The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-13

candy shop. Lunch time found Mrs. Kim
brouEh discussing a chicken sandwich all
by herself. though she rushed out the
door after the ~sandwich was consumed
to greet some Cabanne friends-among
them Mrs. Randolph IauEhlin. Mrs.
Laughlin is just home from the country
I place Of Mrs. Laughlin, senior, who. with
| Miss Hester Laughlin, bought a large es-
tate near oregon. Ill, last year. and has
been farming in a genteeI kind of way
ever since. The Laughlins will not re-
main there this winter, however. but will
either 20 abroad or else gravitate be
tween St Louis and Chicago.
Mrs. Lewis Marion Mccall foated in.
dainty and cool in white duck. Amid
questions on her summer work with the
Civic Improvement League and the play
grounds for poor children. she ~interpolat-
ed the horrifying information that by
winter We will all be wearing basques,
and passed to the rear to get a bite to
eat. Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Rowe came along,
also intent on satisfying the inner Wom-
an. Mrs. Bell says that the Louis Null
gardts from whom She hears with great
er or less regularity. are so delighted With
their English life AMI experiences that
they do not mention a homecoming, and
that she very much doubts their coming
back for another year. Mr.. Mullgardt has
greatly pleased Johnny Bull by his SPLEEN
did architectural work in hotels and such
big buildings. and we all agreed hat i
he made the English work half as inter
esting and as picturesque as he did the
studios and the cafes which he designed
for ST. Louis. that our English cousins
could not be blamed for wanting to de-
tain him on their soil.
Martory Oliver. with her sister. Judith,
and Jeanette Morton. hurried along to a
little table and talked Of the past joys Of
Magnolia over their peach parfaits. while
at an adjoining table sat the newly en-
gagged Ethel Edgar and Gerard Allen. both
naturally much absorbed. and not wholly
in their chicken salad, either. Mrs. Fred
Lemp. leading her dainty little daughter.
whose pink bows stood out with much
FrenChiness, Joined the group Ia the back
OF the shop. ana Louise Chappell RImsey.
fully twenty-five pounds heavier end ex-
ceedingly pretty. with her hair done low in
a new way, topped by a most becoming
gray togue. BUSTED in, looking for Mr..
Rumsey. with whom she often lunches at
the shop. They are the only RUmseys
back from the recent New York wedding.
and were. Of course. besiescd with ques-
tons as to the new bride and bridegroom.
and when the later would be home. Mr..
Rumsey says not fo- several w=eks. and
that the wedding wasn't at all e. surprise
10 the families, which statement is in
Itself another surprise. I fancy.
Chris Kenney slroiled in to buy 4 big
box Of chocolates. The Colorado travel
ers, notably. a certain pret1test Eirl. are
back, you know. and Doctor Otho Ball
came along. stood just inside the doors,
peered about. consulted his watch. and
then went out again 10 see If Mrs. Ball
was anywhere in sight. and to think
whether or not he would better order the
sandwiches and chance her coming. Mrs.
McChesney. in immaculate white linen.
beautifully embroidered in tiger lilies all
over the shirt waist. sat at the soda fSun-
tain. waiting for her husband. who was
ten minutes late. and Tom Mant rushed
in for his second daily lemon phosphate.
while A. b. du Pout and Claude KennerIy
waited for him on thu outside sidewalk.
All together we We're very Jolly and live
ly ard in a half-hOur's time I saw more
people whom knew than at any time
s inetceh first of MAY.