The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-28
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM

II is the boast of Mrs William G.
Rocker that her sorrel horse Mack
knows more than most of the men of
her acquaintance, and her assertion
may be acoepted4as having a fair ba-
sis of truth, for some of the boobies
who have annoyed her guests, as well
as herself haven't sense enough to
come in before, a rainstorm-whicht the
sorrel has, - He makes straight for
shelter from fifteen to twenty minutes
ahead OF a storm, an exhibition of
preScience which even the brightest
of the boobies does not pretend to ex-
ercise. But fancy horse using
telephone and recognizing voice!
That is exactly what Mack can do,
and does Go. When the telephone bell
in the stable rings the sorrel priclzs
up his ears paws with a forefoot and
whinnies. A groom takes him from
the stall, leads him to the wall tele-
phone and Mack inclines his beautiful
head to have the receiver placed
tie mistress calls, MACK, have a
lump of sugar." and the horse actual
ly neighS an Affirmative into the
| transmitter. Then Mrs. Rocker comes
from the house to. the stable and re-
wards him. He will not pay any at
tention to any other voice than that of
his mistress.
Not how to have gowns made, but
how to design millinery, is the ques-
| ton that is perplexing the well. dress
1 ed women this fall. For the edict has
| gone forth that two hats or three will
not suffice for all occasions, but that
for each costume there must be hat
TO match, SO both customers and their
milliners are driven to desperation
| trying to work out original ideas in
headgear. No two hats will be alike
| Something new and popular is kid
! trimming, that will be used largely on
/ street hats. 1t is soft leather, of
| course, and some of it is ornamented
with silk knots Or dots of floss. For
| afternoon and dress hats the shaded
ostrich plurnes and shaded Prince of
| Wales tips are smart. Hats OF plush
and chenille are included in the requi-
| sites of a well dressed woman's ward
! robe. F5a
1t is matter of intense interest to
| Psychologists, as well as qualification to
her friends, to note how steadily Mrs
| Mckinley Is regaining her heaithi For
many years she was unable to bear the
| slightest exertion, and the tender solicit
| tude of her distinguished husband was of
| common knowledge. He watched her with
|! the most tender care, and no other hand
ltcould soothe and calm her as his The
| prediction was made freely that she would
mot survive the shock of his death, and
4 1.-THE news that she had succumbed would
1 not have surprised anyone. In the last
year Mrs. Mckinley has enjoyed better
] health than at any time in the fifteen
wears previous. Her appetite has i'm
proved, she has lost that sense of fatigue
! which made the observance of any ex-
tended social duties an impessibiIity; and
Z III her general appearance she shows a
marvellous change for the Better
For genuine grit and determination to
succeed, Margery Giles, nine years old,
| of Manchester, England, deserves recogni-
ton. Her father. cutler, was stricken
| blind Her mother died of grief. Burglars
robbed the house and took the savings of
Years. concealed in little old-fashioned
bank, which had been kept under q
brick in the hearthstene SO Margery.
with four younger brothers dependent
i upon her cast about for a means to earn
livelihood She found one by adopting
and enlarging upon the idea of a Brook
lyn boy which had been exploited in an
English inagazine-th breeding and train