The evening world., 1911-04-19
One of the Most Beautiful
Girls in New York Society
Stricken at Plaza.
MADE Juror ABROAD.
"Hair of Spun Cold Inspired
a Poem-Wooed by Many
Beaux of the 400.

Miss Elizabeth Latimer 10 seriously
81 at her apartments at the Plaza Ho-
tel-so I'll. in fact. that It y necessary
for tho attending physicians to resort
TO the use Of oxygen. To-day many
anxious friends are watching the news
from the sick roo,n with keen Interest.
Mrs. f. $. Latlmsr. mother Of the
young lady. said to-day that her daugh-
ter Is critically III. Pneumonia has de-
veloped SO seriously a. to alarm the
friends and relatives. DR.. Frank
CASTER and W trained nurses are In
constant attendance.
And the interest Is by no meanS con-
nned 10 the social set in which Betty
Latlmer has for four eason held
sway. There is interest on two con-
tinents In the young woman because OF
the fact hat she has had the Unusual
distinction to be heralded. as though
by preconcert. as the most beautiful
girl at the various beauty centres Of
the world.
1t was at Hot Springs, Va. tina, she
was first found by the writer's who
spoht oI NeT PERSONAL dttIhStiNeHots
A Belle In Foreign Courts.
1t was not long afterward that the
cable from over the sea began bringing
news OF her appearance at foreign
courts. \ Paris paper. quoting an artist
Of the day. wrote in 1896 that her hair
was gold spur with flax and dashed
with copper" Her march from -arLs to
Rome was hardly less OF a Siumph for
said hair than the march OF Napoleon
over the same route IN the days long
agons was for the French arms. The
various countries OF Europe had a fleet
ing glimpg, o. the young beauty. who
later came to play an important part In
the social life Of Newport and in New
York.
Three seasons age her mather estab-
lished the family at the Plaza. The Lati-
msrs belonged to Wilmington. ". c.,
where they had social place tp d 10
the good looks o; the sirle.
At the Plaza Betty ound herself In
the midst OF many gay functions
When Mrs. Willie X. Vanderbilt gave
her series OF tableaux the critics and
writer's who went thither to see and &c
write of It agreed hat the most artistiC
figure was that OF Miss Bette Lat
liner as THE Keys Of Heaven"
Jay Gould Uourted Her.
There was young Jay Gould. WHIT
dropped his tennis racquet to dance at.
tendance, or do any service that would
bring him into the presence. The chat
terboxes OF the social set had Il tina
he was first in the affections OF the cir
and The young man was given q n YER.
bal pats or the back. But jus, as he wa.
getting himself comfortably ensconced
before the flame Of popular congratula'
ton, along came Col. James j. Var
Allen from his English estate and tried
10 persuade the young lady that who,
II comes to the matter Of selecting Z
husband there is nothing like picking
out a bit OF seasoned imber-tlme.triel
and nre-tested.
Il. Sufern Taller was one OF tho
many strings 20 her bow. or beaux {,
her string. 1t 10 said that ne offerst
70 buy from tho Plaza the table =
which he proposed to her and Wa
gently added TO the list OF those Il
whom the fair Bette has sworn sister
hood. She 10 the sister to more socia
fayor.tes who would fain have sus
tained u closer relationship than al
most any other young woman IN tn
town. And they all agree that she IL
good little sister.
often Beauty Bridesmaid.
In a number OF the most exclusiv
wedding parties she was chosen as
bridesmaid. With Marjorie Gould, sh
! served as n OF the maids for IN
wedding OF Miss Marie Louise Logan t
Henri dc Sincay, n the commentator
OH that event were moved TO much fin
writing by the beauty Of tho brides
maids AZ that function. The young wifi
of Theodore Roosevelt jr.. then Mis-
T Alexander, was one of her friends, an
by the coincidence OF social fate cam
/, often into the Same realm.