St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-20

decorations, and for these punches of
horse-chestnut blooms, scarlet peoples
made of gauze, garlandS of ivy, hops
and rOse-leaveS, two or three moss-rOses,
with plenty of buds and foliage, posies
of shaded cOrn-flowers, carnations or
lilac, and tufts of newborn green maple
leaves are very applicable. A hat Just
made for the beautiful Mrs. William K.
Vanderbilt has low crown and fiat
brim wide only in front-almost entirely
in fine black straw, save for band
some two inches broad of white straw
round the edge of the brim, which is
lined with plated black tulle. Outside,
and crushing down the crown, as it were,
with its weight, is quantity of green
barley, green hazel and knot of wide
ribbons of the same shade. Another
hat made on special model for the
same exacting lady shows the mOnotony
of wide-spreading DirectOire shape of
plain black straw, lined with black vel
vetand trimmed with a single knot of
green ribbons on one side, relieved by
plume OF very pale rOse-petalpink
feathers. 1t is further supplied with
green strings, which may either be worn
hanging down the back or tied loosely
under the chin.
The Willie Vanderbilt party, by the
way, had curious and hitherto unpub-
lished experience while occupying the
famous castle of Lindenfels, the favor
lite residence of the late King Louis H..
of Bavaria. A few weeks ago the lease
was dissolved by the mutual consent of
the contracting parties, viz, Mr.. Van
derbilt and the executors of the UNI
fortunate monarch, solely for the reason
that the Vanderbilts had concluded to
| return to New York. But the
ridiculous, though interesting story
comes after them that the as
signed cause of the sudden change of
plans was a ghost. The millionaire and
his wife, desiring the experience of
what it felt like to sleep in royal
castle, made an excursion to their
| Schloss, intending to remain day or
two. They brought few servants with
among the BayarianS in the neighbor-
hood. 1t did not take Mr.. Vanderbilt
long to discover that most of the people
| in the vicinity regarded him with
THE MOST BITTER ANIMoSITY.
He was considered uSurper who had
come to deSecrate monument sacred
to the happiest years of their late king,
who was as dearly beloved as the pres
ent regent, Luitpold, is disliked. On
this occasion Mr.. Vanderbilt's lines had
not fallen in pleasant places. At night
| the new prOprietors occupied the blue
| room, the one most frequently slept in
| by the king. 1t is palatial apartment,
| decorated throughout in the Louis XIV.
| style, and full of mementoeS of that
monarch, for whom the king of Bavaria
| himself had such a deep reverence.
| Having retired, and the lights in the
castle being eXtinguished, strange
noises began to be heard. Mrs. Wander
| bilt was alarmed, and insisted on her
| husbands rising and instituting a
search. This he did while greatly de-
| ploring the absence of 32-calibeI
American revolver, and, of course, dis
covering nothing. He endeavored to
reassure his wife, but the strangeness,
| not to say weirdnesS of the surround
| ingS made her thoroughly nervous, and
she was unable to sleep that night. The
| next morning Mr.. Vanderbilt, quite con-
| fident that it was all some practical joke
| of the BavarianS, made an investigation,
which ended in nothing. They spent
the day in looking over the castle and
that night again retired early. Soon
after the same sounds which had dis
turbed them before began again. Mrs.
Vanderbilt, in fright, declared that
ghost or no ghost, enemies or no enemies,
nothing would induce her to remain in
the place another day. The next morn
ing they started for the Bavarian
capital. The tale goes on to say that
Mr. Vanderbilt found no difficulty in
getting rid of his lease. 1t will now be
made part of the state property. Mrs
Vanderbilt is fully persuaded that, had
they persisted in remaining at Linden
felS, they would have been murdered,
theihostility of the peasants being Sc
great. For midsummer garden parties
are costumes of old-fashioned lawn
made up over silk in most picturesque
French styles of the last century. The
sprigged muslins of these dresses are
sheer old-time lawns wrought all over
| with thick dots and with SnrigS of col.