Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-02
Countess With Pearls,
Diamonds and Seal Skin
Coat Arrives at Ellis Island
as Storage Passenger
SEVEN DAYS IN LII OLD
N'YORK
Ry Jessie Henderson
(TAased Wire Service to The Journal.)
DOWNRIGHT 1927

much more entertaining than fiction
that it's a wonder any one reads
ANYTHING but the newspapers. This
week we have had the United States
Shipping board captain of a trans
port who turned burglar. We have
had the pearl bedecked countess who
came over in the steerage. We have
had a bridal kiss $500 feet above
Broadway and And street. And
oh, a number Of little things.
After plotting American soldiers
overseas between float mines and
hun submarines Captain Herbert j.
Slabery could not stand a mere rou-
tine Job after his ship was out OF
commission and the war over. Or
else he couldn't get a more routine
job. Anyway, he fell in with
sprightly gang of hold-up men who
initiated him into their customs and
sent him forth to earn an honest
living. The captains first attempt
was his last. For the gang faded
ON the approach Of a policeman ana
Slabery, dashing out of cigar store
with the contents Of the cash till,
dashed into the officers arms.
While Slabery was being question
ed by detectives, a patrolman amaz-
ed those present by saluting the
prisoner. The patrolman who had
Travelled across on Slabery's boat
could not believe the captain was
really a hold-up gangster. This in
cident got under Slabery's skin and
he explained the workings OF his
gang with a conscientious thorough
ness which has made it necessary
for the authorities to shield him
from the gangsters' vengeance.
They've tried all methods of clearing
oft the yeggs. But to achieve that
purpose nobody, not even in fiction,
| thought Of making a high class sea
captain turn crook and then turn
back again. 1913. .
Countess In Steerage
Just as surprising was the countess
Ebedecked with pearls who tripped
iauntily from the steerage and fit
| ted before the Ellis Island officials
| in a magnificent seal skin coat. Sus-
DlClOH Is UIlG3 lawful LCI1IcS0 VI AAAAAS
| Island officials. The more prosper
Gus she dressed, and the more ike
a countess she looked, the more they
wagged a dubious head. At last,
however, they satisfied themselves
that Christiane Rosenkrantz was
really a Danish countess and they
permitted the lady, her pearls, her
diamonds, and her fifty travelling
bags to depart. The countess with
her son hoped into a taxi; II only
want to study steerage conditions, :"
explained the lady as she started
for the Ritz.
The unusual thing about the we'd
ding kiss of Sarah Cockefair and
Albert Schlafke was that it happen
ed $500 feet nearer Heaven than is
customary and 10000 people heard
it. Every owner of radio set lis
tened in of that wedding of the nurse
and the veterans camp physical dl-
rector. The voice of the Fling Par
son, Belvin Maynard, rang clearly
through the air and when feminine
voice remarked, shyly, Il do TO-
900 invisible guests drew long
| breaths and hoped this was one
marriage that would never crash TO
earth. LII
On this last day of the week the
town is keeping one eye on Papa Jof-
fire and the other on the clock. Papa
| Joffre goes about the moment day.
light saving comes. Every one has
had a fine time rushing to watch
| the Marshal and his wife enter to
leave their hotel Mamma Joffre
has spent lot Of afternoons shop
ping for the sort of clothes in which
a plump and pleasant lady looks
her best. They evidently don't spe-
cialize in plump and pleasant garb
along the Rue de la Park, which is
still another reason why lot of
us Americans should see America
first. There's no reason, by the
way. why Papa Joffre should not
be thin as reed very soon. In
one day he was the center Of at
| traction at a tree planting, three
receptions, luncheon, dinner, a
military review and a theatrical per-
Torrance.
Time Puzzlers
But a day in the life Of Joffre is
nothing compared with that in the
life of a daylight-saver. For a week
no train will go at any hour which
corresponds with your watch and a
trip across New York state will be
a succession of putting the old-time
piece forward and jerking it back in
compliance with daylight or non
daylight rules in the various towns
visited. Oh, very well, it takes your
mind off your troubles. If the gov.
eminent would present a watch and
set of railroad tickets to every boil
shevik hereabouts there'd be a little
radicalism left after the first week
Meanwhile, there's another horse
show which has brought out the
fact that women have progressed tc
the point where they are edging
men out Of the judges places al
horse flesh affair. The first WON
an to judge Officers charges,
whatever that is, did it to the sat
isfaction Of all concerned at the Dur
land Horse show just outside Cen
trail park. Horsemen all seem tt
consider this a famous victory fol
the fairer six, and it is here so re
corded.
What, by the bye. is there about
statuary and the New York state
OF mind, if any? Poor old Civic Vir
tue is still knee deep in raspberrieE
and now the national sculpture so
ciety has Withdrawn its plan to holi
a sculpture exhibit in Central park
The society intended to build a for
mai garden and fill it with thu
works Of American sculptors. Suci
a howl arose that the idea was drop
ped. The howl had as its basis al
alleged fear that this might be tn,
, entering wedge for misuse Of public
parks. But if filling one corne
, Of a public park with some of thu
, worlds best art is a dissertation
then the only adequate reply woulc
, appear to be, Gosh"
Runs Successful Race
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