THE REPUBLIC: SUNDAY. MARCH 17. 1901. iAAWAftftftvww ai vAAAAAA'AA Famous Club of Other Days With the Passing of a Downtown Building the "Home Circle" Is Recalled. s, JUUkAJkJUMUUk MAWVWWVWWWWWWWAAAWWAMAAAAW RECOLLECTIONS OF THE "HOME CIRCLE." rM IS?" - .iJ.hXi IVJisbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI K-fKM&I i, iffi?2Sn' S-yS'PJf" R ? F'-q'j yvS-5F"fiSs IniHB J.-,. i p-mmhbhsi v mmmmTmwrmmMmmmm-i . wmsfflgm .isi f pr t&apa BajiiriMEi BY O. BENT OARR. W d) HAKY.'BEER,-&G NOW MRSDALZELL-. OF PITTSBURGH , PA-, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH MADEfcl jn romewhen Pius nx: WAS STILL POPE .. PRENTICE SMITH wa W-B. EDGAR FORTY YfcJAKD uu. o IU'RM'l'LN rORTHHtTNDATtREFUIlLTC, KE of the various improvements being made Jn St. Louis that"lt may be truly. In loolts as In fact, a. World's Talr city by 1903. Is tha erection of a large skj -scraper at southeast corner of Broadway and Olive streets In . place of the hlstorlo old Insurance-Exchange building. The demolition of this old building has wiped out the last vestige. If not the last recollection, of a place where the grand ' mothers of the smart young- set of to-day , aid their first dancing. '. Long before tho Insurance Exchange C building went up the site was occupied by fL two-story restaurant, owned by Eugene HGuenaudon, a noted French, caterer of that J day. It was In the ballroom of that restaurant " that the famous St. Louis "Homo Circle, ' . for more than twenty jears tho leading : eoclal club of the city, gavo Its first dance. V The restaurant had formerly been tho ". home of Mr. Bernard Pratte, one of tha .-wealthiest residents of the growing town. Guenaudon built an addition to It on tho J couth. On the first floor of the addition I he conducted a confectionery store and t above the store was the ballroom. Tiie sup fper, always an elegant affair, waa, served tin the store. iPTOPOSES OF OR.GAXI7.ATIOX SOP THE -nOME CinCLE." The "Home Circle" was founded in the I fflcea of Norrls, Taylor & Co. in December, k'lS64. by Messrs. C. Bent Carr. George V,. i Parker. Bd Norris and Charles Russell, and J-the records tell us that Us object was to :-jlve amusement to the young married wo Ixnen of St. Louis's polite society, who, in i those days of rigid conventionality, had no f place to go to dance and be merry. These same joung married women ere to ;ay the grandmothers of the matrons and ' mademoiselles whose doings are chronicled In the society columns. The first president of the Home Circle was Mr. George w. anter. wno luier uo- nnit Governor of Montana. " His successor was Mr. C. B"nt Carr. who presided longer over tha destinies of the "Circle" than any other. During part of , the life of the "Circle" Mr. John M. Harney was Its president. Mr. Carr was devoted to its interests and . speaks thus lovingly of the delightful sea sons of mirth he helped to provide for the members of the association: BEU.ES OF THE BALLS OF THE EARLY DAIS. One of the distinguished belles of early Home Circle days was Lizzie Giles. She had that peculiar mark of great beauty, , "blond hair and black eyes. Miss Giles 'married Mr. Shannon of Richmond, Va.. 'end after several jears of widowhood was again married to a Mr. Gwynn of "Washing ton. D. C. Julia Rudolph, another belle, became Mrs. Belcher of Memphis. Her sob, Rudolph Belcher, is a resident of St. Louis. Mrs. Ed Norris, a typical Southern bru nette beauty, was Miss Martin of Lexing ton. Ky. Mrs. C. Bent Carr, stately to-day in her white-haired elegance, was Miss Atcheson, and her daugher, Dorcas Carr, now Mrs. Ernest Bell, took her mother's place In the younger generation. Miss Jane "Wiggins, a daughter of one of the oldest St. Louis families, is now Mrs. Franklin RIdgely. Sho was one of tha most graceful eoclal leaders of that time. Noted for unusual personal attractiveness was Lulu Farvvell. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lavellle of tho Southern Ho tel. She married Mr. Charles Sole of Bos ton. Miss Adele Powell, daughter of Mr. "Willis Powell, became tha wife of Joseph Cham bers of Florissant. Mls Mary Beer, another of the famous young society belles of that day. married Mr. Dalzell and lives now In Pittsburg, Pa. Miss Theodosla Hunt was of old Virginia lineage and married Colonel Strother of Kentucky. Her daughter. Miss Fannie Strother. was tho bella of her circle. After the Colonel's death the Strothers went to Paris to live, where Miss Sallle married Baron "von Fahnenburgh. The Pratt glrl Julia and Lena, were dashing beauties. Miss Julia married first Captain DIckcrson, U. S. A., and after wards Goernor Gilpin of Colorado. Her Finer, Lena, married Doctor P. G. Robin son. Their daughters wero famed for per sonal f harms. The chums of the Pratt girls were tho Bertholds Mitnl. who married first Captain Kennedy and afterwards Major Waggaman, and her sister, whom the present genera tion knew as Mrs. Auguste B. Ewlng. Sallle, Fannie and Lizzie Britton were a trio of beauties, all of whom married men out of tho city. A second generation of belles of Home Circle dajs Included Cora Baker, now Mrs. Asby Chouteau; Nellie Hazeltlne. Fanltj. J Haward. Luna Garrison, Lily Morrison, DKIe Thaw, the Misses Gregory and the daughters of James B. Eads, all of them married, and some gone henca In the fresh ness of youth. RErX AAD n ACHEI.ORS STILL AVE LI, IOW.V. The beaux of those days were almost as famed for personal pulchritude as tho belles. There was Doctor H. J. McKellops, Paul Beckwitli. Ed "Washington, who was looked upon as a dandy par excellence; Ed Nor rK the fastidious, and his -brother Jim; Georgo B. Kerr, R. B. "Whlttemore, Thad Prentice and Asa V. Smith. W. B. Edgar, Allan B. Pendleton, John Delaney, "William H. Thomson, Brjan Clemens, Green Larl more. Edwin Harrison, Colonel. J. L. D. Morrison. General D. M. Frost, Julius S. Walsh, Ben V. Lewis. Edward C. Simmons, E. A. Hitchcock, Henry U Dausman and i -- , iL' llM.fJ.oou. S yv "J'IvIjTiV AF i T$ ftsBBBBS VLJlf? 5JJ ttMHBBSSSSSSBBBSSSSSSnB?BBBBBBBBSBBBBBBw ??!'4 -- WWT '"V&yti ilssssssssssBsssssssKlissBsNssssssssi ..'mr lE-M .Wi MR THAD SMITH, A BEAU OF K. mM'M i 3m I early stl.ouis.trom aphoto- " '- tPtJsF- '" V GRAPH TAKKN iiy4 1878, y.. . V- m, Is'- - - I .- - ' Kg1sL---ianii nr-i 1) LULU FARWELL, (L WILLIAM B. EDGAR ana.ASAAWpMn MR . ana MRS .PJ2ENTICE SMITH . , .slM THE , SIXTIES.' mr. smith i& now rAsuiFsinr.THt BANK OF CALIFORNIA . , " "I "ft t IN SAIM rKANCI5CO.j H started out to make the dance parties of tho circles at simple and unostentatious as possible. but, like all things In a. young and thriving city, wo soon grew "swell" and ultra fashlonable. At first the membership was small and the dues J23 per member. Our wUes nnd daughters were comemberc, of coiirso. "With that $C5 per held wo lefraed the expenses of 11 a parties In a season, and paid for everj thing, hall, music, supper, exclusive of wines nnd carriages. Mahler & Spier lng, I remember, furnished tho music. Mr. SjUciter Chouteau was the chairman of tho first Floor ComtnlttPe. He was suc ceeded by Mr. Charles Chambers. Both of these gentlemen are now dead. The rules of admission to the "Circle" wre very rigid. Eery applicant had to ba touched for and indorsed by some mem ber of the board, and one black ball was sufficient to exclude him for all time to oome. Money had nothing to do at that time with the eligibility of a member, but ho had to be of good family, excellent stand ing In tha comraunltj and good moral ch iracter. "To our Board of Directors we always elected men of fine eccutlvo ability, many of whom gave excellent servlco. The lato Mr. Charlfs C. Maffltt was an exceedingly clllclent member of the board. So were Messrs John O'Fnllon Delaney, Allen V. Pendleton, IMward C. Simmons, William H. Thompson. William McCree, Pierre Chouteau, Charles P. Chouteau, whom we laid to rest r few weeks ago; Gerard B. Allen. Ed Norris and his brother, James, ami many others. At tho tlmo George W. Parker was presi dent; George II. Parker, who was no rela tion of the former, acted as secretary, and wo considered that quite a colncldencu la ths small society list of the city. BY MRS. ED NORRIS. T HE pleasantest recollections of my early mnrrled life aro connected with tha "Home Circle." My husband was ona of tha founders, and I was then a young bride, from Lexington, Ky. Wo were qulta democratic In the beginning. To the first balls at Guonaudon's we went In our street clothes. In fact. It was stipulated In one of the paragraphs of the constitution thnt simplicity should prevail, and tho la dles carried out their husbands' designs. Several omnibuses, each holding from twenty-trie to thirty persons, gathered us all up, and we had great fun both coming and going. The lat party of the season was the masquerade ball. For this the most rigid rules were In forco. Every guest had to pass sep irately Into a room wherein wero seated a committee of five or six gentle men who knew personally every member of the circle The guest had to remove his or her mask ard be personally identified bv some member of tho examining committeo before being allowed to enter tha ballroom. If not personally known, no plea on earth could hao procured admission to that gath ering. Elaborate masquerading was not In vogue In the rarly dajs of the "Home Circle." I remember some seven or eight of us went one year as Fclroolgirls. In short frocks and pinafores, with golden braids hanging down our backs and school bags and slates dang ling from our sides. We were all dressed alike, differing in nothing, not even tha color of our hair. Ona of us would dance with a gentleman a bit, then another would slip In, and a third, nnd so on, until wo n. At, nrtftnro en fnnfll.SfHl that theV ! didn't know what they were doing. "Bat tho -very first season closed the period of street clothes and omnibuses, ana somo of the most elegant gowns I ever saw were worn after that at the "Home Circle" balls. Somo of the noted belles of ths city made their debuts at these parties, and oico we entertained royalty In the person of tho Grand Duko Alexis, who sat on a throne under a canopy of rosebuds while every lady was presented to him, "a la grande cour," in ogue at real Old-World courtt It waa at the annual masquerade ball. Sallle Britton was the belle of the even ing. She was a beautiful woman, and mads quits an Impression on his Imperial High neso. As we were introduced to him we lift ed our masks, that he might sea our faces. I suppose he was struck with Miss Brit ton's beauty lnstanter, for he selected, h as his partner for the opening dance. Mrs. Julius "Walsh, who was Josephine Dickson, ras another belle with whom ths EusaHa visitor danced several times. THE MAN OF THE HOVR AT MANILA. WT.ITTEN FOR THE SUNDAT REPUBLIC. Upon Judge William H. Taft, now Presi dent of tho Philippine Commission, will ImJSS FARWEUA MARRIED MR. CHARLES SCT.F.W L QF BOSTON- r The .McCreerys, tho McKellopses. the Chouteaus, the Blocks, tha Rej burns, the Ewlngs, the Lafllns, were close neighbors on OHe street below Twelfth, and Chestnut street was beginning then to come in for a share of fashionable patronage a3 a resl 1 donee quarter. t Locust street below Twelfth was a reg i ular church thoroughfare. There was only u one business house there then. That was h men of that class, were both the Chester fields and Beau Brummels of Home Circle (las. The Southern Hotel, and during a short Interim tho Lindell, wero scenes of the most exclusive of these entertainments until the extinction of the CIrole, March 22, 1SS6. WHERE TOE "KASnlOJfAnLES" LIVED IX "HOME CIRCLE" DAYS. When the Homa Circle was Inaugurated It was easy to ride In an omnibus to Guo naudon's lestaurant and not catch cold. even In the severest weather. Tor In thoso uas me lasmonauies uveu wiium e. eiuue 3 throw of tha restaurant and the Southern Hotel The Flllejs lived on Birth street at the time tho late Oliver D. FHIoy was Mnvor of the citv. Tho Carr nansIonwas on OlUo street between Eighth and Ninth streets. Hlckoo street between Ninth and Tenth was a suburb and the Desloges' residence considered far removed from civilization. The hospltablo Hargadino mansion was on Locust street between Sixth and Sev enth streets. Tho Wiggings resided In a splendid home on Walnut street between Sixth and Sev enth streets. John O'Fnllon Popo occupied an hlstorla mansion on Chouteau avenue. The Abadles resided at No 699 Morgan street, and the Major II. S. Turners lived at Eighth and Ollvo streets, where a build ing Is now being torn down. the dry goods establishment of Henry Bell & Sons on tho southeast corner or uro.au way and Locust. On tho northeast corner was tho United Presbyterian Church. Tho Second Baptit Church was on the corner of Sixth und Olive streets, Uarr's of to-day. Seeral houses on tho corner of Sixth and Locust streets belonged at that time to Charles II. Peck, president of the Mutual Life Insurance Companv. Mayor John F. Darb's house was oppo site Guenaudon's place. The Moffltts, up to tho tlmo of tho erection of the Julia lmllding, now Barr's, lived near the corner of Sixth and Ollvo streets. Tho complexion of tho city has changed mightily since then, but tho richest mem ories of early dajs In St. Louis cluster around the corner of Broadvvav and Olive, where tha new Bank of Commerce will have Its palatial home. JET KJSj- ' jH'OXiiBMssssssssssssBssC. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbBF bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH 1 sssssssssssK' ' sssssssB- bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbkT sbbbbbbbbbbbbbL! bbbbbbbbbbbBbbsbssbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV1 i HsfsH bbbbbbbbbhbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI BiffSSSBBSBSBBBSJBMBBSSBSSHSBSSSBSS JUDGE VlLLTAM H. TAFT, Newly Appointed Governor of ths Philip pine Islands. fall the somewhat oncertaln honor of be- ins the first Governor to rule ovsr ths va' tire Philippine Arcnlpelasjo In ths nam of tho United State. There have been Governors of th Phfflp pines before, when the Spanish flag; wavea over Manila, but none of these over pre tended that ho ruled tho archipelago. II was easier, and much more comfortable, to rlt In the residence at Manila and tell what ourht to be and might be done, and ona could get rich just as qnickly. Judge Taft's task will be a different ona. He will be expected to see that ths dvtl laws of the Government are enforced, and In such a way that the people will havs no cause for complaint. His accession t pow er will be an opportunity to prove whether a man educated for the law will make as good a Governor under these drcnnistances as one whose life has been spent la busi ness pursuit This question has become a mooted one, and ths appointment ot Judge Taft. which has already been Informally announced. Is likely to provoke a storm el discussion. Judge Taft will by no means be lsft te depend upon- purely moral "force. General Chaffee Is to succeed General MsoArthur In command of the military forces, and thsss will always be at the Governor's service. Judge Taft's appointment la In On with the understanding at ths tlms hs aoosptstt a place on the Philippine Commission. 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