St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-29

| sweet little nothings sub rosa, or calling
SOFT oelllades, which, of course, breaks the
poor fellow llup that happens to be sitting
near by. They are called the Tyre fan, not
! inappropriate, considering the truth of most
Oh the things said behind them.
went last week to Cyrus Fields recep-
ton to Canon Farrar. l was entertained,
| amused at Mr.. Fields presence and his
manner OF receiving guests, and charmed
WIN the Canon's fine bearing and courtly
ways. lie said he regretted not being able
| 10 go 10 St. Louis when in Chicago, but
that his time was more than filled and
many things he would have been pleased TO
do had to be left undone. AS he stood at
one end of the long drawing-room and re-
celved the salutations of the 1900 guests,
his appearance was very fascinating He
was In full dress, and this meant for him
long, black frock' coat under which was a
sort OF priestly gown which came down to
his knees. From there down his rather
small calf was encased in a black silk
stocking and patent-leather shoe with
large silver buckle footed up, as it were, a.
| very becoming dress.
| Mr.. Field went from room to room re-
celvlng guests and doing the honors gener-
ally in way that reminded me very much
| OF certain class of gentlemen who, at their
| downtown places of business, make tempt
| ing offers of job lots of overcoats or other
articles of apparel.
Most of the swell entertainments this
season have been teas and afternoon recep-
lions. 1t is the favorite means of intro
ducng debutante and of letting the So
cial world know that you are open to en-
gagements. If it is tea you are to give
the correct thing is to ask any two of your
young lady friends to preside at the refresh
ment table. Select the prettiest girls you
know, SO that when seated behind the tea
and chocolate urns at the ends Of the table.
they will contribute to the beauty of the
scene and intensity the general eclat of the
occasion.
| Reception hours are universally from to
z, the crowd coming at s. and the men who
have to go home from business and put on
black coat, struggle in between and Z.
There is one member of New York So
ciety who in herself is worth the price of
admission to see. She is the clown of the
circus. She is Mrs. John Bigelow There
is no vagary, no folly that she is not equal
to. And the funny part is that she is not
only tolerated but courted. She is a lady
well on in years, in fact fully developed
Old doWager, and yet the no-waist dress
| is her favorite and she is indefatigable
IN her social life. An evening at the Met
| ropolltan would not be success without
her. She must be sitting in a prominent
box, flirting with some young swell; must
| suddenly snatch a rose from her bouquet
and eXcitedly pin it to his coat, and then in
the middle OF an act get up from her front
seat, and walking round the circle, make
sudden appearance in another box, causing
sundry changes in the placing of its occu-
pants and attracting the attention of the
house. You ask who that rude person is.
GU are told she is not rude, only eccentric,
you know, and she is Mrs. John Bigelow.
A lady OF her acquaintance, and she knows
everybody worth knowing in New Y ork, told
me the other day that she wouldn't be at all
| surprised to see Mrs. Bigelow walk in at
any time and say: my dear, am going to
throw myself on the lounge for little nap.
Wake me up in half hour and have me a
cup of English breakfast made, and a bite
OF toast" She is clever, entertaining
and eccentric. Fancy her in st. Louis.
There is another striking figure in New
York society. In fact, there are many, but
some more prominent than Others Boston
does not begin to have so many. In fact,
there is only one really striking figure
there, Sullivan, believe. The one I have
| in mind here is the blue-ribbon ass of the
| sWells.
HIS NAME IS HAMMERSLEY.
You can see him of bright afternoons driv-
ing up the avenue in a dog-cart. You notice
that his head is drawn to one side and under
the impression that he is suffering from
some contraction of the cords of the neck,
you express some pity for him and ask why
he doesn't submit TO an operation that
might allow his head to sit straight on his
shoulders. You are laughed at. He does
If from ohnJpn nd ic
1.-The Hammersleys, sir, have carried their
heads that way for years, aye, for CEN
turies." Can you imagine such idiocy. The
| Vanderbilt episode has been the absorbing
topic OF conversation in most of the clubs
and about the hotels. Opinions differ largely
as to the merit of the man, but I notice
general willingness to acknowledge that
Vanderbilt though not a philanthropist,
was upright, honest and straightforward in
business. unassuming in private life
and home-loving, and, above all,
faithful friend. His great managing
ability, the enormous capital with which
he started easily explain the doubling of his
original fortune. IL was the result of
building up systems, establishing great en-
terprises, and not the destruction of smaller
fortunes, that resulted in his colossal wealth.
Among the best men, the most fair-minded,
Of course, much has been adverse. A
rich man has enemies because of his rich
ness.
The Wall street boys couldn't let his
death go by without getting a little fun out
of it. Lackawanna, which is coal stock,
had been pretty well down. The day after
his death it went up six or eight points. and
consequently card was circulated on
Change explaining that upon the arrival of
| William FL. Vanderbilt his satanic majesty
had given large orders for fuel resulting in
the immediate rise of coal stocks.