St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
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- Music is the fad of the Rockefeller family.
Their handsome mansion contains four pianos
and an organ TO say nothing of violins and
violoncellos. All the members of the. family
are expert performers, though John ID. Rock
efeller is the most proficient.
mrs FRED Gebhard is an enthusiastic driver.
Under the expert coaching of her husband she
has learned to drive a four-in-hand The
geldings Nip, Tuck, Fuss and Feathers are as
HVely team as often appears tie road
Another woman whose fondness for horses
is well known is Mrs. James l.. Kernocban
She does not drive, however as often as she
appears on horseback Her favorite exercise
is hunting. She is indisputably the leader of
the Hampstead set and very few of the meets
are held without her in the saddle. She rides
in both the aniseseed and iive-fox chases and
has more than one red brush.
II Mrs. George Gould can be said to have
any fad in particular it is billiards. In her
Fifth avenue mansion there are both billiard
ana a pool table, and her country home is
of this game
Mrs C. Oliver Iseln is the most expert
yathtsWoman in the country. Her husband
says that she is capable of managing a
racer as he is himself She was aboard the
Defender in all of her races. Her suggestions
about the handling of the craft received
thoughtful consideration even from bluff old
Capt Half.
The feminine members of Pierre Loril-
lard family are equally fond of boating, but
of different kind. The Lorllard house boat
istence
Mrs. H. Mex Twombly vice president of
the Morris County Golf club, Is an enthu-
siastic golfer. Mrs Twombly is one Of the
women who were instrumental in introducing
the game into this country. She learned to
play 1t abroad four years ago. She organized
the club of which she is now one of the crack
players.
Miss Morton, eldest daughter of Gov Nor
ton, is an expert fisherwoman. From early
in the spring until the last run of autumn
fish, and even through the ice in the winter
Miss Morton loves to angle for the fnny
game
their fads OF amusement, Miss Helen Gould
is quietly devoting herself to charity OF the
amount Of good which Miss Gould does in
the course Of the year no one but herself can
form any estimate. She carries out the
Biblical injunction not to let the left hand
know the deeds of the right
Several New York society women have
taken UP shooting. but Miss Eveline T. Par
ker. daughter of President +. A. Parker Of
the New York Produce Exchange bank, is
probably the only one who boast OF
having killed bear. Her daring exploit oc-
CURED two years ago on her fathers game
reserve in the Adirondacks Mr.. Parker and
his daughter started out one morning in
search of deer. After posting the fair sports
woman in good runway, Mr.. Parker pro-
ceeded further on. Half hour later he
heard shots from his daughters ground.
Hurrying there he found Bruin lying dead at
her feet with bullet through his head. The
skin of the animal has been mounted, and
now adorns Miss Parkers boudoir.
The rug fad is rather a new one. The idea
is to get travelling friend to bring pieces OF
carpet from different parts of the globe and
houses here. Boston woman has collected
23S rugs varying in size from door mat to
a 9x12 foot affair. She has her mantels
draped with some of the finer. softer sort
This is like the swell ranchman who lives
near Fresno, Cal. He uses gorgeous India
shawls for window hangings and portieres.