The sun., 1917-07-31
SOUTH'S FATREST 46
HERE TO DAZZLE Us
Bellies of Three States Start
Right In to Have a
Lively Time.
sALLIE GREENE HELPS
Screams, Oh, My, How She
Screams, When She Has First
Ride in Elevator.

The arrival at the Hotel Majestic yes
terday OF the forty-five beauties from
Tennessee. Arkansas and Mississippi
who have come as the guests Of the Mem
phis Nctos-Scimitdr to see New York
and incidentally to De seen would have
been delightful, the climax Of perfect
trip. II It hadn't been that sallie Greene
had never before ridden in an elevator.
But she never had. and that's why
anybody within two blocks of Central
Park West and Seventy-second street
who heard that piercing scream about
6 80 o'clock T. NJ. needn't think 1t was
German spy receiving his just pun
ishment. II was Just Sallie expressing
her feelings about elevators
Sallie is black eyed and very pretty.
but what with one thing and another.
having to do up the peaches when her
mother was sick and make her own
clothes and run the Reading Circle. she
never took a trip out of her home town
daoun in Mississippi. And there are no
elevators in that town. though Sallie al
ways tried TO get Uncle Abner Greene TO
put one in the post office building. which
is two stories high. The name OF the
town can't be printed. because they'd be
so ashamed on account Of having no ele-
vators IL the story got back there.
Faces Cameras on the Roof.
Well. the forty-five beauties swept
down upon the Hotel Majestic In sight
seeing bus which brought them from the
Hudson River boat that conveyed them
to these shores. They hurried through
the corridors with the entire assembled
hotel staff gazing in open mouthed ad-
miration. As many as could crowd into
the elevators got in. because the Ma
jestic's thoughtful press agent had five
photographers and a movie man on the
roof to take their pictures Sallie
crowded in with the rest. not that she
wanted to be in the pictures, but-well.
beeause-and the elevator operator let
go the clutch and then Snllie let OF a
scream.
stop she cried. and the elevator
stopped right there between two noors,
while the press agent and the other
beauties. all wedged in and their noses
getting SIMMER every minute. tried TO
find out what, was the matter with Sallie.
THE press agent thought she was
homesick. and tried to soothe her by
telling her what good corn pone the
MaJestic's chef made, and the other
beauties thought she had lost her powder
puff and tried to offer theirs. only they
were squeezed in so tight they couldn't
get at them but they were all wrong.
Sallie only grasped the elevator man and
moaned "Oh. that sinking feeling"
The elevator man rather seemed to
like the situation. but as the press agent
remarked. IL Sallie didn't get up to the
roof she couldn't be in that picture So
the elevator finally sailed slowly up.
with Sallie trying to overcome that sink
Ing feeling and succeeding pretty well
OIL the whole. and the bunch were photo
graphed, after which they put on their
evening gowns and burst in dazzling ar
ray upon the dining room
Plans to Conquer or Die.
Sallie. who is a determined girl, went
TO the desk after dinner and got a list
of the tallest buildings In New York.
She says she Is going to ride in every
one OF their elevators clear to the roofs
and back II 1t gives her chronic heart
disease for life.
Ignorant persons, such as male citi-
zens. may wonder why these forty-five
beauties. the pick of the three States
they inhabit and adorn. chosen by vote
as the prettiest and the wittiest and the
most amiable and everything that lovely
woman should be and therefore worthy
Of this annual trip the Memphis Ne,ps-
Sctmitdr gives to the pick of Southern
woma acknowledgement persons may won
der why they chose the hottest day of
torrid spell TO land In New York.
The reason is simple, They wanted TO
stock up on that summer necessity. furs.
and they fixed 1t up with the weather
man and the NeUs-Scimitar and their
chaperons, Mr.. and Mrs J. II. Lackay.
to arrive here at a time when they could
see Broadway blossoming out In Persian
lamb and baby lamb and mink ana rro,,