El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

4" HEN AellIy - Il I'M O--O 1o|e'-
M multi-milIionaire, was re-
w ported to have handed a
check for 100000 to Miss Frances
Schoemaker Dixon the other day, in
Baltimore, as his wedding gift to the
bride Of his son, Childs Prick, he did
a great service OF a great unkindness
to the young bride.
VIII this handsome personal for
tune suddenly thrust upon her turn
out to be for her own real good. OF
will this charming, unaffected, sim
pie, homeIoving, serious-minded
young woman be spoiled" and
turned into frivolous, worldly so
oiety butterfly?
These are the questions being dis
cussed in Baltimore and New York
society and among young Mrs.
Tricks school friends, who are de-
voted to her and who sincerely hope
that she viii use her money as an
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 frivolities Of the rich
woman Of fashion, says with earnest
ness:
at what time does a woman find
time to read in such a treadmill?
This, frenzied social parade is made
up largely Of people who talk vel
on TRIES and look profound over
sophistry and humbug.
eff 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 a converse
ton viii they provide at a dinner
table? Well, the inevitable viii hap
pen. of course-they VIII talk twaddle.
eeThe social treadmin is RESPONSE
bic for any dullness We have. It &C
counts for the strange phenomenon
of a leisure class with nothing on
earth to do, getting nervous prostra-
ton doing nothing
It viii be an extremely interesting
matter to watch the development Of
the charming young bride of the son
of the steel multi-millionaire. and see
whether she viii, as her friends
hope, develop along the lines Of
serious-minded purpose, using her
money and her position for good.
If so, then the 100000 wedding
gift which it is reported she received
from her father-in-law VIII be used
wisely and viii increase young Mrs.
Fricks opportunities for doing FOd.
But if 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 a favorable augury for the future.
She has never been fond Of society,
never entered the social whirl with
any enthusiasm, never making a for
NAL debut at the Monday German,
one Of the most exclusive functions
Of the Monumental City. Her
mothers older friends have always
admired her for her sensible views"
her freedom from false airs and
pride.
Mrs. Frick has always had luKu-
rious comforts, but her dress and
manner have always been those Of
a girl of moderate means, 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
had not seen for some time, older
friends who had petted her as a
child all received cards to the we'd
ding. The same sensible ideas were
shown in the choosing of her trous-
seau. There was not a collection Of
hnery to mark her a 100000 bride.
but there were plenty Of rich, mOdish
garments chosen in good taste to
become the bride of the son Of a
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 we're becoming and
might 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.
The rooms are spacious and splen-