St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

ldht. VII. Hillco away. odlti liC. LII tuO
afternoon we took carriage and drove
to Lincoln park. We got out and
| walked about and was looking at the
trees and flowers when suddenly Mr..
Davis said, Look there, ANNIE and L
| looked up and there was the lake
stretching way over to where the sky
| bent down and met it, and l felt as IT
| ! were standing ON the worlds brink"
l was not prepared for this poetic
| climax, which was delivered with an
| abandon which made it most effective.
A little silence fell between us, which
was broken by Mrs. Davis, who picked
up delicate steel Stirup from her work
table, saying:
II ust discovered this, although it is
not very new invention. See; isn't it
| nice? When you are mounted it holds
your foot firmly so," and she put her
hand in the
DELICATE STEEL BAND
for an illustration. But if you are
thrown the pressure opens the clasp"
and again she illustrated, land lets
your foot right out, and you cannot be
held and dragged as is likely to happen
with the Old-fashioned stirrup." This
led US to speak of horseback riding, and
Mrs. Davis said she divided her day
pretty carefully, and was. as a rule,
uniform in carrying out her plan. She
read for an hour; practiced her music
for about the same length of time;
studied an hour, sewed about
forty minutes, attended to her social
duties, and the rest of the time she spent
in the saddle, and this was her greatest
pleasure. They had not brought their
horses with them, but Senator Plumb.
of Kansas, had been kind enough to
lend her horse, which she liked very
much, and said she: GAS L never mind
the weather unless it rains, l ride every
day, and am often out from 2:30 O'Clock
in the afternoon until after g." She
said her fovOrite ride was up the
Patomac about three miles, where there
was a place viii III she hoped some time
would be the seat of home for desti-
tute children. She declares that she has
fixed her heart upon an institution of
this kind being located at this place,
and that she believes in time it will be
an accomplished fact. 'It is so dread
full" said she, ''for poor children to
struggle for their little lives as they do
in the dirty, hot, fOul-aired quarters of
great cities. / want this home so that
the mothers can come with their little
children if it seems desirable. believe
l feel more interest in poor little sick
children than anything else in the
world"
At this point Senator Davis, who had
been engaged with gentlemen callers,
came in, and hearing Mrs. Davis, last
remark, said: Eyes, | think Mrs. Davis
does care more for poor little sick child
rem than for anything else. We were
up at the lakes last summer. There
was young couple there who had
very sick child. The poor little thing
was dreadfully emaciated and it was
evident that it was getting no better.
The father was clerk, and of course
hadn't much money, | was obliged to
return to the city to attend to some bus
mess. Fancy my surprise when, the
next morning after my return, l saw
the carriage coming with baby car
rage mounted on the top. There was
Mrs. Davis with the mother and the
sick baby. Mrs. Davis took the whole
care of the child and nursed it back to
life and strength, and to-day it is per-
fectly well and hearty"
We discussed Ignatius Donnelly and
his "Great Cryptogram' and the prob
ability that, armed as he was when he
sailed, with valuable letters of introduce
ton, he would take the English people
by storm with his theories, his magnetic
personality and his delightful CONVEX
sation. Senator Davis is not looking
well, but declares himself to be on the
gain now, though he has been i'll and
aling all winter. He is spoken of as
being most conscientious in his Sena-
torial work, and is universally liked, as
man so kindly and courteous would
naturally be.
The clear, decided character and
force of Representative Wilson is win
ming him the golden opinions of his
colleagues, and he is regarded as one Of
the most able members of the house.
MRS. CLEVELAND'S RECEPTION.
AS President and Mrs. Cleveland re-
ceived the ladies of the international
council of women the Friday following
my visit to Mrs, Davis, had an OppOr-
some that Mrs. Davis is quite as beau
tiful as Mrs. Cleveland. The president
and Mrs. Cleveland received the ladies
in the East room, and as the doors into
the main corridor were thrown open
and Mrs. Cleveland advanced with an
elastic step of perfect ease and grace.
could readily understood the truth of
the assertion of the eX-senator's
wife, that she possessed rare
individuality. Mrs. Cleveland was
dressed in an exquisite shade of
soft steel-colored velvet with Breton
and panels of rich ivory-white silk,
upon which were laid passementerieS of
fine cut steel. Her face was quite
colorless, yet her skin has fresh and
healthy glow, and in her rich, modest
gown she was like some exquisite
picture painted on ivory. There GER
tainly can be no more comparison be-
tween Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Cleveland
no l,ofxu oI1
ing tuberOse and gorgeous Jacque-
mfnot. Their beauty is different in kind
and not in degree, and they would not
at all attract the same class of admirers.
Susan b. Anthony presented the
ladies, and Mrs. Cleveland received each
with a bright smile which included her
eyes as well as her lips, and so redeemed
it from being conventional. She shook
hands with the strong clasp for which
she is famous, which, while perfectly
hearty, passed each one quickly on with
a method which reminded one of the
assertion of Mrs. Davis that Mrs. Cleve-
land was woman of method. When
Margaret Moor, who is well known in
the East as brilliant speaker in the
Irish cause, and rejOices in having been
"jail bird" because of her work for
her country, was presented, Miss An
thony explained who she was, and the
president said: II am glad to clasp
hands with defender of Ireland" AS
Mrs. Moor passed on she remarked to a
friend: ''When he said that measured
his girth wild me eye, and l should have
straightway clasped him, but saw his
size was too great for me.'
The lower floor of the White
house was thrown open, and after the
| handShaking was over, the la
dies wandered about and examined and
admired to their hearts content. The
reception passed off in the most har-
monious and agreeable manner, with
the exception of some resentment on the
part of Susan B. Anthony. that few