The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-07
Mrs. Katherine Chap man Tells of Some
 Towns Tn Alabama
i, G7 Rs. KATHERINE HOPKINS

lA G7 RS. KATHERINE HOPKINS lAWll CHAPMAN, one of Alabama's ASS well known writers. in the current number of the Bookman, tells delightfully."- of some Alabama towns.
 "The little town of Citronelle is rich in literary traditions. On the grounds of the Hotel Citronelle Is tho Amelie Rives cottage, where the now Princess Troubetskoy wrote Tue Quick or the Dead" and other of her famous novels. The cottage was the headquarters for the officials of the Mobile and Ohio railroad fin the sos, when Colonel Rives, the father of the writer, was vice president of the sys- tenn. Two miles south of this spot Is the famous estate locally known as "Mann's Folly" built by Charles Mann, brother of Col William DAl- ton Mann, late editor of Town Top ics. A quarter section of woodland was laid off in a chain of Italian lakes and rare shrubs and trees im- ported to beautify the grounds. A platiai stable for housing blooded racers was built. The grounds alone it Is said, cost S30,0 and that when land and labor were tenth what they are now. A handsome home was started, but when it was half com pleted Charles Mann, who was said to have taken a flier on change, went broke. He died shortly after this and the property passed into the hands of the Town Topics editor. but was never completed During the construction of the place the sleepy little southern town was treated to kahedoscopic views of famous news writers, sportsmen, sob -sisters-off the sob-Job, however!--and other col orful persons who made up Colonel Mann's entourage. It has never Tor gotten the meteorlc appearance and disappearance of the Manns and the estate, neglected and forlorn, is re- ferred to by the townspeople as Mann's Folly
 "Other interesting if less spectacu- lar writer folk come and go at Citronelle, Anthony M. Rud. magazine and fiction writer Saturday Evening Post ct al, which al. in this connec- ton is abbreviation for altitudeD, after spending the winter and spring there, drove through to Chicago for the summer, and so far as the ther- mometer Is concerned, better have stayed southi While in this section MT. Rud found much to interest him in the way of story material. One of the scenes of his forthcoming tales will be laid between Citronelle and Vinegar Bend, while another will be just this side of Mobile. He found the negro character rich in story sug- gestion and will use 1t to large ex- tent.
 Another writer of note who win ters at Citronelle Is Charles H. Syl- vester of Chicago, who compiled the famous eleven volume juvenile series, Journeys Through Bookland," be. sides doing number of text books. MT. Sylvester has a cottage at the winter resort and Is accompanied each season by his sister, He is im- mensely popular with the local Boy Scout troop, taking them on hikes. offering prizes. and otherwise stimu- lating the love of outdoors in the youngsters.
 Frances O. J. Gather of Mobile, whose pageant, "The Shadow of the Builder" was presented at the Uni- verslty of Virginia centennial, In June, Is now in New York city at tending Columbia for special work. Mrs. Gather wrote the pageant at her summer home In Fairhope. on the eastern shore of Mobile bay. Fair hope, you know, is one, if not the
 
 second-summer teething. It may now be said to have cut its wisdom teeth, for the experiment, rationally modi- fled. celebrated its majority several years since and must be nearing the quarter century mark. Many famous writers have sojourned there, among them--well, am trying to recall the fellow who wrote The Jungle,' but the only Sinclair I can think of is that Sinclair Lewis whose Main Street threatens to belittle every small town in America. Upton Sin clair! He sought the pine-mag gno- lia-salt breezes of Fairhope to disin- feet his nostrils of the slaughter house scents."f
 POSSIBILITIES IN NEW STYLES
 Long skirts reaching to the ankle. full length, tightfitting sleeves and high neck gowns are among the pos abilities in new styles for women, according to Miss Leonora Hughes, the dancer. who has just returned from Paris, bringing with her 60 gowns, the creations of some of the best known modistes of the French capital. And not only has Paris de- creed these radical changes in dress, but It has also revolutionized the mode of dressing the hair.
 Miss Hughes. who Is an American girl. created a furore in the famous French salon of the new Ambassador hotel. New York, the other day when she appeared with her hair combed stnaight back from the forehead and also back from the ears, thus expos ing the ears, and tied in psyche knot. The dancer explained that most American women have "attractive, ar tistic ears which should not be hid den."
 While I believe that certain pro- portion of New York women inciud- ing those who constantly adopt the latest Parisian styles. will wear long skirts and even the tight fitting sleeves and high-neck gowns, 1 feel certain that the vast majority of women, especially the younger girls, will insist upon wearing their skirts short" said Miss Hughes
 Our American girls have attrac- tive ankles and they want to show them. Therefore. they never will con- sent to long skirts that hide their ankles. The French women. on the other hand, are not as attractive physically as American girls, and consequently the long skirt appeals to them. Among the gowns that bought In Paris there is not one with a skirt that reaches to the ankle. al though all of them are loger than the EASY WAY TO KEEP