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St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17

This proves beyond all question that
social prominence is founded upon
wealth, and the fortunes of the Knick-
| erbockers were made in the same sub
| stantial manner and by the same hard
! strokes that the Vanderbilts Austin
| Corbin, Gould and the more recent
| millionaires dealt in making theirs.
| A number of the most delightful So
ciety leaders recognize the fact that the
| colonial DANES and other American
aristocrats who trace straight back to
colonial days usually find that the
| origin of their stately name and prince
| ly fortune can be found in some neat,
clean, little milk and butter or calico
| and thread store, and these wise men
and wiser women welcome a great
| many delightful people into their circle
of friends and eventually into that
sreatly-to-be-desired position, a COM
ponent of New York's swell society.
A GREAT SPONSOR.
Society is greatly indebted to Mrs.
Paran Stevens for having the indie
pendence to make friends of whom she
pleases, and for introducing her new
friends to the extremely conservative
society people, who are SO glad to
know and to make much of the new
comers after Mrs. Stevens has, as it
were, vouched for them. This jolly.
good-natured godmother met the
Goulds in England last summer and
found them delightful to know, good
looking, happy and altogether agree
able, and she had an enjoyable time
on their yacht Atalanta, and when she
came to New York in the autumn she
returned the hospitalities and not only
made Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould have
a jolly good time at her marble pal
ace on Fifth avenue, but also made
them the fashion.
JAY TRIED TO GET IN.
, Not three years ago Jay Gould gave
grand reception for his daughter
Helen Gould; the list of invited guests
contained the names of all the Four
Hundred, besides a very large list of
personal friends who We're not of the
fashionable set. No one of the society
people came. and here, not three
years afterward, and two of these
years spent in mourning, and the
| most exclusive and aristocratic scions
OF the Knickerbockers are out in full
force at the Castellane-Gould we'd
ding, and Mrs. George Gould told an
intimate friend the other day that she
had had requests for invita- tons from
society people whom she had never
seen. Mrs. Stevens must be flattered
| to think that in less than a year she
| can, ii she so wills, not only intro
| duce family into society, but put
them in the position where they can
assume the leadership if they choose.
Pretty golden-haired Miss Annie
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HAMLINE.

The members of the Sabbath school
gave a reception to Mr.. and Mrs. S. E.
Bibbins and family Tuesday evening at
the home of r. K. Evans.
Miss Flanagan, accompanied by her
niece, Miss Lou Mealiff, leaves the
first of the week for a prolonged visit
in Chicago.
Prof. Van Dyke, of the Wabasha
schools, will give a series of lectures
to the seniors next term on How to
Teach School"
Prof. G. S. 'Innes left Friday for CO.
lumbus, o., to attend the golden we'd
ding of his parents.
David Stocking, of st. Joe, Mo-, was
the guest of his bother, L. c. Stocking,
during the week
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Weir, of Great
Falls, Mont, visited their daughter
during the week.
A number of the friends of Miss
Alethla Bibbins gave her a surprise
Monday evening.
William Cole, of Lake Crystal, was
the guest of Frank Cole during the
week.
Miss Evlyn Chapman entertained
her young friends Saturday afternoon.
Miss Stella Schofield, OF Pennington,
was the guest of friends Wednesday.
Harry Everetts, of Battle Lake, is
the guest of his aunt, Mrs. Bibbins.
j. Norman, of Montevideo, was the
guest of relatives during the week.
Mrs. o. II. Reynolds is entertaining
Mrs. Lashorn, of Livingston, Mont.
Miss Bessie Hamilton has returned
to her home in Cumberland, Wis
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Bucknell entertained
a number Of friends Thursday.
Miss Fannie Tasker returned Friday
to her home in Fall River, Wis
Miss Ella Clark is visiting in Chicago
and attending grand opera.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Flint will entertain the
Fortnightly club Tuesday.
The L. and S. will meet Wednesday
with Mrs. Wheeler.
Miss Ella Gold left Friday for a short
visit in Davis, III.
A. L. Richards has returned to his
home in Duluth.
Miss Carrie Preston is visiting in
Rochester.
William Payne has returned from
Brainerd.
Guy Caldwell left Friday for Farm
ington.
Miss Edith Pribble in visiting in An
Okla.
]. w. Oakes is on the Pacific coast.
r. McClain is in Prescott, Wis.
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Cannon, on Bayless avenue, was one
of the successful events of the week.
On the evening of Tuesday, March
26, the gentlemen of st. Anthony Park
Congrega ational church will have a
''spring opening" to be held in the
parlors of the church.
An athletic contest was held at the
college Friday evening, the contest
ing parties being the students from
Hamline State University and the Ag-
ricultural boys.
A musicale was gi, en- by the stu
dents of the Agricultural college
Thursday evening in Assembly hall.
There was a large attendance.
Prof. E. ]. Graham and family, of
the Agricultural college, is occupying
the house formerly occupied by Mr..
Elvidge on Pratt avenue
Mrs. I. S. Sheldon and son, of Min
neapolis, have engaged rooms at 25O5
Territorial road and will move to the
Park soon.
MRS. j. L. Stewart pleasantly enter
tanned the Ladies' Aid society of the
congregational church Tuesday after
noon.
The Photographic social given by
Prof. McGilvra at the Congregational
church Friday evening was a success.
c. II. Cannon returned home this
week from trip to the Pacific COAST
II. G. Blake is confined at home by
Illness
Mr.. Lindekie, of the North Side. has
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now so delightfully."- exclusive that
she has only $50 of the bowling
swells on her visiting list, sighed in
vain for an invitation to the Patri-
arch ball, then, as now, the social
court of America. But when Will
lam II. Vanderbilt, the father of Cor
nelius, Willie K, Fred and George,
got ready to enter society, he opened
the way in a magnificent fashion
and landed his family in the front
ranks, where they have been ever
since. Every. one remembers the
gorgeous Vanderbilt costume ball.
Which reads like a fairy tale now, in
this year of marvellous entertaining.
Diamonds, rubies, emeralds and
pearls decked the hosts and the
guests, and cleaned in the draperies
and hangings of the palatial house.
All society was hidden to the feast.
and all society donned it's best bib
and tucker and straightway came.
and the Vanderbilt entrance into
the most exclusive circles of what
was afterward to be the four hum
dred was a thing accomplished.
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.
1t is interesting to note those who
most vigorously opposed the Wander
bits, giving as their reason that tba
aristocracy of this New World shouId
not be based upon dollars, but a. com
oination of blue blood, with, of course.
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some money. There were the Astors,
| whose dear old grandfather came over
from little town Waldorf, in Ger
/ maryland peddled pelts and furs to
such advantage that today the Astor
e family has $3.50, 100000 of increasing
Z Weaith-producing properties.
+ There were the exclusive Living
stons. who are SO proud of their name
4 and of dating back to colonial DAYS.
when their honest old ancestor,
Philip Livingston, in 1869, sold sugar
loaves and pounds of tea and made
out neat bills for the same in pounds.
shillings and pence. William and
John De Peyster, in 1856, not only sold
cloth and buckram and buttons and
thread, but charged good round prices
for the same.
Nicholas Stuyvesant sold handker-
chiefs and caps, and Peter Goelet dealt
In States, knitting needles and steel
knee-buckies, which must have been
profitable business, as the old mans
descendants, Robert and Ogden Goelet,
are many times millionaires. Frede-
rick Rhinelander, whose descendants
now own castles on the Rhine, as well
as palaces in New York, sold cups and
saucers and teapots (spelt ''pott''),
while William sold yards of red and
yellow calico. James Roosevelt was
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of Grants cabinet, is is beauty,
with golden hair and lovely eyes
and perfect complexion. But,
though Mrs Eelknap has lived r..ost
of her time in Washington, she and
her daughter have gone out but little
in society. Years ago the Belknaps
were leaders of social life, but the
family now live quietly, and do not
spend much of their time at home.
Miss Ethel Blanchard, daughter of
the senator from Mississippi has
not yet made her debut, but when
she does so next winter she will be
one of the bellies of the capital. Her
dark hair waves naturally, her eyes
are brown and her complexion good,
while her teeth are remarkably
white and even. She is now devoting
her time to her studies, and has a
great fondness for books, which are
her constant companions. Caring
little for society, she spends hours
at the National library, and the
future will probably develop her into
another Southern girl writer.
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OUR PRETTY GIRLS.
Many Of Them Seen in Wash
ington During Sessions
Of Congress.
LONELINESS Is THEIR OWN.
Miss Letter the Distinctive
Belle of the Capital
City,
BUT SHE HAS A FEW RIVALS
Miss Stewart, Miss Belknap,
Miss Blanchard and Miss
Wright Among Them.
BUT SHE HAS A FEW RIVALS

WASHINGTON,Ma March 15.-Wash-
ington is too cosmopolitan to have
any distinctive type of beauty, such
as is common in Baltimore, where
oysters and canvas-back ducks have
fashioned a coterie of pretty girls,
but in the mixed gatherings of peo-
pie from all over the Union there are
enough TO make a circle of faces
that, once seen, is not likely to be
forgotten.
Perhaps the best-known of the
capital beauties is Miss Letter, of
Chicago, whose father is one of the
richest men in that city. but whose
home is in Washington, where he
has a house that rivals the palaces
of Europe in the magnificence of it's
appointments. Miss Letters en-
gagement to Mr.. Curzon has been
the most interesting news of the
winter in both Chicago and Wash
ington.
Miss Leila Herbert, daughter of
the secre tary Of the navy, is decid-
edly pretty girl. She has soft gold
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17

Corbin, daughter of Austin Corbin, the
railway magnate, is another of Mrs
Stevens recent protegeS, and she
gives the most delightful and unique
entertainments in her fathers mag
nificent home, and society finds itself
wondering now and then what they
did during Lent and other dull times
before Sponsor Stevens gave them the
pleasure of knowing her.
HOW MRS. CLEVELAND GOT IN.
Lovely Mrs. William c. Whitney,
whose sad death is still a great sor-
row to those who knew her, was the
most delightful sponsor New York
has ever known. When Mrs. Cleye-
land came to New York to live, as an
ex-president's wife, society wondered
if they should visit her. McAllister
was interviewed, and SO were the re-
yes and some said no. Mrs. Whitney
said nothing at all, but she gave a
grand reception in honor of her friend,
invited the fashionable set, and they
all came, and Mrs. Cleveland became
again the first lady in the land.
The Letters of Chicago and Washir g.
ciety by Mrs Whitney, and beautiful
Miss Mary Letter, the daughter of the
Western dry goods king, became the
belle of the Patriarch ball set, and
fused more of the young scions of the
Knickerbockers than any maid who
ever came to Gotham from North,
South, East or West. Now she is
going to do what so many of our girls
do every day. and that is exchange her
beauty and her millions for an aris-
tocracy which is the real thing for
her future husband is down in Burkes
Peerage, and there is not much going
beyond that.
BEAUTY AS AN OPEN SESAME.
1 think it was the Iselins who stood
sponsor for beautiful Mabel Wright,
who had no claim to social distinction
except her marvellous blonde beauty
And she was beautiful-fair as lily
and queenly and stately beyond all
the women who danced the hours away
at the Patriarch ball seven years ago.
when she made her debut into society.
She liyed in boarding house with an
invalid mother, and could make little
return for the hospitality which was
poured upon her, except by her bright
ness and beauty, which were q con,
slant joy to those who knew her.
This golden-haired Cinderella found
her fairy prince in the person of Fer
nando Yznaga, the divorced husband
of Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbilts sister
and the brother of the Duchess OF
Manchester Five years have gone by
since the wedding, disillusion has
come, and the ocean divides them untfl
another barrier separates them for
ever.
The social sponsors whose proteges
are popular and good and prosperous
congratulate themselves and smile
and stroke themselves, and suppose
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17

Friday from three weeks visit at
Stevens Point, Wis.
Mrs. Willis Danforth has been
called to Aurora. H., by the sudden
death of her brother
The Ladies' Guild will meet with
Mrs. James Craig Friday afternoon
at o'clock.
DR.. o. N. MacLean. mayor of Fer
gus Falls, is the guest of DR.. Andrew
Henderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Len Stafford, of Plain
view, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Otter
Mrs. Develin, of Tomah, Wis, is
visiting her cousin, Prof, j. a. Harti-
gan.
Mrs. DR.. Hughes, of Spokane, Wash,
is the guest of her son, Dr. Hughes.
Miss Josie Bell spent the week in
Duluth with her father, r. M. Bell.
Miss Madigan Of Albert Lea, Is Wis.,
iting her brother, w. u. Madigan.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17

Everybody promised to patronize her,
and the joke was passed around.
There is no point to-this story, only
that poker may one day add another
number to the already long list or
employments for women.
Outside of New York, in places where
Mrs. Grundy keeps a more vigilant tab
on societys doings and where Mrs.
Grundy's good will is unquestionably
a necessity for social standing, pro-
gressive euchre has long been fea-
ture of afternoon and evening enter
tainments. New Rochelle has gone
daft over it, and so also has Mont
clair. The spirit of chance and gain is
lent to the game by the awarding OF
the prizes, and, in the eyes of the Or
thodoX set, to whom example i$ a
feature of their public-spiritedu@s
this diversion is regarded as highly
reprehensible and even immoral. In
the atmosphere of Gotham progres-
sive euchre is an unknown quanAty
and belongs to the same class as lid
dledywinks; both are useful in the
nursery after school hours. But
cards in the ,lavtime still shock some
good people of Gotham. Last week
the Silver Cloud Circle of King S
Daughters met at a house in East
Sixteenth street to sew for the needy!
The properest woman there picked up
an ottoman to carry it across the room.
when 1t opened and an avalanche of
cards and poker chips scattered itself
in their midst. 1t was a painful mo-
ment and one not down on the pro-
gramme, and now chat hostess is in
disrepute.
Poker matinees never get into the So
ciety column, and while the gentle
sex may not be greatly minated
by their recent innovation in the way
of entertaining, it is not likely that they
will be able to elevate the game from
its present behind-the-door position
to one of proud estate. The principal
and only advantage in afternoon poker
is that it is bounded as to time by sun
down instead of sunrise.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17
ST. PAUL PARK.

! The great society event to take place
after Lent will be the MAY party" for
which great preparations are being
made Several pleasing and entirely
new features will be introduced that
Will add much to the pleasure of the
guests. There will be a large number
of the young society people from the
| city in attendance.
Rev. c. w. Hertzler, of Jordan.
Mimi, will hold quarterly meeting ser
vices at the college this morning.
This evening he will address the Ep-
worth league, and tomorrow he will
lecture on Palestine"
At the Woman's club Wednesday aft
ernoon Mrs. c. A. Parker entertained
the club with paper on 'Women's
Clubs that was very interesting. The
attendance was exceedingly large.
Mrs. w. A. Kenyon was called to
Mason City, To-, on Monday by the
very sudden death of her father. DR..
Gaylord of that city.
DR.. f. l.. Nagler, ex-president of the
college, will deliver his farewell ad-
dress to the students this afternoon
before leaving the state
Jesse L. Hill was surprised by
number of his friends at the residence
of his sister. Mrs. C. D. Chatterton, on
Thursday night
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Churchill, of st.
Paul, spent Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Willoughby, of Portland avenue
Elbert s. Smith is in Chicago, attend
ing the grand Italian opera. He viii
return tomorrow.
The new bridge is about completed.
The iron will be all in place by the mid
die of the week.
At the Presbyterian church this MORN
ing Rev. c. D. Darling will preach OF
Religions.
F. B. Clark. of Pullman avenue, left
Tuesday for an extended trip through
the South.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tuelle, of EIighwood,
will move into the Lamprey residence
soon.
Mrs. Sarah Wallgate and Jenz Clau-
son were married on Tuesday last.
Prof. w. F. Finke spent Sunday with
his parents at Deer Park, Wis.
Mrs. John Willoughby is visiting
friends at Faribault, Mimi
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wood are occupying
the Amiden residence.
Miss Frances James is i'll with scar
let fever.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17

But she is not 'out' yet, in social
pariance, and as she goes to Europe
in a short while for a two years stay.
Washington will see very little of one
who spent most of her girlhood within
It's gates. Ruth is very intellectual
girl, fond of study, and her beauty
sits on her with stately but uncon-
scious grace.
Among the diplomatic corps there
are some pretty women whose fair
faces could be taken as types of the
sex in their native land. The minister
from Brazil, Senor Mendonca, has two
daughters of the dark Spanish stvie
with the black hair and brown eyes
common to the children of the South
At the British legation is Miss Audrey
Pauncefote, daughter of the ambas-
sador, whose trim appearance and well
groomed look make her a typical En-
glish girl. Prince Cantacuzene the
ambassador from Russia, has a Young
daughter who has not yet made her
entrance into society She is a tall
and well developed girl, with a finely
built figure, with the blonde hair one
always sees in the women of the North.
and healthy complexion
Being devotee to art, she gives her
time almost exclusively to her lessons
IN that school, and to see her in big.
coarse ginSham apron standing before
an easel, with her hands well smeared
with crayons, no one would imagine
her to be princess of ali the Russias.
Nine. Arriago, wife of the minister
from Guatemala, is a pretty woman.
and perhaps one of the best looking of
the married ladies among the diplo
mats. Nine. Zeballos, of Peru. is a
line looking lady of the Spanish style
and dresses very handsomely. At the
French legation is Nine. Patenotre.
Philadelphia girl, who is a sweet-lool1
ing blonde and very highly educated.
Nine. Yang, wife of the minister from
China. would be considered a beauty
in her own country, no doubt, but at
present Americans are not educated
up to the Eastern standard of greasy
black hair and crimsoned cheeks.
Some of the married ladies in this
city who have an abundance of beauty
are the ones who do not take an active
part in social life. Mrs. Pence. wife
OF the young member from Colorado.
is a Kentuckian, and as pretty a wo-
man as has ever been at the capital
Her black hair rolls back from a high
white brow, her large brown eyes are
liquid with melting softness, and her
superb figure is always set off by
+ dresses of exquisite taste. Mrs. Gen.
Sheridan is also a very handsome
woman of a distinguished type with
her dainty ways and patrician air.
And Mrs. Nellie Grant-Sartoris is a
valuable addition to the fair coterfe.
She is brunette, with a face that is
as sweet as it is beautiful.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17
MERRIAM PARK.

The Neighborhood Bible class will
meet Monday evening in the parlors
of the Presbyterian church. Papers
will be read by Mrs. C. D. Waters,
Prof. Hartigan, Mrs. Gregg and A. C.
Anderson,
The third conversazione of the w.
L. c. will be held at the residence of
Mesdames Johnson and Williamson
Wednesday.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Olivet
Congregational Church will meet with
Mrs. E. c. Wheelock next Friday
afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
Friday with Mrs. Anson Brooks.
Lunch will be served at o'clock
The students of st. Thomas gave a,
musical and literary entertainment
last night in honor of st. Patrick.
Mrs. w. T. Watkins is visiting
friends in Chicago and st. Louis.
Miss Bessie Holmes returned home
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17

q grocer, and Cornelius Roosevelt
sold such plebeian things as lamp
black, linseed oil and window glass.
Jonathan Fish was weigher and
weighed tons of logwood, but this was
back III 1863. The list is made from an
old package of receipted bills belong
ing to the last century. They are au-
thentic, and all of the names are high
up in the book of American Peerage
today.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17

moved to Marvel street and is oceu-
pying the Stewart residence.
The Ladies Reading circle will meet
with Mrs. T. L. Hecker, of Raymond
avenue, Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Howard McGilvra
will entertain the Columbian cineh
club Tuesday evening.
Presiding Elder w. K. Marshall will
administer the sacrament at the M. e.
church this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Friend B. Brace had
as guest Tuesday, A. C. Curtiss. of
Helena, Montana
D. B. Gibbons, of Hermon, New
York, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. D. Marlin
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Comings enter
tanned Rev. A. Robinson, the past
week
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17
ST. ANTHONY PARK.

An afternoon tea will be given by the
ladies of the NJ. E. church Thursday
at the home of Mrs. A. S. Babcock, at
Langford Park Place west. Mrs. F. s.
Bintiey will read an interesting paper
on ''Women's Influence"
The Pie social given by the ladies of
the M. e. church Thursday evening.
at the residence of DR.. and Mrs. C. NJ
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17
To California

Without change of cars via 'sThe Mil
waukee's" famous "Hedrick' route to
Kansas City, thence via the Santa Fe.
Tourist car from st. Paul and Minne-
apolis every Saturday; $500 double
berth rate. Pullman service daily.
Apply to ."The Milwaukee" Agents in
st. Paul or Minneapolis, or address
j. T. Conley. Assistant General Pas
senger Agent, st. Paul. Mimi.
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UnseIfsI,.
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
What macs you write poetry?" said
the heartless friend.
Patriotism"
81 don't see any patriotism in your
verse"
'Hunph! Think of the money 1
spend with the government for
stamps
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when the reverse is the case they feel
a corresponding amount of sorrow
and disappointment. but fortunately
II does not harden their hearts, ana
they will be ready to perform the same
offices for us when you and [ are pre-,
pared by culture, beauty and millions
10 enter IN. MILDRED MOORE
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17

Miss Lily Wright is girl whose
beauty is well known over Wash
ington. She is daughter of John
V. Wright, who has played a prom
inent part in Tennessee politics, and
Is a niece of Gen. Marcus Wright, of
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17
A Sensitive Soul.

New York World.
Fitz William-I don't know how you
feel, but 1 am simply starving.
Dusty Rhodes-Make it Dieting"
partner, starving is such a vulgar
word.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17
Fashionable People Are Already
Asking Each Other

Where they will spend the summer
Assuming you are one of them and an
Eastern resort is selected, you Will
be interested in knowing that the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
is the direct and popular line for this
class of travel between Chicago and tho
East. ]. E. Hull, t. p. A, 154 East
Third street, st. Paul. Minn. c. K.
Wilber, W. P. A, Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-17
ALL GOODS SOLD FOR Ct~1.

MAIL ORDER S MUST BE ACC0NP4NIED
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