The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14
WAYSIDE GLEANINGs.

The recent exhibition of Japanese trained
plants and flowers was revelation to New
Workers of what can be done in forcing
vegetable growth along definite lines and
surfaces. One little Iarch, by thirty years
OF assiduous culture. was made 10 take the
fern of minia!u lure oak, while another tree
was grown into tall stork leaning over as
II to pick up a frog. The specimens shown
at the exhibition were nearly all graceful CT
picturesque. and none of them was gro
tesque or fantastic.
"A 1avorite form in which Oh ms Sc train
plants Is that of cat with aIched back and
tail, with the hair standing on end The
cultivators go so far as t. reproduce the
open mouth and the projecting whizkers. A
horst WEo had been converted to 'Chr,stian-
lty mad in the suburbs of Shanghai a gtouD
OF thirteen little trees which he had trained
anu trimmed to represent the Lord and the
Twelve disciples. Considering the crcunl-
stances, the attempt was very successful, the
general outline of the features, the hair and
the boards being brought oJt with consider
able truthfuipess
me queen of Italy is a collector of Old
oooS and shoes worn by celebrities She
mas the shoes of Marie Antoinette, of Mary
stuart. the Empress Josephine, Queen Anne
ana the Empress Catherine of Russia Car
men Sylvia and Lady Ermyntrude Ma,et
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Snilcted with the same strange fad
The many-hued shawl of Chantilly lace Or
dered by the French government as IRIS
ent 10 the czarina in memory of her visit 10
france was designed by Mr.. Aubert who is
painter. and woven by Norman workmen
OF the Caux district The shawl is three
meters in length, and is worked out in gar
lahds Oh narclssl. crowns of pink and yellow
roses and lilies, with the imperial mono
gram in gold at the four corners.
The dowager Princess Strezzi is again in the
pubic eye She desires that all shops and
stores in Florence be closed on Sundays. The
princess has excited comment before To
crafty her extravaganza tastes she disnosed
oI the large collection of pictures which for
centuries had been the heirloom of the
StTozzi family. There were Correggos. An
drea del Sartos, Raphaels and others. the
most OF which are scattered through the GAL
lerles and private collections of Europe. Grad
ually the family went down, headed by such
a woman, until the eldest son succeeded in
marrying rich Polish heiress, and now the
beautiful palace in the center of Florence is
being repaired fer the first time in 300 years.
"Brada," the author, who has just produced
THE Shadow a book of remarkable success
in Paris, is much admired in Italy, both for
the brllllancy Of her work and her fascinating
personality. She is really the Countess Pull
ger, by birth half English and half French
and married to an Italian For this reason.
II for no other, she has claim on all three
nationalities. Her salons are the most bril-
liant in Florence, when she can be persuaded
to receive. but on account Ct her young daugh-
ter, whom she adores, and who has an almost
morbid dislike for society and social inter-
course, she frequently buries herself from all
her friends, and for months lives quietly in
her villa, writing and studying, before any
of her friends know she is in Florence The:
Countess Puliger speaks five languages flu
entity, and Is a dear friend of the beautiful
Carmen SYLVIA" the queen of Roumania