The Saint Paul globe., 1903-12-22

ore. Full justice has never been done
to Mrs. Drexels beauty, and this win
ter she Is prettier and more girlish
than ever.
OF course, Mrs. Richard Gambrill, the
handsome widow, has an interest In
Box No. 29, but she really would not
need it since she is constantly invited
to join other parties Mrs. GambriH
at present Is petted and courted by the
Vanderbilt set. Mrs. Vanderbilt Sr.
and her sisters-in- law, Mrs. Twombly
and Mrs. Sloane, are devoted to the
charming Mrs. Dick. and she is often
their guest The tall and majestic Mrs.
Burke Roche is usually invited by the
Stickneys, Clewes and Wysongs, and
her daughter Miss Cynthia, has wide
circle of friends who don't forget her.
Depend upon it, invitations for dinner
and the opera are sent out on different
principles. The opera guest is usually
| beautiful to look upon and dressed
faultlessly. while the dinner guest Is
chosen with an eye to clever eonversa-
ton.
King Edwards week end parties are
the interest of all England, and the
I men and women who are asked to be
the guests Of royalty are considered
I by BritiShers to be the luckieSt beings
on earth. The programme at Sand
ringham is sensible and informal and
i everything is done by the clock A
royal command is worded as follows
and Is sent out in the name Of the mas
ter or the household, Il am commanded
by the king to invite you to stay with
their majesties at Sandringham from
Saturday until Monday. An equerry
later will inform you by which train
you are to travel" The happy guest is
! met at the station by a royal coach and
usually arrives in time for afternoon
tea This is a ridiculousIy informal
event and Is arranged along nursery
lines.
Queen Alexandra and her daughter.
Princess Victoria, receive the guests
with cup of steaming tea, and, after
a Dit OF music, the guests retire Din
ner Is served at 8 o'clock and bridge
follows. Neither Of their maiesties
appears at breakfast. Both invariably
lunch with their guests. Directly after
luncheon the guests are permitted to
ofive. shoot or play golf. and occa-
slonally the king joins them, while the
queen and her daughter stay in their
own apartments between luncheon and
afternoon tea. None of the women
guests take breakfast with the men.
All the West end Republican women
are thrilled by the prospects of an
election, and 1T is more than probable
that Mrs Augustine J. Wilson. the ruI-
ing president, will not be the only NOM
NEE. Mrs. Wilson is a tactful and de-
slrable president, but several women
think she has been in power long
enough, and that some other woman
should have a "whack at the ceptre."
as one of the younger women put it.
Mrs. Wilson has been urged to accept
a fourth nomination. and tomorrow is
the day when the officers will be nam
ed. Mrs. Harriet A. OStrOm, a forceful
and vigorous woman, is mentioned as
MRS. Wilson's opponent. 1t is believed
there Will be pretty display of mag
nanimity when the two women meet.
Mrs. Clarence Burns, a former presi-
dent, has been mentioned as Mrs Will
sons successor, but Mrs. Burns per-
s1stently refuses the honors thrown at
her feet. "If Mrs. Burns would be a
president every time her friends want
ed her to be" said West end woman,
she would pass twenty-four hours a
day presiding at meetings"
All the women in the diplomatic set
are delighted with the Baroness Mon
cheur, whose husband represents Bel
g1um. The baroness is a fine looking
woman, with a splendid physique The
Belgian woman goes exclusively with
senator's wives, and she and Mrs
Chauncey +Depew have become excel
lent friends. The baroness wears
black gowns usually, and this season
she has appeared at theater parties
with a tall coronet of cut jet in her
hair. These jet '.jewels" are seen more
frequently in Washington than in New
York, and 1T is difficult to discover
whether they will catch on" Then
Mime. Moncheur's dark hair is parted
and worn in a loose knot on her neck