The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01

faint pink blossoms in the cheeks. She
has dimples in her wrists.
Her arms and shoulders are OF
beautiful model. softly rounded ana
finely developed. Artists who have seen
her speak in terms of the highest ad-
miration and enthusiasm of her beauty.
Miss Gregory was educated in the
Visitation Convent. She loves music,
talks of beautiful things and wants to
know what sweet books you have
read"
Mrs. S. F. Craven has been this
week declared the most handsome wo
man in Ottawa, Kan, in contest in
which 5000 votes were cast. The major
ity of these voters consider her the
handsomest woman in the great state
of Kansas. The election was a part Of
the plan to choose representative
beauty from each of the states of the
louisiana Purchase.
Mrs Cravens is a golden haired
beauty with refined and nobly regular
features. She is prominent in social and
musical circles of Kansas. She is as
scciated in the management of the OF.
tawa University Conservatory of Mu-
sic, and has taken prominent parts in
musical events over the state of Kan
sas. Her sister is one of the best known
sopranos in the state.
Mrs. CraVens is especially popular as
ar accompanist, having served in that
capacity for a number of years past
fol the Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly,
the second largest Chautauqua in the
country.
Mrs. Cravens' friends in Ottawa and
over the state are quite confident that
she will be chosen as the leading Kan
sas representative in the beauty con-
test.
Mrs. Cravens led her nearest oppo-
nent in the local contest by over 700
votas.
ST. Louis, il is generally admitted,
has more than its fair share of femi-
nine beauty. 1t is a whole beauty show
in itself. Miss Josephine Ludwig is an
other St Louis girl who has claim to
national fame as a beauty.
The dashing and characteristic
beauty of Kentucky is splendidly in
carnated in Mrs. Nellie F. Barker, of
Frankfort. Kentucky boasts of whisky
and horses, but she would do better to
rest her reputation on her girls.
"Howdy, Tom?" called out society
man as one of his intimates entered
the club. Where have you been for
the last six months? 1 have not seen
you for an age
nave DtcH away lIOlu view VI
for three years" answered the other
diyly.
impossible" exclaimed the first
speaker a little taken aback al the in
terval of time that had elapsed since
he had seen his friend. Il am sure that
l have seen you off and on since that.
/ cid notice that you had vanished,
though. 1 said only the other day to
Jim Rowdy, Il have not seen Tom
Jenkins for a long while, does any
one know what he is doing with him
self? But three years; nonsense, you
cannot make me believe that"
Nevertheless, 1T was quite true. The
man. says the New York Tribune, had
quietly slipped out of his world. and the
world never missed him and hardly no.
ticed his absence. He had returned and
could doubtless take his place again in
society If he desired to do so. Probably
other friends would remark casually on
his absence. while his acquaintance
would not even know that he had been
away and had returned. 1t is not very
fiattering to reflect that no one is of
very great importance or will be really
missed, and that. save to our imme-
date relations, our goings and COM
ings are hardly noticed. Still, we must
acknowledge that Dame Fashion is
kind and genial to her children, al
though somewhat forgetful. and that
with her once a child is always a child.
She is always ready to welcome the
returning absentees even If she does
not care enough for them to notice
when they run away. AS some one apt
ly expressed it recently. "A place in
the social world is like that of hand
held in a tub of water. AS long as it is
there IL fills a space. and the other
atoms arrange themselves accordingly,
but as soon as it is withdrawn the
space is filed completely and without
effort-there is no vacuum even for
second Reintroduce the hand, how
ever. it again takes its place and again
the atoms give it room. Once a place
has been given to you in society you
may always assume it if you wish to
do not flatter yourself that you will
ever be missed when you go away.
limitations are so perfect nowadays
says the New York Tribune, that they
deceive the very elect, and those who
esteem themselves connoisseurs should
be careful how they admire the fine
lace, jewels and tapestries belonging to
their friends. lest they should lose their
reputation for discrimination.
What would you do in a case like
this?" said an honest but tactful wo-
man the other day. 81 have a bit of
arras framed into my library wall
which is capital imitation of the best
Beauvais tapestry. but after all it is
not genuine. and l never have pretend
ed that 1t was. Some time ago Mrs.
q, who prides herself on her knowl-
edge of curios of every description and
is herself a great collector of tapestries.
came to see me. What a beautiful
specimen of Peauvaisi' she said as she
was going out and noticed the panel
Where did you get ito Now, what was
l to say? To tell her it was an imita-
ton was to show her her mistake,
which would undoubtedly vex and NOR
tify her. while l did not like to take the
credit dishonesty, as far as was con-
cerned, of allowing her to believe my
imitation tapestry was genuine. / con-
Guided, however, it would be more
tactful to let the matter pass without
enlightening her, so l simply said, I
got II in Paris ard changed the sub
Ject; but now comes my dilemma. She
is one of the patronesses of a loan ex-
hibition which they are getting up for
charity, and this morning | had a note
from her asking me if l would do them
the favor of lending them my 'beauti-
full specimen of Beauvais tapestry I
am at my wits end to know what I
ought to do about IL. OF course If l
refuse ii will seem churlish, and under
the circumstances l certainly cannot
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