The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15

nounced. contradicted and announced again.
has some of the most exquisite gowns. 1
saw a very simple evening toilet that had
been recently completed for her. 1t was III
the palest blue yelling. showing blue anc
pink, in different lights, with something OF
the pastel effects of pink chiffon failing
over blue chiffon. The yelling was very
soft and thin. though not transparent ike
chiffon.
The waist was very simply made with
tucked yoke and n wide band of white lace
| insertion. while the sleeves were tucked at
the top and trimmed with a band or lace.
The woke of the skirt was tucked and there
was n plating of light blue taffeta around
The foot of the skirt. Nothing more unas
s,,mipr could he chosen for an evenii.A
gown for a girl. and scarcely anything pref
tier.
: Miss Morton is 10 live in Paris after sne
| becomes the Countess de Perisord. ana
! some day she will carry the name Of Tally
! rand when the death of the old Count snail
! have taken place.
II is really very tempting to have a ute
| offered one. Such Difference as they pay 10
! titles abroad and such fine society as one
| meets forevermore is enough to captiVate
| any American girl. however freedom-loVinS
| Miss Morton's Count speaks American ike
| a native born, and is much more English in
! his ways than French. He wears Bona
! street clothes. rides in an American nan
| som. has a German family physician ana
spends his winters in Italy. so he is as COS
mopolitan as possible.
A FRENCH MARRIAGE STORY.
Speaking of French marriages. do you
know it is so very different to get married
in Paris? An American girl. very we'll
known in society. wanted to he married
abroad. When her fiance applied for a IL
cense the Mayor demanded that her moth
| er's certificate he forthcoming.
Well, they couldn't get it. for 1t was home
in a tea caddy in Beverly. Mass. Then
they wanted her certificate of birth. This.
too. was unobtainable. Then she must be a
resident of Paris, so her. father went out
and bought a house and they moved into IT.
| Finally they learned that it vas the Gus
tom for men to appear in dress suits in the
middle of the day at a wedding. AT this
her father bolted. and home they all came,
leaving Paris ana the lcense-to-wed behind.
And that is the reason why a large society
wedding which everybody said would take
place abroad will be celebrated in New York
this fall.
TWINS AMI oIfrIN Tn kSSs
There are TO be ever and ever so many
debutantes this fall, and those who are not
really introduced will go out a good deal
just the same. 1t is really remarkable.
Gracia, how the girls of Il. who are a whole
year too young for balls, are seen at the
| Small-and-E arlies, dancing with all the best
men.
The Mills twins, daughters of Mr..
Mrs. Ogden Mills. will create a sensation in
society. They are the nieces of Whiteiaw
Reid. and very pretty girls they are. even
without their wealth to lend them charm.
They have a fancy for dressing quite dill
ferently, and when you see one 1t is not at
/ all like seeing the other. for their gowns
are of different stuffs. made differently and
worn with a different air. Miss Gladys is
said to be the pretty one. though 1 like her
sisters style the better.
Mrs. Frederick Gerhard and Mrs. Duncan
Elliott, both great beauties, are seen much
in society. though neither is what is called
gay" Both observe the rigid decorum
| which is expected of them, and which the
woman alone must never forget.
Mrs. Gerhard was Miss Lulu Morris OF
| Baltimore, one of the loveliest and most es-
| timable bellies that ever journeyed north to
| Gotham. and Mrs. Elliott was Sally Har-
| gous, that wonderful beauty of ten years
| ago. Mrs. Elliott wore. a few days since, a
| gown of white cloth; the yoke and sleeves
| were of white knitted Irish lace, the bodice
| draped with a wonderfully flmy white Lou
isine sash, while a perfect frou-frou Of
white ruffes peeped out underneath the
| long skirt, which was trimmed with Irish
| lace cut out to show the white drop skirt