The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, May 31, 1908, Page 28, Image 28

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Prove theMost Effective
ICTURE one of the most brilliant
social events of the season. The draw
tng rooms of the t plena td mansion are
,J,J m,Hth :..,L il k..:f..t
gowns ana vnia men rauiuessiy amrea, in
odor of flowers fills the air, which is tulsinr
with the hum of conversation and the soft
strains of music. (
v Beaming with smiles, the hostess receives
her guests.' Finally the footman announces:
"Mr. and M rs. rercival ... Langdon Fan de
Vere.n
Suddenly the conversation sinks to whis
pers; a sudden damp seems to pervade the
irrilUant scene. Bowinr rirht and left. Lrurh.
tng vtvaqously, Mrs. Van de Fere, the latest
divorcee, sweets into the room. rradousU .
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ererr' rv rorfa. . . .
There are 7 few responses a cold bow
here and there. Mam of the women deliber.
ately turn their backs. The hostess shows
f - . . ...
StgnS Of distress; She realizes that in beinr SO
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wziicnrus xmm ner twniianntit tn tin -am.
wicTvui wan nrr invitations . sne has com
muted a great blunder.
, For do not the matrons of her set 'delib
erately "cut' Mrs. Fan de Fere whenever
they meet her on the streett,
O't
COURSE, ft Is a picture of the finer. Th-
social boycott has not yet been employed
that Is, generally emploved-as a weanaa
"mi me wvoroo evu, nut may it not be?
" Is not its sting being keenly felt by Mabelle Oll
caaa Corey, who took the Steel Trust millionaire away
from als faithful wife? Is not the new Mra Ferdinand
Earls chined by the social frigidity toward bar at
Monroe, N. T.T Was not a similar aloofness on the
art of social leaders gall and wormwood to the
Jul of Mra Perry Belmont for year after her
divorce and second marriage
These are notable examples of the effectiveness of
an unfavorable sentiment toward certain classes of
dlvores sasea After all, the social boycott might d
more to deter such divorces than anything else.
When Mabelle Oilman Corey sailed away to Europe
a short time ago she carried a sorely disappointed
heart ? She bad won a fortune, unlimited money was
at her command, but the designs of hsr heart wars
nfulflUed, "
The full brunt of a social boycott was fslt by
Mra Corey when ehe moved Into her Fifth avenue
mansion in New Tork. . Her husband was head ef
ih,r.!!i?1.7ru"vt.oh' yVBut Corey had been an
; - SOCIETY ON VIRTUE'S SIDE ,
Society tooka virtuous stand, and Mra Corey's
r?!hbore rode by her mansion., heads up in the air
rever so much as glancing at the fair Mabelle
fche was invited nowhere. In her mansion kha
e mused herself ae well a. possible, but th ily?y?l
i-j.r from being joyous. f . "
v K? ,BOt t0T he declared." with a
l,uehty toss of her curly head. "I am roinr to u.
tdtui.h a salon yes, and have lnterestin Beoola
.ere
t; people wno do things. I don't care (or secletv
. interested la the world of art, and muslo iSi
I em
j frtturt.1
l'r some reason' or other" the world of art and
ipti aba conce
cuviti Ja m,-?ffcuirl.nc 'A c,,tl
piaying jaay bountiful to the poor of
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'-land and
at country,
bo mom auea away, saa at neart, nut defiant She
dirusted by her failure to enter upon a brilliant
Sal career. What was the use of having; a maa--"cent
home, Jewels worth a fortune, automobiles to
s . ie In and a regiment of servants, if one mm: remain
a social aobodyf - i . . , ....
In a lonely part of the west of Ireland th Corevs
taken Oalgan Park Castle, owned by toru de
iCfora, who also married an actress. Eva Carrino
t n, ! the Ualety Thter. London. There Mra Corey
Krhftpa, thinks she will be regarded as a pereon of
if 'afflnltv-
f affinity-
iuaa. after Ferdinand Earle, the artist
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iwiii oociai maiiierence - --
wiuwvir vw . xv tiwiiw - s - ,-
iSeeetjrarr-
i tmt, returned to Monroe, K T,
, with hla eoond wife the afllnltr
tor whera he had aet aatde the
I tint Kre. rurte-a dlfpatoh from
- Mt P'6 ted thet what wee
beea decided on by resident of than
Probably the new Mra, Barle, when MUs Julia
Xuttner, had, no social aaplratlona. . The affinity
aoheme e&rrossed her attention, Tho murmurs of an
outraged oommunlty at Monroe did not feue Earle
when be ent his first wife to Franoe. with an under
Uadlnr that she was to tret divorce in order that
he might wed the "affinity.- -K-...-.
, Earle was foUowlng- out hie Meals, and the pub
llo obloquy made him appear like a martyr W himself
and his frlenda He went abroad with Miss Kuttner
and lived In Italy. His wife secured the divorce in
France, and Earle was married to Miss Kuttner. Then
he returned to the United States.
His return, however, was doubtless not fie kind
expected, when he armed at Monro, he
was
h0t ll "t to hie house and a crowd o men
no Wye formed la the vtUare. Armed with dish
pans, discordant horns and other noise-producing; in-1
struments, they. started lor the Earle . mansion, pre
pared to express themselves In a charlvarL But
Earle had heard of this, and prepared a banauet for
eis wouia-ne serenaders.
WhM thaw Tt.r.4 h. -
Iare, Porch of his mansion, his hand extended
uadar.
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"Coma In. hove." h .!. ba.rti1v -r ti nuu
feast for you." Shamefaced, and stammering excuses,
the crowd dropped their drums and horns and entered
CPPOSE you bad unlimited riches at your
command, what would you do for your,
children t That is, in tha way of catering
-to their jurenile tastes and pro-riding them
Wlttt Playthings and childish amusements ! : . t
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vhilaren, of course, do not appreciate the value
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Of moBPT. A Rftj.Mt a11 mw rAyra. w miinli '
pleasure'M &QWri& Railroad Tmlye
' another comparatives do not play a large part
, a v;ij. i.l- - ,. r i -
,-.uuw,mo, :
In the homes of the land one ennonntpra thn 80-
cent doll much more frequently, than the minia
ture railroad, yet it is astonishine to lt-ftm what
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the dlnlnsT room. When they left their comment was:
"Earle Isn't such a bad sort, after all;
Ferdinand Earls has a arood heart, all his friends
say. But there, are certain social oonventtons which
society will not permit being- broken despite any
magnanimity of spirit It might forgive Earle. but It
must show Its disapproval.
So the neighbors of the artist decided to shun the
new Mrs. Earle. When they meet Mr. Earle the men
recognise him. Mrs. Earle by the women of Monroe Is
said to bs regarded as a stranger.
. RUINATION FOR ONE MAN
A number of years ago Frank A, Magowan was
Mayor of Trenton. N. X He was talked of as a future
Governor of the state. When a poor man he had
married a poor girl; when he got rich through rub
ber industries he tired of the, wife of his days of pov
erty, and becoming Infatuated with the wife of an
employe, eloped West with her, secured a divorce from
his wife and married the new charmer.
Upon their return to Trenton they were ignored
By tne,r trlena- Magowan's business suffered, and
within a short time hs was rulned-flnanciallr as well
u me it. .w ,
What is now' happening to Mrs. Corey and Mrs.
Earle happened to Mrs. Perry Belmont eome years
ago It ie only within comparatively recent years that
would naturally expect the children of mtl-
'lT' ' awUd t0 the" dis
posal the most expensive and complete toya
- tt' Ingenuity could devisa Well, the Oould
children are by no means toyless. V ! : . - v '
v m,t aM tt wa anuaced that Uttls (Cteorgs
J. Gould, JTfc, then C years old. awoke on Christmas
morning to find among bis gifts ths moat trfti
fPA Uwr-train ever built It?M KportJS
from Germany exnrasal tar .V .Tr .:..p. rl,(
v went at the tfnte. at a cost of $600. ' T :-w"0
iut minlatura 11 w w r.tn. 1.11. .....
... u.cir w.j. wen not sumoiently - up to date The
result special . automobiles . f or the. nnoM
,Z&FSF&
.J? ,n 'th yowest had a little automobile for his
very own, a machine diminutive In siee. hut nrf.. i
averv oart uii .i..ii.i.j u..V.r"""V"
many moonaT-- -r"T"- t?r" Ior
f I nl tt t tl Y ra llS I u.m nftntil.. '.1 " ....
children of wealthy Barents. Onu of th laM
young scion of the Vanderbllt house, was operated br
?SSS?f5- wfiS
oourse. This young gentleman
car, a miniature or the
ran merrily - over . tha
gentleman also bad little automo-
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she may bs said to have returned to a measure of
soolal success f
As the wife of Henry T. Sloans the now Mrs. Bel
mont was a social lander. At Newport she was re- ,
garded as among the prominent personages. She went
everywhere and Was entertained by everybody.
' Then same the ehapter of her life story that wasn't
pleasant Her husband divorced her and she promptly
married Belmont Society said little aloudi It spoke
In whispers.
But when Mrs. Belmont returned to the field of her
former social successes she found the bars ware up.
Society withheld the hand of welcome; few persons
accepted her Invitations. She was virtually frosen out
This condition of affairs lasted nearly fiva years,
when some of her former friends began to rally about
her. and a compromise was mads by which Mrs. Perry
Belmont and Mrs, O, XX. Pi Belmont who led the social
war against her sister-in-law. were Invited alternately
to functions. -Things were so arranged that they never
met Such an arrangement was naturally humiliating
to the divorcee, and sh made a bold move.
She would win out or lose but she would not lose
without a struggle. Mrs. Belmont went to London.
Perry Belmont was an old friend of the Baron Al
fred de Rothschild. The baron did not know nor care (
about any scandals concerning the divorce, nor had be 1
any interest In Newport's soolal wars. A dinner was
biles and electric toys In great bomber and variety to
, banish, monotony- from his youthful Ufa. ' i '
But ths most famoua-and,, psrhaps, costly of all
miniature railways is one on the estate of Percy H.
'sn la the suburbs of Manchester, England. It cost '
: ln tha neighborhood of $50,000. . , t --: : .
.The -country" through which this little railroad
i Lun" hug. eingia-atory building, 80 by feet
Bvery detaUTe complete, from passenger and freight
stations to the signal system along the route.
Locomotive and tender form a piece of machinery
8 feet long and It Inches high. It runs on a 6-Inch
gauge track, and is an exact duplicate In miniature
of an express engine on the London and Northwestern
Railroad. The little engine and tender cost $1800, and
took about nine months to complete. Nearly two years
were required for building the entire system.
Charcoal is ueed tor fuel in the locomotive, which
can travel six times around tho length of the system
. without renewal of fuel. The train makes a speed of
about six miles an hour on straight stretches of track,
although this speed is considerably reduced on curves. ;-
There are both passenger and freight trains. The
passenger train has four cars, mnd accommodations for .
. first second and third class travel are portrayed with
faithful attention to detail as It 'Is known In England.
given by htm to Mr. and Mrs. Belmont tn London, to
which wars mvtted, among other notable guests, the
duke and duchess of Connaught, Prlnoe Frauds of
Took and other persons close to the king. -,
This dinner marked the turning point of Mrs. Bel
mont's career. She oould now snap her fingers at New
- Tork. Shortlr fUf Uiii dlnneif M Belmont jnet and
chatted with King Edward at Ascot Then followed
her appearanos at the royal ball In Windsor Castle,
when President Ixmbet of France was England's guest
. Her appearanos at the grand opera soored another
suoesss. New Tork and Newport read of Mrs. Bel
mont's triumph abroad, and when she returned she
found a different atmosphere awaiting her.
Any woman who had been eeen walking with the
king of England could not be ignored. Was It to be
Mrs. O. H. p. or Mrs. Perry T The Belmont season was
beginning. And the Newport crowd chose Mrs. Perry.
When - Mrs. James P. Kernoohaa entertained the
Marchioness da Mores Mrs. Perry was present; Mrs.
O.H. P. Belmont was not'; Vr.:'l-.f M'
Than earns a muajoale by Mrs. William T. Bull and
an afternoon party given by Richard Hall, the artist
Mrs. Perry was conspicuous by hsr presence; Mrs. O.
- H P. by b? absence. And so it went on. It was
amusing, t
It Is not likely that Mrs. Corey or Mrs. Earle will
find the ley barriers of protest melting ss readily as
did those confronting Mrs. Belmont The woman who
became the second Mrs. Magowan could not make
headway agatnst an adverse publlo sentiment
"Undoubtedly social ostracism would curb the num
ber of divorces, especially In society, deolared so
ciologist recently. "One thing dear to a woman is
social recognition and success.
"In society divorces have been regarded as quite
an ordinary procedure; divorcees are remarried, return
to the fold and find arms open to receive them. Per
haps they are all the mors popular because of their
matrimonial escapades.
"But if a good, healthy publlo sentiment were
aroused and every man or woman figuring In an un
savory dlvoros scandal were eoldly turned down, we
should find that marrlags would not be regarded so
lightly; that men would not cast off their faithful
wives for stage favorites, and that society would, be
oleaner. ' - '
"Before risking social ostracism, men and women
would hesitate long era they east aside lightly the
ties that should bs sacred." .. .
Ths freight train consists of ten cars and a caboose,
and Indicates facilities for handling every kind of
freight, from ooal to grain and cattle.
It isn't always ths child of vsry wealthy parents
who can boast of remarkably constructed and costly
toya' Last winter ths little son of George -A. Wosrs,
Of IMS Oxford street Philadelphia, was delighted to
find among his presents a miniature amusement park,
reproducing with fidelity the attractions of Willow
Qrove.
- This model of the well-known summer resort Was
made- of wood and metal by the father of tho delighted
little fellow. Mr. Woera worked over the model for
more than three yeare. Every detail of ths park Was
reproduoed In the replica, even to the eleotrio lights,
the moving dancers and waiters.
In all, Mr. Woers estimates that ths "toy eost him
$1000, to say nothing of countless hours of work. It
occupies fifty feet or floor spaoe. .
- For little John Nicholas Brown, for soma years
known as the richest baby in America, a fairy palace
has been constructed at Newport R I. It cost over a
million dollars, on the tnira floor is a largs hall, it
' by 41 feet, which Is ths special domain and playroom
, of the petted youngster. - , A . .
In tho aloovee is a great mass of moving scenery,
set pleoes and other paraphernalia tor games provided
on a liberal scale. If young John and his friends wish
: to play Wild West they may find all the adjuncts at
. handmountains, camps, rooking horses, trees and
-wild animala
Perhaps the most extravagant expression of a fond
parent's love Is to be found in the fairy estate being -created
near Chicago for young Lollta Armour,, daugh-
tor of J. Ogden Armour, One of the world's money
kings. It' Is believed that thle fairyland will cost, when
. completed, between $10,000,000 and $16,000,000.
, : . HER OWN WOODLAND
There) Lollta will have her own woodland, filled
with vines and wild flowers, and the forests wUl
team with all kinds of animal life. The grounds will
be dotted with lakee and waterfalls, the waters wUl
be stooked with" fishes of many varieties, and upon
the surface will ply yachts, electric launches and
other boats of various kinds. . ,
Briefly, this 9-year-old girl will be provided with
the most beautiful palaoe of modern times, filled with
every comfort that the heart could wish and every
. luxury that money can buy, and surrounded by such a
dreamland as only the mind of the greatest landscape
'engineer could devise.- - .
These are all special eases, you may Say. Yes, but
any fond parent with money can provide wonderful
delights for hie little ones at almost any largs store.
One may purchase a mechanical acrobatlo group of "
four persons for $500. The principal figure in this Is
18 inches high, ths others smaller, but their "stunts-
ajre amaslng. -. - -1.--'- .''(
For $160 one may secure a mountain scene with an
electrlo train winding about the hilla A complete" ,
circus with mechanical figures can be secured for $17$. '
and a German parade for $260. r .-- s
There are steam yachts that fill every requirement
of the small boy, and cost only $0, and the genius of
toy makers has evolved a great variety of mechanical
effeots that are within the reach of persons of mod v.
rate meana .' . .'