The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-22

the help of an errand runner. than
have a Ioud-yoiced, ill-mannered per
son about my apartment. 1 would as
soon hang an advertising chrome in my
hall, or drape my windows with red
bunting This be an extreme
little attention is paid TO this important
detail of the home. Al guest is often
seriously Inconvenience by a though :
less, discourteous maid, and nothing
adds more to the comfort of an entire
household than a gentle woman. what
ever her color or class as servitor.
Bouillon stains car Be removed from
a delicate silk or other fabric by first
sponging with ether then applying
French chalk to the wrong side of the
material and leaving it all night
When packing ones finery for run
to the mountains or shore roll ribbons
and sash ends up tightly and fasten the
end with a small pin. To fold them
means to crease them across at regular
intervals. and this surely involves the
use of an iron before they are wear
able.
One of the new furs is civet cat. a
pelt that has become unexpectedly
fashionable. Last year this fur went
begging, but this fall one sees many
we'll groomed women wearing civet
When one goes into a furriers shop
and considers civet seriously the man
is sure to say, "Oh, you couldn't do
better than take civet. because Mrs
John Jacob Astor has ordered a stole
and muff for demi-mourning It's sure
to be fashionable" That settles it.
One woman of Mrs. Astor's position
may make or mar fur. The news
that she is to wear civet has been
spread far, and the price has advance
ed. Formerly a comparatively cheap
fur, civet cat is now equal in price to
ermine.
But the vogue of ermine has not end
ed, and possessors of this royal fur
need not be uneasy. For dress wear it
will be supreme. and as trimming for
gowns nothing will be in better taste
The stoles and muffs of errnine are tri-
umphs of the dressmarker's art and the
little black tails lend themselves read
lily to smart effects. Ermine stoles
usually are finished with a cataract of
black tails and silk Lffinges are used
on other ermine pieces. Young girls
will wear little scarfs OF ermine. These
will be tied carelessly about the throat.
One reason why ermine is dear to
Woman'S heart is because it enhances
ones color and adds q certain air of
distinction that no other fur does.
Since early summer, Mrs. Charles II.
Yerkes has been travelling in Europe
Wherever she stops paintings are Of
fered to her for purchase. Mrs. Yerkes
Is an enthusiastic art collector and the
foreign dealers are well aware of this.
Her home in Fifth avenue boasts one
of the best private collections in
America, and Mrs. Yerkes selects pic
lures without an experts opinion. She
has one especially fine Rembrandt that
she picked up in Paris. Mrs. Yerkes
confines most of her attention to the
Dutch school and has few modern
works. She is said to be on the look
out for Vandyke, and this is another
fact of which the foreigners are aware.
The subterfuges to which the dealers go
to get in touch with Mrs Yerkes are
amusing. One London art dealer sent
polite note to her, requesting a call
at his shop. He gave the chamber
maid in the Carlton a tip to deliver
this letter, The maid naivefy said, as.
she gave the letter to Mrs Yerkes,
that she had been paid for delivering it.
AT one time Mrs. Yerkes had a bril-
liant scheme of transferring an Italian
palace to this city. That is, she wished
to strip a palace in northern Italy, bring
the painted ceilings and cornices here
and have them replaced, in her town
house. Some fine murala paintings were
taken down and shipped to America.
They arrived here in apple pie condi-
ton; but Mrs. Yerkes could not hire
plasterers to graft the foreign paint
ings upon her ceilings. Somebody said
the workers were afraid of disobeying
union rules, as the original work had
been done by 'scabs!" yTl5 r ~
* An unsophisticated bud" had a sad