TIffi OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND SUNDAY HORNING,- JANUARY IV 1903 '
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Quite a 'Rush Seems On,
Due; it is Declared, to; the
Influence br Recent Novels
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X) YOU expect that this year of grace,
j g 08, will bring you, among other
blessings, a bride t If so, will you
choose her from among the bonny maidens of
She sunny South f ' V
'Doubtless you will do well very well,
indeed. But you will risk.adding fuel to the
"flames of a new sectional feelingone not at
all likely to involve the country in bloodshed,
again, because it is funny rather than menac
ing which has its storm centers in New
York, Pittsburg and other northern homes of
eligible bachelors. ,
Its origin? Well, it is gravely asserted
"that there U a craze now among northern men
to go South for their brides. And why t Be
cause, comes the answer, so many receni works
of fiction' have as their attractive heroines
Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee girls,
and girls from other states of the Southland,
that bachelors elsewhere have become deeply
im pressed. V Result -an unprecedented join
ing of northern and southern hands and
hearts. ' Piy' r'.- ' " : .'
- All of which seems to indicate a belief
that bachelors are given to serious perusal of
the "six best sellers," and do not hesitate to
adapt romance to wife seeking.
tu not all fives p to enjoying th thlnga of
j the world. . ' '
la Macon aba tu foremost to good works, md
many poor famines there bad ample reaaon to look
' . upon her as their ministering angel. Snob a character
would add charm to any naval when pictured aa 1U
heroine. .'
Bafora her marriage ta a rich Brooklynlte. lira.
Samuel Sloan Chauncey waa known aa "the beautiful
Allca Carr. of Kentucky." Slnca tha death ot bar hue
band, a few years aro. lira, Chauncey baa lived abroad
Her beauty fcan npom the ebwk of tight
. Like a rich Jewel la Ktblop's ear;
Beentr too rich for in, for earth to dear!
' B ahowa a enowy dor troopina with erowa, :
Am yonder lady e'er her fellow ehowe. .
. , Romeo and Jaliat.
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BE THAT aa it may, one finda upon inveatiratlnc
that, a , considerable number of aouthera brides
:' have been borne away of recent years to craca
new bomea located much nearer' Newport and
Central Park. '
. It will be remembered that when President Booaavelt
paid his visit to iieoraia In 1905 be waa particularly Im
pressed by the personal charms of Miss Selma Adelaide
Allen, one of the fairest of Atlanta's daughters.
, : Me. Roosevelt pronounced Miss Allen the "moat beau
tiful woman la the South," and ber fame, accordingly,
traveled far and. wide.. JNot long afterward ahe became
the brtde of Leonard Day, a prominent young lawyer and
Clubman of New Torlcf '
Wiile Mr., Day agreed heartily with the vlewa f the
President, It seems that be bad known Miss Allen before
the Chief Executive met ber, eO that the ardor of love
waa not kindled in ' bta breast by the latter'e words of
praise. But Mlaa Allen waa of a type frequently Im
pressed Into service by romantio wrltera, and Mr. Day,
no doubt, bad been a liberal reader. 1
;; A : description of the Incident; In which President
Roosevelt and Mise Allen figured bad Jthla comment to
makers "C5ood-lo6kIng women 'are numeroua In tha
South, and it is difficult to distinguish those among them
iwho excel their, stetere in that respect
"Miss Allen la a remarkably; handsome girt of pure
tlonde type. Here eyes are porcelain blue, and are shaded
' y very dark lashes i, ber akin is the blending of the gar
enta with tha rose; while her hair, which is abundant.
( vivid gold, i :
"She is scarcely out of her teens, jwt aha possesses
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much of tha time. Her youngest slater Is Lady New
borough. Mrs. Chauncey baa been called "tha handsomest
widow In the world." Since aha went abroad gossip baa
conferred ber hand upon a number ot prominent British
ers, among them Lord Rosebery. Arnold Morlay (son ot
Arthur Morley), and even that eonflrmed "woman hater,"
Lord Kitchener, the grim soldier of Egypt and the Trans-
-When southern beauties are, mentioned, one promptly
recalls the celebrated Langhome sisters, of Virginia; the
cur jssjrffZ4cr.
Castlamaa sisters, of Kentucky, and Cornelia Baxter, of
Knoxvllla, Tana, Attention baa bean called to tha la it
Dam ed recently because of bar matrimonial troubles In
Parla.. ; t
A daughter of Colonel Oaorga W. Baxter, of Knox
vllla, who, at one time, waa territorial Governor of Wy
oming, aba won international fame on the day when,
fresh from a convent school, aha appeared at the Grand
Prix, the great event of tha year In France, In 1900. v
. Only U yeara- old, aha was voted tha fairest of the
fair at tha crowded Longchampa race course.
, Some yeara later, while In California, aha net Hugh
Tevle, 40 yeara old, a ' multi-mllllonalre and a widower,
and shortly afterward married him. Six weeks from tha
data of bis wedding be died while the couple were on a
honeymoon visit to Japan. .
'Early In 1906 the dashing young widow married A,
Hart McKee, one of tha so-called "high rollers" of Pitta
burg, who bad been divorced by his first wife. Mr. and
Mrs. McKee have apent much of their time In Paris rot
all of it a happy time, according to recent cables, which
atated that tha wife was Instituting divorce proceedings. .
A bright, particular star In tha southern constellation
was Allca Castleman. whom generous nature evidently
Intended to ba tha heroine of a romance. , .
MADE FAMOUS BY A BALL
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It waa at' a noted 'chertty ball in New Tork that,
Alice. Castleman. then Just grown, marched lto fame
when she led tha grand march with Colonel John Jacob
Astor. " :ry E ' "" ; "" ;"" " .
' Every one gased In wonderment at the stately blonde
beauty, and soon the name of Miss Castleman was on
every lip. She bad come unheralded to New Tors: as the
guest of the family of General Egan: when aha returned ,
to her own homer in Louisville, her departure waa chron
icled aa a eociety event. -.,. s
A toll, finely colored, athletic-looking glrlj a girl with-
out fads, but an abundance of natlva wit; a girl who
danced as well aa aha rode, and talked aa well as aha
did both naturally ahe bad scores of admirers, men of
wealth and family, who would lay their names and for
tunes at her feet , :' ?
One day General Castleman. the father, brought home
to dinner a rather serious-minded yoiyg New Torker
Augustus C. Hone, a nephew of August Belmont .
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0 WHERE else in the world, perhaps, i
the imagination of the young bo care
fully fostered and cultivated aa in the
rjublie schools of Switzerland.
- ; Ordinarily, geography and history are aore
subjecta with the youthful mind; it is a sad grind
to store away the needful information that will
prove of use in the coming years. - .
. Swiss teachers seek to entertain as well as in
...,, TTr U thA interesting story told by a
that rare equipoise of well-cultured faculties, which make '-I. Visitor to one of the excellent schools of
tp tha charm of a gifted eociety woman." ... .'fcVJaid of Imountains and valleys.
BEAUTY GOES NORTH
Another transplanted flower of rare beauty went: to
grace a northern borne when, last year. Miss Mary E.
RuseU, of Winchester, Va., became the bride of Gardner
."W. Brown, ot New Tork. '
Unlike Mrs. Day, Mrs. Brown Is of the brunette type;
she is not the usual "petite brunette,? either, but la tall,"
stately and the ' embodiment of grace. ;v . : -'
80 widely known was she for her beauty that, during
her maidenhood days, she was frequently called upon to
itf-t as sponsor for her state at gatherings of old Confed
trate eoidiers throughout the South. - ,
For years Mies May Handy, of Richmond, waa
V!L0.wkn.,l"tone ,Il.th hanasomeet women In the country.
nfv in trwTher,cort",.tr1Bt admirers in her own
city, in BiUtimore,, New York, NewDort and other dares
to wlilch ho paid T frequent visits ' otner places
It remained for James Brown Potter of Nw Tftrir
to carry off this daszllng prtxe7 whereat rU heart of
many another suitor was sore within him -
William De Lancey KounUe, ot New York onlv mir.
vlvlng son of Luther KounUe, taauiymnuiSan
er, accounted himself very fortunate in wlnnln th hiVwi
and heart of Miss Martha Johtuon of Macon Ga Ml
t?.' otaiawtMhe?
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NTERING the common school of Baale the visi
tor is talking now one. finda in ma oeauuiui
ball a group of statuary repr eadntlng v Peata-loMt-the
patron saint of Swlaa achoola-wlth
two children, at nia; kneee. ';w '
' On the wall. In a prominent place, there Is a painting
or drawing ot the same teacher probably, receiving little
onea Into his bumble, school and gazing at them with
eyes of divine compassion, .v. Tou . will find as you go
through the school that everything ts planned to appeal
to the eye and thua reach the brain of the pupIL s
In tha Basle schools the city authorltiee are one with
the educational administrators in atrlvlng to make the
schools a success. The latter are fitted Hp with splendid
shower batha, which, secure not only cleanliness, but per
fect privacy .for every girl. Basle haa built no school for
ten yeara that la not fitted with baths, and school bath
ing is general, thanks partly , to the extreme gentleness
and tenderness even with which the susceptibilities of par
ents and children are treated.- ' :';;;:;n::.??cr
The drill hall is carpeted with English linoleum, and
In tha cooking room four or five different ranges, dressers,
etc., are supplied for groups of four and five, j. The
beauty of the plcturea on the walla of the hail la re
markable, and tha children often make them the sub-
the home of tha ' Ject of compositions. '' . "
suppose, now, that a class in gerjgrapoy is neing in-
xne wsuumi ueorKia pri was not a stranrw t th
tirpr social circles of New Tork. Newport ! Palm
hA A cousin of Mrs. Cornelius Vanoerbilt lit wl?
r.r'byMraTvSnde?bllt.. and it wai atM"S
l ater that she met Mr. Kountze. it is declared to hivi
l een a aiu of lnv mt first nirhi - , WHI 10 nav
At the time of hr marriage Mrs. Kountsa was en- tructed Tn' P"PU go t the second floor of the build
rrMiiy I'fRanieo: a typical soutnern belle. . Tall and
l.tr hfmm of friends wherever she went.
t..ii'i.f hinOH. does and outdoor snorts, she wt pr
in!tioi)t at tennis or golf as in tbs ballroom. But her Ufa
BTav eves, and aloriniia .hU... 1
he possessed a d Hghtful, cordial manner that won
ing, where there Is a room like a theater, ..Twice or more,
a week one will find there a crowd of bright-eyed, eager
children aeated en benches, sloping rem floor halfway
up the wall, and all waiting, waiting expectantly: , ' ".. :'
For this room is a real place of enchantment tbe open ,
door of the world.: A teacher mounts the platform, and
a monitor pulla-a string, a black ourtain falls, and the
room ladark. -
Then, by the aid of a email electro-lantern,' the city,
bay, plain, river or mountain range we have to learn
about In the geography lesson la thrown on tha screen.
The children see the Holy Land .' pictures, they see old
Berlin, and old Basle. They look not at a mere name in
the geography book, but at tha swift river, the yellow
sands, the beautiful mountains that bear the strange
names. : -
Not geography , alone. : but history, Is taught In this
way, and the children look at the men In armor who
ought the great battles, and gase on Sarbarossai Tower
and tha placea memorable for ever. They sea tha faces
of ehakeapeara and of Schiller, aa wall aa those of tha
great Swiss poets, and are familiar, with the traits of
some English m rubers of Parliament!
. Even the cookery class girls come to see plcturea of
" foodstuffs thrown on the screen; and all, from tha smallest
to the oldest, love the pictures. There is only one form
of punishment in the school, and that la employed rarely.
A teacher does sometimes say, however, to a naughty
child, "Tou shall not go for a week, for a month, to tha
' Picture room." It Is a severe punishment.
Most; remarkable of all, however, as an Illustration of
the effect of free eye-training In the development of
mental powers is the frea modeling dona by once dull, or
even feeble-minded, boya and girls In tha highest stand
ard of "the Halbsklassen, . of which Dr. Otto . Mayer, of
' Mannheim, la the head master. ,' r- ' ' .
At least once, but usually twice,' everx week, , each
class goes out with Its master Into the country, and when
they return the children of even the second clasa (many
of whom cannot even attempt to write or give In words
an account of anything), are encouraged .to take their
boxea of colored clay and make pictures with . It. And
. they do make pictures, J ; J ' '
One utOe boy of 8, who was believed on his entrance
to be practically imbecile, and who repeated the last ,
words of every sentence, addressed to : him. suddenly
burst for the first .time Into independent. utterance In
his new desire to make a clay motorl
' Some of these pupils begin to tell stories In worda at
last, speaking slowly, as If finding their; way through a
storm. In the children of the Bttsle Volkschula the inner
eye has not to be opened, but Is wide awake already. But
the teachers say, -quite truly, r"The eye la the organ of
the imagination, and to cultivate Imagination la a much
greater thing than merely to teach a aubject't i T f
Even aa long ago as 1888 Baals had her achoot doctor.
Even in 1886-twenty-ona years ago! he brought out a .
little brochure explaining why the voice ahould be taken ,
especial care of In school,; and why, all straining, of tne -voice
in singing and epeecli muat be avoided.
The town, meanwhile, has apent 1200,000 In the building
; of one school, and la projecUng another, whose equipment
will be finer and the cost still greatef than that of any .
yet built No social disUnctlon la regarded in education.
The children of rich and poor use and have all the ad-
- vantages of achoola in common. Basle welgha carefully ,
every new proposal for the lmproved.hyiene Of School ,
- life put forward by Germany, and ia yet maintaining per
fect Independence f thought and crtUcJtin.
Society had no charm for him; the Idea of becoming
a cotillon leader never appealed to him. Hia ambition
waa to do something In the world, and so ha turned to
railroading and began at the bottom.
tVben he sat at tha Castleman table and feasted bis
ayea on tha two beautiful slaters auickly he decided tha
Alice waa the moat beautiful- new and very tender
dream waa his. ... , '.
A dream that happily came true. ' ,
Although aba made her debut in the reflected glory
of her older alster"s beauty, Ellse Castleman waa lovely
enough to become celebrated herself, but her hand waa
bestowed upon man of her own atata, Charles Elmer
Ralley. . '''. , !.-.
Marriage haa taken alt but one of the celebrated
Langhorne Bisters, of Virginia, from -their native state.
One. Mra. J. Moncura, Perkins,1 resldea In Richmond J
Charles Dana Gibson, the artist, bpre one away to, his
northern home another married Reginald Brooks, a
nephew of Bishop Phlllipa Brooka of Boaton. - . " "
When handsome Nannie Langhorne became the- wife
of Robert. G. Shaw. Id, of Boaton. a briulaat and happy
future waa predicted for the young couple. Their mar-'
rled life might have been brlUiant had it been happy:
but happiness flew out of the window, and at tha and
of two yeara Mra Shaw secured a divorce. . ;.
It waa young William '.'Waldorf Astor. Jr., son of, tha
aelf-expatrlated American millionaire now living In Eng
land, who persuaded Mrs. , Shaw to aasuma again the
bonds of matrimony. Amona tha wedding gifts was tha I
splendid Cliveden, estate, presented with all its magnifi
cent equipment, by the elder Aator. V
Moleosophy" London's
Latest Fad
N THE other aide of - the, Atlantic curious fads
spring up, flourish and fade with the coming and
arolna of the seasons. Just now "moleosophy". has
the call in London. It's an occult aclence slightly re-
" lated to palmistry; It consists of reading one's character
and foretelling one's fate or future by the moles one maf
possess.'...; .;,-AS
There are many curious things about moles, those
who have atudied the aubject tell ua For example, If
"you have a mole on tha upper center of the brow, you'
are almost certain to have another on tha right armi
Just under the elbow, while if you have one on the
left brow, ydu will probably find lta fellow under tha
lower left rib. "v .' ';''-'' ' ' :'; '';' ,:--!...',;v
;i: :', Let -us 'take the first example, which la the mola
In the center of the brow. If you are a male person,
and have this center brow mole, and if it la black, it
; meana an anxious and troubled youth and more or less
adversity until middle age. A mole In the center ot a
"'woman's brow indicates a happy, unclouded existence
and the prospect ot ; inheriting money, . . ' .ii, V
Tha woman with such a tnole may not ba beautiful,
but she will have talent She will probablr write pja a
or compose music, and acquire riches thereby, but.
alas and alack 1 she will possess a caustio tongue, ana
will have few friends. .' . ' v . . .
She la advised to wear sapphires, presumably ir aha
can afford them, and Is seriously warned against mar
ry in a gentleman with a mole under hla right eye. ,
The lady with one mole on the right brow and an
other Just below the right lower rib Is i sure to marry
a foreigner, but the comfortable ?ondltion la made
that the foreigner will be a devoted and faithful hu-
band. . ,'.'.''ii . :.! ''r,r"'-L i s,:,, :f.-,".ti'', ; . ' :
, o!,t ik. .A ...ti.m.n piMt h mola on the left
brow and another Jual under the left ahoulder-blade. L
. if the mole be biacic, is conuernneu w .
' A young man about to -marry should avoid the ladyOk
with a moie on tne leit nrow, obcbuy J.i" ,
"a great Jealousy when she is past a0,; which will
make her most furious, with a desire to kill her own
U8Themaa w-lth a mole -on the Jett brow and another
the left wrist will have a peeyieh nature, an the
lady with the aame combination will run great dan
ger of death from a contagloue disease.
If a lady have a mole on the lower j corner of her
' left eye, she roust be very careful of the eleventh and
nineteenth of the winter months, and aha should, be
quite sure always to wear rubles. - - ...
' .The gentleman who has a mole on the bridge or
Mi nose should be very careful what he eats, for U
Imnllea nertl ot a InlW. BUI nnrmR, -. "
nected with the stomach ana liver,
be averted by great care lu diet,. T
which will
only