The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-06
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who would have never cared anything
about her until it became known that
she was asked to certain we'll known
houses. That was enough to make her
popular. Singularly enough. she is
chiefly acquainted with the very con-
servative, cultivated, rather than con-
spicuOus set in society.
Elsie de Wolfe had been In society
before she went on the stage and stay
ed alter she became an actress. Doubt
less, knowing a lady who was an ac-
tress, made her a little more popular
than she ever was before 1t does not
always happen that a hostess can
make her rooms picturesque with the
presence of an actress who is well
known and a society woman at the
same time
There are not many of the foreign act
resSes VINO become popular to any extent in
society, and that may be either because
because the women do not care to ACCEPT
invitations. When woman In Brooklyn give
tea for Bernhardt two years ago everybody
was astonished. But it is said that all
those who got invitations accepted them
olga Nethersole has twice been entertained
by the same woman, who is quite conspice
uous in the more advanced set of society
The only time that ReJane ever went to
society she received 81 600 for acting in a
comedietta at the house of a wealthy man
with the opera singers the situation Is
quite different. They are likely to be fol-
lowed about by women asking them to come
to their houses. and whether or not thew
would receive other women with their records
but without their talents, is a detail which
does not come into the question. They are
always in demand. CalVe has several times
been the heroine Of luncheons at which she
was the deity worshipped by score Of the
most highly placed women in New York She
is of the singers who refuse most in
vitations, but nearly all OF them are kept
busy doing that. She's got Nordica at
last, said a woman last winter when the
guests at a certain luncheon were named; ;
that means the reward of two years of hard
work. Nordica, IN speaking English. has an
additional attraction for the average New
York crowd that Calves excited French does
not possess. and Earnes shares the same pop
ulartty. Melba is also one OF the singers who
do not puzzle society with the French that
! 1t hears so infrequently that very colloquial
conversation Is out OF the question. or all
these singers E9mes is the who Is really
most in society. She was the only singer in
vited to the BradleyMartin ball. just as Elsie
de Wolfe was the only actress. Eames &C
cepts very few OF the invitations however
which she receives. Her husbands position
makes her quite different figure from her
professional associates in society. She is in
vited not a prima donna, but as Mrs
Julian Story, and she would probably have
had that good fortune II she had never sung
Patti is a woman who, in spite of her
great reputation as a singer, was never
known In society at all. She had always
large circle Of acquaintances but none OF
them represented the set in which the prima
donnas SO anxious to be known today
that the few Invitations they accept are
to receive the honor Of a visit unless there
be the necessary glamor. When Sembrich
came here on her first visit she brought
number OF letters to well known people and
they were as anxious to entertain her again
her last visit. If you think that there
is no connection between the navy and this
has brother who is an officer in the serv-
Ice