The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-16
ABOUTPEOPLE And THINGS


/ FTeflg Hot SPRINGS, Va, comes THE
news that the frfsRy crowd down there
is gambling for high stakes. Bridge
is the most popular game with the
New York and Boston element, but a
rapid" set from Pittsburg and Chi
cago clings to poker. These damp days
are conducive to gambling, and in the
hotels the parlors are filed with card
playing guests. In the evening the ar
E.dent gamblers retire to the rooms Of
guests..and until early in the morning
the click of the chips may be heard.
A young married couple from Buffalo
are extremely popular because they
had their inlaid roulette wheel brought
on In their room at night chosen
half dozen play this most alluring
game. A. few conservative families
gasp at the proceedings.
Mrs. Gouverneur Kortright is known
as the high priestess of bridge" She
says she plays it fof the sake of the
game. Naturally this New Yorker does
not have anything in common with the
fiashy crowd from the West. Never
theless, she passes great deal of her
time with few other women playing
bridge" One balmy day last week
she and her friends played cards on the
veranda. Mrs. kortright says the
stakes in her game are not high. For
her friends probablBIthey are not ex-
cessive, but the average person would
have difficulty paying,for half, hours
run of hard luck. Mrs. Kortright
played much bridge" in Bar Harbor
and Southampton.
The British public is interested in a
sweet-faced young woman who has a
remarkably HANDSOME husband. She
is Mrs. Ian Malcolm the daughter of
Lily Langtry. No matter where the
Malcolms go they are pointed out.
They seem the most devoted of couples.
Mrs. Malcolm has a new hobby-black
frocks. Although the young matron is
not in mourning her raiment always is
somber these days. She wears her
dark hair plastered down, parted and
worn in a knot on the neck. If her
features We're not So regular this fash
ion would be hideous. Her gowns are
always stiff black silks and rigidly
plain. Even her day gowns are of black
cloth. Often. Mrs Malcolm will ride
her black cob in Rotten Row, On these
occasions she wears a finely tailored
habit and a silk hat. A white veil
some times floats from the hat, which
is fashion of the seventies. .
As bachlor Malcolm was popular.
Before marriage he was one of the
star" guests of the Duchess of Marle
borough at BlenheiHf. He is an in=
teresting man in politics and has a
striking personality i He is literary
and hard worker. He tried the diplo-
matte service for a time, but made q
hopeless izzle. He loves to tell about
his experience in Berlin. AS an un-
der secretary he Was-invited to royal
masquerade in Potsdam. He wore the
Malcolm plaids and1 q kilt. His legs
were bare and he wassthe picture of a
real Scot. His barred legs caused much
comment When the emperor saw the
young Scotsman he said to an equerry,
Tell that young cub to get out of the
room until he puts on civilized cloth
ing" After this episode Ian Malcolm
withdrew from Berlin and the service
All the West side club women of New
York are deep in politics now. Their
enthusiasm will increase until election
day. Most of the women are in favor
of fusion. The. two powerful clubs,
led respectively by Mrs. AuSgustine J..
Wilson and Mrs. James Griswold
Wentz, are working earnestly for the
defeat of sTammany. These clubs are
not rivals, They work along the same
! lines. but there can be nc friction. as
which Mrs. Wilson is president. There
are other anti Tammany clubs for
women. Miss Margaret L. Chanler is
president of one
III politics makes strange bedfellows
1t makes even stranger enemies. In
one case sister is arrayed against
| brother on- the campaign issues. Miss
Chanler is strongly -Tammany,