mary beth was given the old master bedroom in the north wing , above the library , which has always since been occupied by the beneficiary of the legacy little belle , too young perhaps to be displaying signs of feeblemindedness , was given the first bedroom across the hall , but belle often slept with her mother in the early years mary beth began to wear the mayfair emerald regularly and it may be said that she came into her own at this time as an adult and as mistress of the house new orleans society certainly became more aware of her , and the first business transactions bearing her signature appear in the public records at this time she appears in numerous photographic portraits wearing the emerald , and many people talked about it and spoke of it with admiration and in many of these photographs she is wearing men 's clothing in fact , scores of witnesses verify richard llewellyn 's statement that mary beth cross-dressed , and that it was common for her to go out , dressed as a man , with julien before mary beth 's marriage to daniel mcintyre , these wanderings included not only the bordellos of the french quarter , but an entire spectrum of social activity , mary beth even appearing at balls in the handsome 'white tie and tails ' of a man .