The record-union., 1897-02-14
THE REJECTED PHOTOGRAPHS
(Written for the Record Union" by
Harold FTanciS)

| .ulid jay, Willie she was not Wnal
one could call handsome in the strict
sense of the word. was nevertheless
pretty, dignified and fascinating. The
Jays We're always considered refined
and exclusive, and these character
iSticS, coupled with the further facts
that they We're wealthy and of an old
New England family, made them very
desirable people to have on ones call
ing list Lit was the boast of the Jay
| family that Julia had been eminently
we'll educated and we'll brought up.
Her parents spared no expense to make
her mental equipment as complete as
possible. They availed themselves of
every advantage which Los Angeles
possessed.
In due time she graduated from the
Grammar School and took up a private
course at the High School, which, how
ever, was checked for a time by the
death of her father. On his death he
eXacted promise from his wife that
she would devote her life to their
daughter, and see that she was prop
erly equipped for the battle of life and
the social position to which she was
entitled by heritage.
| Mrs. Jay carried out his wishes to the
letter. No one could have been more
Jealous over the future of their off
spring than was this conscientious
mother. After her daughter had COM
pleted her course at the High School
she consigned her to the care of Mrs.
| Laton, who. conducted q select acad-
envy for young ladies. Here Julia made
| giant strides and added a great deal
| to her already rich store of knowl-
edge. AS soon as she began to get a
fCothold in one branch she was whisked
off to another She learned a little of
everything. She hirted with rhetoric,
trified with geometry, coquetted with
English literature, and even tried a
little Latin and Greek. As a side di-
version she took a finishing course in
voice culture and lessons on the piano.
Accordingly, when she had completed
the entire course at Mrs. Laton's acad-
emy, she was graduated, and it was
admitted by all that she had far sur
passed any of her classmates.
Mrs. Jay was pround of her daugh-
ter and feeling that she knew enough
about rhetoric, geometry and English
literature, thought it was time that she
| should be initiated into the mysteries
Of other equally important matters.
She impressed first upon her mind the
necessity of making a favorable i'm
preston upon the sterner sex, and from
that time until her formal debut her
entire attention was engrossed in plan
ming stunning creations, both in miIlin-
cry and gowns, which would set off
her charms perfectly.
Her debut at an elaborate ball given
by her mother was a grand success.
Many dowagers with marriageable
daughters still on their hands looked
on with envy, and felt certain that an
other eligible young man would slip
from the charmed circle and fall a
victim to her wiles. And their predic-
tons came true. From the first she
had hosts of admirers, and it seemed as
If it would be but a short step from
the debutante's ball to the event of her
career-her marriage. -
For a period Julia Jay nettled all.
She seemed to favor none Of her ad-
mirers more than the other. But grad
ually she bestowed her sweetest smiles
upon Albert Edouin, handsome young
druggist, whose future seemed most
promising. Society looked on askance.
They We're SO disappointed. They had
pictured her being sued for by some
millionaire's son, but they argued that
she evidently knew what she was do
ing.
Her life became a rosy. butterfly ex-
istence-a succession of teas, dances,
theater parties, receptions and dinners
Mrs Jay felt that heE efforts to launch
Julia properly upon the world had been
| al nd
telling how she had spared no expense
nor time in fitting her child for the
duties of life. Other mothers harkened
to her words and hoped that THEN
daughters, now in short dresses and
braids. would some day reflect as much
credit upon them as Julia Jay did upon
her mother.
| Occasional trips were made to San
Francisco, where the dry goods stores
were rified of their choicest silks and
laces to adorn the charming Julia. She
was acknowledged to be the most fash
ionable girl of her age and wore her
clothes with such style. She had, in
deed, reached the highest position in
the social world of Los Angeles.
But Julia Jay was ambitious. She
was not content with leading the aris-
tOcratic set in her native city. She
longed for pastures new, and soon per
suaded her adoring mother to buy a
winter home in San Francisco. An ele-
giant home on Van Ness avenue was
purchased, and before long the teas
receptions and dinners given by the
Jays were talk of the gay metropolis
As before, Julia Jay was borne along
triumphantly on the top wave of pop
ularity, and again had bevy of ad-
| mirers at her feet. When she had left
Los Angeles she was really sorry tc
part from her Albert, but with the
change of surroundings came a change
Of taste. and her letters to him grew
less frequent, and still less frequent
until at length her former lover became
but a memory. AS a fact, Julia Jay
had never been really in love, and il
was not until she met Jack Leland al
q masquerade ball that she allowed
herself to be carried away. He. too
was handsome, superior to Albert
Edouin in education, wealth and socia
prestige, and when they appeared al
several important social functions un-
der the chaperonage of Mrs. Jay the
gossips were delighted, and agreed thai
it was such a man that they expected
julia. TO wed.
When the Jays returned for the sum
mer to Los Angeles every one was
anxious to see Julia. Her stay in Sar
| Francisco had put the finishing touches
to her personal charms, and when she
, | appeared in her open landau she was
the cynosure of all eyes. How the mer
enviei Albert Edouin his good fortune
Albert Edouin was one of the frs
to welcome the Jays back. and al
though he had been piqued at the ir-