The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-05

covers more interesting people than
| any other apartment house of it's size
| in Chicago
one of the guests in the house at
present is the Countess Schimmelmann,
who Is af1oat on the religious tide at
present sweeping along the society
women Of the city.
The countess occupies apartments on
| the eighth floor of the building and her
attendants are all men, sailors from
the yacht which rests at anchor at the
North avenue dock. Countess Schim-
melmann is tall and dark with a bit of
red showing in each cheek She speaks
with decided accent. which accounts
for the charm her "Bible readings"
have for those fortunate enough to at
| tend.
These readings are given each
| Wednesday morning at the Borden
home on the Lake Shore drive and are
| quite fad. The countess makes many
| apologies for her broken English, inn
pressing one again and again with the
| fact that "she speaks so many Ian
| guages" she cannot remember. She has
| very great deal to say of 'our class"
and ''our station" all Of which has lit
| tie to do with the simple reading of a
| Bible lesson.
On the yacht in which the countess
| sailed into the dirty Chicago river. free
| lunches are served daily to all who care
| to call. and so devoted is the lady to
| her cause she has sold all her precious
| Jewels and given the money to the
work.
| A sailors home for the lake-faring
! men Of Chicago is one of her recent
| schemes. for which she is earnestly
! working.
During the week Mrs. s. E. Gross, 4S
Lake Shore Drive, gave an attractive
| luncheon in Countess Schimmelmann's
| honor, the colors used in the decora-
tons being blue and white. The coun-
| tess own tiny blue flags decorated the
souvenir cards. Some fifty guests at
| tended. Among them, Mrs Carter Har-
rison. Mrs. P. D. Armour. Mrs. Will
liam Borden. Mrs. Theodore Shontz,
| Mrs John Vance Cheney, DR.. Sarah
| Hackett Stevenson, DR.. Julia Holmes
| Smith, Miss Josephine Locke and
others.
INTERESTING PEOPLE.
Miss Josephine Locke also resides at
| the Plaza Miss Locke is not only
reformer along educational lines. but
| affects extremely short gowns and
| keeps her hair cropped close to her
head in very mannish way.
Harriet Monroe, who wrote the Co
| lumbar Ode, and is an active club
| woman, is another interesting woman
| who has apartments in the building.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore ShontZ, the
former of whom is a brother Of Miss
| Eva ShontZ, of Temple fame, live on
the eighth floor. Mr. Shontz is the
president of the I. 1. I. road and his
wife is daughter of Gov. Drake.
Baron Carl BuenZ, the German con-
| has handsome 6n9rtmanIS the
fourth floor.
49, WAR TIME ROMANCE.
On the fifth floor are Col and Mrs.
w. A. Elderkin, the most popular peo-
pie in the house. Col. Elderkin is al
most totally paralyzed, but is still a
very handsome man, with eyes as clear
| and cheerful as when he was twenty
years younger His wife is a beautiful
| woman with snow white hair and great
soft, brown eyes, which dance with
fun or sadden with woe as the cir
cumstances may be. The young peo-
pie flock to the apartments Of this de-
lightful couple and brighten their lives
with music and gossip of the hour.
Col. Elderkin was with the Seventh
artillery during the Civil war. He had
just graduated from West Point when
the war broke out, and having twelve
hours leave of absence betook himself
to the home of Miss Frances Gurley, to
urge her to marry him during those
precious hours. Miss Gurley's father
was a clergyman in Washington! The
| young woman herself invited few of
| her friends to the ceremony, and
| among them President Lincoln. When
the president learned the circumstances
he wrote an order on the end Of an
| envelope for an extension of the twelve
hours to twenty EIGHT.
He then devoted himself to the de-
tails of the marriage with the result
that the church was a bower of flowers
| brought from the White house gardens
and arranged by the White house gar
| denerS.
At the reception, which followed,
were present President Lincoln and his
cabinet and all the foreign ministers.
The colonel listens with glistening
eyes while his white haired wife relates
the story Of their courtship and mar
riage, and the young people beg for
| it's recital again and again.
QUAKERESS ARTIST.
Mrs. William E. Klapp also resides
at the Plaza. Mrs. Knapp is a most
charming woman. She is Quakeress
and very retiring. A funny story is
told about her. Some time ago she
was on a street car with her husband
ed: Can you tell me if this car goes
to Wabash avenue?" Mrs. Klapp look
ed about quite helplessly and said:
| ooh, I don't know, I'm sure; I'm with
| my husband"
Mrs. Knapp has the most exquisite
| taste in Dress but 1T is on account Of
| her work in jewel setting and jewelry
| designing that she has gained most
| attention. Her designs in jewelry are
beautiful beyond description and are
the fad of the hour Mrs. Klapps
apartments are so beautiful in appoint
ment they have been photographed
for publica don in the blouse Beauti-
full" published by Herbert Stone
Mr.. and Mrs. WILDER Hagans have
dainty apartments on the second floor
of the Plaza. Mr.. Hagans is the son
of Nine. Hagans, one of the Temple
| trustees and his wife is prominent in
| musical circles here. She has a full
| mezzo soprano voice and is a pupil of
! Nine Marchesi. Owing to much time
| spent abroad Mr.. and Mrs. Hagans
| have many beautiful bits of bric-a-
| brac. In fact, the many beautiful and
artistically arranged apartments in the
Plaza have led to it's being fancifuI1y
called the Latin Quarter.
TEMPLE MATTERS.
Temple matters are going along
| about the same. Mrs. Carse is at Bat
| tie Creek under treatment, and is gain
ing slowly. Mrs. Erikka Breun has
resigned for the third time as head
of the Hope W. c. T. U. mission, a
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