The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16
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49, DNErftp the Summertime stii.ooPhSiS -
last week, we began to do things tnat sd
vored OF winter Gaiety. Mansfield mad
Aercrnous houses. and positively everybody
went en- some evening. The Monday-night
: audience WIS by no means representative,
that Is. not a fair sample OF the usual
.are.-rsebt" crowds. Those who usually sit
IN boxes and stalls on Monday nights found
themselves quite unable to get seats for
their favorite night, and were thus Obliged
to distribute themselves throughout the
week. Consequently. on wednesday. which
is ordinarily termed or in theatrical YER
nacula-. L saw Irene Catlin and a big party
- CT Nandeycater place people In the parquet.
while TIC Thursday house was one CT the
: smartcSt of the week MT. ana Mrs.
Francis D. Hi-schberg gave n box party
: for Mrs. Reginald Frost and Mrs. George
McLauchIin. and on the other side OF the
3 stage sat MIR. ard Mrs. Alonzo Church ana
: their party, given Tor the Carey Hutchin-
sons of New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Lirdei
Z GORDON were with this party. Mrs. Hutcn-
irson, who was an object Of some interest,".
wore pale ecru crepe. trimmed in lace OF
j. the same tint. with a great NUMBER OF
: 1eweIed ornaments on the bodice. sac Is TALL
brunette. and fine-locklng.
y Then :ae teas had 4 very fair start. Miss
z Lucille N!edr;nghaus came out. and so did
Miss Mabel Wood. who has decided that a
winter at home. with social fun. is preferred
10 another schcoi year in New York MISS
Blanche Nielringhaus, daughter OF Mrs. r.
G. N~isdrinSlTaus. was also introduced by
her mother at a tea on Friday afternoon.
The affairs fer bridss-to-be were TOO nu-
mercus to mention" Miss Cayloma Evans
was much entertained. Mrs. August LuyteS
: gave her a tea on Friday, and the ushers
q box party to hear Mansfield on Mon0ay,
when the bride elect leaked extremely we'll
! In pale blue. with a large hat of black
folded chiffon. trimmed in pale blue mara
bout feathers.
Miss Louise Chappe,l has been gloriously
: gay with all her bridal party. Festivities
began last Wednesday, with a dinner given
: to Miss Chappell and Mrs. Rumsey by Mr..
and Mrs. Winthrop Chappell at their West
minister place residence. All the bridal party
{ were asked. with Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
I Stoner. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack" Green. Mr.. and
I Mrs Walter Thompson and NJ. and Mrs.
: Lewis Rumsey in addition. Thursday even
ing the Misses Rumsey of Portland place
were hostesses at q dinner dance which
they gave for the bridal party, witk a few
/; young people to meet them. This was very
successful and quite as Jolly. Friday evening
Mrs. James Green gave Miss Chappell and
! Mr., Rumsey, who is her nephew, a delight
. full dinner. with several new conceitS in the
! decorations and the favors, while on Satur-
day there were two functions of interest
: q luncheon by Mrs. Stanley Stoner. the
4 first entertainment in her new home. at No.
\ 5273 Westminster place. by the way, and a
4 dinner that night by Miss Harriet Fowler,
ore OF the bridesmaids. Tomorrow evening,
/. after the church rehearsal. Mrs. L. M. Rum
sey. mother of the bridegroom. will dine tie
entire party ut her home, in Morgan street.
which will be the last function before the
wedding ON Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Rumsey and his bride-to-be have
PLANNED q short wedding trip Of a weak OR
two directly after they are married, but
will take their real honeymoon journey in
February. when they are to tour the Medi-
terranean. Mrs. l.. N. Rumsey and Miss
Julia Rumsey will certainly go with them, !
and 1t is not unlikely that Mr.. and. Mrs.
Chappell will join the party as well.
Five-ysar-old Marthella Carroll made the
hit of the Friday night performance of THE
House That Jack Built And without a
thing to do. That's no specially. All she
did was to stand well down front" in a
daisy costume. the yellow petals of which
she smoothed with great frequency and af-
fection. opsn her little mouth In bird fash
son. sing with the other daisies In chorus.
and all the time be her own natural. sweet,
childlike self.
An over the house people were whispering
to each other. asking who the littlest one was
and murmuring with delight at her ingenu-
Gus poses and dainty ways. The whole thing
was a great delight to her and she frankly
and sweetly showed interest In every other
performer to a degree that filled her audi
ence with unboundsd satisfaction. I ven
tiIre to- say that never before and never
again Will the Odeon board hold another
e.star'' like her.
II you did not see Marthella, read Richard
Harding Davis's Her First Appearance"
and you will have the idea, IN some meas
ure.
The wedding of Miss Wells and Clark
Street, on Wednesday night brought more
society people into the large, old-fashtoned
Central Presbyterian Church than it could
hold. Long before the bride entered there
was not an inch Of standing room in the
VazfibnflaF and nNan1o uvera HnAd alnnD thA
walls half way to the chancel. 1t was very
warm, but the bridal party moro than com.
peIsated for d~ehcienciea. I never saw the
bride look 30 well. and the maids frocks
and tout ensemble were altogether charm
ing. Mr.. Street, positively beamed with
happiness. He married the bride, too, which
was unusual. Most hridegrooms look
straight at the minister and make every
response to him. But not this bridegroom.
He took the BRIDES little hand in his. turned
half way SO that he faced her directly, ard
said every word In a tone that carried con- |
viction, looking meantime right into her
eyes.s 1t was all quite touching and made
one think pleasant things about their |
future.
OF course everybody-actuaIly everybody |
IN the Blue Book-was there. 80 many lad
to dash round lively after Mrs Blairs musi-
cal In order to make connections. / met
Mrs. Campbell Smith on Grand avenue at Q
o'clock. quite distraught as to how and
Wuen Sue WIS e4peclcQ 10 8eL Gunner, q
change Of gowns and down to the church
! in time for the ceremony. As I saw her
about 7:40 floating up the church aisle on
the arm OF Graham Wilson, looking quite
as radiant as usual in a love OF q white
chiffon gown, I concluded that the feat had
been satisfactorily accomplished.
Stunning cloaks for evening wear are the
fad of the winter. You dear girls who
fancied last year when you had q long
black moire Newmarket made, which you
later liyened a bit by the addition Of q deep
lace collar. that you would be smart for at
least two and possibly three seasons at
theater and evening functions, are. I regret
to say, entirely out Of 1t this autumn. I'm
less you own an oyster cloth. a pastel
blue French broadcloth trimmed in squir-
rel, which is very smart. indeed. or q
black velvet with ermine stole and collar
of real Irish lace. you must modestly re-
treat to the rear pews.
Carrie Howard wore g positive dream at
the Wells wedding. 1t was a delicious
shade Of pale blue broadcloth. not too light
and yet q tint deep enough to light up well.
This had a large. very nat collar of ermine,
with sto3e-ends of the fur reaching to the
cloak hem Mrs Dave" Francis, Jr., Is
wearing q rich rose-oolored cloth coat, very
simply trimmed in straps and stitching OF
the same. and Adele Hart appeared the
other night in an altogether new cut OF
coat. the ~fuilness belted In, with q wide
cape of the same material. which was
royster'' satin-faced broadcloth.