St. Paul daily globe., 1892-12-26
Maryland Winters Are Not in
the Race With Those -
OF Minnesota. ir
A French Woman, a Frencl
Song and a French Co.'S
tune Create Comment.
Mrs. Cleveland's Coming to
Washington Awaited With !.
Intense Interest.

weather; IOT, cOIhpdlcu Win "i"'
Minnesota, a Maryland winter Is
farce. The ante-belium nanny re-
members when the first snow remained
on the ground, and Slelghing at Ihrist-
mas was by no means rarity. LAWS
honey" she says. ''yo' all don't know
what good times is. Them was slave
times befo' de wah. but my Fathah!
we done had good times. Mastah Gus
tus he given all de servants a weeks
holiday, and they was feastIn', dancll,
aud vsitin', and Sam ne taken his hddie
every night aud played, ,and--my savior!
such times we certainly had! NO such
times now, chile" For all that, there
Is no mistaking the fact that Christmas
is still great occasion i'll Washington.
1t is not just single day, as it is with
people farther north. but spreads It's
message of good will and pleasure
throughout all the week. The markets
overflow with game and holiday good
things, and every pedestrian wears
sprig of holly or mistletoe in his button
hole. The shops and streets are
crowded, and everybody jostles every
body else with that
Persistent Good HumOr
which nothing but Christmas can en-
gender. The weather is what Wash
ington people call cold. But with IVY
hanging green on garden walls ana gal
Iery pillars, and every bit OF snow melt
ing into slush as it falls, it does not
look like Christmas weather to North
western eyes. Capt. HarrleS has gone
home to spend his Christmas vacation
for congress takes a Vacdtion-aJ Gale
donia. There is scarcely a more popu-
lar man in Washington than Congress
man Harries. He is quiet, unob-
trusive man, but he wins friends Wher-
ever he goes, and even the hard-to-
satisfy critics of the press gallery nave
no fault to find with him. lie has been
visiting in Baltimore for few days.
His host was an eX-Confederate soldlef
who is now superintendent OF the mousse
of refuge in Baltimore. The story
of how, single-handed and unarmed. he
captured this dashing Confederate, and
marched him into the Union camp
prisoner, is one of Capt. Harries' favor
ite stories. Congressman Hall has ac-
ouired a worn and weary look since the
session opened, for he has been house
hunting, with no success at all so far.
To find a desirable house in desirable
quarter of the city after congress con-
venes is almost as hopeless a task as the
search for the universal solvent. Con-
gressman Hall is tired of boarding.
When
Rents Are So Reasonable
it seems strange that so many legIsla-
tors will chose to endure the diScOmfprtS
and Inconvenience of boarding houses
and family hotels instead of going to
housekeeping. The finding house is
the main difficulty There are no half
way-between houses in Washington.
You must take either house in whose
rooms YOU could quarter regiment, or
put up with an end of the century house
with rooms you cOuld not swing cat
in, assuming. of course, that you like
to amuse yourselves that way. The Cas-
ties, of Saltwater, are quartered FOR the
winter just Off Massachusetts, avenue, at
one of the fashionable boarding houses.
Miss Viva Castle has recovered from her
serious illness of last year, and goes
everywhere. Just now she is seen con-
stantly with her guest, Miss OllVe
Egard, an especially chic young woman
from New York.
AL Washington rs Talking
of woman Just now. and Of a woman
who is neither an American nor beaIti
full. The National Capital Press club
gave benefit entertainment few days
ago, and on the programme there ap-
peared great many OF the notable at
fractions of the season. Some of the
players came from New York on spe-
cial train, congress adjourned, and
never such an audience was seen as
I'M
men of the nation were well repre-
sented, with their wives and daughters
and sweethearts. Now one of the stars
on the lengthy programme was Mile.
Fougere, the French singer, and the
women to whom French means some
thing Woefuly wicked are more than
ever firm in their convictions that Paris
is the abode of the Evil One, for Mile.
Fougere waS-Well, she was surprising.
Her costume consisted for the most part
OF hat. Her wonderful headgear tow
cred yard above her head. Her petit
c0at-a French petticoat, with some
thing indescribably chic about its every
scanty fold-reached just to her knee,
and her bodice was made up to an
alarming degree of long black gloves
only. And she sang
A Little French Song
descriptive of the way different people
cross the muddy street. Clever? Of
course, ii was clever. diabolically so.
Every man in the house pricked up his
ears, and except he was accompanied
by his wife. burst into frantic applause.
Every woman in the audience looked
very hard at nothing at all, and said
nothing at all till afterward. Then
well, O'Clock teas have not been dull
since then, for the Frenehwoman has
set the town talking. If she ever comes
back she will be greeted by an enor-
nous audience-0f men. Speaking of
matters theatrical, the revival Of ''Di-
plomacy," by Rose and Charles COghlan
last night, is interesting, not alone for
its hstrionic excellence, but for the
reason that the players have the very
latest fashions III clothes-and such
clothes. Really. Miss Coghlan's gowns
are so distractingly lovely one loses
track of the play in watching her.
From her gowns it is evident that the
day of the tight-fitting sheath skirt is
over. One OF her handsomest gowns-a
Pearl white Satin ~
affair-has two large pleats set in the
front of the skirt, and all the gowns set
out at the bottom in way to make one
fear revival or crlnOllneS. Sadle Mar-
tinot, who plays Dora, wears III one act
gown which combines pink and yell
low. and at another time appears in a
toilet precisely what our mothers
might have worn when they were girls.
The corsage fell just off the shoulders.
and the putfed sleeves reached to the
elbow. About the shoulders was an
old-fashioned berthe of lace, fastened
on the heart with large brooch. We
are going back to the old fashion of
dress, but let us pray that we may not
be compelled to endure the hoop skirt.
Charles Coghlan's evening dress, which,
the men assure me, must be correct. is
a trifle unlike the fashion of last season.
The trousers are narrower at the bot
tom and noticeably shorter. Indeed, one
might say Mr.. Coghlan's tailor had sent
him a smaller mans clothes, hut they
say the actor is ultra correct.
The Literary People
of the town are congratulating them
selves on Mrs Cleveland's early occa-
pancy of the White house, for the i'm