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The Washington herald., 1908-05-31

Troy ever get out OF all that? What did
Mary. Queen Of Scots. or Nine. du Barry.
or Heloise, or Josephine or anybody ever
get out Of It, but perfdy from the men
and scandal and malice from the wom-
en-? Did you ever hear Of a really truly
great beauty who didn't wind UP either
in tragedy or by marrying some little
runt OF a man with a bad temper and a
bristly mustache, who abused and neg
lected herr"
"Or by not marrying at alll' 1 added
sadly. gazing at my own reflection in the
mirror.
Yes" agreed Venus, Frightening, Just
look at The Three Graces. for instance
old maids to-day, in spite Of all their
maneuvering and all the write-ups they've
gotten"
4 suppose they were too particular, +"
I suggested.
Exactly declared the goddess. THE
trouble with a very pretty girl is that
she is always too fastidious She doesn't
realize that getting husband is not a
matter of luck but Of labor. not a mat
ter of Glmples, but of diplomacy While
she is sitting idle, listening TO songs OF
praise and foolish hattery, some other
little thing with a snub nose and a
freckled forehead Is murmuring a song
OF praise on her own account and fiatter-
ing a nice man into the helpless state
where his hands can be tied with a mat
rimonial knot. A plain girl learns early
that the path to popularity is a thorny
one, filled with self-sacrifices. and that
in order to get anything out Of life Of a
man she has got to make herself agree
able and necessary. 1t is the old story
Of the wise and the unwise Virgins, the
snail and the tortoise
And the Battle Of Waterloo" 1 fin
ished enthusiastically. I've always no.
ticed" / added. that all the brilliant
attractive men are married to hideous lit
tie dumpy creatures, who look as II they
had been picked up in the dark room
from a bargain counter anG that most OF
the ex-beauties are left hanging on the
family tree or else are married of has
tily az the last moment TOTO samples "
Certainly" sighed Venus bitterly, as
she carefully rouged her lower lip. Jus
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Of the department from many posts.
some as far as Washington. will be
marched so as 10 arrive at Pine Plains.
near Watertown. N T.. within three
hours of each other. Large evolutions
will then be carried out, on much the
same scale as In modern war.
In introducing his plans Gen. Grant
began with plain word or two on prepa-
ration for war.
I'VE are the most pugnacious nation
on earth" he said. "and perhaps the
least prepared for real trouble" He did
not believe that In God We Trust" was
q good enough motto to excuse lack OF
military preparation. He went on TO say:
II am preparing seacoast maneuvers for
this summer to show how our big guns
could knock OUT any foreign fleet that
might come poking around with evil in
tentions With the regular establishment
of the Department Of the East, and as
many militiamen as the States viii let me
have, we began work at Baltimore. Lower
New York Bay, in Long Island Sound, at
Forts Schuyler and Totteh, New Lon
don, Newport, Narragansett Bay, and
Boston. The work will continue until
June l5. The militiamen will be taught
how to move and care for troops ard will
be drilled. In company with the regulars,
in everything that goes to make coast
defense.
Green men will get used to the noise
of big guns and the officers will learn
how to hanGie themselves under condi-
tions that will be as near the real thing
as we can make them.
About a month later 1 shall send my
mobile troops from Washington. Buff
falo, Ontario, Oswego, Piattsburg
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Sacketts Hsrbor, Ethan Allen, and
New York 10 a concentration camp
near Watertoyn at a place called
Pine Plains have planned 10
get them there aIl In the same day and
within three hours of each other. and
that's a thing that has never been done
before on so big a scale. believe Some
Of them will have only nineteen miles
TO march: others will have to foot il 450
miles. The men will be put through
every form Of drill from open order
company drill TO the evolutions supposed
TO mask the march of vast army"
Gen. Grant said that the troops at Pine
Plains would be maneuvered with special
attention 20 the work required OF an ad-
vance guard to a body OF 10000 men. No
practice Of this sort had ever before been
attempted. he said, in this country. The
individual training OF officers and men
would form another feature of the work
Of the troops at Pine Plains-espeCially
that of the officers. They were TO go
through a course Of practice and other
exercises TO improve their fitness.
New York Harbor will be one of the i'm
portant points in the operations Of June
The National Guardsmen VIII participate
and will have a chance to become ac-
duainted with the coast defenses and
their handling The harbor is likely TO
have a military look and sound for few
weeks, what with the encampments Of
troops and the practice with the big guns
The absence Of the battle-ship squadron
in the Pacific has led. II is understood, to
the attaching Of much more Importance
in Washington this year 70 the maneuvers
centering about the coast defenses Of the
Atlantic seaboard.
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by the social frigidy toward her Monroe N Y? Was
not similar aloofness the part Of social leaders gall
and wormwood to the soul OF Mrs Perry Belmont for
after her divorce and second marriage?
These notable examples Of the effectiveness Of
unfavorabe sentiment toward classes divorce
cases. After all. the social boycott might do 10
deter such divorces than anything else.
When MRbelle Gilman Corey sailed away TO Europe
short time ago she carried sorey disappointed heart
She had fortune. unlimited money her
mand. but the designs OF her heart unfulhled.
The fun brunt OF a social boycott felt by Mrs
Corey when she moved into her Fifth mansion
New York Her husband head the steel trus-oh
yes But Mrs Corey had been actress had
her husband to divorce faithful tried and true wife
SoCGETY ON VIRTUES SIDE
Society took virtuous stand and Mrs Corey's neigh
bors rode by her mansion, heads up the air
much glancing the fair Mabelle.
She was invited nowhere In her mansion she amused
herself wen possible but the days were far from
being joyous
Il do not care for society" she declared with a
naughty of curly going 70 establish
saon-yes and have interesting people there. peo-
pie who do things don't for society; interest
ed in the world Of art and music and literature"
For some other the world of art. and music
literature did Mrs Corey Then she con-
ceved plan of securing castle in Ireland playing
Lady Bountiful 10 the poor OF that country.
SO she sailed away sad at heart. but defiant She
dsgusted by her failure to enter upon brilliant social
What the OF having magnificent home.
jewels worth fortune automobiles ride n a regi-
ment Of servants II must remain social nobody?
In lonely part Of the OF Ireland COreys
taken Dalgan Park Castle owned by Lord de Clifford who
Theater. London. There Mrs Corey perhaps thinks
will be regarded a person OF Importance.
Soon after Ferdinand Earle the artist OF affinity
fame, returned to Monroe n. Y, with his second wife
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ciety withheld welcome few persons accepted
her invitations. She virtually frozen out
This condition affairs nearly years. when
OF her former friends began TO rally about her. and
a compromise was by which Perry Belmont and
Mrs o. H. P Belmont who led the social war against
her ssterinaw. were invited alternately 20 functions
Things arranged that they met Such an ar
rangement was naturally humlatng to the dorcee ana
she made q bold
She would win out or losebut she would with
a struggle Mrs. Belmont London.
Perry Belmont old friend Of the Baron Alfred
de Rothschid The baron did not know nor care about
terest in Newports social a dinner given by
him Mr. and Mrs Belmont in London. 70 which were
Of Connaught Prince Francis OF Tec and other persons
close 10 the King
career. She could snap her fingers at New York
Shortly after this dinner Mrs Belmont met and chatted
ance royal In Windsor Castle, when President
Loubet OF France Engands guest. Her appearance
the grand opera scored another success New YORK ana
Newport read of triumph abroad and when
found different atmosphere awaiting her
Of England could be ignored Was 1t 20 be Mrs. o.
II. p Mrs Perry? The Belmont season was beginning
And the Newport crowd chose Mrs. Perry. When Mrs
P Kernochan entertained the Machoness de Mores
Mrs Perry was present; Mrs o. H. P. Belmont was not
Then came a musicale by Mrs William T. Bull and an
afternoon party given by Richard Hall the artist Mrs
Perry conspicuous by her presence; Mrs O. H. P by
her absence. And It went II was amusing
II is not likely Corey Mrs Earle Will find
icy barriers Of protest melting readily did those
confronting Mrs. Belmont The woman who became the
second Mrs Mcgowan could make headway against an
adverse public sentiment
Undoubtedly social ostracism would curb the number
Of divorces especially society," declared socologst
recently. zone thing dear TO woman is social recog-
7 milton and
society divorces have been regarded as quite an
ordinary procedure remarked return 70 the
fold and find open receive them Perhaps they
all the more popular because Of their matrimonial
/ escapades
But II good healthy public sentiment were aroused
and every figuring in unsavory divorce
scandal were codly turned down. should find that
marriage would be regarded lightly that would
not cast faithful wives for stage favores and
that society would be cleaner.
Before risking social Ostracism, men and women
would they aside lightly the ties that
should be sacred"
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the affinity for whom he had aside the first Earle
"A dispatch from that place stated that what prac
tcay social boycott he'd been decided by residents
Of that section
Probably the Mrs. Earle when Miss Julia Kutt-
haG social aspirations The affinity scheme
crossed her attention The Of outraged
munty at Monroe did feaze Earle when ne his
first wife 10 France with understanding she was
20 divorce IN order that he might affinity
Earle following his ideals and the public
ObloQuy made him appear Ike martyr himself and his
friends abroad with Kuttner and lived in
Italy. His wife secured the divorce France Earle
married to Miss Kuttner. Then he the
United States.
His return, however. doubtless he ex-
pected. When arrived at Monroe he was hooted He
his house and a crowd OF men and boys formed
in the village Armed with dshpans discordant horns and
other oiseproducing instruments they started for
Earle mansion, prepared themselves
var But Earle had heard Of this. and prepared ban
for his wOud-be serenaders When they arrived
appeared the porch OF his mansion his hand extended
to the leader.
Come In boys" he said. heartily Il have little
feast for you Shamefaced and sammerng excuses the
crowd dropped their drums and horns and din
ing-room. When they left their was: Earle
isn't such a bad after ALL"
Ferdinand Earle good heart all his say.
there certain social conventions which society
will permit being broken despite any magnanimty Of
spirit. might forgive Earle but show dis
approval
So the neghbors of the artist decided shun the
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and Venus bent a glance OF motherly in
terest upon me. If you are really long
ing to be a beauty-just get one man to
make a fool Of himself over you"
And the rest?"
.'wn follow like a flock OF geese. And
now" finished Venus. you really must
excuse me. I must go back TO the daily
grind"
''To-what?"
The torture chamber. the iaqulsltion,
the Turkish bath. the masseuse. the
manicure. the dresSmaker, and the mill
liner Being a beauty isn't a sinecure; it's
hard work. Once you get your reputa-
ton, you've got 10 live up TO IL. A pro-
fessional beauty wages daily war with
the flesh. She never eats what she wants.
sleeps when she wants TO, wears what
she likes, or does what pleases her. No
nun was ever more abstemious. no day
labOrer ever worked harder She offers
herself up on an altar from the moment
when she gets UP in the morning with
the horrible fear that the looking glass
may show her her lrst wrinkle. until
she lies down at night in her rubber cor
set and her facial mask-and all for
what? In order that men may doubt
her and women may hate her. Let me
tell yo,:," and Venus took both my hands
l
ton for beauty. my dear, precludes any
other sort Of reputation. From me down
to the most modern stage favorite, there
never was an attractive looking woman
whom her own sex didnt believe thor
oughly bad and whom the opposite sex
/ didn't believe thoroughly capable OF be-
/ ing bad II she got the chance. Between
the fear Of scandal ard the horror OF
1 growing old. we beauties pay dearly for
] all We get. and Venus wiped tear care
/ fully from her penciled eyelashes with a
| corner Of the pink cloud.
! ''You poor thing" I exclaimed invOlun-
tarily. and then suddenly remembering
! my professional duty. you've been so
nice I added. And now won't you just
/ tell me. before ] go. how you manage
/ that lovely hipless effect?"
Ssh. said Venus, recovering herself
quickly and putting her fingers on my
| lips Come back some day and I'll show
you-that and lots Of other things. I'm
! thinking OF starting a beauty shop.
/ There's so much nancy In dyeing black
/ hair dark blue and brown hair canary
yellow. That's the only way beauty pays
nowadays" and as I passed out into the
hall her soft voice called after me:
Take the elevator to the right; ana
don't forget TO tip Mercury"
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ting on footstool after she has become
accustomed TO a throne"
My dear" said Venus. laying down
her rouge rag and looking at me pity
ingly, there is only one throne in fam
ily; and no man was ever built to fit on
a footstool"
Nevertheless" 1 persisted obstinately,
I'D change places with you or Lillian
Russell any day"
You'd much better trade with Juno,
who has an unquestioned social position, -
retorted Venus, cor with Ceres who has
a landed interest. or even with little
domestic fool like Psyche. Nowadays a
plump figure hasn't half the attractions
OF a plump bank account, in masculine
eyes. Do you suppose Paris would have
given me that silly old apple in exchange
for the most beautiful woman in the
world il he had been n modern young
business man, instead Of Just simple
shepherd lad? Well. I fancy not-not un-
less had been able 10 make an affidavit
that Helen's father had a fortune Of over
seven figures
Or that she could make a good living
by writing books or doing a vaudeville
turn" l put in.
"Or had a personal interest in a milli-
merry SlOU OI Il ntANAg DdA 4NAs AAuEA
Venus 1T takes more solid attraction
than a dimple or a straight nose to get
a man beyond the flirting stage in these
days. And besides" added Venus, mon
ey is more lasting than beauty Look at
me, Tn getting positively seedy."
"'Shr' cried softly. Nobody would
know II
''Of course not" agreed Venus. and
they wouldn't believe Il II they did Once
you get a reputation for anything. peo-
pie think It necessary to admire you. A
professional humOrist can recite the al
phabet or quote from a census report
and people will laugh at him; and "A pro-
fessional beauty may blacken her teeth
and shave her head and men viii still
run after her Any woman with a fairly
straight nose. a knowledge OF how 10 dc
her hair. and a genius for self-advertis-
ing can get a reputation for beauty now
adays. Cleopatra wasn't much 10 look
at; she merely knew how to keep her
self before the public eye. and Helen OF
Troy wouldn't be noticed on Fifth ave-
nue. to-day. Nobody would ever have
heard OF her II ! had not given her all
that free advertising. And so II goes
from Mary Queen OF Scots 20 Nine. Pom
padour and from Recamier down to Eve
lyn Nesbit Thaw. It's the advertising
$hat makes the beauty. Ny dear child,
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SOCIAL FRIcIDITY Is FELT.


Pardon me-" said Venus, putting down
the powder puff and drawing a feecy
pink cloud round her shoulders. as I fol-
lowed Psyche into the cozy little Olym-
plan boudoir, FOR receiving you here. but
this marcel waving takes such a time."
And If you stop in the middle" 1
agreed sympathetically. as sank luxu-
rlously down on the gilt sunset to which
she motioned me, ut always leaves
hump"
Yes" sighed Venus. When we used
TO do our back hair in knots could trust
the whole thing TO Psyche; but now
adays, what with electric baths and facial
massage and manicuring and frocks that
button up the back. one hasn't time TO
Think
''To-what?' l inquired inVoluntarily.
i didn't know a professional beauty had
TO think" 1 added hastily Il fancied
you just-just were you know"
'Of course! exclaimed Venus. picking
up her curling tongs with petulant ges-
ture. That's the bane Of being beauti-
full"
L beg your pardonr wet my pencil
hopefully and slip my notebook out of
my sleeve.
You never get a rag Of credit from the
men for cleverness,' declared Venus
nor from the women for being respec-
table. They seem to think that a straight
nose IS Incompatible with a straight
character and that a deep dimple and a
brilliant eye wholly preclude a deep
thought or brilliant idea Honestly. I'd
a whole lot rather be just fascinating!"
and Venus daintily touched one eyebrow
with a brown pencil and leaned back to
observe the effect.
But" / protested squirting into the
mirror over her shoulder 10 see II my
hat was on straight. Il thought it was
the same thing, and"
Did your interrupted Venus sarcastl-
cally, turning suddenly from her dressing
table
And that a girl with the right curves
and naturally curly hair. and bathing
suffer possibilities. had all the advan-
tages."
What advantages?" demanded Venus
In evaporation. What did Helen of
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and after all. It's attention and not hus-
band that makes woman happy"
Venus looked at me pityingly
Attention. she exclaimed with a hard
little laugh. And yet you know all about
what hard time had getting tie slight
est notice from Adonis-the only man
ever loved-and how he acted the moment
my back was turned. Even when a beaU-
tiful woman does succeed In getting the
man she wants. she seldom succeeds in
keeping him. She's too busy holding on
to her beauty to hold on to anything else.
/ suppose. IL you read the morning pa
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pers you'll notice that, nine times out OF
ten. it's the beautiful woman whom men
divorce and desert and refuse 20 live with.
Once a man has married a girl he sell
dom takes time TO look at her again.
after that it's not the way sne does her
hair that matters. While the beauty $
struggling to keep her figure, the plain
girl is struggling to keep her temper;
while the beauty is planning a new hat
and feeding herself on anti-fat. the 9TH
er girl is planning a new pudding and
feeding her husband on flattery."
"Oh. WELL" I commented briefly, ITS
hard for a pretty girl to get used TO Sit
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look at me. for instance! Glad to get
Vulcan. the ugliest. stupidest, most dis
agreeable husband in Olympus"
Wasn't he a blacksmith 1 inquired
gently.
Yes" Venus screwed up her little
nose contemptuously. And now he runs
u garage and smells Of gasoline most OF
the time. I've lived all these years in
mortal terror lest Cupid should grow up
to look Just like his father"
But" 1 put in encouragingly. you've
had a plenty of-er-attention meantime;
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Will Social Indifference.
Prove the Most Effective
Remedy? Society Asks.

DICTURE one of the most brilliant social
events of the season. The drawing rooms
- of the splendid mansion are crowded with
women in beautiful evening gowns and with men
faultessly attired. An odor of flowers fills the
air, which is pulsing with the hum of conversa-
ton and the soft strains of music.
Beaming with smiles. the hostess receives her
guests Finally the footman announces: "Mr
and Mrs. Percival Langdon Van de We're"
Suddenly the conversation sinks to whispers
a sudden damp seems to pervade the brilliant
scene. Bowling right and left, laughing vvacous-
ly Mrs. Van de We're, the latest divorcee, sweeps
into the room, graciously extending her hand.
There are few responses-a cold bow here
and,there. Many of the women deliberately turn
their backs. The hostess shows signs of distress
she realizes that in being so generous with her in
vitations she has committed great blunder
FOr donot the.matrons of her set deliberately
actrt' Mrs. Van de Mere whenever they meet her
on 4hesstreet2
SOCIAL. .FRIcIDITY Is FELT.
Ofourse. ,bis picture OF fancy The social boy
cotas not been employed-that is generally employ
edasa weapon against the divorce evil may Il not be
Is not Its sting being keenly felt by Mabelle Gilman
Corey who took the steel trust millionaire away from his
faithful wfe9 1gnot the Mrs. Ferdinand chilled
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Mrs Earle When they Mr. Earle the men recog-
him. Mrs Earle by the women OF Monroe IS said
be regarded a stranger.
RUINATIoN FOR ONE Man
A number Of years ago Frank A. Mcgowan mayor
OF Trenton " J. he talked OF future governor
OF the State When poor man he had married poor
girl got rich through rubber industries he tired
Of his days OF poverty and becoming inatu-
the wife OF employe eloped West with her.
secured divorce from his wife, and married the new
charmer.
Upon their return 20 Trenton they were ignored by
their friends Magowan's business suffered, and within
short time he ruined-nnancaly well socially.
What happening to Mrs. Corey and Mrs. Earle
happened Perry Belmont years ago-t is only
within comparatively years that she be said
10 have returned measure OF social success.
AS the wife Henry T Sloane the Mrs. Belmont
was a social leader. At Newport she regarded as
among the prominent personages She went everywhere
and was entertained by everybody.
Then came the chapter OF her life story that wasn't
pleasant Her husband divorced her and promptly
married Belmont Society said uttle-aloud it spoke in
whispers.
But when Mrs. Belmont returned 10 the field OF her
former social she found the bars up So
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Mrs Earle When they Mr. Earle the men recog-
nze him. Mrs Earle by the Of Monroe is said &
be regarded a stranger.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-04
WAR SCARE
 Is LAUGHABLf
Says the Japanese Ambds-
 SadOr to France
In Germany Though the Possibility is Seriously Regarded.

Paris. Jan. 3.-Baron Kurino, Jap anese ambassador 10 France today gave out a statement declaring that the Japanese government has too much confidence in the pacific policy of Roosevelt to take any stock in the bellicose intentions attributed to the government at Washington by the sensational press.
 We interpret the fleets cruise which has created such a stir" the baron continued. more as a manifest ation in favor of large navy by dem onstrating the necessity of reinforce ments in Pacific waters"
 Nothing, he said. sjustifies the so- called warlike preparations and he pronounced the talk that Japan is cov- eting the Philippines as a fable. Con tinuing the baron said the question Of Japanese pupils in the schools of San Francisco had practically been settled and that he could see no cause for a conflict. He predicts that three months will justify optimism.