The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-13
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CAY METROPOLIS
INTERESTING BUDGET or NEWS
FROM OUR CORRESPOND
EMIT IN GOTHAM.
Furs Are Much Used as Trim
ming by the Smart Set
This Season.


This Season.
| Correspondence of The Herald.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Despite the
talk of financial depression one had
only 10 attend tine opening Of the
Metropolitan Opera House last Mon
day night to be convinced that there
are COOLIES" of money still in this
little burg. In what is known as the
diamond horseshoe there was but one
vacant box. that of the late Charles T.
Barnay, whom the closing Of the
Knickerbocker Trust Co. drove to sui
eide The opera chosen for the
seasons premiere was "Adriana Lee
coureur," in which the leading roles
we're sung by Nine. Cavalieri, Caruso,
and Scott 1t did not arouse great
enthusiasm.
The annual exodus of foreign res
idents of the United States to Europe
began this week. and it is estimated
that fully $4,000 people left our shores
during the last seven days in order to
spend Christmas in the land of their
birth. With few exceptions they en-
gagged steerage passage. Many of the
steamers leaving this port had to
utilize space usually devoted to freight
to the accommodation OF these trav-
elers.
Upton Sinclair, the author of THE
Jungle" and the founder of Helicon
Hall, the communistic home which
burned down last winter, has another
Utopian plan which is meeting with
among many socialists. He
is building huge caravan, which,
with it's occupants, will soon after the
new year begins start on a leisurely
tour of the Pacific coast from South
ern California to Oregon, thence Wis
ting the leading countries of Europe.
Wherever stops are made tents will
be pitched and the cooperative style
Of housekeeping that prevailed at
Helicon Hall will be followed 1t will !
be remembered that in the destruc- /
ion of Helicon Hall, Mrs. Grace Nc .
1owan Cooke, of Chattanooga, was
injured
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Fur is very much in vogue as a {
for cloth walking suits. !
Those who can afford it, have deep i
lands of it around the skirt Others d
Use it in the firm of buttons, All S
he smoky shades in cloth are popular
or street costumes, blues and Lon a
on smoke and taupe being in greatest +
avor. These will be the leading col ii
rs next spring also. d
| saw Consuelo, Duchess of Marlbor- r
ugh, few days ago, and recognized s,
er Immediately by the striking like N
ess her published pictures bear to ii
er. She is slender, rather tall, and NJ
as very sweet expression. She
ore a costume of brown cloth, the a
drt of which trailed several inches V
the back, short jacket of superb III
ink, and large hat Of bronze green. w
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On January 81 the Dixie Club of this
ty. will celebrate Tennessee Day at n,
otel Aston. The program for the RI
;casion will be arranged by Mrs.
1ita Hendrick Spence, formerly of tn
One OF the cnie1 guests Gil
honor will be Dorothy DIX" whose
me was once in Clarksville. 40
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Recently I met Edmund Day. the is
thor of that successful play, "The
'und Up" He is a big. handsome
IN. with breezy Western manner, ~,
erefore was astonlshed TO learn y.
It he is a virginian by birth. He
now writing drama deaIlng with
Ill Street
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)ther literati with whom / have dur ~,
the last fortnight come In contact
Justin Miles Forman, author Of
Stumbling Block" and Herman X.
lie, who wrote "Myra OF the Pines
THE Last of the Knlckerbockers."
8 former is a Gibsonesque young -
ow, who appears to be about TWEEN. ~
Ak years of age. Mr.. veile is ".
her stocky and wears beard, 49, 49,
ch gives him the appearance OF 80
ng about fortly years Old -.
plat
t last Saturdays dinner OF the obi,
1gry Club the guest of honor was MIN,
s Pauline Phelps, who with Miss and