The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28

milliardaires. OF course. for miIlionaires no
longer count-they proved most apt scholars
of their noble cousins by marriage. Many
!, OF them. i am told. now set the fashion in
the complicated art of killing time by do
ing nothing Thus chatted Rochefort be-
tween dispensing racing tips to his friends.
ONE AMERICAN DUCHESS
IN PONY CART.
| The procession of four-in-hands and
man-of-war automobiles was now yarie-
gated by n number of pony carts, the
vehicle that recently sprung into fashion.
The driver OF the FIRST was the Duchess
of Decazes, nee Isabella Singer. daughter
OF the New York sewing-machine million
aire; her husband. the Duke. walked at
the ~csrt-tail with two other great mobiles.
Vaiencay and Morny. They were very
shabby, these three gentlemen. as shabby
as only Dukes can anoA TO be In public.
Another motor-giant with two Princes
Murat. real Americans they. relatives OF
the once famous Southern beauty. Cath
crime Gray. though the fact has long been
forgotten.
Follows a French-American favorl.e-Jean
de Reszke. Jean may not sing as loudly as
In former days. but is as handsome and
elegant as ever. His carriage and horses,
too. were among the smartesl on exhibition.
Jean seemed to act as advance agent for
all the fashionable actresses and oemimon-
DANES OF the day. First. came Amelie Die
terie, wno Is to the -Four Hundred OF Paris
French and American) what Marie Cahill
Is to New Workers and Newporters. She
drove a tandem OF miik-white Arabs with
crimson trappings and was followed py the
star OF the N~ouveautees, Miss Thomassin.
behind a high stopper. Next appeared Su-
zanne Derval. Princess of theatrical re-
views. in heliotrope muslin. with Cluny ap-
pl.Ques and ribbons, and Emilienne d'Allen-
con. aiso or the Varieties.
BoNI DECLARES GOLD TO
BE VULGAR.
When the bookmakers opened business.
many Of their less noble patrons were
startled TO learn that 1t was no longer fash
ionable to tender gold when betting. Count
Boni had advanced the opinion a night or
two before at the club. and. Of course. all
his milliardaire kith and kin had made
haste to provide themselves with brand
new Government notes, instead OF the Gus
tomary bags Of "Napoleons." Those who
had not looked rather sheepish as they
fingered the vulgar coin. put up in two and
four pound rolls. to obyiate the tiresomo I
process of counting. \
1 heard the Countess Anna discourse quite
earnestly on the question.
"One never really knows IL one gets IL
first hand" said her ladyship. 1T Is 50 |
cumbersome, you know. weighing quite |
In ones pocket Besides. II ac- |
tualIy sells ones gloves" |
Here Prince Murst remarked that Marie |
Antoinette had already experienced that |
and quoted some memoirs setting forth that |
spent at the gaming tables. because she
used to keep the gold in her lap, |
Anna looked hurt at this. whether be-
cause she ~disapproved OF Marie Antoninette |
or because she was vexed at her failure to |
read up the book quoted. I do not know.
"At n rate she said at length. our
notions OF cleanliness have improved since /
those days. and as the rest. the Count says. |
one can always be sure of obtaining new
bills, fresh from the press. by sending to /
one OF the Government banks. or TO the /
direct" |
1 thought this delicious. Bonl. who. on his
heiress-hurting trip to New York had to
owe his room rent at the waldrof. clubbing
about the state of his wife's money.
FINE COACH MAY
BE coNFIscATED.
While milliarslaire Walsh was compliment
ng Countess Anna on the gorseousness OF
her coach and appointments. my neighbor.
an official of the French Government. fiscal
whispered to me: Let's hope that
win not be compelled to sell that coach at
I dare say. It would bring not one
fifth of the original cost"
How Is that" I asked
"Slmple enough. rtpIcu my ncfSn0OEs l
'Bcni and q handful Of other friends Of the
Orleans pretender have decided 10 refuse
taxes to punish the Government fors
the scnoo. laws As a 1conse-
luence, we win have to seize upon the good.
nd chatrels If these o~bstreperous citizens
nd taIly-ho coaches and the like are al
ways first attached"
Not a word about the horses and betting.
he Shah OF Persia THAT Is the late muir
one, remarked as long as fifteen
ears ago that one horse runs faster than
mother. Really remarkable was only the
sst rare al the Essn estabfziment-
Those Franeo-Amtrfran Do-pcthinSs had
o have a hippo.rome OF tftirS urx of
curse. and az more costly quadrupeds than
be ones engaged for pnbfic purposes could
OF be Obtained the ~fsoughtsfot novelty had
D be procured In some other direction.
II vas found in the psrsons. Of the Jock--
"a
'~-A>ga - everybody knows. come hish.