The age-herald., 1901-09-15

To that lovely city by the Chattahoo- ehee. some times known as Bufauia, sometimes as Arcadia, has been conceded the distinction of being the home of the most beautiful women of Alabama. Their beauty and charm have always been alluded to with that degree of as- surance that does not admit of any dis cussion. To have been a Eufaula girl and not to have been at tho same time of transeendant beauty was unpardona- bie and a reflection upon the past genera ton famous for its bellcs and beauties
 Each generation was supposed 10 have hequeathed to the succeeding all the fo- quirements necessary for the making of . beauty and If by chance coming belle did not give early evidence that sh9 had inherited the qualities that had made her mother a fcted beauty, she was re- garded as falling short of much of soci- eiety's expectations. This was the ee- mands made upon the Enfaula belle half century ago, and the succeeding gem erations have not departed from this in- seritsd belief.
 To recall the names of those who fig ured conspicuously in the political events of the State, those whose careers gilu with glory that particular section or the State includes many Barbour louhls statesmen whose names are so elosey interwoYen with the political history or decades. It has always seemed httlhs that a county so historic as Paroour should be equally as distinguished In the beauty and brillianey of its women, ana that the women of each successive ae- cade should be called upon 10 play conspicuous part in the pfilnaht soela1 life of Alabama.
 In Arcadia by the Chattahoochee, there are faclnating romances that could be sung In song and story. The river, the gay boating parties that have made II famous for decades. the driveway alons the shore, all thls requires either the brush of the painter or the soul of the poet to do 1t justice. And in this Area dian land each winter-a winter so aboom sSlth flowers, so tropical In sum shine a "sst" of Arcadian belles bloom forth.
 The dinner parties the cotillons, the gay little driving parties along the river shore the meon-lit fetes lon the bluff, all this a part of social life almost century ago, and yet to be repeated every year for the Arcadian belle whose mother before her had watched the sparkling river below, or with a brilliant party of guests had formed one of the many boating parties that left the shore for that mecca of river parties-the Appa- lachacola Bay. thence to the gulf.
 This winter and within the coming year there will be a number of belles il Arcadia, and social life promises to he brilliant, Each particular beauty has in- herited all the qualities required In the making of an Arcadian belle. The turor created by past and gone beauties ha. been recalled until it is familiar theme. Tho beauty of the season. knows full well all that society is expecting of her
 The Arcadian belle is charming as much from principle as anything else. She feels her resaonsibility. She has been told that every generation was distinguished for It's charming women and she renson- ably supnoses that every young woman who has ever lived in Arcadia had what was known as her day." that to her Is significant of saying that this particular young woman created a furor on cer- tain night when she danced a cotllon and ever afterward ffirted successfully with every young man who came her way.
 Arcadia will soon pay homage to q "set'' of belies that will give distinction to Southern society. As was her mother and grandmother before her d.stin- Ruished belles. so will lovely Catherine Shorter Jelks, @of Eufaula, be an ae- knowledged belle when she enters socl- ety. As the only child of Governor and Mrs William D. Jelks, of Alabama. sho is the most prominent young girl in tho State, and to the prestige of an his to-ic and honored name she brings tho personal charms that make her con- spicuous and charming figure in society. She has great beauty of coloring as well as expression and she inherits bril- liancy of mind that makes her partcu- larly charming in conversation. There are many who see in Miss Jelks res semblance to her young aunt. the lovely Louise Shorter, whose death few years ago was such a shock to society. To Miss Shorter's wit and bon homie many eloquent toasts were proposed during her too short career as a belle, and her young niece to whom she was devotedly attached has now come to preside over the brilliant social events at the magni- ficent Shorter house so long the very center of social life. Society there will never cease to recall touching incident in the life of Louise Shorter, who sang dfvineiy. At a concert there one winter, Miss Shorter lent her beantiful voice for some charitable cause and at that time the papers were telling the pathetic story of Crouch. the author of Kathleen Mavourneen." He was said to be dying in poverty and want in Baltimore. That evening. at the request of Miss Shorter.