The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-26


who lives at the neighboring hotel. She
does not allow an afternoon to pass
without plunge in the surf, or, rather,
shrinking approach to the waves, be-
! cause she takes her bath sadly. Even
If she did not venture toward sea so
| g1ngerly and with tiny giggleS, she
would amuSe with her bathing suit
| alone. This is a most modest affair,
with skirt that reaches to the ankles
and with pantaloons of blue flannel I'M
derneath. She is gray-haired and an
| gular, and as soon as she energies from
| the bath houses she becomes hysterical.
| Then she will grip the rope and crawl
toward the waves. The smallest ripple
over her feet will make her laugh and
| scream, and before a few minutes she
| is the entire attraction. Once she got
/ her shoulders wets@,A tremendous
| breaker reached her and swept her oft
her feet. She fef1 I'm the damp sands,
and after this experience she had quite
| enough and retired. e.
Mrs. Jules ]. Vatable, one of the Tux
edo luminaries, deserves her reputation
as one of the best gOWned women in
America. Moreover, her frocks are as
tonishing, and usually she runs to ex-
tremes. Although a Stokes of that IA
mously conservative family, Mrs. Vat
conspicuous. Now, for instance, what
could be more obtrusive than the pur-
pie veil she was wearing in town the
other day? Not only was the veil Of
striking color, but it fell to her waist,
and as she shopped in hanson she
threw back the chiffon cloud. Her
gown was Of white linen, made with
marked simplicity.
OF great Importance to the Tuxedo
set is Mrs. Vatable. She, entertains well
and often, and is bosom friend Of
Mrs. Mortimer, Mrs. Kent and the
,Lorillards As a girl she was con-
Ispicuous belize and while pot:incIudedl
idnI the so-cal1ed 400" she was always
folk ca1 her Beautiful. She is of the
high bred type and does not look like
Stokes. When Mrs. Vatable goes to
dinneps hired entertainers. ares super-t
huous, as she Is musical to the finger
tips. She can play many instruments,
and especially clever is she with her
guitar. She is obliging about amusing
dinner company and never declines
to perform. ssShe is probably at her
best with her cinlaid guitar strumming
and singing Spanish songs. In her rep
>ertoire, she has some; ballads that one
never hears outside of Andalusia and
they are, delightful. 1aZs e9ti4is.tse -
DO you know" said woman of the
world,aWho has a summer home at
,RAyshore, IT have noticed that the
girls who allow themselves to be kiss.
ed and Rugged are invariably stupid.
A clever woman can enjoy herself
without these familiarties. OF course,
to my mind, they do not imply moral
guilt at all, but are merely the result
of her ignorance. Now, I had guest
down here-an awfully pretty girl
who did not know that Manchuria was
in Asia or anything elese Men found
her attractive, and l wondered. One
morning came, down to breakfast
an unusual feat for me-and sitting
girl and a nephew tof mine. Their lips
were glued together. paused in.
amazement and the girl looked me
squarely in the rteye. and observed
sweetly: 'Please.s may I have can
taloupe for brealefast?" My nephew
told me afterwards that this girl could
not talk, and I suppose her best sub
stitute was the oelabarote caresses I
saw" 70
One Of Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Wander
bits most admirable traits is her sin
cere love for flowers. Many women
with every opportunity never think Of
wearing flower and prefer by far
the CLINT of the diamond. But not so
Mrs. Alfred. Winter4and summer she is
seldom without flowers. Nor does she
wear a small bouquet. She goes in for
huge clusters, and In the dead of win
ter she may be seen with masses Of
purple violets. At Newport this sum-
mer her Conservatives yield any num-
Der of flowers, and at the Casino in the
morning she wears new effects with
great regularity. With heliotrope
gown the other day, Mrs. Alfred wore
five big purple flag lilies. They were
fastened in her belt, and she and Miss
Natica Rives had furious argument
regarding the name of the flowers.
Mrs. Vanderbilt called them flags"
and Miss Rives insisted they were
''irises.'' Then Harry Lehr came along