St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-28

that way. She was in a joyful mood
this week. She wore a straight. dark
skirt, guiltIess of reeds or hustle, a
''blaZer" blouse, dogSkin gloves, an eX-
pansive bang and regulation jockey
cap of her favOrite color. She had been
downto the stables; knew all the horses
at sight: got straight tips from the
jockeys, and wished she had some money
to bet; was sure she could win enongh
to keep her chums in earamelS for the
balance of the year. liked this girl,
and wished there were more OF her.
She scampered all over the grand
stand: laughed at the top OF her
voice; cheWed gum without ceaslng
and INDUCED in all sorts of miSchlevlous
pranks. but was so thoroughly art1eSS
and Youthful Withal that nobody save
sour old maid could begrudge the en-
ioymeut she got out OF the perform
ance.
Then the quiet. prudish girl, with
complimentary ticket fastened to heF
watch chain. was there too. She wore
sad-cOlOred dress. severely plain III cut.
a little round hat. big parasol and
Japanese fan. She had never been to
place of this sort before, Und looked as
if she thought it very naughty. and
hoped none of her Sunday school class
would be there to see her. She didn't
have vitality enough to appreciate the
excitement which sends the pulse up to
100 in the shade and makes the usually
sensible young woman jump up and
shout herself hoarSe as she sees four or
five horses come tearing down the home
stretch, with her favOrite only half
length to gain for first place.
Tho CunoD,jt ovopua oirl yuoc thpTp in
all her glory. She generally preferred
to come in an open carriage. l noticed
one group Just across the track. he
carriage was large and low. with two
roOmY seats facing each other and a
high. narrow seat at the back, on which
was perched dainty miss of about ten
summers. who handled her tiny glass
and parasol with the air of born
cOQuette, fully conscious Of her dignitied
and conspicuous position. The carriage
was painted black. with large crimson
panels. and the two young lady Occu-
pants wore gowns which were an artlS-
tic combination of poppy red satin
yelled with black lace, coaching parasolS
to match, completed one OF the many
pretty pictures. | think one could pick
out the Summit avenue girl even il she
didn't affect the seclusIon of private
have a Jolly time and succeeded. She
wore all her diamonds and lesser
jeWelry without any regard for
the eternal fitness of things.
Chewing gum and peanuts seemed
as popular with her as with her less
ariStOcratic sisters. Her actual igno-
rance of the ethics of racing and naive
assumption of wisdom made her con-
VersatiOn piquant and amusing. She
came early every day and stayed late.
Her costume, being designed for the Oc-
casion, was both striking and effective.
Then it was worn with that apparent
disregard of the surrounding dust and
CRIME which made the wearer seem a
most lOvable and philosophical sort OF
person. Yes, she was pretty and charm
ing; yet always so thoroughly correct
and conventional. Verify, Of such are
the kingdom of the four hundred made
up. The other girls we're like you and
me, fair reader, only needing one word
to describe them - commonplace.
Dressed fairly well. possessed of pleas
ant faces. quiet manners and dispo-
sitlon to enjoy everything, lacking
the inclination or ability, perhaps, to
display those characteristics which
would stamp them as class worthy of
description.
l won't infiict a description of the
races on patient public. It's beyond
my ability, The woman is yet to be
found who can describe race or bail
game with scientific accuracy. After
the races begun | felt lonesome and out
of my element. ''Why?" do you ask.
Because | had no money to put up on
the faVOriteS. and every other woman
there had from s. to 500 wagered. Not
alone the giddy girls, but the nice,
quiet. emlnently proper young women
had caught the gambling fever, and
sent messengers down to the betting
ring with money to wager Oh every
race.
There was floating about in my brain
some dim notion that in the PARKWAY
days of childhood l had been taught
that betting and other forms of gam
bling were downright sinful, and
even in more recent years that
society placed the seal of it's dis
pleasure on women who initiated
their masculine SupeTiOrs and Wagered
money on races; but I'm now sure that
my memory must be unreliable. That
day felt a consciousness of being de-
cidedly behind the times, a regular fos-
sill, in fact. Church and society have
stance. It's quite the proper thing now
to tempt fortune at the races, and talk
abOutyOur gains or losses with an air of
having done your duty by society.
If win. I'll devote every cent of the
money to my missionary work" re-
marked 4 lady we'll known in mission
airy and church work in st. Paul. AS
the horses came down the home stretch
and Clasped her hands and fervently ex-
claimed: "Great God, | hope Lotion
will win" and so he did. Encouraged
by this apparent answer to her prayer
the fair enthusiast kept trying the pa
tienOe of Providence. by taking heavy
odds on the wrong horse. and finally
left the grand stand in a bad temper.
having lost $50, and the poor heather
will have to wait for conversion until
some more fortunate combination of
circumstances puts money in the home
treasury.
There were four young ladies who
seemed ANYTHING but novices. Judging
from the sang frOid with which they
staked hundreds of dollars and won
often enough to keep them in the best
of humor. A little mulattO boy fetched
and carried for them. 1t was amusing
to see how speedily their success aroused
the envy of other women. "WhO are
they?'' ''Just look at the brazen Great
ures: wonder they are allowed here"
''They are staying at the Ryan, and no
body knows them" "Ain't they
homely?" "What dowdv dresses"
These quotations are mild samples of
the remarks heard. scanned the quar-
tette closely. They were all young,
dressed tastefully. and depOrted them
selves quietly. l could see no difference
between them and the most correct
matron. except that they had plenty of
money and were good Judges of horse
flesh. At any rate they proved an inter-
esting topic of conversation during the
long waits between races.
The fact of having wagered your last
shekel on the result of race certainly