St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-03

are placed on tables and stands and on the
nantes.
Here every afternoon Mrs. Lord sips her
afternoon tea, with a friend or two per-
haps. and after pleasant chat which is
never dull, she goes off to dress for
dinner.
The mistress of this mansion-who is
worth several millions of money and is
noted in the world of fashion as wearing
most costly gowns and jewels possesses a
most interesting character, and is not
simply nonentity or doll, as are many
good women of the same position.
She is independent almost to the verge of
eccentricity in both dress and speech; she
is a noted Wit, and does not even spare her
self. She is devoted to many charitable
objects. and. most unusual of all. acknowl-
edges herself to be IAN old woman" to use
her own expression, and in all probability
would have distinguished herself in some
walk in life had she not been born in the
purple. for she possesses an unusual amount
of energy.
Although Mrs. Lord is probably nearer so
she does not look more than 40, and is as
erect and agile as girl of 20. She is tall.
taller than Mary Anderson. She is very
erect, and is plump without being at all
stout. Her figure is as rounded as that of
most women of 80. Her head is finely
poised and her face lit by pair of kindly
but shrewd brown eyes. Her features are
not regular. but are nevertheless attractive,
and profusion of black hair worn crimped
and in loose coil crowns her head.
For over thirty years she has been well
known here, although she was born in the
South and was belle in Richmond and
Washington in the good old days before the
war. She has spent her summers at Sara
toga and Long Branch. Newport and the
White Sulphur, and her dresses and equip
ages have become well known.
This summer she was one of the notable
people at Saratoga, although she lived
quietly at one of the cottages of the Wind
sOr hotel, at the lower end of Broadway,
and did not appear at many of the hotel
entertainments Her English victoria,
with its handsome bays jingling in silver
harness. her footman and coachman in
green and cream livery, was always pointed
ont when she took her afternoon drive
The cottage was handsomely furnished,
and she dispensed an almost regal hospital
ity among her acquaintances, which in
Guided the Hiltons, Mrs. A, I. Stewart
and others as well known.
Every morning she was up at 5 o'clock
with the larks, and at was ready for
long walk of five or six miles. Sometimes
the walk was taken with charitable OBJ
ject in view. but it was always taken
alone, and few of her friends knew of her
morning expeditions. At 8 she break
tasted, and afterwards dressed for her
morning drive.
Her hours in town are almost as early,
but her morning constitutional generally
takes the form of drive. She generally
devotes her time between breakfast and
luncheon to her extensive correspondence
AID to her charitable work, and her after
noon to her friends. Her luncheon is gen
orally solitary meal. but company to din
ner is the rule.
At she retires to her room and spends
the time until $50 in making a toilet that
could hardly be surpassed for splendor in
any European court. She is likely to ap-
pear in satin of primrose hue. with float
ing webs of costly lace, and diamonds flash
ing Oh her bare arms and neck. or an azure
silk. trailing in beauty behind her, with
pearls cleaning like white stars. for she
maintains that youth is not the only age
where exquisite color is needed; and as she
is far from being a wrinkled old lady, her
bright colors become her.
For the street she dresses more sOmberly,
but a quantity of fine lace fastened by rare
brooches of turquoise or emeralds, and a
handsome GainSbOrough hat, with dropping
plumes, is always added. and lends youth
fui air to the tout ensemble.
Mrs. Aston possesses the most costly dia-
mOnds in New York. Mrs. Martin and Mrs.
w. K. Vanderbilt both have fine pearls; but
it is said that Mrs Hicks-Lord has the
finest collection of rubies and emeralds in