St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-09

The politician hesitated, grew red.
hammered bit and them pulling him
self together said boldly and in the ele
waited tone necessary in cOnverSing with
her, so that all the table heard: ''Oh,
certainly. Yes. 1 support Miller"
A laugh went round, the other guests
applauded little, but the man stuck
calamity to his promise and declared
that when he had passed his words to a
lady he never disappointed her, and the
next day matters were cut and dried
for the convention.
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Mrs. Millers' home is a charming and
luxurious one, and she herself a notable
housewife, and tender, devoted
mother TO her children-twO sons at
Cornell and Princeton respectively, and a
pretty daughter almost ready to appear
in society. She is a member of the
Methodist church and takes cOnSidera-
BILE interest in church affairs. though her
charities are, as rule, distributed per-
SOnally and privately. She has always
watched her husbands political career
with the warmest interest, and is famil-
lar with its requirements, and is as az
dent and capable a partisan as Mrs.
Logan. She has made but small eXer-
ton in social way, except as it was
needed to advance her husbands plans.
preferring to find her happiness in the
care of her children and household, but
now that her daughter is soon to make
her debut before the world she is be-
ginning to enter more into the pleasant
cares of hospitality and admit the de-
mands of society upon her time, which
has heretofore been solely devoted to
her husband and children.
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There is a certain delightful audacity
In the WhimS of beauty and popular
society ACTRESS sometimes that would
never be dreamed of a duchess, and
which, though they take away peoples
breath. yet leaves them half pleased
with their boldness.
Here Is the latest about Mrs. Potter.
People tell it to each other on the
steamer decks coming over, the women
half obviously, the men wholly Odmir-
ably; returned campaigners from the
siege of London amuse the dinner par
ties at Lenox and. Newport with the
tale. 1t appears, as far as can be gath
cred from the various versions of the
latest bit of Potter lore, that when Mrs.
Potter got to the other side, the ROths-
Schilds asked her to join house party
they were inviting, and took. as is
usual, the list of guests to the
Prince of Wales, whom they hoped
to have the honor of entertaining
at the same time. The prince scanned
the list, expressed a desire to see the
pretty American again and expressed
his intention of appearing. He arrived
and was told that Mrs. Potter was there,
but that through some error her luggage
had gone elsewhere and she positively
declined to appear at dinner in her
travelling gown. His royal highness al
lowed his annoyance to be very evident
and the baron flew off to convey the
suggestion of it to the obdurate lady,
II am very sorry" said she calmly.
''YOu know that | am distressed at the
contretemps, but will not go to dinner
in this gown"
"If you could only realize how ravish-
ingly you appear in travelling DRESS"
muTmured the baron.
"Of course, travelling" said the lady
contemptuOusly, but not dining in it,"
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Arguments and entreaties had no eff
feet. The baroness came, and the more
highly colored versions say that she
went down on her aristocratic knees to
no avail. What was to be done? The
prince had evidently come more because
he wished to see the pretty American
again than for any other reason. She
would not appear and they were forced
to carry him the tragic story. But II.
II. IL. is no ordinary man. lie is emil