St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22

in Gobelin blue-faced cloth. with side
panel of tan cloth On the skirt, covered
with an intricate embroidery of blue
and-gOle silk cord to correspond. A
charming little outdoor coat has been
made to wear with this gown. 1t is
tight-fitting shade in GObelin blue cloth,
made quite plainly and lined with tan
colored silk
SOMETHING LIKE THE TRICK CHANGE
COSTUME,
which used to be popular in vaudeville
theaters, is new equestrian habit.
Horseback riding remains tremendously
fashionable in New York, not only for
the reason that it is pleasurable, but be-
cause il must remain in degree eXclus-
i've, being rather costly. The sight of a
woman walking through the street near
Central park holding up the skirt of a
head and a neat whip in her hand, has
for several years grown more and more.
Now all this is going to be changed.
The equeStrienne will heDcefOrth go to
the stable in attire not percep tibly diff
ferent from an ordinary promenade
dress, and will not look like a horseback
rider until ready to get into the saddle.
All this will be gained by wearing
seemingly simple but really intricate
skirts. They are so cut and arranged
as to be draped like any other
dress for walking, but, by the untying
of tapes and unhitching OF hooks
transformation to riding habit is
effected. Moreover, the improved habit
is SO constructed that if the rider
chances to fall the drapery disengages
itself from the pommel of the saddle in
such way that the dragging along of
10 ri1
ground, is an impossibility.
The other day at a reception given by
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox / heard an
actor, Joseph Haworth, recite very
spirited description of piece of racing
equestrianism. 1t was out of new play
that had been written by Mary FiSke,
and it was given as sample Of spirited
composition and elocution. The play
hadn't any name at that time, and 1
don't know whether it has been chris
tened yet, but it is going to be elabor-
ately produced in this city next month.
Another episode was the singing of
rhymed satire on high society by Louise
Sanford. You may have read already
that Ward McAllister, the boss of the
FAMOUSLY EXCLUSIVE
patriarchs who give the painfully swell
balls at DelmOnicO'S every winter, eX-
planned in a published interview that
there were only 400 real 'best society
people" in all New York. 1t seems that
this theme had been taken up for
satirical song to be introduced in a
forthcoming play called "Amanuensis."
Miss Sanford was the professional vo-
calist who was to introduce it on the
stage, and so she tried it on an Ella
Wilcox gathering. AS it hadn't seen
the light before | took down the words
as follows:
A million of people inhabit this city,
With social distinction, as much as they
can,
But all save four hundred are objects of pity
Because they are under McA listers BAN
A beau may be wealthy and worthy and
witty,
And never become society man;
A belle may be virtuous polished and pretty
And never get into McAllister's van.
Four hundred New Workers, all named and
all Numbered!
Each out OF three thousand distinguished
as best
Suppose, after all, that McAllister blum
dered,
And am no better than some of the rest?
TITS sweet to be swell, and I've frequently
wondered,
How girls who are not can survive SO I'M
best
I'd die like a guillotined wretch if once
sundered
From being McAllister's Patriarchs' guest.
All the same, we who belong to that
400 will keep right on insisting OH our
superiority over the rest OF the inhab-
itants of New York. CLARA BELLE.