St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-15


Lady Hamilton, the three beautiful
Cummings. Mrs. Fitzgerald, Nell Gwyne,
Adelaide Nelson, Lady Lonsdale, Lady
Dudley, Mrs. Langtry, and, as the latest,
the variety actress, Belle Bilton-Lady
Dunlo. Everybody was delighted.
everybody confessed to her wit, and
don't think even from the old frumpS in
the family she will ever hear another
word about who her ancestors were.
Apropos of beautiful women, the Cleo
patra of Nine. Bernhard has been de-
scribed to me by man who is good
critic, and who is an ardent admlrer OF
Sara. He says it is failure, and most
dire one, and what do you think he
ascribes the failure to? That Sara is too
fat. It's little curious. but L don't
doubt it, for the last time she was over
here she had increased in flesh, and ev-
erybOdy knows that the women of her
they grow old. The Cleopatra of Mrs.
Langtry is said to be beautiful one,
although it is an English one; the stage
setting is said to he better than that in
Paris, although that shown by Fanny
Davenport here far surpassed both of
the others. Every beautiful woman
seems to have desire to play Cleopa-
ira, and, as nobody believes that Cleo
patra gained her sway solely by her
beauty, it is odd that they do not realize
what an enormous task they are under
taking. To depict the woman who was as
subtle as the first serpent. who could use
each charm to its best advantage, and
who was as cruel as. the coolest steel,
while as loving as the hottest fire, does
not seem difficult to them. The rage
tor representing Juliet seems to have
subsidized and every amateur wants to
picture the woman who had Caesars
and Marc AntOny>S love as we'll as the
alteration of the Egyptian populace.
They had better remain content with
Juliet, for. after all, most of US have en-
dured such agonies in seeing the sweet
maid done by amateurs that we no
longer mind the dose.
What kind of paper do you use? The
very latest is card-like in shape, being
the ordinary 0te size, but not doubled.
1t is tolerably stiff and pale gray, and
your cipher must be wrought in gold at
the top of it, while your address is in
gold at the foot of the sheet. This is
written on with white ink and in the
largest handwriting imaginable. The
sheet goes into the envelope without
folding, and when the letter comes to
you it looks like an official document.
A messenger boy can't get it into
mis- pocket, so he usually marks it
with hand decorations. The post
man can't strap it with his other
letters, so he carries it by itself, and
considers you great swell to get it, and
the person who wrote it somebody with
more money than he has. Nobody ever
fo1- lnI,,
white paper that folds once. For myself
have liking for large-sized sheets.
but the little billets to-day are sent on
very small ones.
1t Isn't so much, after all, what the
paper is as what the envelope contains.
though you always know before you
open it.
That old-fashioned looking envelope,
directed in a running Italian hand, such |
as was taught in the schools forty years |
ago, comes from somebody's mother; |
you can almost see the signature, which |
IS only ''your devoted mother"
That pale gray letter, redolent of |
violet, closely sealed with white wax,
and having immediate" written far up |
n one corner, is from somebody's sweet
heart, and it is signed Ever faithfully
thine own true love-"
That business envelope with the name
and address of John Brown, Lawyer"
crossed over with ink, is from wife to
her husband; she is using one of his
business envelopes, and the letter ends,
Always your affectionate wife," and
below that is postscript which tells
that baby has put kiss in the corner.
That severe-looking envelope, with
the name of collection agency on it, is
some young mans tailor bill; poor chap,
probably his worst fault was vanity, but
he will have to pay the piper now.
That legal-looking envelope is from
a lawyer to his client, announcing that
a case was lost.
That square little thing, with its gold
cipher and its pointed handwriting, is
the acceptance that pretty girl has
given to dance.
That black-bordered envelope is from
somebody who has written letter of
thanks for word of con-
dolence that came in time of
trouble. And that square white
envelope. with cipher in gold and the
motto "Litera scripta manet," that an
nouncement that what write1 mean,"
is from Bah.