St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06

daughters is Miss Margaret, a tall, rather
dashing girl, who is fond of her stunning
Paris dresses and devoted to dancing and
gay society She has such dark hair and
eyes, such prominent nose and strongly
marked features as to be often taken for
Jewess.. Miss Margaret Blaine went abroad
with Mr.. and Mrs. Whitelow Reid three years
ago, and remained at a school in Paris until
last fall when she came home and made her
debut in society. Under her leadership
many Germans and gatherings of young
people enlivened the historians home last
winter, and Miss Blaine led in youthful So
ciety. With sixteen stunning new gowns
she was ready for first season at Mount
Desert this summer, and was envied her
charmed existence by all her set before this
last triumph came to her father. Little Hat
tie Blaine, schoolgirl of thirteen years,
gives promise of being the beauty of the
Blaine family, for, although she has the
strong nose that distinguishes them all, it is
not so prominent as in the other member
One member of the Blaine household for
all the winters that they have lived in Wash
ington has been Miss Dodge Gail Haml-
tom, who is the cousin of Mrs. Blaine. 1t
was some years after her cousin, Elizabeth
Stanwood, returned from teaching school in
Kentucky, when Miss Dodge went to Wash
ington as governess in the family of DR..
Bailey, editor of the National Era After
this experience Miss Dodge became known
to the literary world, and when Mr.. Blaine
had served few years in Congress and set
tied himself in house here Miss Dodge be-
gan her regular winter visits that have con-
tinued without interruption for so many
years. In brilliancy and repartee she is a
good match for Mr., Blaine, and the CONVEX
sational tits between them heightened by
keen side-thrusts from Mrs. Blaine, have
made their family table talk worthy of re-
cording. While Mrs. Biaine's majesty of
demeanor awes some timid spirits, the ordi-
nary society woman is silenced before Miss
Dodge, knowing so well her preference for a
male antagonist in that social warfare known
as real conversation.
Mischief Dome by Good yatmred People.
It is rather remarkable that what are called
goodnatured people rarely undertake I'M
pleasant duties if they can possibly avoid
them. They do not like telling disagreeable
truths, however urgent the necessity for SO
doing, but transfer the mission to a sterner
friend with some such phrase as, II should
not like to say il, or, 81 should not like to
do it," just as if the habit of their lives was
only to do what they liked. Indeed, the
good natured people we are describing are
rarely generous in grand way; they are
seldom capable Of sclf-sacrifice. If they are
rich they give money rather than take trouble.
If they are people of leisure they proba-
BILE give time, which, perhaps, is not very
precious to them but doing something they
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virtue too rare to be found among them.
There is form of deception, too often
con sidered very venial, with which so-called
good natured people, if they are good letter
writers, are not seldom associated. This is
drawing up letters for their less gifted ac-
quaintenances to copy and send out as their
own. A really good letter often makes
very favorable impression; but it is some
thing like false coin if it be not the compo-
sition of the signer. No doubt there are
cases when it is necessary some statement
should be made in language more clear and
precise than the person concerned can COM
mand but in these instances the ready pen
man should write in his own person for his
friend. We are afraid many situations Of
trust and responsibility have been obtained
on the strength of admirable letters dictated
by another. But incompetence is sure to be
discovered sooner or later, as is a deception,
which is less forgivable than want of ability.
Long, long ago, we knew of a case far more
sad than the engaging of an incompetent
clerk or governess. A girl Of good family
and large fortune was won over to accept for
husband young gentleman of small
means and not much principle, mainly by
the eloquent, poetical, very charming letters
he addressed to her; nearly or not quite all
(which were composed by clever, bril-
liant friend who had never seen her. When
the marriage proved very far from happy
one-and the real scribe had a wife and
children of his own-we have reason to be-
lieve that he deeply regretted the part he
had played in deluding confding girl
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