The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-07
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Captain John Smith, Of Pocohontas
fame, would realize how appreciation
grows after one has been dead long
enough, II he had been at book sale
here the other day. His General
Histsorie of Virginia, New England
an dthe Summer Islands," printed in
1912, brought $2,410, when famous
library was sold at the Anderson gal
leries. And book by John Rous,
with the unkind title of New England,
a Degenerate Plant printed rs years
yater brought 5000.
And now comes another member of
the Conan family to receive the plaud-
Its of theater audiences. Georgette,
the youn gdaughter of George and his
wife, Ethel Levy, walked out unan-
nounced into her mothers vaudeville
act the other night, and did a very
small song and very small dance.
But they liked her in spite Of the
smallness. She is just over from Lon
don and, 1t is rumored that she Is be-
ing prepared to be starred by her
father.
1t has been several months, or in
fact seasons, since New York Societl
has done anything bordering spectacu-
lar, or the freakish, in the way of its
parties. So Mrs. Belmont Tiffany's
Coffee House affair thee the other
night made more of a sensation than
it would have back in the days of
monkey dinners and the like. Mrs.
Tiffany's dinner was for her niece,
Mary Cameron, and the illustrated
program read Dinner and theatrical
revel given in honor of Miss Mary
Cameron, dare devil debutante" The
dinner was served on long bare wood
tables running across the Coffee
House on Forty-fifth street. Follow
ing the informal banquet, revue was
given by the guests.
New York. - A breze fairly heavy
with the echoes, at least, Of adventure
and romance blew up the Hudson RiV-
err and across the Drive the other day
A sailing vessel, an old-fashioned ship
of the high seas, and more than that,
a Spanish bark with the colorful name
of Guadalhorce, flying the gay colors
of King Alfonso, sailed in and moored
at the food of Seventy-nnth street.
She halls from Las Palmas, Canary
Islands, and is on leisurly trip from
Europe to the West Indies, stopping at
various Atlantic ports en- route. Boys
are visiting it in swarms. It's the
nearest approach to the ships of their
stories that they have ever had
chance to see, and they are according
" grateful. The catheads for the an
chors on each side Of the bow are
carved and painted red and glaring
dragons mark each end of the beam
across the top of the forecastle house.
A niece of Chief Little Feather, who
was one OF the most famous of the
Grow warriors, is considered one of
the greatest beauties in the Greenwich
Village Follies. Her own name Is the
more or less prosaic one Of Loretta
Morgan.
Wearing the uniform Of Salvation
Army Captain, Germaine Muller,
young Partisan woman, will leave
New York shortly bound for seven
years service in the leper colony OF
Java. Captain Muller answered the
call of the Salvation Army for volun-
teers for the foreign land and asked
for the most difficult assignment avail
able. The work among the lepers was
allotted to her. There are 5000 inhab-
itants of the Java colony and Captain
Muller will be one Of the few outsid-
ers who will have gone in to help
them.
The news of another Drinkwater
historical play will be gladly received
by the enthusiasts over his Lincoln"
William aHrris, Jr., is to produce MS
"Maury Stuart" in New York later this
month. The play covers only Mary's
younger years, when she was the girl
queen of Scotland and still the wife
of Darnley, with Rizzio singing like a
troubador at her feet.
Anyone who blieves that there Is
no home life in New York." and no
real families, and all that sort OF
thing. ought to have begged an invita-
ton to the diamond wedding ami
versary party of Jacob and Sarah
Dick, who live in a tiny place in Pitts
street, but held their celebration in
roomy hall nearby. There are seven