The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13

to hear Mr.. NarSIah Dtrra'h ieS'e '
Caesar" There were several really smart
gowns and hats; many more that were ohly
RAISING fair; and stIl a larger number that
unless their wearers were VINO they We're
that II. unless Mrs. Handkerchief or Ma.
Somebody equally important wore the COS
tunes they would be lost in the CROWD.
rather expected as fashionably clad an
audience a. Mr.. Darrach has had In the
East. 1t vas my pleasure 70 hear him In
washington last spring. and a more spien-
did-lookinE array Of ladies In fine ana fancy
raiment than these which then
10 hear him read. would be hard indeed 10
find. st. Louis women have not yet become
accustomed 10 wearing costumes in TIE
morning that are worthy the name.
Mrs. Harrison was a pleasant
exception on Friday. Her gown OF the new
~Yray-quite a deep stone color-of NelFet'
with white raindrCrs spattered al. over II.
accompanied by a white and pink CHIFFON
hat. WAS very good to look upon. with her
came Mrs. Charles Drnmmcnd, wearing
bright blue etamine. The skirt oddly bounced
10 the knees. with blue silk; Mrs. John
Drummond WAS also in blue; and Mrs Eu-
gene Cuenjet.
Miss Florence West and Miss Seaman
came together: and Mrs. Edwin Harrison
brought her daughter. Miss Harrison. who
was In chocolate cloth, touched with !tt-
tuce green.
Mrs. u. Herbert Walker. her mother, Mrs.
Wear. in black taheia, with a huge cluster
o. vio.ets At the belt; Mrs. Clymer. in gray
cloth: Mrs. Campbell Smith. also wearing
gray. with an ecru straw hat. trimmed in
cherries. ripe and unripe. were all neigh
bors sitting toward the front.
Mrs. Mitchell Scott. who wore a short box
coat OF black SILK, trimmed in yellow lace.
came with her sister. Mrs. Fitzpatrick. who's
gown was gray.
Mrs. Daniel Nugent was quite elaborate!y
gowned in bisquc mohair. with p large ecrU
and black lace hat, a scarf CT the lace fall
ing behind; and the characterization Of leaves
in various shades OF russell and green.
Mrs. William Victor Jones, who left early.
wore a quiet walking costume. short in the
skirt, OF black mohair: and a small round
sailor of black. trimmed with fiat white
roses.
Mrs. Samuel .Reber and Miss Mary Reber
were both in the audience, but not sitting
I together. as Mrs. Reber came late. Miss
Ella Stanard was behind Miss Reber IN the
second row Mrs. Max Kotany. Mrs. Fran;
Hammer. In a most becoming pale gray
gown, fluffy gray boa. and gray and white
hat. and Ms. Harry Mccormick sat to-
: gether.
Mrs. George Shields and Ms. Seth Cobb
came together, while Mrs. in
blue etanine. the coat faced with white
silk and smartly strapped in blue. and Mrs.
oil SEcSS dUDiitI tCistlilsi
couple. Mrs. Gregg wore ecru crepe.
4 Miss Susan Creighton Williams. wearing
black and green; Mrs. David Sheridan Stan
I ley. Miss Maud Niedringhaus. in gray
{ polka dotted velvet; Mrs. Julius Walsh, in
. blue yelling, with a small hat OF blue bach
elor buttons and chiffon. and a large gray
and white Brussels net boa: Miss Lucy
Hutchinson in blue, with ecru lace: Mrs.
/, Washington Ffschcl. Mrs. Charles Clahin
Allen. Mrs George Markham. in black silk,
with a small coat. the fronts heid together
Z by gold rings. and a hat OF black straw
4 trimmed in black wings and blue silk: Miss
: Myra Tut, who wore green satin foulard:
z Mrs. Van Blarcom, whose gown of ;ale
bisque cloth, touched with dark brown vel
< vet. was exceedingly handsome; Miss
{. Hodge. in black and white; Miss Lindsay, in
gray cloth. and her mother. Mrs. A. j.
4 Lindsay, and Miss Lionberger. very s'i:Iply
gowned In black. were only a few II the
many West End women who listened 10 Nj.
| barracks entertaining hour and a half.
Several CT them-Mrs. Mallinckrodt. Mrs.
{ John David Davis and Miss Lionberger,
Z who have met the reader several :imes
; when In New York-stayed after the recital
J for a chat with him.
New York has a beefsteak-eating fad
among the Four Hundred. The dinners
; given at one Bohemian place have been
numerous. and the guests highly fashion
/. able. Only steak and celery are served. and
prizes are given to the man and thC girl
: who eat the most beefsteak. The service is
entirely without the meat Icing
sliced and placed on crackers In the way
that politicians made famous in years gone
by. There are no knife and fork sccom-
paniments, either: and everything IS done
decidedly au natural. The prizes at some
of these "beefsteak dinners" have been
very handsome. in the way OF silver arti-
cles.
ct. Louis will have to wait some time. l
fancy. before foreign cafes and tiny Bohe-
milan places of eating rise and flourish. We
have too conservative a population. and too
conventional a society for any OF this reef
steak eating. where the guests sit on crack
er boxes and eat off rough pine tables. Be
sides, the big restaurants, which, OF course.
everybody knows. there is but one distinctly
foreign place in town. and 1t has taken
thst about five years to even get a footing
with artists. newspaper people. and Il few
others. who skip in the back door as If
they were afraid their Westmoreland place
acquaintance would see and thereby mar
> VEL
Mrs. Zach Tinker has come back from
Palm Beach. wearing her hair piled high
on the top Of her head. and g~uiltless Of so
much as one side comb. Apparently hut
three or -four hairpins keep IL In place; but
its air is certainly attractive and Its novelty
unquestioned. Side combs are fast disap-
pearing. anyway. You see few women wear
ing more than one nowadays, and the fancy
ways of twisting ones locks are also going
:. out. Simplicity Is the keynote of the spring
hairdressing.
The assembly OF guests at the marriag &c
of Miss Grace Priest and VIII Grayson last
Thursday night was large and decidedly
smart. The church looked very gay. in
= deed, as SO many people went on afterward'
TO the reception; and. consequently. came
= in full dress. Miss Gale. in black galIze,
covered with jet paillettes: Miss Lncy
lockwood. In black tulle and white lace
inserts; Miss Gertrude lockwood. in white
lace and blue velvet: Miss Harriet Dean. IN
white satin and lace: Mrs. Edward Gray
son, sisfer-in-law OF the bridegroom. in
white chiffon and lace, were some OF the
prettiest frocks-
Miss Carrie Cook. who is now Mrs. Edward
Preetorius, gave her bridesmaids handsome
souvenirs In the shape OF gold bracelets. in
Bcribed with the Preetorius-Cook monogram
and the date OF marriage; while the grooms-
mems gifts were cuff links of gold. simi-
larly engraved.
A very amusing little tale has been going
the rounds this spring concerning a bride
and bridegroom who are just completing
the furnishing Of their house. They were
in one OF the large furniture shops not long
ago. where a masculine friend OF Mr..
Younghusband, spied them in the table de-
y.arfp,epf Tho b-fda rf throa ,,opthc urz..