The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-17


 i wanted to have few columns about the woman who was toast in eastern soci- ety and who had created rippes of ex citement among diplomats and represent atives of the army and navy by her great beauty.
 Miss Graves is among the few beauti- full women who remain unspoiled by at tention. She has been photographed ex- tensively in the papers and magazines, but she would greatly prefer less notori- ety. She has declined to give her pie lures for publication far oftener than they have appeared In the papers. They have frequently appeared without her au- thority or even knowledge.
 Of the visit to California of Captain and Mrs. Graves and the Misses Graves, the Los Angeles Examiner says:
 "A famous beauty of the south, Miss Florida Graves of Birmingham, Ala, with her parents, Captain and Mrs. William H. Graves, and her sister, Miss Virginia Graves, is spending the winter in Cali fornia, and is now at the Hotel Green, Pasadena, where the family will remain six weeks before going north to pass number of weeks in the vicinity of Del Monte and Santa Barbara.
 Miss Graves has been pictured more
 
 newspapers and magazines of the coun- try, and at least seventy-two periodicals have recently used her portrait Davis & Sanford of New York made twenty-five negatives of her at one sitting, and one of these MT. Davis sent to the exposition at Buffalo. Munsey's magazine has pictured her as one of the most famous beauties of the south, and from that portrait and many others, copies have been made both at home and abroad.
 Miss Virginia Graves is also a beauty and though of the same colorings, height, and general build, Is entirely of a differ ent type. Miss Florida has large ex. pressive brown eyes, soft brown hair and a beautiful complexion. She Is tall of stature and regal in carriage. She is ac complished also being a fine performer on the violin. The sisters have passed much of their time in Washington, D. C.. and in New York. The family will tour the west thoroughly before returning east in the summer
 Last evening, Dr. and Mrs. w. l.. Graves of 1047 South Figuerea street en- tertained at dinner in honor of Captain and Mrs. W. H. Graves and daughters Other guests were Mrs. c. M. Shannon, Mrs. Robert Davis Clark of Peoria, H.. MT. and Mrs. w. A. Strong MT Ben. Goodrich, MT. Hudson, MT. Gates and  MT. John Mott.
 "The table centerpiece was a handsome lace dolly spread over red satin. upon which rested a large basket of poinset- tias and ferns The chandelier lights were shaded with red, and the table was light ed with red-shaded candelabra. The place cards were ornamented with red poipset- tias in water colors.
 After dinner, Miss Florida Graves gave number of violin selections, accompan- jed by Mrs. Strong"
 Lieutenant John Lesesne Dewitt of the Twentieth Infantry and Mrs. Dewitt have arrived In Manila. Mrs. Dewitt was formerly Miss Martha Estes of Birmng- ham, and her marriage took place last spring Mrs. DeWitt's brother. Captain George Henson Estes of the Twentieth Infantry and Mrs. Estes are with the reg iment, which will be stationed at Manila. They had very rough passage as far as Honolulu. Mrs. Dewitt, by beauty and charming personality, will be a great fa- vorite in the American colony in the Phil ippines.