St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-15
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.

Blondine is the captivating name
given to atdelicate shade of brown crepe.
The stiff Oxford sash will be worn as
a finish for the neglige waist so much
admired just now.
Minister Grants pretty wife has a
valuable Bulgarian girdle of carved
and jewelled silver which she wears
with all manner of toilets.
Tennis bl0uses, silk SkirtSaand flannel
waists will not be laced this summer.
The cord has been abandoned and small
pearl buttons Substit uted.
At her marriage Clara Huntington re-
ceived dowry of 100000 and 81, 000,-
600 with which to pay the debts of her
noble (?) husband.
Vieux rose broche and forget-me-not
silk is one of the many beautiful COM
binations that will be displayed on the
hotel piazzas along the beach next
month.
Olive Sch1eimer, the gifted author of
Gan African Farm" has cannibalistic
love for raw meat. She takes her beef
steak just warm enough to remove the
effects of the ice box.
Small buttons of cut steel are being
used on crepon dresses to hold the
draperies in place. Another novelty in
buttons is the use of large bone disks
on which miniature figures are painted.
Cosmetic artists and beautiferS claim
that the veil is detriment to a good
complexion, as the dust lodges in the
mesheS of the silk and is transferred to
and absorbed by the skin, thus filling up
the pores.
Society women are seen at the coun-
try fetes, on the drive and on coaches
dressed in slips Of satin duchesse and
surah silk, draped with gros-grain gauze
crepe. The effect is decidedly Frenchy.
Nine. Demorest has an intense love
fcg fine diamonds, which she wears in
her ears and on her hands constantly,
but otherwise her tastes are modest and
her dress as simple as district school
teachers. She has young lady
daughter of great beauty, who recently
distinguished herself on the SoroSiS
platform.
Red is ever popular with brunette
beauties but the red of the hour is not
the vivid hue in which Susanna Ban
croft. Amelie Rives, and Mable Wright
dazzled Newport society. Instead of
the assertive scarlet, cardinal. poppy,
the rich crimson, the warm magenta and
the ruby shades are popular.
Nine. Charles BigOt, the daughter of
Healy, the painter and society ex-
quisite, whose age and. position gave
him the right to kiss more young girls
than Gen. Sherman ever dreamed of,
has written novel called IA Foreign
Match" which is soon to be published
by Chicago firm. The gallant portrait
to make the pages sparkle with his
witty ideas.
A New York lady who was fellow
passenger with Nine. Patti writes:
1--WE had a delightful voyage, not
storm and no rough weather. Patti pro-
nounced it the pleasantest trip she ever
made. She was on deck every day with
her husband and dogs, but could not be
induced to sing note. There was the
usual concert the last pight on board,
which la diva condescended to lend
her presence"
Miss Gaace Farwell, the youngest
daughter of Senator G. B. FarWell, who
will be married to Hobart G. Taylor, the
day after she graduates, is the most
English yonng lady in Lake Forest.
She could give the Duchess of Marlbor-
ough points in orthoepy, beat her in
four finland over the Newport hills in
way that would astonish McAllister's
| set. Her fance Is the richest young
man in Chicago society, and one of the
| brightest.
The eldest daughter OF Count Tolstoi
| attends to all his business correspond
ence, and without disturbing her father
sends answers to nearly all the personal
| letters. The wife of the novelist is UNI
remitting in her devotion. She has
desk in the annex of her husbands
library, and as soon as he has finished
the days writings she gathers up the
scattered leaves, which collectively make
the worst ''copy'' imaginable, and re-
writes it on very white paper with very
red ink, sin order that it may be-" as
she says, "read at glance" This most
| critical of Russians often spends whole
weeks writing chapters for his wife to
copy and destroy the next morning. In
letter about ''Life." she wrote to
| friend that s'the book has been written
| sixteen times from end to end
before it pleased my husband" Miss
Isabel Hapgood, the American lady who
has heretofore translated Tolstoi's nov
| els into English, was the first person
| outside of the counts family to see the
| proof-sheets of the 'KreutZer Sonata"
| After reading them she sent note to
the novelist, refusing to make the
translation, and left st. Petersburg for
| Switzerland.