The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-05

i0elF F1edFCS OOntSnI
, A we'll known st. Paul woman who
has travelled much during the last few
years, and recently spent six weeks in
London, after long Sojourn in New
York, talked to T h e G / o b e the other
day about some of the differences in
custom between the greatest city in
the world and New York.
She said, as we all remember that
for time, some years ago, the mil
liners were in despair because it be-
came the custom and fad to go with
out hats at theaters. and even in sum-
mer it was considered quite smart to
go about hatleSS in the country and in
small towns, both during the day and
in the evening, but that for the last
year this has all changed, and now
there is craze among women to wear
hats. This winter in New York has
been the millennium of milliners, for
the number and eXpensivenesS of the
headgears of women of fashion has
been simply bewildering. And on
every occasion hats have been worn
except to the theater and opera.
In the large and fashionable hotels,
at which society has made a fad of
dining, especially Sunday nights, the
dressing is simply gorgeous, and with
each toilet must go an appropriate hat.
r. New York women have made a spe-
cialty this year of high-necked even
ing gowns, if they can be so called, and
hats to go with them.
But the St Paul woman said that
in London she noticed at the Carleton
hotel which is the swell hOstelry for
dining, that the English women APP
peared in evening dress without hats
and their hair most deliberately dress
ed. For a long time English women
have been disigured by the immense
chignOnS which they wore, the ire
. mendous amount of false hair added to
their own and the general towering
mess. to coin a word, of their hair for
evening wear. 1t was supposed that
the simply dressed hair of so many
American women who have become
popular over there had taught them
better, but this St. Paul woman says
no; that they still pile on false curls,
braids and puffS, and this winter she
saw many with white chiffon twisted
in among the front puffs, and flowers
besides, making some of them look top
heavy, but to others it was really
becoming. Jewels were worn in pro-
fusion and often topped the huge pile
of hair.
At the Carleton hotel at the dinner
hour, about 8 o'clock in the evening,
it was a rare sight to see a woman
in a high-necked gown, and a hat was
never seen. Added to this the English
women wear their gowns so low, even
at hotels, that it quite shocks one I'M
used to this manner of dressing, or
undressing. 1t would certainly seem
TO the casual observer that the New
York woman in the matter of good
- taste is far ahead of her London sister.
Every day and every train sees a
rush of persons from st. Paul and all
over the West starting for the South,
and hardly a resort on the Pacific coast
and on the shores of Florida but some
of st. PauPS well known people can
be found there The size and magnif
icence of the Florida hotels have in
creased every year until now one can
enjoy Oriental luxury there if one is
so inclined. and if the purse is
plethoric. The latter is very necessary
if one is going to the east coast of
Florida.
Recently St. Augustine has had one
cold day, when the temperature went
down to Al degrees, and much appre-
hension was felt by the prOprietors of
the mammoth hotels. Cabmen were
- requested to leave off their Overcoats
lest they frighten away prospective
guests, and everything was done to
give the place a cheerful air However,
the fright soon passed, the sun came
out warm and dispelled the gloom.
Many families from New York, who
are spending the winter down there,
give as excuse that they could obtain
no coal at home, so they were obliged
- to go somewhere to get warm. The
streets of those old Southern towns
are alive with beautiful women, clad
In the daintiest of summer gowns, and
the American Riviera" as it is call
ed, is just at the beginning of the
most prosperous season it will ever
have had.
A little house called the Villa 70
rayda is open only to certain guests of
- the Ponce de Leon and AlcaZar hotels,
and is the Monte Carlo of that district.
There a tremendous amount of gam
bling is done and the place is very
well patrOniZed by women as we'll as
men. Indeed the women are said to
be the best customers the proprietor
has This little gambling house is
furnished in the most excellent taste
and is full of rare pictures, tapestries
and works of art, while dainty little
suppers are served any time during
the evening or night. 1t is inevitable in
these days that lot of wealthy people
gathered together with nothing in the
world to do, will gamble. This goes
without saying, therefore it was a wiSC
man-frOm the unitarian point OF
VieW-WhO prepared this luxurious
spot for them to gamble comfortably
and at the same time it must be re-
= membered, TO the credit of those con-
cerned, that those who are invited OIL
who go there are only those who car
afford to lose money and no poor OF
poverty individuals are ex-
pected. And if the rich folk desire tC
throw their money away in this man
ner. while it is not admirable, so Ions
as they play among themselves and dc
not fleece any one, it might be worse
- At Palm Beach, which this year is
more popular than ever, the gambling
rooms are not quiet so exclusive, ant
there is much high play in which any
one who has money in his pocket car
partake. Gambling among women is Sc
common nOW-eVen in the SANITY CITY
that it no longer creates a ripple O.
surprise or even the feeblest sensa.
ton. The world certainly do move
\ we'll known st. Paul girl had oc.
caSiOn to go to the capitol the othe
day to see a senator on business, am
when she went to one of the room
to wait for him, it was rather dark
and when she sat down she though
= she felt something crush under her
but her attention was distracted b,
other things and she did not think Of i
again. Presently the man she wantsi
a Skin of Beauty Is a Joy Forever.
Ear, FELIX G0lIRAII NRIENrAI