The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-31

adds that 1t is considered more than smart
to embroider ones monogram in white on
the instep of ones black silk hosiery. the
same to be worn with oxford ties, OF course.
Martha Boogher and her two travelling
companions, who are touring Europe just
at present, have a thoroughly pleasing tttn-
erary planned for the spring and summer
months, and are. from their letters. enjoy
! ing themselves to an amazing degree. They
| now linger in Algiers, and have allied them
| selves with some delightful English people.
with short trips into the Sahara. frequent
expeditions on camels. and a period of lazy
delight in the brilliant blue skies and the
, vivid spring sunshine Of this fascinating
Northern Africa region. They will cross
over to Rome for Easter and spend a month
or more travelling in Italy: then go to the
Swiss lakes and the Rhineland for the sum-
mer months. and come home next fall, after
tarrying several weeks in English country
house,.
What absurd stories do arise from mere
nothing! At least eleven persons have in
formed me during the last week that Miss
Lenore Scullin tainted at the Monday night
"L'Aiglon" performance, and had to be car
ried out of the theater; and l saw the state
ment, with no mention of the young lady's
name, once in print. with the comment that
such must be taken IS a splendid tribute
to the tensity of the battlefield scene, and
the greatness of Maude Adams's art.
AS a matter of hard-boiled fact. exactly
what Miss Scullin did and absolutely all
she did. was to lean toward Mr.. Clark. who
sat next to her on the aisle. and say in a
| conversational tone: II feel rather faint.
Can you find me seme water?' And there
upon Mr.. Clark became very busy, looking
for a water-boy. succeeding in finding the
same by a hurried trip to the back of the
house. Miss Scullin drank the water and
nothing else happened.
| The portrait OF Mrs. Howard Benoist, by
! William Hyde. which has recently been
shown at one Of the downtown galleries.
and been visited daily by the many people
I who have an acquaintance with the lady,
has called forth such a variety Of COM
ments that a consensus Of opinion seems
difficult to obtain. As near as I am able to
| discover. most persons appear to find 1t eK-
! cellent as to coloring. pose. light and shade
in short. the workmanship is the best:
but the likeness. poor It gives but the
most fragmentary idea of Mrs. Benoist's
beauty. which even the unenthusiastic
acknowledge to be marked.
Comparisons are never pleasant nor po-
lite. but one is forced to say that the por-
trait of Mrs. Duncan Joy. by Flaeg. which
was on exhibition a short time ago at the
| same gallery. did one pretty st. Louis wom-
an greater justice than another young mat
ron has found to be her portion in this last
| Hyde picture.
West Emo dining-room, after the theater:
Six prominent society people" in correct
| evening clothes: welsh rabbit brewing
in the chafing dish: Much talk of
"L'Aiglon," Peter Daley. and Easter we'd
dings.
First Plump Young Lady. corralling JOS
eph Dickson, Jr.. in a corner and casting
an anxious and critical eye on Second
! Plump Young Lady. who is stirring the
rabbit"
Now tell me honestly, Joe, do I look as
fat as Mabel?''
Mr.. Dickson, after adjusting his eyeglass.
scanning the s.. P. Y. L. and smiling a
smile of calm superiority
My dear Bessie. Mabel asked me that
| IDENTICAL question about you, not a half
hour ago!"
Mrs. Oliver F1lley, who has lived in Eng
land for several years, but whose st. Louis
friends are ever glad to show their aopre-
citation of her infrequent visits. is over this
spring and at present the guest of Mrs.
John David Davis. A few teas and din
ners have been given the last week for Mrs.
Filley, who will remain until after Easter
and possibly longer. Her young daughter.
Miss Mimi Fflley, spent last season in st.
LOUIS ana was much ADMIRED.
Miss Julia Lloyd. who must now be re-
garded as a New Yorker. since the Lloyds
have lived in the East for a full year, has
been obliged to postpone her wedding,
which was to have taken place at Easter,
because of the serious illness of her fiance's
mother. Autumn is now spoken of for the
happy event.
Since Colonel D. D.. Wheeler is an army
man he may be permitted the eccentricity Of
using army mules when he takes his drives
abroad. And really that pair Of sleek,
brown mules. SO well groomed that their
coats fairly glisten and their heads go up
as If they knew their infinite superiority to
the common mule of cart-wheel traffic, is
by no means to be despised as locomotive
power. and may be well calculated to give
some of the very Indifferent carriage horses
one sees on the boulevard more than . point