify the forthcoming
queen of wealth and beauty. She is Miss
Grace Wilson, sister of the 0rme Wilson
who married Carrie Astor, and connected
also by sisters marriage with the Goelets.
Thus it will be seen that she is greatly adj
Vantaged by being placed between two Of
our socially powerful families. Besides
that her own parents have considerable
money and plenty of good breeding.
BEAUTY THAT IS PERFECT.
Grace is blonde, and if she were only q
shop girl or factory operative her prettiness
would attract attention. OF course, under
the very different circumstances, her good
looks become the very acme of loviness.
Good clothes and nice manners enhance her
charms. am not saying that she is not
beautiful, for she is, but simply that when
her beauty is backed by Astors and Goelets
it becomes hawless. Miss Wilson viii be-
gin her reign at Newport next month.
The speciality of Miss Wilson is an engag-
ing esador. She is notably Tree from affec-
tation of culture. She pooh-poohs the ar
tistie fads OF the day. Here is an illustra-
ton: There was lately an exhibition at the
Union League Club of Chinese porcelains.
The foremost China maniacs lent their most
precieus treasures to the show. The cele-
brated hawthorne pots owned by Charles A.
Dana, James A. Garland and Robert Hoe
were among the exhibits. To the ignorant
observer these pieces of earthenWars looked
like old-fashioned oriental ginger jars,
worth Less than the ginger root they had
contained; but to connoisseurs they repre-
sented the finest period of the potter ; REt in.
China, and were quite unsusceptible of du-
plicatien, even in the land of their original
These three pots were COM
sidered to be worth on the average about
81, 500 apiece.
IT WOULDN'T SELL FOR A DOLLAR.
Miss Wilson was visitor the show, and
with Mrs. William K Vanderbilt, stood
looking at the hawthornes. Mrs Wander
bilt expatiated on their rarity and beauty.
Miss Wilson considered them neither hand
some nor valuable. Then a daughter Of
Robert Hoe came along and Joined in the
discussion. o. course she was partisan Of
pottery.
'I'll tell you what I'll do Miss Wilson
said. eve will take your fathers haw-
thorne pot down to the japanese store in
Broadway, place it on their bargain counter
labeled 81 and watch it for an hour during
the busiest part of the afternoon, when the
place is thronged with women of presumably
good taste. I will lay a wager of luneheons
for us three that nobody offers to buy the
thing at 81, and you will find that hardly
anybody will devote a second glance TO il"
The bet was made, the terms were carried
out within week and Miss Wilson won
The hawthorne, considered by collectors to
be worth g, 800, did not seem like bargain
1T 81 to the many who passed it slightingiy
BY:
1f the last performance of opera at the
Metropolitan is recalled by fashionable Cos
zip. The opera was "The Rheingold," and
It's hero was Max Alvary, a very handsome
.enor, upon whom our maids and matrons
IF the boxes had lavished admiration
throughout the season. 1t happened that
here had been a squabble in the company,
caused by professional jealousy and personal
oiekering, and Alyary was not re-engaged
or next season. His partisans among the
were wroth at this, but they
we're outnumbered by those who sustained
he management. Well, this final enter
ainment was q matinee, and at its close
here was
AN DdU6OAL GATdEhAA9
# people at the stage door to await the de-
,arture Of the singers When Alvary
M erged there was demonstration of ap-
,lause. The gathering was composed in
,art Of relatives and friends Of the Yocalists,
the chorus, who commonly went
here to Join them; but this time as many as
hundred persons from the boxes were
here to show their liking for AlVary, and
o emphasize their desire for his re-employ-
nent. They clapped their hands and
waved their handkerehieIs in a decorous
egree Of enthusiasm when the tenor came
ut. - -
He bowed miling1y right and left to this
dulation, and made his Way Ike a-een- =
uering prince to his carriage. Just as he
Tas about to get into the vehicle two very
retty young women, stylishly dressed, en-
raced him with a show of impulsiveness
nd kissed him. The next mornings ac-
cunts made mention of this occurrence, and
nthipking readers took it for granted that
be kissers were what they seemed-belles
rom Filth avenue. They were nothing OK
be sort. For fact, they were members Of
comic opera chorus, acquaintances Of
Llvary, and to aid in the ovation they had
olunteered to enact the roles Of wild Sd-
lirers. The truth has been divulged, be.
ause In fashionable circles two daughters
wealthy and circumspect families wers
amed as the ones who hugged and kissed
lvary. 1t was to clear them Of ridicule
nat friend searched out the actual kisserA
CLARA BELLE.