The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-10

| these gifts. Before leaving Ba1nora1
she had a. lot of tbings sent out for in
spect1on by an Edinburgh firm that
makes specfaltyssof national products,
and bought largely of shawls, capes,
rugs and other things, all strictly Scot.
fish IN material and pattern.
There is something pathetic about
Miss Mabel Mckinley, the former Pres
idents niece, who SINCE three songs in
an uptown music hall in New York
Tor large recotppense. She is Mrs.
Hermanus BaerJin private life, and
when one considers her position the
question arises, t'Why did she do it 2"
She says she could not resist the al
Turing salary, and, besides, she always
wished TO sing In public. Mrs. Baer
has delightful voice, but it is the
glamour of her name that attracts the.
many women who rave about the Grip
pied performer. From the moment
Mrs. Baer comes upon the stage, with
crutches under her arms, there is
note OF sadness that is increased by
the pla1ntfve ballads she sings. Mrs.
Baer has an attractive face. In place
of gestures she shrugs her shoulders
eloquently.
Mrs. Baer's gowns are pretentious.
She wears an evening frock of white
tulle. sprinkied with silver spangles,
and a huge picture hat Her crutches
are enameled in white and are bound
with silver bands. They are always
propped under her arms, and it is al
most painful when she limps to and
from the wings. On her opening night
up town many floral wieces were sent
over the footlights and were grouped
about her. When a small bunch of vio-
lets was passed to her she glanced at
the card and smiled She held the
violets throughout her song. '1 Won
der If they were from Mrs. Mckinley,
the widow" whispered one woman.
The singer would not confide the name
on the card even to her press agent. 1t
is curious Mrs. Baer should use
crutches on the stage. For years a
cane sufficed to make walking possible.
Mrs. Charlotte NJ. Knowlton, of
Butte, Mont, has made a comfortable
little fortune since the death of her
husband. some ten years ago, as head
of three mail routes. She says she
found hired male assistants so unsatis-
factory, and female help impossible,
that she determined 20 do the entire
work herself Early and late, all these
years she has dTt zen over the lonely,
rocky roads, and, though the life is I'M
doubtedly a hard one in many ways,
she has no intention of giving 1t up,
having earned therrespect of the whole
community for her. perseverance and
trustworthiness.
did .yo uever notice with what an
information of fina1itY the Il conductors
call out Park Place p" asked one
straphanger of another the other even
ing in New Yorla.f 1.-THE first time 1
rode on the line Thought 1t must be
the end of the route, for that train
at least. if not the jumping off place
for all time. Notice, now; they call no
other station down the whole line in
the precise tone which they invariably
use for this one. Indeed, when thy get
to South Ferry they give rather a
brisk uptown tone to it. For Park
Place alone, for some inscrutable rea-
son which would probably defy the
most astute psychologist, they reserve
that plaintive diminuendo."
Mrs. Baer and her mother, Mrs. Alb
ner Mckinley, are two of the many
proteges of Miss Leary. Mrs, Baer
often sang at the Leary >musicales.
For many years the singer was active
socially, and her apartment IN the Ho4i
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