The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06

producer naQ OHefeQ nef lucrative, long
term contract in musical comedy.
There seemed to be no end to Peggy's
propensities. Had she not even gone into
business, setting up a smart shop where
the smart set might buy everything from
a vanity-case to banquet lamp?
She had imported rare Holland cheeses
for the epicures.
She had, purely for relaxation, won the
cowgirls' free-for-all race in the Frontier
Day celebration at Jackson's Hole,
Wyoming. And all the time she had never
relaxed her grip on social contact.
What contrast there was between her
background and that of the Cosdens!
Quitting his humble Baltimore job for
adventurous Oklahoma days, Gosh" Cos
den had struck oil. He and his bride (the
daughter, it was reported, of a wage
earner) had promptly moved into EMIL
lionaires' Row." in Tulsa.
Across the street from the Cosdens lived
Charles Roeser, well-to-do oil man, and
his WIFE She had been Miss Nellie Neves,
a Middle West belle and daughter of
California lumber king. Mrs. Cosden and
Mrs. Roeser were accounted bosom friends.
But the years brought changes. Mrs.
Cosden divorced "Josh," charging cruelty
and incompatibility, and remarked after
being given home worth 81 100000 and
a sturdy cash settlement. Mrs. Roeser
GOSH Cosden and bride No. came
East They arrived with bang. A large
suite at the Plaza was none too good for
them. They had a luxurious yacht and
costly motor car, done over by decorators
after each trip. They leased the Charlie
Munns' splendid villa at Newport at
staggering rental. Mr.. Cosden acquired
a string of blooded horses: Mrs. Cosden
acquired the famous Fletcher pearls,
estimated as worth 100000 or more.
Of late the Cosdens haven't been
splurging in quite the same manner that
marked their exodus from Tulsa to the
Atlantic seaboard. Their methods, since
they were quite definitely accepted" at
Newport, have acquired mellow tone.
But Mr.. Cosden has not frightened his
1urse strings in the slightest. Recently
in gold "camaieu" for his "Salle des
Fetes" in the fabulously expensive Cosden
place at Palm Beach. These extraordi-
nary $4,000 paintings, by the noted
artist, ]. NJ. Sert, depict the adventures
of Sinbad the Sailor, whose exploits were
hardly less dramatic than those of Cosden
himself.
Whether the Cosdens' devotion to
pretty provocative Peggy" will cause
she does-against background of these
art treasures, is not known. But much
more unlikely things have happened.
Under such circumstances it would be
bound to prove sumptuous wedding.
anyhow" asks Palm Beach, "who
will be the lucky man to snare Peggy's
heart?
"Will it be 'rotund Jimmie Blair, Jr.,
who was so attentive to her for period?
"Will it be Harold Vanderbilt. whom
Peggy introduced to the Cosdens, who
went into raptures over Mr.. Vanderbilt's
charm, name and position?
Cor will it be some mysterious dark
horse, whom clever Peggy has kept
anonymous thus far?"
Palm Beach has reached no conclusion
But Palm Beach, being experienced and
Advantageous" believes that the most
probable captor of Peggy Thayer's affec
tions will be some thoroughly eligible"
aristocrat; that he will not be particularly
poverty-stricken, and that he will be re
ceived with a right royal welcome in the
residence of Cinderella-Peggy's patroness.
Godmother Gosh" Cosden, while the less
lucky maidens sit back and wonder how on
earth it all happened, and the less lucky
fellows wonder what it is all about