St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08
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present he is not. May Sharpless is
own name and right Her guardian is
eX-GOv. Leon Albeit, of New Jersey.
Even her guardian finds it hard work to
keep track of all the wealth that flows
into pretty little Mays Golfers. Before
she is of age, if nothing happens, she
will be enormously wealthy. and the
man who secures her heart will become
the husband of probably the richest
woman on the continent ten years hence.
May Sharpless is the daughter of a
late member of the famous dry goods
house of Arnold, Constable & Co.
SharpleSs was the resident member of
the firm in Paris. where he died. His
daughter was born abroad. She is as
bright as she is rich. She speaks French
and English tiuently and is rapidly ac-
quiring thorough knowledge of Ger
man. She learns very rapidly and
talent has exhibited itself more than
once in tableauX and private
theatricals. Two summers ago
she was at Sea Girt, Questionable resort
on the Jersey coast, with her mother,
nurse and gOverneSS. Some theatricalS
were given and May made big hit in
several sentimental parts. Her lover
OIL the stage was little George BoIdt.son
of the proprietor of the hotel and pro-
prietor of the well-known Hotel Belle
vue, in Philadelphia. George was about
Mays age. During the same perform
ance Miss Mamie Albeit, daughter Of
Mays guardian, made hit by her
beauty and talent in rendition of the
"Mikado." Mays histrionic talent is
hard to restrain, as she wants to appear
OIL the stage at every opportunity.
But it is May SharpleSS' dolls that are
has probably the finest collection of
dolls in the world, and she is constantly
adding to her stock. Her dolls range in
size from the smallest to several that
are nearly as large as their owner. Two
of them cost thousands of dollars apiece.
Every summer Mrs. SharpleSS and her
child 90 abroad and the latest Partisan
inventions in the doll line are
purchased. The dresses for the
largest and most expensive dolls
are made in Paris by Worth.
They are perfect fits and cost more than
the average American girl, even in
fashionable society, pays for her
dresses. The dolls wardrobes of Miss
SharpleSS are wonders. Each of the
favorite dolls has half dozen miniature
other clothes. The underwear of the
dolls is made of the best of lace and the
finest Of silk. They have the latest
style Of shoes, and wear the newest
shade in hosiery. All of them have hair,
not Of cornsilk, but genuine. and
the hair is dressed according
to the existing fashion. Miss May
takes down and puts up the hair, and
when she gives dolls party, as she
occasionally does at her home in this
city, the dOllies' hair is arranged by
regular hairdressers engaged for that
purpose. AT her home here May has
dolls houses, carriages and regular
dolls establishment. Her dolls parties
are well worth witnessing. She in
Vites her girl friends to bring their best
dolls and the reception is modelled ex-
actly after receptions in high life. En-
graved invitations have been sent on
several of these occasions and the dolls
were brought in carriages by their mis-
treSSeS. They wore wraps, their dresses
were cut low in front, V-shaped behind,
and corsets, bustles and the usual fe-
male paraphernalia made up the cos
TUNES. AS most of the dolls could walk
when wound up the scene i'll the parlor
as they moved around, using their fans
and bottles Of smelling salts, was de-
cidely realistic. 1t was certainly de-
cidediy novel.