The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
TvTHEN Henry c. rrick, the steel

nv multt-millionaire, was re-
ported to have handed a
check for 100000 70 Miss Frances
Schoemaker Dixon The other day. In
Baltimore, az h!s wedding gift to the
bride Of hiE son, Childs Frick, he did
a great service or a great unk!ndness
70 the young bride.
VIII this handsome personal for
tune suddenly thrust upon her turn
our to be for her own real good, or
VIII this charming, unaffected, sim
pie. home-loving, serious.mlnded
young woman BIO Spoiled" and
turned into a frivolous. worldly so
oiety butterfy7
These are the questions being dis.
cussed in Baltimore and New York
society and among young Mre
Tricks school friends, who are de.
voted to her and who sincerely hope
that she Will use her money as u
Increased power for good.
Mr.. Frederick Townsend Martin, IN
writing recently OF the frenzied tread.
mill OF fashionable society, and after
cataloguing the endless whirl OF SO
cial duties and frivolltieE OF the rich
woman OF fashion, says with earnest.
ness:
at what time does woman find
time TO read in such treadmill?
This frenzied social parade Is made
mp largely Of people who talk we'll
on tribes and look profound over
Eophistry and humbug.
''If men and women have no time
TO read, then they are unacquainted
with the great questions OF the day;
If they are merely smatterers in
aesthetics, what sort OF CONVERSE
ton will they provide at u dinner
table? Well, the Inevitable will hap
pen. OF course-they will talk twaddlc.
The social treadmill is responsi.
bic for any dullness We have. II ac-
counts for the strange phenomenon
OF leisurc class with nothing on
earth 70 do. getting nervous prostra-
ton doing nothing
Ii will be an extremely interesting
matter 10 watch the development OF
the charming young bride OF the son
OF the steel muti-miliona,re and sec
whether she will, as her friends
hope. develop along the lines OF
serious-minded purpose, using her
money and her position for good
II so, then the 100000 wedding
SLIT which 1T Is reported she received
from her father-in-law Will be used
wisely and will increase young Mrs.
hTick's opportunities for doing good
But ii this money turns her head and
she enters the social treadmill, then
her life will become about what Mr..
Frederick Townsend Martin has so
graphically pictured.
Young Mrs. Tricks life up TO the
present time has been in the nature
OF favorable augury for the future.
She has never been fond OF society.
never entered the social whirl with
any enthusiasm. never making for
NAL debut at the Monday German.
OF the Monumental City. Her
mothers older friends have always
admired her for her sensible views"
her freedom from false airs and
pride.
Mrs. Frtck has always had luxu.
rious comforts. but her dress and
manner have always beer those OF
q girl Of moderate neaus, and she
never chose her playmates by the
financial standing Of their parents.
Her loyalty to her friends was shown
when her wedding invitations were
issued. Old school friends that she
]la. net seen for some time, older
snlendc who had petted her as a
child all received cards to the we'd
ding The snmc sensible ideas were
shown in the choosing OF her trous-
eeau. There was not a collection OF
finery to mark her 100000 bride,
but there were plenty OF rich, modish
garments chosen il good taste to
become the bride OF the son of
millionaire. Her trunks contained
the things which would be needed
, for the season, but there was no
great show Of gowns, bought just be-
cause they were becoming and
'snight be needed"
She is more fortunate than most
Baltimore girls, in that she pos
sesses three homes. The wedding
took place from the old Dixon home
on Park avenue, where the bride was
born and spent the greater part of
her life. The house Is rich in tapes.
Tries, old paintings and works of art.