Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

publicans conceue SO much, SO the average
Of opinion may be said to DO that, deduct
/ ing their losses to the Populists In the
south, there will be about 40 Democrats
in the next house. j. H.. BEADLE.
THE GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Variety Of Topics.
Especial Correspondence
New YORK, March 16.-The champion
amateur feminine golf player in this coun-
try Is Mrs. Charles Brown of Lexington
avenue. Mrs. Brown was Miss Barnes
of Southampton. Her golf costume Is
! striking and novel, consisting of check
tweed skirt, red flannel shirt, stiff
white collar and black tie. On her head
she wears q soft black felt hat.
Many of New York's most elegant and
luxuriously cared for women could earn
their own living If 1t were necessary.
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, who was one Of the
Fair girls of San Francisco, Is said to be q
splendid cook Mrs. John Jacob Astor Is
an expert at needlework and makes many
of the flags for her husbands yacht; Mrs.
Cruger writes novels and earns q hand
some income with her pen; Miss Gertrude
Vanderbilt is splendid fencer; one Of the
Rockefeller girls Is capital typewriter,
Helen Gould understands the law, Miss
Clews is postgraduate and is thoroughly
conversant with Greek, and the Misses
Hewitt are accomplished musicians.
1t Is very bad form for q man to wear
any sort of jewelry with evening dress.
No rings, pins, jeweled studs or. watch
chains are permissible. No we'll dressed
man at any smart function wears the
ghost of a watch chain. Several ultra
swells have Of late attracted attention by
sporting white waistcoats with black but
tons, black shirt buttons and black ties
with evening dress. This is III the worst
possible taste. Plated and ruffled shirts
are occasionally seen, Us are white silk
waistcoats
All sorts of Lenten functions are going
on to beguile the weary, tedious hours of
repentance for our sins. Luncheons, quiet
little dinners and poker parties are permits
sible. Spook or phantom parties are in
high favor. Everybody goes dressed like
q ghost, a shadow or a nightmare, and
each vies with the next in concocting a
blood curdling tale. Darkened rooms and
open fires arc Indispensable. Around tho
open fire sits the row of hobgoblins glar-
ing at each other and making each others
spines congeal-an agreeable and profit
able diversion for the holy Lenten season.
Perhaps a very good illustration Of the
shams of would be fashlonables Is that Of
the cooperative valet system. Four or
five young men who aspire to be swells
will cooperate on a valet, an Englishman
usually. His time Is carefully parceled
out among bis patrons, and these misera-
BILE pretenders go about the streets talking
glibly Of my man," giving the impress
sion that they are combed and groomed
and dressed and cared for by a servant ex-
clusively the property of each.
Men are universally fond of cheese, and
here Is delicious cheese course for 3 stag
dinner or supper. Take about six table,
spoonfuls Of parmesan cheese and mix
with 1t three of any good, strong, rich
cheese and add q pinch Of cayenne pepper.
Next toss into this mixture q pint Of whip
ped cream. Throw In few Drowned bread
crumbs and put In small fish dishes and
dust with 1ne bread crumbs and bake for
90 minutes. Serve hot with cheese straws
and celery. It 10 good thing. j~:'t
It's amazing, the amount of money spent
In this big town for sweets and bonbons.
The swell oonfectioners' shops are always
10 densely packed Ii IL next to impossible
70 net waited ON. Candied rose leaves and
violets cost 96 q pound, and these are the
sweets usually selected by the very elect.
But, expensive a. are the sweets them-
selves, the bonbonnieres and jars and boxes
In which they are often sent a. presents
Aro much moro 10. What do you say to
0 satin covered box of violet hue, with .
huge bunch Of artificial violets tied on
the cover with satin ribbon Of the finest
texturei Pretty. isn't IT. That box filed
with four pounds of candles will cost you
go.
The diamond tiaras of the queens Of New
York swelldom grow in brilliancy and OK
tent. Mrs. Bradley Martins has perhaps
been written about more than any other.
1t cost over 800, 900, and the central part
IL four inches high. Mrs. George Gould
has magnificent tiara which she designed
herself. The crown has SO points. Young
Mrs. Astor has q tiara designed by her
husband. It Is band of diamonds hold
Ing seven flowers-de-luce. Twelve large
diamonds form the oirclet proper, each one
of which cost %, 900. The diamonds in the
flowers bring the worth of this tiara up to
800, 900. The late Mrs. Willie K. Van
derbilt, now Mrs. Oliver Belmont, owns
the diamond crown which once belonged
to the Empress Eugene. It ia stated that
the present owner will give it to her
daughter, the Duchess of Marlborough.
It cost 5000, 900. The design is q wreath
Of roses and violets, with sapphires, emer-
aids, rubies and pearls mingled with dia-
monds. On gala nights at the Metropoli-
tan, when these gorgeous crowns have been
In evidence, they have rivaled the calcium
lights thrown on the stage at proper inter-
walls. Contemplating all this dazzling
splendor, beside which the stars Of the
summer night pale and dwindle, what
wonder ones mind instinotively tunes to
the hymn of ones childhood, and one me-
chemically huns bar or two Of: g.,
Iwant to be an angel
And with the angels stand,
A crown upon my forehead,
A harp within my hand.
EDITH SESSIONS UPPER.