St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-08
THIS ELEGANT PARLOR SUIT
ONLY
TWENTY-sEVEN DOLLARS.

Ond day mild, meek-looking woman
came in, examined the furniture and in
vested. She took receipt for her
money. left her address. and was bowed
out by a smiling salesman, who assured
her that .the things would be sent right
away" In due time the wagon arrived
at the young Woman's house and backed
up in front of the door.
Hold on.' said the purchaser, don't
unload yet"
Then she climbed on the van and
made very peculiar examination of the
load. AtlaSt she said to the driver:
These are not the goods l purchased"
And back she did go, despite protests
and assurances that everything was all
right. When she walked in she was not
the mild-mannered creature of two
hours before.
you've tried to swindle me-" she
cried. II bought one set of furniture
and you sent me another. Now, want
what paid for. How do | know? Be-
cause in every article of that set you
sold me l stuck pin while you were
not looking. Now, Pm going to pick
out my property and see that you send
it over. If you don't there'll be trouble"
There was no trouble, and the little
woman is again looking for sharp mer-
chant with similar bargain Oh hand.
80
Last winter a girl of eighteen came to
New York, unknown, and in less than
twelvemonth has made little furry in
the literary world and become the talk
of the clubs and cafes. This is Laura
Daintrey, the author of Errors and Miss
Varian, of New York. The critics give
tho quality of the matter she writes no
quarter, but all concede the work clever,
and the authors identity is a possible
future factor in literature. The work
is objective and in some degree brilliant,
and this is what saves it from proscrip-
ton, for it is a detailed account of the
life of the demi-monde. This class in
New York has never had an eXpositor
before, but the wonder of it is that
young girl should be the first to hold
the mirror up to this sort of nature.
Miss Daintrey is a beautiful girl, with
velouSly shaped head; low, broad brow
and large brown eyes of much express
sion; nose straight. with that bewitch-
ing upward angle at the base which in
dicates cOQuetry and penetratiOn-the
sort described by TennysOn as ''heaven-
tilted''-she strikes the eye at once as
being extraordinary. She is, fond of
bangles and jewels, and beads and buds
pinned on. Her dress is individual.
and she affects loose gowns and Greek
effects. She has no religious belief and
is radical in most things; she is super
stiti1us and conSults a dream book.
She was born in Australia and has
grown up i'll England.
~
frankie Raymond has for decade
Eo-t,r nd int I'm cfrat fun Of
ciety that lies between responsibility
and outright disrepute. In other words,
she has been an adventures who MAIN
tanned pretense of propriety. With
plenty of beauty and brains, she has
cOntrived to live very we'll indeed by
her wit. She is now in the Tombs. A
few days before her disaster the writer
of this met her in Broadway. She was
richly and elegantly clothed, and she
had the air of decorous daughter of
fortune. But she took to alcohol and
opium at length. and her indulgences
in them became so unguarded at
Long Branch, where she was one
of last summers guests at a lead
ing hotel, that before the season was
over she was quietly requested to
depart. Now she is in Jail for having
stolen jewelry from widow whose
loiiSy SiiO Hott SlpGulCu- ditu Will WilOui
she was lodger. frankie fully under
stood the glamour of the stage for many
rich and idle men, and SO she figured
with them as an actress. She really
had some skill in elocution, and once in
long while she would go out with a
travelling theatrical company, just
enough to get evidence of being really
on the stage, for beaux attentive to
pretty and obscure actresses are in
clined to be particular about creden-
tials. She would volunteer to recite at
church and charity entertainments, and
by that device she managed to maintain
a few religious and fashionable connec-
tons with ladies.
When Mrs. Langtry's special car ar
rived at the Union depot, says the Kan
sas City Star. Superintendent Durham
ordered it sent to the freight yards OF
the Missouri Pacific railroad, near Hick-
DRY street and the state line.
In the morning two English attaches
of MIS-. Langtry swooped down on