Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18

I'VE will never see Mr.. Livvy any more,
sang Newport. But hist Young Mr.
Mason was clever His mother was clever.
too She invented a wonderful shade for
our navy hospital ships that was used sue
cessfully during the Spanish war and she
also invented a flannel band that has
saved many lives in the tropical climate OF
Cuba and the Philippines. Livingston, Jr.,
did not follow in his mothers footsteps.
He merely invented cheap way of living
in Newport
One day Mrs Mason looked out from
her boudoir windows in the blue waters
of the harbor she saw the Corsair and
said "Ah, Morgan has come in port to eat
his famous Holsters. She saw the Nour-
mahal, the big three-masted yacht flying
Colonel Astors colors. She saw millions
of dollars floating on the water in the form
of yachts And then she saw a chunky
object white and red sluggishly moving
in toward shore This chunky craft
dro ped its anchor right under the Mason
windows, Its owner stepped on deck and
Hrs Mason would have tainted had she
not been the daughter of a soldier and
the descendant of Colonial Governors and
revolutionary fighters She looked again
and then saw the all toopretty Celia also
on deck The houseboat Atheling had
solved LIVINGSTON Jr s, problem of living!
Newport was at its gayest. The news of
thu houseboats arrival flew through town
The eight deserted damsels hurried down
to the harbor to view the sight. The
mothers of the Circus Set hurried to
Halidon Hill to sympathze with Mrs
Mason.
But the happy lovers on the houseboat
cared little for the damsels or the moth
ers They were outrageously in love. They
sat on the deck and billed and cooed in
daylight and dark The Circus Set spoke
to Livvy wher he strolled down the ave
nue. but not call on his wife Oh, dear
Young M Mason stayed on his house
boat practically all Winter Mrs. Livvy
was happy, even when ice filled the outer
hav The Masons made overtures to Liv-
w. but he said Take me, take my wife"
Each Spring since their marriage the
Young Masons have anchored their house,
boat in the harbor Celia the second
big girl now five years old. She can
row with one car. swim and dive like a
h. She hardly ever puts her foot ON
shore She is a modern water baby
Celia's parents are as much in love as
when they ran away. They have only one
ret one sorrow-their houseboat must
be replaced They are outgrowing its
chunky dimensions. A new one has been
ordered, but it may not be finished this
year
The death Of Mrs. Mason senior within
two years of the elopement did not soften
the hearts of any members of the family.
The Mason family in Newport Is a large
one. There are the John Masons and
Miss Ellen Mason who are connections.
Last Summer the Masons entertained
Mrs. E. H. Brooks, a very beautiful young
Southern woman Mrs. Brooks had heard
the story of the houseboat and its exiles.
and felt sorry for them One day she
slipped away from the Masons naughty
chaperonage and wandered harborward.
The boat was near shore. She got boy
to row her out and clambared on deck.
The Masons we're at home. And whaI
happened? The beautiful Mrs Brooks di 1
covered that the Masons did not want
be recognized by Newport! They we
no. unhappy They were disgracefu
happv and sufficient to themselves. T.
IKE their life they only stay in New
harbor because they like it and bec
I.ivvy is too good a fighter to run ava