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THE OREGOir SUNDAY . JOURNAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 5, lSC7. 7
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deauty. content.
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WILSON
INT the great national beauty quest
Miss Jeanerte Wilson will repre
. sent . St Lou is, and aa her . photo
- graph, printed on this page shows,
she is a young woman of remark
able beauty. The Et-v Louis Republic
believes that she will be a, formidable
competitor in the national contest to
. select the most beautiful " woman in
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. The St Loula beauty is a high school
girl, - Her father is a arr goods com
mission merchant, living at 2914 Arkan
sas avenue, .and Hiss Wilson attends
the Central High school
During the Republic's beauty quest
t in St Louis, when hundreds of photo
: graphs were being entered in the com
petition, the editor received many let
ters and telephone messages, all bear
ding the same burden: "If you can find
the young woman , that goes from Ar
kansas avenue to high school every
morning yon will have found the most
beautiful woman in St Louis." :s
; None of these, informants knew the
young woman's 4 name, nor did they
know where she lived. But the paper's
curiosity , was aroused, and the edi
tor knew how Important it was to find
a great beauty in order to ; enable St
Louis to. have a chance against Delia
Carson and the other beauties in the
national contest he made inquiries and
learned the name and address of this
high school girl, who had made such a
reputation for beauty as she modestly
made her way along Arkansas avenue
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She was appealed to by a represen
tative of the Bt Louis - Republic to
Submit f her ; photograph in the (beauty
quest but at first she refused. - Later
her brother, Dr. Alvah M. Wilson, per
suaded her to enter the competition
and sent her photograph to the Judges.
In this ' respect her case was similar
to that of Miss Carson, .whose picture
was sent to the Chicago Judges by 'her
sisters. '-.;,;Jv;-.t nyhyy
( Miss Wilson's photograph was pub
lished In the Republic March a 1, and
at once created a sensation among the
readers of that paper. She was hailed
as the ' most beautiful . woman in ' St
Louis by publio opinion as well as by
the decision of the Judges.
Call Her .Remarkable Beauty. ' , :.-
A.St Louis correspondent who has
seen - Miss Wilson, says that she ."has
remarkable beauty a perfectly shaped
face, large, winning y- that bespeak
the woman's soul, long, glossy hair and
cheeks as delicately tinted as the sweet
est rose." She is a modest and quiet
high school girl, who has not yet been
formally introduced to society,; and the
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knowledge ' that she has ' been named
the most beautiful woman in St -Louis
has - not distracted' her attention rom
her studies. - '
Even her intimate-friends will not
know until today that she has won the
honor, for the St Louis Republic will
make its first announcement today and
of course it has- been kept secret from
all but the. family and those in charge
of the beauty quest ' .
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Most Beautiful in New York. -V , ,
The most beautiful woman In New
York has been found by the New York
World ' and her photograph . will be
printed In The Sunday Journal next
week.. Be sure and .order : in advance
from , ypur newsdealer, for ; you will
want, to see the beauty selected to rep
resent New York in the great' American
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OT sines ' the notorious affair of
the elopement of the Princess
Chlmay - with the - gypsy - Rlgi.
has Austrian society enjoyed
such a. choice mors.l of gos
sip., as in - the latest romantic
marriage of "the young - and . beau
tiful Hungarian Counteaa Viima Feste
tlcs, with, the "irypsy violinist Rudl
Nyarl Few families are better known
among the' Viennese aristocracy than
the Festetica, and one of the membera
Count TaBllo Festetlcs,. Is an Intimate
iricuu vk jving iuiwiru. vouniess . y .f
ma's vescapade recalls, too.' the sensa
tional stories which were in circulation
in court circles many years ago, over
the friendship between her mother, a
famous beauty of the time, and the late
I Crown Prince Rudolph.- . ' '
Counteaa vilma, the gipsy's bride. Is
Just 14, very pretty and very fascinat
ing, too. Her father. Count Paul Feste
tlcs. lives In Buda Pesth. He belongs to
a very ancient 'and noble .Hungarian
family, but has little means himself.
I He has been separated from the. coun
tess s mother for several years.
Engaged to an Aristocrat.
After spending most of her girlhood
In the convent school of the Sacred
Heart in Vienna Countess Vilma went
I to Munich to complete her. education.
and It was in Munich, but of course,
I later on. that the present romance be
gan. The countess became engaged to
a distinguished Hungarian - aristocrat
and of floor - in the royal bodyguard,
Count Slgmund Sprettt " He , had ac
companied her on a visit to Munich, and
while there took her one evening to a
I cafe chantant, where the musle was
furnished by a band of genuine Hun
garian gypsies. '-' .
It was an unfortunate evening for the
count as his betrothed seems to have
fallen violently in love at ' first sight
with, the leader of this band, Rudl
Nyarl, a young and very handsome
gypsy t with prepossessing! manners
which combined with his good looks
had already captivated many of Mun-
Llch s fair . daughters. The countess
I want to - the concerts again . and again,
until sha found a means of communi
cating with Rudl. Two rich young
I American girls often went with her and
they too, fell In love with the gypsy
I conductor. " . Quarrels ensued between
the three young women and. the coun
tess found another companion in a Rus
sian baroness to accompany her to the
concerts. Her acquaintance with Rudl
rapidly developed Into warm affection.
I and when the ' orchestra returned, to
their home at Oedenburg, the countess
followed her lover, x , - :. H
Oedenburg was once a very ancient
Roman station, but today It Is a dull
Hungarian, town. ' Upon - arriving there
the countess took up her. residence with
Rudi's mother. . . .
Engagement Broken Off.
Meanwhile Count Sprettt had Indig
nantly oroaen orr nis engagement ana
th Festetlcs family were placed in full
possession of the story- They, too.
were furiously angns Both father and
mother, the latter hJrlng also heard of
her daughters mad. infatuation, re.
monst rated, but In vain.-- Count Paul
went much farther : and threatened to
Immure his daughter In a convent until
she came to her senses. But the lady
proved wilful and obstinate, and oppo
sition, as usual in such cases, only In
creased her determination to wed her
gypsy lover. , ,
The Festetlcs people, st their wits'
ends, resorted to attempts at bribing
the gpysy to relinquish his lady, offer
ing htm suma varying from $4,000 to
$6,000. . At this game the young coun
teaa proved mora than a match for
them, for she retorted by settling the
greater part or her fortune,, consisting
or a magniricent . mansion In Buda
Pesth, worth something like $60,000 on
her-lover, at the same time' hastening
the preparations for the wedding cere
mony. And married they were on the
18th of March before a Hungarian no
tary In Oedenburg. There they are liv
ing In a humble home while Rudl la
completing- his plans for an extended
tour abroad of his orchestra which will
take in the principal towns -of the
United States. The tour opens In Buda
Pesth next month.
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and cirourriatnntinl wer thm alnrloa tnM
I from the pop"e declaring the union null -
was constantly linked with that of the
Crown Prince Rudolnh and aa nerlaint
I'eopie wno nave met Rudl aav that land cirourhstantlal were the stories told
although he may be only a gypsy vlo- about the couple that the court finally
Unlet ' he f la a remarkably intelligent I took official cognizance of the affair
and even . cultured ; man of extremely I and the lady's name was erased from
agreeaoie manners, and they are not so I the list of the "hoffanlge," that is; per-
greaUy surprised at the infatuation of
the well-born countess. He is the same
age as his wife, of medium height and
very slender figure. His father and
brother are, both members of his - or
chestra' Rudl conducts, and plays the
violin at the same time. He la said tn
be an unusually talented player, espec
ially of that .-peculiarly -wild and even
harsh Hungarian music.
Countess Vilma's mother was a Frau
leln von Frlebols. and one of the mn-t
strikingly handsome women In the Aus
trian capita 26 years ago.' Her name
The World Growing Wickeder
, What "Rita" Thinks. ,
That extravagance is the bane of
existence in these days.
That -the world has grown callous
'. to all higher, purer, nobler
things than Justself-interest-,
' That grace or courtesy. Js old
fashioned. '
That two things stamp present
' ' day manners, a politeness that
is unreal and a vulgarity that
is labeled "smart"
That there is an Increase of vul-
garity among women. ,
That no woman was ever, loyal to
. another woman as a mam is to
- a man. . , . - '
That there is a coarsening In'
' Duence around and about and ;
within all things theatrical. -
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s-vUHQ personal opinions of a novelist
1 are always entertaining to read.
- - There Is an interest In learning
how people who have created
such, plausible and lifelike mlmto
worlds cast up the real world In which
they lead their own existence. . , . .
Mra Desmond Humphreys ("Rita"),
whose book of "Personal Opinions Pub
licly Expressed" (Nash) has Just been
published, appears to- find something
: very wrong with it and with most un-llamlet-llke
energy proceeds to lash It
towards repentance. , ' - '"-;
The world Is very, very wicked, she
tems to May, and grows wickeder every
tay. There is no virtue Ifft in It at least
3Jrs. Humphreys leaves it very little,
luit she writ as in an: entertaining,
l-right style that makes evfc'n the wearl-
nine lna of society interesting. ; Below
are printed some extracts,- which reveal
m-; other subjects ber views on the
riii..' rn woman. " .
v '"I tie smart modiste who was first
resixmsiVii for the Pmnrt Woman mvt
I,ve oXtfn repented of her Frankenstein
creation. As she built up and clothed
the creature of her imaginative genius
she never dreamf of the hordes of 1ml
tators at her heels. Creator and created
now stand side by side in the rank of
fashion, and the demands or tne one
and the needs of the other make divert
Ins- reading in the dally presa Hugs
bills and dunning dressmakers and Irate
husbands are at once a wonder ana
can daL -f-K" !..: v:.
"The senseless vanity of the fashion
able woman is beyond all satire to
touch, and all patience to - reckon with.
It Is also almost : beyond tbe credence
of human sense, i Herself and ber ap
pearance are apparently the twin gods
h hsa aleeted to worshin. . Costly-aD-
parel. and costly subterfuge, and costly
art are all called in to assist at this
Temple of Beauty, are all used : as
means to an endand that end the mere
glorification of sex, the perpetual wor-
shln of vanity. '
'Perhaps at - no period or . tne
world's history have its leading mo
distes played so , Important . a part.
They range from the lady of title
who wishes to add to her insufficient
income down. to the mere adventuress
who puts up "Madame as a ' : quail
ficatlon, and relies on her staff for re
sults, and on credit as a draw.'- Credit
prices have been mostly shown to mean
mere loo per cent pront. But as a
dressmaker has to rent a good business
position, as her staff demand large
weekly payments, as tne creait or raris
and London' drapery : establishments Is
limited to quarterly or hair-yearly set
tlements, it stands to reason that money
must be forthcoming -from somewhere.
Therefore large profits have to com
pensate for occasional bad debts. And
largre profits mean exorbitant charges. -
"The fashionable dressmaker of today
IS not contented with a.mtrte show
room and fitting-room. She must have
magnificent premises decorated and fur
nished In perfect style. She must have
living models to show off her costumes;
she must have" a suite of fitting-rooms.
where.: evening. morning. and other
toilettes may be tried on. She, In fact
Inculcates the laws . of an inordinate
extravagance -In the minds .of . her cli
entele and then leaves them to proflt-
or suffer by Its teachings v
T once met a woman who talked sen
sibly of- dress and modern- . extrava-
rance. 1 consider it perfectly wicked,'
she -said,-the ; suma- that .women- spend
on s. their toilet ; Fifty ; guineas y for? a
gown,; when 'you know ' that Its? whole
material represents but' the value ot a
five-pound note! And all because she
must go to a fashionable dressmaker,
who has the sense to. make less fash
ionable clients pay for the discreditable
titles who simply give cheques "on ac
count" and . orders that ' are uncount
able?",: Fifty guineas, , even 26. .for
flimsy, useless thlngthat can only -be
worn luiii- utai-uofn. kvt- vbii
times! v-Think of It! - why, what lots
of useful, sensible, needful things one
could buy for the same sum! - , ; v.
"'X am giving up town life alto
aether, she continued. Tt is sinfully
extravagant I shall live In the coun
try, and have a serge cost and skirt
and a plain straw hat, and spend the
money J save on my house and garden
and in helping- the unfortunate. I've
had to spend nearly a thousand a year
orf hats and gowns ana their accessories
in -order to keep me in the swim. I
shall not do it any longer
"Furthermore, sne ipjq me a taie or
nretty society butterfly who openly
declared that when she saw, her first
wrinkle or her first grey hair she
should take a -dose of. poison, lmmedl
ately! She had uvea but for ' vanity
and pleasure twin - gods of modern
woman. When her gods failed her there
would . be absolutely nothing- left for
her to: do, save end her existence." ,
"Rita's' opinions of the ; modern
woman, are not flattering: - .-s.-
"Two things aramp nreseni-aay man.
ners. A politeness mat is unreal,, and a
vulgarity that is labeled 'mart., , y
sons eligible to attend court functions.
Her first husband was a stockbroker
and then she married Count Paul Fea
tetlcs. but the union was not a. partic
ularly happy one. One of the last pub
lio appearanoes of the' ill-fated crown
prince was only four days before his
death, when he was walking along the
RIngstrasse, leading - the tiny daughter
of his old friend, who Is now the gypsy
countess. , yi-iy-yyt, : ;.
Another romance In the Festetlcs is
connected with King Edward's friend,
Count Tassllo Festetlcs, who la mar
ried to Lady Mary pouglas Hamilton,
whose first husband was the Prince of
Menaco. The latter, obtained a decree
from ths pop declaring the onion null
and void and then dissolving the mar
riage by an ordinance of hisown pro
mulgation. Lady Mary, who was first
married at 19, is said to be a very at
tractive and charming woman.
Through the efforts of the concilia
tlon committee, the American "Federa
tion of Labor - has - reconciled ths
Brotherhood of Painters and the Amal
gamated Painters' society, and a feud
of long standing is at an end, - . j ,
Leading Polish newspapers announce
that the Polish . agricultural laborers
will soon begin a great strike against
the German landlord.'. , ,
"Grace or courtsey Is old-fashioned.
Sympathy and consideration are rarely
displayed. The . women who crowd to
each other's-'days,', discuss each other's
gowns and , admirers, whisper or eacn
other's scandals, betray 1 each other's
confidences, and anvy each other's ca
pacity for saying appearances at any
cost what ' can they know of . real : in
terest or real .affection V - x
- As to the girl ; who lorn - sport,
"Rita" says: 3
' Tt , Is- this type of girl the f hard.
knock-about, 'sporting" girl who offers
man a wide field of speculation In the
problem . of life companionship. ; She Is
not manly enough "for one side of hl
nature, nor . womanly ' enough for" the
other.-'-Aarw. t .- e t ; -MiYr
"What can men think of women who
openly avow that 'domesticity is a bug
bear; and that xhlldren are a- Tiateful
nuisance'.?, I have heard 'hese expres
sions on : countless occasions from the
lips of sportswomen.' y True : that the
speakers were strong and hardy and an
'all-round-good-sport V to ' quote .- their
male friends' definition: but they were
not lovable, not feminine, certainly not
attractive or humane. 1 1
There is another evil apparent, as the
result- of woman's dominance and inde
pendence, t It . is ' (he lessening .' respect
man shows for her, - the manner In
which he permits her; to do for herself
the countless, little Offices once ac
counted as his privilege. Seldom does
he trouble to -offer her a seat In crowd
ed omnibus -or train, to open a door,'
to offer a chair, to attend to her needs
and save - her from -rough sights or
shocks.. She has plainly shown him she
requires no care, that she is quits cap
able j, of .. looking . after, herself. He,
therefore, stands aside and permits her
to do, so. - .:' A -.
'Lava, rtnetrv. chivalry, rnmanca can
not flourish In' aA atmosphere of cigar
ette smoke, or be inspired by a snorting
motor, or a tough golf contest The
more woman intrudes upon man's prov
ince, the lees he regards her from any
point of sentiment He Js Jess careful
of his manners and his conversation. He
telle her'storles that .once would never
have passed his lips out of his club
smoking : room. And she, in - her own
club sanctum, retails them before other,
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Royal Palace to Be. a Hotel
G
LOBEJ-TROTTINO Americans soon
will be given the opportunity of
actually living in a magnificent
royal palace. - "Achilleion," the
vast . ; and - beautiful -1 residence
built for the late Empress Elizabeth of
Austria at a cost of $5,000,000 on the
island of Corfu, -in the North Adriatic,
has Just- been purchased by a Swiss-
Oerman syndicate which will convert It
into ajiotel and sanatorium, ; ,
At . Aehiueion" the empress lived for
several years in luxurious but melan
choly ' seclusion, and its , sale brings to
mind many strange memories of the
murdered woman.-- A - dosen years ago
ahe was the most pathetic of- the prom
lnent figures in Europe. Following the
tragic suicide of, her; son.: the Crown
Prince Rudolph, her majesty failed rap
idly in mind and body until she became
a wreck of her. former beautiful self. A
terrible restlessness . possessed her to
wards the end of her life. She could
not stay for long in any one place, con
stantly! movina- about : from Tvrol tn
Corfu, from Corfu to . S witxerland, and
from Vienna, to Venice. But at "Achil
lelon" she seemed to find most consola
tion for, her many sorrowa i ' .f v
A-Greek,5 who served ths empress as
reader In these lonely years, has left an
account of her life in this great white
palace by the . blue sea. The empress.
It Is said, used to roam about quite alone
on the seashore talking to fishing-folk
And peasants she met there. She Suf
fered greatly ; from Jnsomnia and -was
often seen walking. on the terraces out
side the palaces long before dawn, like
a beautiful ghost in the pale morning.
When the empress left the palace for
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Achillejon," the Famous Marble Palace; of , the 'Late Empress :. Elizabeth
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the last time, In 19, she felt that she
would never, see the beautiful place
again. With tears In her eyes she said
to a friend: "Something in my heart
tells me that. I shall never come to
this beautiful spot again." It was only
a few weeks later that the empress was
murdered by a ba!f-crd fanatic, who
women, with whlsky-and-soda at their
elbow and their favorite brand of olgar.
ette tainting breath and room in the
sickening modern fashion. How can! called hrrnself-an anarchist, as she was
we expect , sucn women to Bring no a I about to board a steamer at Geneva. -
new generation of femininity T Probably! The palac which is of, pure white
k wui os one pi jreaasi;- - marble, has a fine situation on ths east
coast' of Corf u. which is the mos( north- -erly'Of
the Ionian islands in ths Ad-
riatio. The building was designed by "
the famous Italian architect 6. Carlto. '
There are 128 rooms and a chapel. In
f,!!0 h,de nr rtef ,n tnagnlf-J:
lcehoe the empress spared ho expense -to
beautify the.placa The grounds sre ,
especially splendid, being planted with
some $8,000 rose trees. Altogether It Is '
one of the most beaut If nv
among the many magnificent places In
southern Europe. ....