The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

That interesting residence portion Of town
on Locust street in and about block TWEEN
;y-nine hundred Is changing its complexion
this fall. The Randolph Hutchinsons will
soon be the only residents left OF those Who
originally located there. Mrs. McKittrick
has sold her house, and will shortly take
possession Of the hobart mansion in Van
deventer place The Dent TUFTS haze al
ready removed to Spring and Washington
avenues. and Mrs. Liggett is also ON the
point OF removal. The Simcns residence IS
stin intact-this and the Hutchinson.
Apropos changes of residence, the s..
Louis music and social acquaintance Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vish will be delight
cd TO learn that they are to forswear the
charms Of country life this fall and remove
from St Charles TO town again. FOR a
year or more they have been at Linden
wood. but viii in october take an apart
ment on Russell avenue, the same. in fact.
that they had two years agc-No. 1853 Rus
sell.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Roberts have given
Up their Washington boulevard house. and
made no plans for the immediate future
as Mrs Roberts has gone to Virginia for a
two months visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Y. Barada.| who
have lived at the Southern and the Month
cello. respectively. since their marriage two
years age. have decided this season to set
up household gods OF their own. and have
in mind a Delmar boulevard house They
will probably take possession early next
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward PreetoTius have
been established in their pretty new home
AT No. 1851 Westminster place for nearly a
month, and are quite settled and comforta-
BILE.
Tn VIII Graysons will live not far from
the Preetorius house when they begin
housekeeping the middle of october. They
have settled on No. 1910 in Mcpherson ave
rue as theirs. but are now with Judge ami
hrs. Priest
Mr. and Mrs. z. n. Beach have recently
made a change Of residence from Won Yer
sen avenue TO No. 1919 Maryland avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bonties have given up
their home in West Pine boulevard. and
will live at the Monticello this winter.
Two of the important fail weddings have
taken place uut of town-the Stoner-Rumz
sey marriage at Minnetonka last week. ana
the Westbrook-Lewis affair iorthe East A
third. in which the towns best people nave
an interest, is that of Miss Clara Brown
~ Jacksonville ILL.,. TO Mr.. Jesse Dwight
Dana of Boston. the date OF which was yes
terday at Jacksonville. with a large num-
Der of St Louis persons as guests anu
members of the bridal party. Mrs: Goitra
was. of course, her sisters maid OF honor,
while Miss Howard and Miss Post repre-
scented st. Louis in the coterie Of Chieago'
Louisville and Jacksonville bridesmaids.
The groomsmen were all Yale and Harvard
-men, as Mr.. Dams is a graduate OF poIh-
universities. They have gone to the Medi-
terranean for The honeymoon and will live
in Boston.
set for October Q.
A Chicago woman VINO is known to many
of the ST. Louis smart and literary SET
Mrs. Francis Chalmers by name. laid a
little trap for some of her frivolous society
friends the other day, which, II you nave
-. 1~o,lv haard zh01r- IN YOU NAV ma
both amusing and interesting. Mrs. Chal-
mers has a hearty. contempt for many OF
the social functions, teas parucnlariyt
where women congregate ostansib9y 70 en-
Joy each others society, but feaiiy iosho"
off their clothes
An afternoon reception that can draw
forth Mrs. Chalmers is indeed. one out OF
the ordinary. She declares that never
does she get anything Intellectual, original
or in the least entertaining from the con
versation which she is compelled TO hear,
and that most women who frequent SUCH
forms of entertainment not only TAX IN
an entirely mechanical manner. but ser
dom hear and never grasp the meaning OF
the replies to their small stereotypeo
phrases.
She tells the following in support or her
theory: One day a week ago she broke
her rule and determined to attend the nrss
.tat home of a young bride whose mother
was one of Mrs. Chalmerss dearest frienus-
DOMINIC Appropriate costume, she Joined
the crush, with a weil-deined plan in her
head TO see just how far she could go IN
the matter of conversation without beng
found out The first person TO greet her
after she had paid her respects TO the
receiving party was a North Shore marion
of elderly years and p~resumabie dignity OF
demeanor.
How do you do my dear Mrs. Chalmers.
I am so glad to see you" said the matron-
Thank you, 1 am quite we'll ! was
found daod IN ha6 this mOrninE.' calmly
replied Mrs. Chalmers
Indeed. 1 am delighted TO hear it,
heartily replied the other, passing on.
You see, she had not the slightest idea
what she was SAYING" said Mrs Chalmers
in telling the story
The next in line was an Evanston young
woman whose social position is not so Sc
cure as she would like. Affectionate is
approached Mrs. Chalmers She fairly
bubbling with joy, almost embracing the
lady as the latter told her she had died that
morning.
so charming. isn't IT. at this time Of the
YEAR," gushed the sweet thing as she sailed
on to the tea table.
Mrs. Chalmers tried her little scheme on
SO many women with such similar results
that before she had stayed an hour she
was fairly bew1ldered. She began to think
every woman she knew had gone stark mad,
when along came one who did not belong
to the other variety at all. 81 wondered
what she would say, but repeated my re-
mark just the same. She looked at me for
a moment in silence and them said:
MY dear. have you been home all sum-
mer? No? Well, I-think you'd better run
away for a little rest. Try Kenosha. They
have a lovely rest cure up there, and really,
you know, you're a bit done up."
Then I laughed and tod her my story.
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