St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-02
lid no, believe in the fashionable half.

did not believe in the fashionable half
hour ride in a tight, uncomfortable
riding SUIT. She said: i take horse
back exercise as an antidote to con-
sumption. For beneficial effects hours
must be spent OH horseback "
''She did not go in the water to show
her legs" vouchsafed the small boy, as
he mashed his twentieth mosquito.
"She is the first girl l ever knew who
forgot she had any when in u bathing
suit that's 50, by gum!"
''In tennis there was no other like her,
but in pool she struck too hard" said
sandy-haired individual who had not
spoken before.
"Oh. that was because she said she
way, and she worked hard, even if she
did not wiu," answered the young
woman.
The only thing that really and truly
Mortified the older people was her cock
tail. That was too much. But she got
it good one day OIL an old woman who
shrugged her shoulders in scorn when
she saw Miss Annie's pretty lips smack
as she set her glass down empty"
ado you know the difference between
that lady and myselt?" she questioned
in all seriousness. Nobody knew.
"Why, am not ashamed of what ] do
and she Isl" was the simple reply. ''She
takes her cocktail in her room, l at the
table with my dinner"
Il think Miss Annie did nothing that
she was not accustomed 10 do at hOme,"
said Miss Bunting, the charming young
woman behind the desk at the Lawrence
Beach hotel, where Miss Annie lived
the whole time she was in the place.
''She never went into excess in any
thing, there was nothing bold
about her, but one never knew
what moment she would leap over the
ratings, jump tables, chairs and benches
in sudden chase after her brother, who
was fond of teasing. like all boys.
Scufflng, racing and arguing on every
subject Imaginable. singing and dancing
formed regular diet. By the way. her
Gated in the East somewhere, and l
Imagine she would have gone on the
stage had her father not been wealthy.
He is miner, as we'll as being a heavy
stakeholder in the tobacco business.
''On rainy evenings everybody in
the cottages would come over and then
the fun would begin. Miss Annie could
dance any fancy dance, and the skirt
dance became nightly performance.
l never saw a girl more graceful"
'H0w did She dress"
Like everybody else here-very
prettily and tastefully. She seemed to
have all the money she wanted, though
her mother Yves not Oyer-laysh. They
said very little about their private
affairs. and never asked questions
about anybody else. When Miss Annie
would play some OF her startling pranks
on ner mother, nobody enjoyed it better
than the mother"
But anybody SO terribly tomboyish
is apt to be misunderstood. Was she
not liable to insult from people not &C
quaintedw
"Ah, there comes the mysterious
part. There was something about the
girl that commanded respect, no differ
ence what she did. 1t would not occur
to any one to say rude thing to her.
1t is true establishment filled our hearts
continually,fO for scarcely minute would
elaDse without hearing from her in some
surprising way; but as for doubling her
position as good girl. cannot think
the thought ever occurred to one.
"lf she wanted to slide down the
banisters and no one was about TO see
or Interfere, think she would slide
down. aud do it gracefully, too. But,
OF course, saw no such thing. Her
heart was tender and loving, but the
spirit OF mischief ever appermost in her
kept not only herself, but everybody
else, on the qui vive. Actually, to have
her about was like living on champagne.
walking trips. boating. picnics,
dances, muslcales. polo, tennis, croQuet,
I bathing, swimming, rowing. driving
for she could handle horses as she
handled all of us-kept everybody: in
the hotel and all the inmates Of the
sixteen cottages following in her wake.
Nothing dampened her spirits. and we
could not possibly look glum with her
prankS never coming to an end.
lin evening dress of some simmer
ing, soft material that fell gracefully
about her, her face flushed from dane
ing, her frank, mirthful, fun.loylnp
eyes looking at you. it would be folly
not to pronounce her far superior to the
Eastern athletic beauty, and very
triumph of art and fashion. Always
ready for the fray. aud with quick
repaIte she proved ever the life OF the
company.
''One would think her undignified,
but take her in the ballroom. Here
again she came Enthusiastically to the
front. looking cool and be witching, while
others were faint and lump with the
heat.
due to her athletic accomplishments
there was no waddie, no stride in her
walk, as the corseted belle or the stage
struck heiress EXHIBITS, but her silk
skirts rustled delightfully."-, and this
pleasant frou-frOu, mingled with the
ring of of her clear. fresh voice, made
her good TO look at ami listen to-"
KATE kENsINGToN.