St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-07

EI6RSzS toCentral park for
tGGM breakfast. A S l
20 wv crossed Madison
avenue the driver pulled his horses
up to allow woman of hand
some figure TO switch along in front
of us. The horse slipped on the stones,
and there was whirl of feminine drap
cry as the pedestrian jumped across
our path ana narrowly escaped being
knocked down OH the way. She dropped
one of her gloves and looked bit
frightened. dumped out of the han
som-for l recognized her-restored her
glove and told her that the driver and
had not intended TO run over her.
Il didn't know you at first" | said,
''you have grown so much thinner"
RATHER said the girl. still painting
from her violent jump to get out of the
way of the horses ho0fs. This is what
does it,
looked around vaguely.
IL mean walking i'll the early morn
ing" she added. II get up and take
bit of toast and half a cup of tea, and
then walk up to One Hundred and
Eighth street and back every day of my
life. 1t took me three hours when
first began some time ago, and now l do
it in an hour and forty minutes. L have
lost fOrUy-tWo pounds"
Il suppose there is no use in offering
you a lift, them"
She shook her head, waived her hand
and started off. | had not seen her in a
year, and the change was wonderful.
She had been fat and jolly. but rather
indolent girl, with slow way OF speak
ing and great tondness for the corner
of her trim little victoria. She is very
snll l,C n
of being a great beauty when she was
grown so stout that the prom
Use had been not fulfilled. Her
exercise, however, had wrought won
derful change. She had grown straight,
held her shoulders back, her head in
the air and the bullying contours Of her
figure had given way to the most beau
tiful and symmetrical lines imaginable.
But the training had done more than
this, for it gave her formerly cOlorleSS
cheeks dash of red. had frightened
her eyes and even driven the laZineSS
and Incidence out of her talk.
| unused over this while, and then
picked UP Il paper and read thrilling
account of now another remarkably
handsome woman had lost ller beauty
through too much champagne and
truffies and was getting it back by eXer-
else. Miss Pauline Hall, learned, was
reducing herself by riding bicycle
man fashion every morning shortly
after daybreak up above the city limits.
l dismissed the hanson when we got
into the park, and walked slowly to-
ward the Casino. 1t was then about
1880, and the driveway and walks were
deserted; but as | crossed the bride
path above the mall it was my turn to
jump, for horse was coming down OH
the soft mold of the path at Il pace that
was terrific, and on its back sat beau
tiful girl, with her hands. well down and
shoulders back, and an air of utter un-
concern on her face. / started back /;
but it was useless, for the horse was
stopped with quick pull Oh the reins
in fashion that made me stare.
1t was a chestnut horse, with round
barrel body, slim legs, bright eyes and
tiaring nostrils. 1t has been the fad for
a long while for coachmen. both here
and in England, to drive their horses at
a brisk trot to the door, and then stop
them like shot. while they are going
at full speed. The horses are trained
so that they throw their forelegS stiffly
out, and, though it usually throws the
carriage somewhat forward. the effect
sense.
had never seen this sort of thing
executed OH horseback, though | have
seen remarkable hOrsemanship at diff
ferent times. In the park, however,
the horse was stopped in precisely that
fashion, and | involuntarily glanced up
i'm the air to see the rider shoot up to-
ward the sun. But she sat in her seat
like centaur. | CHANGED to know her.
1t was Estelle Clayton, the actress, and
/ asked her how she could keep her
seat.
~ have been practlcing it, she said,
''fOr some time. | ride here every morn
ing for two hours, beginning at O'Clock.
1t keeps me in such excellent trim, you
know"
The statement carried weight, for her
cheeks were red and her eyes bright.
She had the look of excitement and
health that is occasionally seen in
girl at her first ball. Then | was
treated to a small exhibition of her
craftsmanship by Miss Clayton. She
had trained the horse she said, with the
idea of introducing him into her drama
tiZatiOn of The Quick or the Dead"
when she plays it i'll New York.
There's a runaway scene in the
play" she said, land have trained the
horse to stop quickly, so that | can be
rescued in full sight of the audience"
1t struck me as being rather an am
bilious scheme, but l have not the
fainteSt belief in the world that it cali
be carried out: for, if they ever intro
duce that horse Oh the stage of a thea
ter, it will be a decidedly dangerous
thing for the audience as well as the
star.
Before left the path fully 100 horses
had passed me, and on the backs of half
of them were girls riding hard and
fast 1t was beauty show of the rarest
sort, and aside from this feature, it
showed that everybody didn't leave
New York in the summer.
Nearly all Of the women displayed the
American type of beauty. Strangers
have said there is no essentially femin-
inc type Of beauty in America, but it
seems to me they are wrong. In the
first place, one can tell an American
girl in any portion of the world at
distance of 100 yards. In the second
place, nearly all of our pretty girls have
the same characteristics good color.
expressive eyes and singularly beau
tiful delicacy of feature.
The delicacy of outline which our
women boast is not to be found else
where in the world. For instance, in
Cuba and Spain the eyes of the women
are glorious, but their noses and chins
are round and feeble; in England the
women may be stately, but the eyes
are absolutely without expression;
while in France. Germany, Austria and
on the continent generally the type of
beauty is so much below that of our
women, that it does not bear COMPARE
son with the solitary exception, per-
haps, of the women of Vienna.
AT breakfast recalled the three
handsome women to whom my atten-
ton had been attracted that morning,
and all of whom had been training like
athletes to enhance their personal
beauty. Then l remembered other
instances that l had known