The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-09

all think he is one of the guests. took
him for one myself. Have him put on a
cap, or something, to make known his
identity" Of course, the employee put
on his house cap, and order was once
again restored at the carriage entrance.
But the fact remains that there should
be some distinction that could be easily
discerned between the walters suit and
the guests.
Leather bags for shopping that are so
popular this season have proved boon
to the business woman who takes short
trips out of town. For in a neat bag of
small dimensions one woman carries a
dream robe" made Of cobWeb silk,
that took fourteen yards in the making.
Besides this, the regular toilet articles
are carried, and make an out of town
trip as comfortable for a woman as for
man, and without the annoyance of
long preparation.
Not in many months has Sorosis been
addressed by a more brilliant woman
that Mrs. Wheat, of Los Angeles, Cal,
who is the guest of Mrs. Young, of So
roSis fame. Possessed of great personal
charm, she held the women from the
first word until she finished her artistic
sketch illustrating how the Celestials
SCACOIdI6 WIN the E6SI1Vdl
of the FlOwer1ng Plum Tree" She has
spent many years in China, doing social
settlement work, and at the same time
keeping up her contracts for Chinese
literary sketches. She is president Of
the Los Angeles Women's Press club,
and is one of the best known women on
the Pacific coast. Her dress and man
ner are as entirely different from the
Sorosis women as her life has been.
ncrfr1
ike mans and parted a little to the
left. She is large and masculine look
ing, and her plain black walking suit,
made on severe lines, with the skirt
just touching her shoe tops, is in strong
contrast to the gowns of the Sorosis
members.
Probably one of the busiest women
IN New York is the indefatigable Mrs.
Seth Barton French, who thrives oil
the whlrl of this modern life. Mrs.
French has an excellent berth in the
fashionable set, and moreover is not
aVerse to honoring obscure hostesses
not in the right set" Mrs. French Is
young woman, yet her visiting list
is one of the most comprehensive there:
is. Moreover, Mrs. French is beIiev-
er In the new theory that talent and
brains are substitutes for money. That
IS why many persons without money
claim her as an acquaintance. Mrs.
F'rench's four afternoons in January
were interesting demonstrations. West
Fffty-first street, where the French
home is, was fairly choked with car
riages all afternoon. One wondered
how the house could contain the stream
of men and women who disappeared in
the red tunnel of canvas.
One hears only seldom of Mrs. H.
Nick. Twombly's jewels, but in the
last few years she has added to her
collection. Barring the gems of a few
women, Mrs. Twombly has the finest
lot of any woman in society Her new
est treasure is a riviere of diamonds
almost as costly as the famous piece
of Mrs. Ogden Mills. Every one of the
thousands of diamonds in Mrs. Twom-
bly's necklace is a selected stone. and
the diamond pendants and strands are
draped in an artistic design. Mrs.
Twombly owns an all-around crown of
diamonds, and her jeweled broo@aes
are seemingly endless. Mrs Twor4oly