The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19

Those persons who were privileged to meet
that very charming Young woman. Miss
Panshourne who visited Mrs. ABBY Chou-
teau for several weeks. are ceiling pleas
ant little joke with reference 10 the Balti'
more beauty.
1t happened the night of the ST. Louis
Club garden party.
Miss Pangbourne. who came with John
Barrett. the newly made Argentine Min
lister Mr. Pierre Chouteau. Mrs. Ably
Cfouteau and George Wallace Niedrins-
hans. was pleasantly conspicuous figure in
white crepe frock that filed all the other
women with envy. She is extremely vi
vacious and entertaining and had an in
teresting group about her all evening.
When the Chinese party arrived. four or
five in number. General Fitzhugh Lee and
his escort of townsmen gathered about the
Celes;ials and indulGed in as vigorous a
chat as could be expected under the cir
cumstances.
The Chinese you know. do not speak
English with great fluency.
Among the Oriental party was japanese
or two. When Miss PanGhourne was in
troduced she returned to her friends and
said gleefuly:
''Oh. / know one japanese word. Do let
me say it to that intellectual looking
young man." going forward as she spoke
until within speaking range of the ORR
entail party.
Now. Miss Pangbourne has been edu-
Gated abroad and has no less than five
languages at her tongues end. So il was
by no means surprising that she should
know at least one WORD OF japanese and the
Others urged her to display her pro-
ficiency. Accordingly. picking out the Ce-
lestial that appeared the most interesting,
she 'sprang'' the word, which sounded
fully yard long. somebody said after
wards
Mr.. Wong or IIah or Ling or whoever he
happened to be. looked blank She repeated
It with Il real Psngbourne smile. An
other equally blank look Then Mr.. Bar
ret interposed. My dear Miss Pangbourne,''
said the lately returned Commissioner to the
Orient. YOU are saying japanese to
Chinaman.
The Baltimore beauty was not whit
discouraged. She laughed.
Goodness gracious, Was I? How Is one
TO tell the two apart? Let me try II sA that
dear little japanese" indicating another
Celestial in the group
This time she had picked her man cor
rectly. He was real Jap. He listened
with great Difference and greater politeness
while Miss Pangbourne agein smiled and
gave utterance to her one and only Japa-
nese word Of many syllables and much in
tricacy.
lie also looked blank-entirely, hopelessly
20.
Then glimmer of hope swept over his
tranquil Japanese features.
He smiled encouragiEgly into the eyes OF
The prettiest young woman in the garden.
Me no understand Russian" he said in
soft voice.
Then everybody laughed
Miss Pangbourne, entire nous. still insists
That her one word was good Japanese.
Miss Josephine Walsh's engagement To
Captain John Savage Bates of ANNAPOLIS
was noised abroad last week and created a
considerable fiutter in West End society
that has not yet departed for summer
homes. Miss Walsh is the third daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Julius S. Walsh and u very
popular member of society. She came out
TWO years aSo, after taking a postgraduate
course OF study at Georgetown Convent.
The wedding is to be n midwinter affair.
and probably quite as pretentious as that
OF her next older sister, Mrs. viii Maffitt,
who was Ellen Walsh
MISS Josephine Walsh was a maid Of hon
or last year for the Yelled Prophet
Have you studied feminine belts this sum
mer? tbs well worth your while IL YOU are
feminine person. If Of the opposite sex
you won't be especially interested farther
than to note that the girl whom you take
TO the gardens or the ball game or on
whose cool veranda you spend many of
your evenings, Is usually grit about the
waist with something that makes her look
amazing slim and slender and shapely
But those of US who have the mental
worry of belts are not averse this summer
TO hearing few hints.
IL you are wearing white almost con-
stahtly this summer-that is, thin white
frockS of tub" materials and pleated ones
OF white oxford, linen or similar SUITS
then wear white belts altogether For the
thin things white ribbons carelessIy
knotted in the back. with the ends allowed
10 float, or else a very wide ribbon brought
tightly round the waist and tied in a very
close butterfly bow in the back with no
ends that are longer than the bows.
FOR the heavier white gowns choose either
a straight stitched belt of the same ma
terial as the gown, or white suede. which
is smart. but expensive, as It soils so soon.
II you are wearing a long-coated white
linen gown, to be belted in at the waist.
and like TO vary the white occasionally, get
shiny black patent-leather belt and wear
at the same time black satin stock with
white turnover. With some black on your
white straw hat you are very much in style
and quite good to look upon.
A shirt-waist suit of the cool foulards.
navy blue polka-dotted taffetas. or gum
metal gray brilliantines, invariably take a
belt of the same.
Ihe girl who wears a neat and clean
locking linen gown In Its natural color NAV
brighten 1t effectively with a red belt and
wear a dash of red In her hat-cherries in
chou. n scarlet bow or wing Don't
do this with the thermometer over 100 how