Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-19

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African explorer, and Mra e Rard Grubh
bride Of last summer, deserve TO
numbered among the Americans on sccoun
Of their husbands MrA Stanley, who Va
presented by the Marchioness OF Salisbury
looked regal figure In court dress Of whit
satin, with the seams all strapped Will
pearls, and the long white satin train, o
well g entire front OF the dress. embroid
cred With pearls She wore diamond orna
ments, and among them the miniatur,
medallion of the Queen set In diamond
which the Queen presented to Mr.. Stanley
Mrs Grubb attended the drawing room Il
present one of her numerous sisters, Mis-
| Daisy Sopwith, and wore white satin dresi
embroidered with pearls, and court train
OF sunset pink velvet fastened TO hel
| shoulders
Quite one of the loveliest gowns worn BY
| debutante was that in which Miss Wilson
was presented. She Is the daughter of the
Wilson's of Tranby Croft and baccsrat fame
and was presented by her mother. The
Ing on an underdress richly brocsded with
silver. The train was Of white silken
muslin perfectly transparent and fslling in
most graceful folds It had all around il
inside the hem wide insertion Of valen.
ciennes lace.
Pen Picture Of Lady Brooke.
Speaking Of Tranby Croft and baccarat, !
saw the renowned Lady Brooke ct latter.
sails during sale Of hunters and hacks.
A marvelously pretty woman she IL, or, to
be more exact has been, for she is looking q
trife passe now. She has the most ex-
quisite golden hair, deep blue eyes, finely
marked brows, and tall, supple, we'll
nodded form. She wore, when I. saw her,
cadet blue cloth dress with the back and
fronts Of the bodice of blue and silver
striped material, and she trailed her hand
some skirt about the yard with nonchal-
ance that showed there were plenty moro
where that came from. didn't know that
she was Lady Brooke when she attracted
my attention by her air. She carries her
self as If she were quite well accustomed to
drawing attentive and admiring glances
after her and rather expected them. She is
not at all like her pictures, but possesses in
finitely greater sweetness and charm of sx-
preston than they credit her with
Mrs NJ. Louise Thomas, of Sorosis, who
came over on the City of Paris recently on
q mission to Russia for the Red Cross Relief
Committee, spent some time in London, re-
newing old ties, and has now gone on TO
Russia. She is going to look into the con-
dition Of the suffering and starving Rus
SLAMS, and make q report to the society.
She goes alone, due to the fact that pretty
Polish woman of Nihilistic tendencies tried
to enter Russia under cover Of the Red
Cross as her companion, but the story is
already too well known to require repeti-
tion.
Roller skstss In Waslington.
Here's Q specimen story that the Amsri-
can abroad tells about the "lsnd Of the free
and the homo Of the brave" One Frank
Hall was interviewed about roller skating,
and here Is what he ssys about Warrington.
Gle regards the roller skate a future
rival of the bicycle and runs rink here
Comparing tho popularity of roller skating
in Washington with It in London, he says:
"In Washington, which is small town,
you can see . great deal moro skating OF
any city In America-perhaps IN this coun-
try also-Washington, with It's smooth
streets, is, next to London. most favorable
to the roller skate. Well, in Washington
you'll see business people skating to their
business and members of Congress going to
and from their legislative work on skatea
So you see that there are distant possibili-
ties for the roller skates, provided you have
suitable streets"
Now, isn't that beautiful!
Imagine Senator Hiscock bowling down
Pennsylvanla avenue on rollers. Imagine
Senator Harris gliding over the shadow of
the immortal George from his Capitol Hill
home, and sitting on the front steps. of
the Capitol unstrapping his skates I'm
agine ex-Speaker Reed and Breckinridge,
from Arkansas, scudding along the ave
nue. on skates to see which can reach the
Peace Monument first. What jolly time
the wind would have if Senator PETER was
in hurry to reach his desk; what would be
sweeter than q glimpse OF Senator Carlisle
and Senator Wolcott skimming along hand.
in-hand sharing . psir Of skates in
brotherly fashion? Think Of our law
makers bending and swaying gracefully on
the speedy roller instead Of rtrudging along
homewsrd in the drowsy fashion they do
An Echo OF the Farce Duel
Said welLknown American TO- me
apropos of the Fox-Borrowe dueling alli-
ance: 'It is now q we'll established fact
that Fox got 2200 for the sham duel In
which he burnt his coat tails, and 1t is gen.
orally understood that although Fox and
Borrowe never speak as they pass by they
meet under the rose and divide the swag."
ELIZABETH A. .TOMPKINs.