The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-23

cular, thick Tipped African monarch.
who created such a sensation in Eng
land last May and who heard so many
wonderful things about America that
he determined, after returning to his
nome In Africa, to prepare for a de-
scent on american society. He is very
black and very ugly, but with his
wondrous display Of barbaric gar
ments he was so well received by the
English arfStocracy that to ape a well
come here would be just the proper
thing, and nowhere would he be re-
scelved more warmly than by the di-
rector of events who is rafting around
IN the shoes of Ward McAllister. 1t is
probable that Mrs. Astor9 may draw
the line, as far as her own household
IS concerned, in offering entertain
ment to this heather potentate, for he
is said to indulge in perculiar personal,
stunts which would shock even Harry
Lehr. chief of which is a propensity
fer drinking liquors from the bottles
neck and spraying his gums with to-
basco sauce, after which his royal de-
light is to fall asleep in his chair or on
the floor. The alake is what is vul-
carly known as hot stuff, inasmuch as
everything he eats must be seasoned
with pepper Or some similar pungent
condiment-but he's coming, and will
be here before the end of November,
with an encourage as greedy for cay
enne cocktails as he is himself.
1t is only within week or two that
the Duchess of Marlborough has real
lied what loss she has suffered In.
permitting her distinguished husband
to give away,Nor sell for nominal
price, to "a peripatetic buyer of an
jqHes a folio scrap book stamped with
theycoat of arms of the noble Venetian
family of Sopedo. 1t contains seventy
drawings by sixteenth and seventeenth
century Italian masters and two or
three sketches Of almost priceless
value by Dutch artists, including one
Van Dyck, which alone would com.
mand anywhere from $1,000 to 50, 900
from collector. A London firm of
auctioneers sold the whole thing for
$475. The duchess, who knew some
thing of art before. she left America,
was angry and distressed when she
learned of the sacrifice, Marlborough
had stacked up the scrap book with
lot of other books, which he called
trash and let the whole lot go for
song. 1t is said now that the
duchess is making careful inspection
of the Sunderland library to prevent
further sacrifices of like nature.
No calico ball was given in Newport
this summer, and its absence made a
dull season, void; of the one event to
which all had looked forward as sue
cessful finale to an unusually quiet time
from beginning to end. When the an
nouncement was made many in the
younger set experienced downright
pang of disap appointment. The ball gave
great opportunities for wearing original
costumes. But all these We're denied
Why" the uninitiated asked, and the
M n h IooJ,i aal 81.
) Because the social lions did not APP
pear in Newport" And when the
young, women queried, What do we
care about Mr.. So-and- their
elders quietly shook their heads and
made answer, you will know, if you
ever attend a calico ball.
If Miss Helen Gould will continue
her efforts to save the insectivorous
birds in the cotton belt of Texas from
slaughter by so-caned sportsmen there
is: no doubt that anything the Lone
Star state has within its gift may be
hers-not for the asking, but proffered
voluntarily. No Northern woman ever
has aroused such feeling Of gratitude
as.rMiss Gould for her practical COM
mon sense way; of investigating the
boil weevil evil by diSpatching a COM
missioner to make a tour of the terri
tory and bring her a report The
Hoosier schoolmaster who undertook
this task has suggested the simplest
sort of remedy, and that is the enact
mentsof a. law prohibiting the killing
of the birds that kill the bugs that
kill the cotton. These are the dove
| and the quail both regarded now as
game birds, but whose preservation he
regards as far more important than
the pleasure of an army of gunners.
1t is probable that Miss Gould will go
down to Texas herself and have ex-
periments conducted under her per-
SOnai direction