The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07
ABOUT SOME PEOPLE
eOVTHERNERS WHOSE WORK rs
WORTHY OF NOTE
and Gossip About Some Others-Ihe Ne"s
of the Past Week In SOciety-Ttmeiy
Gossip on Current Topics.

The social stir concerning the secret
marriage of Miss Garmany and Heywood
McAIlister recalls to my mind some mem
cries concerning them Some SIX years
ego I visited the house of some 1rlenos
where Haywood NIcAllister had just oeeh
a guest. and they described HIM as mig.
oificentlv handsome fellow, rather heavy
mentally and very moody IN dlspos,'oi.
AT that time the name OF Waru NicH1
Es,o- bod NOT hecome so notorious In con-
nection with the doings OF New 1orh So
riaI life. but it seemed that he was on tlle
high road to all that came afterwards
for his son declared him bowling sWeii'
and declared his home to be great poio
of a place The boy, indeed, seenieu "
possess an absolute detestaton lor e'e.'
thing that savored of Fashionable me- ioi
he declared his home stupid ilaiisio"
whore his sister appeared before MIN al,
xrovs cross and always in curl papers, and
where nothing was ever done TO make nili
comfortable or content therein. WIN
those unpleasant memories of high society
ar home il WAS no wonder that his fancy
was caucht by girl who cared ioinns
for social prestige, and whose curry haI
you'd never require the hldeous necessary
of papers or crimping pins. AT lnls uine
jamie Germany, as everybody eunou
a. Savannah was n girl about Dineteen-
an only daughter, with lots of money ana
several stalwart brothers who adoreu LGi'
She had been given every advantage Dl,e
was Il lovely and adorable creature, Win
sweet. unaffected, sincere manners anu d
Beautiful face, fair and strong Ier liiou'h
and teeth were exquisite, and her larse'
G,,nid owes were brown with auburn lights
n
She was rather short and sturdlly pant,
81 -, .Ir,t IamenpSs was noticeable i'll
her walk My memory of her i'll her white
gowns and big hats is a very pretty one,
and I remember, too. that she was very
wholesome, lovable everyday girl TO those
biz brothers and all the other members
of her household. What wonder that she
attracted with her loyable home graces
sbe moody boy with his cross, curl paper
memories.
No women in New York literary hfe
bold more individual and envlaOle PAGES
than Miss Mary and Miss Margaret bis
Iand These two young southern women
occupy q charming fiat on Fourth avenue,
where they entertain their friends III tiie
most informal and delightful 1ashloh.
Their principal work just now Is done LOT
The Illustrated American, but they Dolh
have done many creditable sketches and
stories for other leading papers and maya
zines Mary Bisland Is delightful, low
able woman, with manner dlSiilhcd anu
cordial, and nature as clean ana lnVlgo-
rating as the breeze from pine forest
Personally, she is extremely attractive
She is rather tall, with a splendldly pro
portioned figure, and face almost enid
ish in its candor and sweetness. Her
eyes are soft brown and rather wide
spart, and upon her broad, low brow lie
loving little rings Of brown hair.
Margaret Bisland is a tail, slender GIRL
with FURNISHED, brown hair that she wears
charmingly parted and waved above her
white brow, and face that makes one
think of q pansy, so peculiarly. plquant
and changeahe is it in expression. She
Is a wonderfully clever girl, and gives
great promise for brilliant future, Tor she
has the keenesr intellectual percepuonsl
originality aud grace. aud She is simply
captivating in converse ton.
These two women are as utterly OpDO-
cite TO the old time idea of the blue
stocking as any could possibly be. They
possess all the graces of femininity, dress
In the most exquisite taste entertain to
perfection and are the best and daintest
of houSekeepers. Their two young broth
ers make their household complete, and
tbeir life is an ideal one in its high aims
and splendid accomplishment. They have
kept themselves entirely apart from that
undesirable element of New York life
known to wise literary workers as the
chrome literary circle, and accepted by
many ignorant newcomers as an allur
Ing Bohemia. Their friends embrace the
best people 10 be found in literary and ar
tistic life and many members Of fashion
able society also find their way to their
pretty apartments. They are, indeed,
women of whom the south in particular
has reason 10 feel proud, and they have
those hroad-minded, progressive natures
that belong, not 10 any particular envi-
ronment. but are the result of the highest
and MODEST development of American wo-
manhood.
Mrs. WitmOre, who, az Elizabeth Bis
land, is the best known of the three sis
{ers has, since her marriage to a man of
great wealth, given up, of course, all reg
ular literary work. but the idea Of her lay
ing aside her pen for good and all is one
which she ny no means entertains, for she
Is too gifted woman not to feel the I'M
contrOlahe impulse to do the best literary
work that her mind and soul dictates
At present her home IS in the elegant
house on Sixteenth street to which she
went Immediately after her marriage
There she has spent the six months of
her Honeymoon, surrounded by every lux
ury and entertaining her friends in the
most exquisite fashion
Mr.. Charles Whitman Witmore is a man
OF distinguished presence, tall, with a fig
ure firm and athletic, and face whose
fine, clear features and splendid eyes be
nature noble and intense in its earnest
ness aud determination. He is one of the
weaithiest and most distinguished Young
bGrrlsters in New York, and one of the
most popular men in the most exclusive
ret of New York society. 1t is very rare
that so brilliant a woman makes such a
perfect choice.
The most charming room in Mrs. Wit
nores mansion is the one opening mon
her boudor. where she receives her women
trends informally for afternoon tea The
walls of this room are hung with cream
Japanese silk, stamped in delicate gold
QUirlsy lines, and the furniture is rich and
deiiciously luxurious. while the pictures
and bric-a-brac breathe that air of deli
cate refinement which belongs TO the
'grand dame Of the place. The memory
Of ler as she sat in this room one after
noon will ever remain with me. She wore
Free, beautifully Illus