The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-18
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man the other day Socially we'll placed
but not overburdened with this worlds
goods, that in good society anywhere,
ana particularly in st. Paul, one sees
differences made because of money, but
l had little experience not long ago
that opened my eyes to a new point Of
view. A friend of mine-who is a mil
| llonairess-and /, started. out to make
| some visits together and she asked
| me 10 call upon a woman whom / did
| not know and who was not in society,
but for business reasons my friend
wished to call upon her. said VI ould
| go provided she would call upon a
friend OF mine; we agreed and went.
AS l have very long list and DO not
| get out very often and my friend was
! in the same position, / naturally sup
| posed this woman would appreciate a
visit from two such busy people--and
so she did-that of my friend. When
we, went in she was agreeable, but ]
| had not been there very long before I
| discovered that her cup of joy was full
to overlooking because my friend had
| called. I was afraid she would have
| fit. She addressed her conversation
solely to my friend and it suddenly
dawned upon me that she was not
| aware I was present. looked out Of
the window and meditated upon the
uncertainty of human life. I had
never been so treated and was enjoy
| ing new experience. Then l saw that
the woman was not Intentionally rude,
but the fact of the presence of some
one with SO much money had upset her
| mental equilibrium and she was not
responsible for her state of mind.
After a protracted visit at which l had
| played the part of audience, made
my friend a signal to go and we rose.
Mrs. c." said my friend, referring
to me, seems to be in hurry, the
4 l.
home!" This laughingly. Yes, dol"
said the dense woman. This reused
me.
There will be no next time, madam"
said pinning her with my eye. But
nothing penetrated, she didn't know
! l was there.
"a few weeks after that the dense
woman, who is nobody in particular,
| gave tea and invited my friend, and
not long after / met her on the street
and she actually apologized for not in
viting me. This was my chance.
did you have a tea?" said I, II
| didn't know it; If you had invited me
there would be no reason for it." ~
She smiled and went away and
still believe she thinks go about with
Mrs. s., my friend, to carry her train,
or as some kind of an appendage. She
| evidently has no sense Of humor ror
whenever I meet her she always in
Quires for my friend Mrs. S. But this
story fortunately illustrates a condition
Of things which is rare in st. Paul; it
is what you are and not what you have
that counts here more than in most
| places"
| She Was 1t.
| Not long ago there was a childrens
party given for st. Paul child to
| III al1 Ill
! Vited. One of the small guests who
usually assumed the leadership and
to whom all unconsciously bowed, ar
rived very late. Beautifully dressed
she rushed down stairs at the last mo-
| ment and taking the very cenrer of
the room, announced with authority:
II choose to be 1t in everything!"
Price of Eggs Explained.
/ The rise in the price Of eggs is at
last explained. A woman in this city,
young and beautiful, who desires to
preserve her youthful freshness, takes
daily bath in eggs and water. Some
| skin specialist in a Sunday supple
ment has recommended this method for
keeping the skin in good condition,
and has been taken seriously by one
woman at least. Not only this, but
| the same woman puts raw beef on
! her face for two hours every day and
during this time is refused to every
one. Raw beef is splendid for the
complexion and where woman has
no children and only a dog TO look
after, why should she not do the best
she can for her complexion? To keep
away the little wrinkles that are so
apt to congregate about the corners Of
the eye, she wears wire strethers ev-
| cry day round her eyes, which does
much to do away with the disagreeable
/ lines. By these means and much
care, there is no reason why woman
of sixty should not look like a girl Of
| twenty, and surely no one will deny
| that a desire to conceal the ravages
impossible with God and women" was
said by John Oliver Hobbies some years
ago, and the epigram has not lost it's
force.