St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-08
ST. PAUL SOCIETY.

While the very pretty and stylish re-
eeptions given last week by Mrs. Bryant
and Mrs. Smith, did not exactly in
augurate the fall social season, they at
least opened the way to that end by
creating a certain amount of social in
debtedness, the canceling of which
will give the season a good beginning
if promptly met. There are several
events for this week which will still
further lead to formal opening, until
finally the season will be here before we
know it. The weather for week has
been decidedly favorable to the end So
ciety aims at. as it chilled off all sum
mer feeling. recalled the lake 1oitererS,
made dancing pleaSurable and turned
the thoughts of ladies lightly toward
fall wraps and bOnnetS. The record of
the week shows that general awaken
ing of society is apparent on all hands
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The society event of this week will be
a novel and striking one and has the
prestige of posing under the mantle of
charity. 1t will be an entertainment
for the benefit of the Home for the
FriendleSS, conducted under the aus
pieces of Mrs. Auerbach and Mrs. Fur
ness. Thur ;day night is the time and
the Summit avenue lookout the place.
price, as large voluntary contributions
are expected, but the character of the
feast proposed is such as to undOubt-
enly attract all of the soc e y people of
the city. The chief features of the en-
tertainment will be series of tableauX
HiVants, illustrating famous pictures,
the figures to be represented by we'll
known ladies.
An advance conception of the tab
1eauX may be formed from the follow
ing, taken from The Eye: Perhaps
the most beautiful of these representa-
tIons from a pictorial, and the most
noteworthy from an artistic, point of
view, will be The Last Token" by
Gabriel Max. You will doubtless re-
member that the composition of this
picture consists of young girl and two
tigers. 1t is sometimes called 1.-The
Christian Martyr" and the whole
scheme, in cOlOring and composition,
is particularly decorative. Miss Maud
Taylor will be the figure in the picture,
and. if | am not mistaken, her person
aliIy will make it the most striking of
the series. have seen her with just
such an expression of countenance as
has the christian Martyr" and stand
ing in just the same pose.
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Two other celebrated pictures, 1.-THE
Secret and The Questionable latter
a modern canvas by Alma-Tadema-
will be persOnated by Miss Carrie Arm
strong and Miss Margaret Hall, and
Airs. Lane K. Stone and Charles NJ.
Flahdrau, respectively. These should,
and doubtless will, be most interesting.
II
,-o,, no axraT -aa,, Misc A Hon
Glow in certain phases of her beauty,
you will appreciate her impersOnation
of one of the MadOnnaS. l believe that
it is not vet decided which one she will
persOnify. but it will doubtless be one
of the old masters. In any event, it
will be picture which will be one of
the most attractive, from the peculiar
fitness of the subject for the imperSon-
alton.
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Miss Kate Spaulding is young lady
of striking presence, and face particu-
larry pure i'll outline. | can think of no
more apt exponent of GainSbOrOugh'S
duchess of DevOnshire'' than she;
even without the costume, which is dis
tinctive Of the beautiful Georgiana Cav
endish, and which has made her pOr-
trait celebrated throughout the civilized
world, the air and carriage of Miss
Spaulding is one which inyOluutarily
reminds you of the picture which she
has been chosen to represent. | believe
that this tableau will be the most true
TO the original of any; if you are famil-
lar with GainsborOugh's famous pro-
ductiOn. which, of course, every one is,
you will find it rather difficult, | think,
TO realize that you are not viewing the
original when you see Miss Spaulding
ls,,rr 4ln Nd
in the vOluminOuS draperieS of the
duchess, and wearing that picturesque
hat which has since been known by the
name of the painter.
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Titian's celebrated picture of his
daughter, which is among the treasures
of the Pitt palace, at Florence, is to be
reproduced by Miss NewpOrt-whO has
hair of the exact tint Titan loved to
pOrtray-and a portrait by Rubens will
be cOunterfeited by Mrs. Barnum. Two
other pictures, whose authors do not
at the present moment recall, will be
personiged by ladies as yet undecided
upon. Murillo'S 'Beggar Boys" and
the well-known "Infanta of Spain," by
VeIasqueZ, will be represented by chill
dren. Miss Mann. l believe, is to be
'Werther's Charlotte for the evening,
and l am absolutely certain that she
will make a much handSOmer Charlotte
ban Werther ever dreamed of.
Il
Greuze's picture entitled ''La Cruche
Cassee.'' one of the magnificent speci-
mems of that master which repOSeS in
the Louvre, is to receive an embodiment
in the person of Miss Gilfillan. A
photograph of the picture lies before
me. and 1 will confess that | cannot see
how Miss Gillian can make up to look
like the inuocent-faced damSel who is
half-tearful because she has broken her
pitcher. But of this one thing | am
sure: The representation given by Miss
Gilfillan will be most beautiful and
seductive one, simply because Miss
Gilfillan can be naught else but beauti-
ful and seductive. Therefore, the truth
to the original is of little moment. and
/ have not the slightest doubt but that
the universal desire will be to have Miss
GlIfllan with her broken pitcher, in
place Cf the maiden, simplicitas sim
plicitatis. which Greuze shas handed
down to US.