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I understand that my amiable young friend,
Joe Johnson, of the Journal, is at present
in New York selecting material for the
Midway Beauty Show, in which he has a
partnership interest. The management of
the concern certainly exhibited sagacity in
selecting Mr. Johnson for this important
and delicate errand, and I only trust that he
will return unscathed and heart-whole from
his exploration in search of feminine pulchri
tude. It is a perilous task, and reminds
me, when I come to think about it, of a
somewhat similar mission projected several
weeks ago by another connoisseur of female
loveliness—Col. Smith Clayton. Colonel
Clayton was interested at the time in a
variety theatre enterprise with Col. Ike
Orchard and others, and it was proposed to
put up a metropolitan play-house for vaude
ville entertainments, something on the line
of Mr. Matthews’Trocadero. The projectors
of the scheme agreed .that the show would
be most attractive and likely to prove a
winner if given entirely by feminine talent
with the proviso, of course, that the talent
aforesaid was young and charming and
possessed good voices from the knees down.
The concession was secured and the next
thing, naturally, was to send some man of
unimpeachable taste on to New York to
select the company with special reference
to the requirements mentioned. The part
ners were as a unit that Colonel Clayton
was that man, and the Colonel modestly
accepted the trust. “I shall go to New York,”
he said, “with a pocket tape line and a
memoranda of the proportions—the accurate
ana omical proportions, mind you—of the
Venus de Milo. Any lady I interview must
conform exactly to these measurements in
every particular or she don’t get the job.”
This declaration was received with the
utmost enthusiasm, and the syndicate imme
diately presented Col. Clayton with a cylin
drical pocket tape line in a neat nickel
plated case. I regret to state that the whole
scheme subsequently fell through, and the
consequence is that our Exposition visitors
will be deprived of the felicity of gazing on
a galaxy of venuses who are replicas down to
the most intimate detail of the classic model
of antiquity. Thus perished what was by
all odds the most brilliant and picturesque
idea yet launched in connection with the
fair, but I console myself with the reflection
that Colonel Clayton has possibly loaned
Mr. Johnson his nickel-plated tape line and
memoranda of measurements.
While financial transactions may be
hardly germain to this frivolous chronicle,
I heard the story the other day of a little
transaction in money that I make bold to
believe will entertain my readers. Some
months ago a gentleman of this city—never
mind who he is; you all know him—found
himself in a deucedly tight pinch for a few
thousand dollars. He had a note or an ac
ceptance or something of that kind—l don’t
know just what—that had to be met on a cer
tain day, as he stood a very excellent chance
of being shut up (commercially speaking) by
the sheriff. Just where to turn for the money
he didn’t know. He studied and schemed
and lay awake nights, but all to no avail, and
to cut a long story short, was driven nearly
desperate with anxiety. The wife of this
unfortunate gentleman happens to be a very
pretty woman—one of those captivating
Flowers of all kinds are grown to
their greatest perfection by the Brook
wood Floral (Jo. Out of town orders
will receive prompt and careful atten
tion. Potted plants for house decora
tion a specialty.
SOLE AGENTS FOR LEMP'B CELEBRATED BOTTLED BEER, BAILEY & CARROLL.
creatures who charm all hearts simply by the
sunshine of their presence. Learning of her
husband’s predicament, she ascertained from
him that he had appealed the day before to
a certain gentleman in the loan and banking
line for a temporary accommodation and had
received a severe frost. Whether she dis
closed her plan I don’t know, but next
morning she put on all her best finery and
went down to the bank prepared to do or
die. In twenty minutes she came out smiling
with everything satisfactorily arranged, and
the emergency was later on tided over. This
little story has roused a smile from the fact
that the financier in question is a notoriously
difficult individual from whom to extract a
dollar. I understand that the subject is a
very tender one, and that he gave a vigorous
tongue lashing to one of his most intimate
friends tor merely hinting at it in a chaffing
vein.
The battle for life among young profes
sional men is pretty apt to take on the com
plexion of a massacre in these days of bitter
competition. I heard a little story the other
day which illustrates the point with peculiar
aptness and gives a pretty fair idea of the
extremities to which the struggle for exist
ence will drive its participants. A young
physician on the South side held a petty
corporation appointment, it seems, that paid
him something like $25 a month. He was
frequently “guyed” for accepting the post at
such a purely nominal remuneration, and
none were more caustic in their comments
than a brother practitioner whose shingle
adorns an office in the same neighborhood.
The young M. D. hung on, however, and
was glad to pocket his tiny fee until better
things appeared. Not long ago he was
taken ill and found it necessary to engage
somebody else to look'after his duties for
the time being. He requested the scoffer
before mentioned to do him this service,
and when he recovered was astonished to
find that his friend had secured the job for
himself. It was a trivial incident, of course,
but one that has caused a good deal of com
ment in the medical profession and shows
that its much vaunted “ethics” stand a
poor show when confronted with the great
problem of bread and butter.
—The Boulevardier.
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From Our Regular Correspondent.
MACON I anvinforined that the eflforts on
foot among the ladies to raise funds for the Art
Exhibit in the Woman’s Department of the
Atlant i Exposition have resulted in a good deal
of heartburning. One popular matron proposed
to give a rather unique musicale at her home,
but claims that her idea was appropriated by
another social leader, and the result was that
both entertainments fell through. Others feel
offended because they were left off of the com
mittee, and altogether there has been quite a
lively time in the upper ten.
This recalls a singular story connected with a
collection of miniatures which a Macon society
woman will exhibit at the Exposition. Several
of the little portraits were pretty badly damaged
and q local artist was employed to “restore” and
touch them up generally. lam told that the bill
for this service was $25 and that the lady flatly
refused to pay for it. She finally sent a $5 bill
to the artist with a message, in effect, that she
“thought that was enough.” The man who did
the restoring declares that he virtually painted
in new faces, and that he was told to go ahead
and make them look pretty; that the likeness
didn’t matter.
One of the richest bits of gossip that has been
current in “ sassiety” for many a day relates to
a recent select supper party given by a hand
some young married lady of this place. Some
six or [eight guests were present—all intimate
friends, and in the course of the supper the host
and hostess engaged in a war of words across
the table. lam not informed how it started, but
before they got through the madame had
threatened to apply for a divorce, and the hubby
had told her flatly that she married him for his
money—all this, please bear in mind, in the pres
ence of their guests who were, of course, deeply
embarrassed. Such an episode seems well nigh
incredible, but I am assured positively that it
was exactly as narrated.
I hear that a forthcoming wedding in high
life in Macon has been indefinitely postponed at
the urgent demand of the bride elect. No
reason is assigned, but the young lady is
reported to have said most positively and une
quivocally that she would not marry this partic
ular man. Rumor, of course, assigns another
attachment, and a good looking young fellow,
in municipal service, is said to be the lucky
man.
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From Our Regular Correspondent.
SAVANNAH-— I hear a rather peculiar'
story in which a prominent lawyer, who is also
a leader in church circles, figures as the princi
pal. It seems that some months ago this gentle
man was employed by a widow, who lives in the
eastern part of the city, to represent her in
some litigation. To secure his fee she gave a
mortgage on some property on the White Bluflf
road. The notes secured by this mortgage
became due and she received a notice of fore
closure. Last Monday she came down town and
calling at the barrister’s private office proceeded
to beat him over the head with a heavy umbrella,
at the same time demanding a return of the
documents. Just how the matter was compro
mised-nobody seems to know, but the foreclosure
has not been pressed. The fracas alarmed every
body on the floor of the business block in which
it occurred, and one brother lawyer (who weighs
about 250 in the shade) tore down stairs yelling
murder.
It is common talk “in the know” that the’peace,
and serenity of one of the swellest congrega
tions in the city is apt to be split wide open at
any moment by a scandal involving one of its
lady members, the wife of a very quiet and es
timable gentleman in commercial lines. This
lady has numbered among her intimate
“friends,” in close connection, a wealthy cotton
factor, an insurance man, a real estate agent and
a merchant, whose place of business is near the
ARTISTIC ART.
The illustrations in this issue of The
Looking Glass are from phonographs
made by F. L. Howe, who is fast proving
himself to be the most expert photog
rapher that ever came to Atlanta. He
was for three years the official photog
rapher of the New York Daily Graphic,
and his out-door and interior views have
won medals in New York and Boston.
He has a complete set of photographs of
the Exposition buildings, and has the
exclusive right to photograph the staff
which will ornament the various buildings.
He solicits all kinds of out door work.
Office, Whitehall street.
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Wednesday and Thursday, September 11 and 12
MATINEE THURSDAY.
MCKEE RANKIN
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
and Company of Players
Presenting
Arabian Nights
Ttaß fi nee , Snow Ball
Thur % ht , A Legal Wreck
Usual Prices. Seats at Grand Box Office.
Friday & Saturday, Sept. 13 & 14, Matinee Saturday
The Genuine Dialect Comedian,
JOE CAWTHORN
Assisted by Miss Annie Buckley and
Frank E. McNish, and a good Company
in a New Comedy entitled
"A FOOL FOR LUCK.”
Produced with New Songs, Catchy Music
and Clever Specialties.
Usual Prices. Seats at Grand Box Office.
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One Week Commencing Monday, Sept. 9,
Atlanta’s Little Favorite,
MABEL PAIGE
And an Excellent Co.
Mnkm.vi The 4 Act Musical Comedy,
”i “the other girl. ”
Change of Bill Nightly.
PRICES: 10, 20, 30 AND 50 Cts.
Ladies admitted Free Monday Night when
accompanied by a paid 50c. ticket.
Sale at Miller’s Book Store.
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