The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25

her channels bag. She tied hugh bows
on her shoulders, leaving the long
ends to Irvine about and fashion half
sleeves. A tiny bit of the stuff she
crumpled for her dark hair. Taking
a resolute plunge into the channels
bag she strewed it's contents at points
needing accentuation. Then on the
way to the drawing-room she slipped
a great luscious rose from a vase, and
pinned it where the little underwaist
was not sufficiently bouffante.
On entering the room there were
no apologies from either guest or
hostess. Nobody knew that the trunk
had not arrived. The women may
have thought her taste bizarre, but not
unconventional. The men didn't mind.
1t was only when an unframed foot
man bolted in to ask instructions con-
corning a damaged trunk that the cat
was out of the bag. Truly clever, by
Jove! Splendid nerve!" were heard
among the Accommodations of surprise.
From that instant it seems that The
little lady was promoted to the posi-
ton of a wit-rather a rarity in Soci-
ety-and became the much desired at
even the smartest parties.
OF course, a point is always gained
if society can be made to look at one,
or rather to stare hard, and this de-
sideratum may be obtained by even so
simple a thing as wearing a coronet.
1t is not probable that even in the
old days of a first-night performance
Mrs. George Gould was ever looked
at through so many pairs of opera
glasses, or had her points" so open
ly discussed as on the occasion when
first she appeared in her box with a
real live crown on her head. All
recognized it as composed of jewels
customarily described as priceless"
Mrs. Gould's is an unusually high and
luminously white coronet, moreover
stiff in design, so the question natur-
ally arose as to whether or not it were
becoming. Society was not then so
accustomed to Americans in crowns
and strawberry leaves as we have
since become. Mrs. Bradley Martin
was looked upon as rather an eXcep-
ton.
From gazing at this decoration,
however, and the accompanying gor-
geous attire (Mrs. Gould's clothes can
always be seen from a long distance),
society suddenly digested the fact that
they adorned an unusually good look
ing woman. Interest IN Georgian
Court quickened, and the truly up-to-
date people thought an opportunity
was being wasted when it's many cosy
corners, its great hall for sports and
its swimming tank were described.
At this point of the game the
Climber can invariably play upon the
Weaknesses of those at the top notch
OF society. Entertained these sans
souci, spoiled children must be, and
as long as it is with canvas back and
terrapin, it doesn't matter, of course.
who pays the bills. Then it can be
gambled on that the Climber would
hardly attempt to entertain unless he
could get together a crowd sufficient
~ large of ones own kind to lift the
burden from his shoulders. Surely
he would never be fool enough to ask
society to play with him alone.
AND so at George Gould's place at
Lakewood, society pretty continuous
ly turns itself loose, amuses itself to
its hearts content; while Mr. Gould
often before o'clock, leaves the pool
room with remarks of this kind:
GOOD night, my friends; two secre-
taries await me; forgive my being
such busy man. You know where the
bells are; the servants will fetch what
ever you want" Mrs. Gould pleads
sometimes that she is fatigued, or that
the morrow will be a busy day, and
more often than not slips out early.
Georgian Court also is one of the few
houses where, no matter how late the
servants are kept up to turn out the
lights and to fasten the doors, the
hostess in the morning is not one whit
stiffer starched than she appeared the
night before. There is here no prying
into the reason if a woman doesn't
show up before IL o'clock, nor are the
contents of the post-bag strewn out
In a public place. No girl need feel
out of it because she hasn't armed
herself with a piece of knitting; but
probably she might better have stay
ed at home unless she has with her a
well-studied manuel of bridge"
The mere fact of giving people lib
erty, much more than entertaining
right royalty, has brought the Goulds
to the fore in society. Naturally it is
mostly the sportive, young element of
society that are asked to share the
'Hveliness' of Georgian Court.
Perhaps the most interesting exam
pie of Climber of the millionaire class
is Senator Clark. A self-made man
but one who has not left culture out
in the cold, his resources, intellectual
and financial, are almost limitless
Speaking French, Italian and Span
ish with f1uency, and having taste and
knowledge in matters artistic, he
stands on a level with those springine
from generations of cultivation, while
1t is but a few of the We're de We're
who can live in mansions so splendid
as the one he is now erecting in mil
lionaires' row. in New York
His daughter, Mrs. Everett Culver,
Is taking for him the feminine steps
on the ladder, and behind each of his
own moves is the concentrated policy
of patron of art.