The Saint Paul globe., 1903-03-12
AT HOME AND ABROAD.

A woman in English society SAYS
that a crusade against bridge" is be-
ing started. This game has of late
monopoliZed all the time both in Lon
don and in country houses. Music. con-
NerSatlon and games are all neglected.
says this woman. Even young girls
with light purses are seen knitting
thelr brows or stiffening their pretty
faces over the intricacies of bridge.
The qualities that make a good gam
pier do not go to the making of an
ideal woman. Let anyone notice the
prevailing expression on the faces
around the tables in gaming house:
the habitues have greed and selfish
ness indelibly stamped on every line Of
their features.
Beauty sleep and rest are words
one seldom hears nowadays. Perhaps
this is the reason one hears so much
OF rest cures and insomnia, things al
most unknown in the days when people
TOOK maps at regular times and long.
really restful vacations.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, says an Eng
lish society writer, seems to possess
a good deal of the indefatigable spirit
or her presidential papa. Socially she
Is certainly one of the most strenuous
~ active young women Of her time She
is almost as much in evidence at FASH
ionable functions in New York as she
IS In Washington, and thinks nothing
of making the trip back and forth be-
tween the two cities Ut takes five or
SIX hours) simply to be present at the
entertainment of some friend. Mrs.
Sloane gave a dance the other week
to her debutante daughter Jessie, and
Miss Roosevelt arrived in Fifth avenue
on Tuesday afternoon, danced pretty
well all night, and rushed back to
Washington early next morning in or
der to attend a White house dinner in
the evening. 1t would astonish English
girls to see how this daughter of the
ruler of the great republic makes these
flying trips. She seldom travels with
a maid, and when alone carries her own
jewel case and dressing bag When
she reaches her destination she calls
up her own cab and makes arrange
ments In regard to any luggage she
may have. Miss Roosevelt is a remark
ably healthy, bright looking girl, and
does not show in the least the hard
work that must be the result OF being
belle In two cities. Late hours, six
out of seven nights a week, combined
with series of receptions, Iuncheons
ana dinners, to say nothing of innum-
cradle train JOurneyings, art apt to
prove a bit fatiguing, but the indefa-
tlgable young woman from the Whits
house shows no sign of Tagging in her
pursuit OF pleasure, and is evidently
enjoying herself enormously.
The English courts have decided that
bicycle is neither a carriage hung
on springs" nor a beast of draught,"
and at the same time have given the
more practical decision that only Pc
destrian tolls may be charged for 1t.
The case arose out of a cyclist having
been charged twOpence, instead of the
ordinary toll for foot travellers, one
penny. The Cyclist Touring club took
up the case and carried 1t through all
the courts at considerable expense,
with the result that the extra penny
was declared to have been an exorbi-
tant charge.
A French scientist has recently pub
lished curious pamphlet stating that
there Is a relation between certain
maladles and certain odors, and that a
doctor with keen olfactory nerves could
almost diagnose a case with his eyes
shut. An American doctor declares
that by the odor alone he can diagnose
scarlet fever. diphtheria, tuberculosis
| and even epilepsy.