The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-29
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.

Princeton is talking about the anna
teur circus given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Laurence Hutton in the library OF
their home. Princeton has been gayer
this winter than for years, but the
crowning glory of the social season
came, strangely enough, in the season
of sackcloth and ashes. The guests
We're invited to mid-Lent" enter
tainment, but until they entered the
Hutton house they had no idea of what
form the entertainment was to take.
In the large library, however, it was
plain the show was to be a circus, for
large yellow posters, printed in big
black letters announced an "aggrega-
ton Of talent" only riyaled by the adj
Nertisements of Barnum & Bailey. The
floor Of the room had been covered
with crash, in the center of it con-
ventional red circus ring was formed
and back of the seats the walls were
covered with stuff that made the in
terror resemble that of a circus tent.
Two policemen, instructors in the uni
versity, kept order in the tent and re-
freshment room, pink lemonade and
peanuts were passed around while the
show was on and band" discoursed
music that made up in volume what it
lacked in music. Two of the college
instructors impersonated clowns, one
attired In blue tights and fluffy skirts
did tight rope" speciality on an elias
tic cord suspended between tive chairs,
cowboy gave an exhibition of fam
cy riding On a hobby horse a foot high,
and the climax was a bull fight, in
which the 'sbulP' fell apart at the end
of the matador's fight, disclosing two
perspiIing undergraduates, who had
been performing as the fore and hind
legs. The supper was served on tables
made of pine boards stretched on tres
ties, and consisted of beer served In
common mugs and drawn from key
mounted in one corner, coffee in heavy
stoneware cups, and cabbage salad
served On wooden plates.
Mrs. Bradley Martin, who never does
anything on a small scale, has once
more made herself conspicuous by Or
dering forty mime pairs of shoes at a
cost of $500. She is most fastidious
about her footwear, and employs a
maid whose sole duty is the care of
her shoes. Each shoe is placed on a
tree, and her evening boots are in
casea in siken bags. The maids duty
is to. keep them polished, and each
shoe must be cared for every day. Her
order for ferty-nifle pairs includes
twenty-seven to match certain evening
gowns, fWenty-one are street and
house boots and enc pair is the high
waterproof go1ing shoe NOW SO pop
Liar. Her unusual order is like that
sonee given by Empress Josephine, who
had more shoes than any woman of
Europe.
That little women can grow taller
even an inch in height by proper ex-
ereise-iS the verdict of a physical
teacher. If a woman is short and stout,
to grow taller She must first reduce.
her flesh by dieting and thorough ex-
ercise. Walking is the best way of
reducing. Then when she has reduced
Until she is in just the right proper
ton to her height, she must endeavor
to grow taller This is the slowest and
most tedious process. She must prac-
tice deep breathing and have regular
exercises. such as hanging by her
hands, and always standing erect.
Massage is excellent for keeping the
body in good condition, and when the
desired hei glat is once gained, should be
kept up regularly, just as are the ex-
ergise and deep breathing.
There is a big overhauling of things
at Idle Hour, and clearly Mrs. w. K.
Vanderbilt, when she returns from Eu-
rope, means to settle down in the
beautiful place near 0akdaie From
Europe is coming antique furniture as
valuable as the dowry of a queen. The
great steam boiler which helps give
light, heat and water to the Idle Hour
mansion is being overha uIed and the
big pipe organ is to be made over. 1t
is rInaored that the George Goulds are
the real purchasers of the 10,000-acre
tract not far from Oakdale. Frederick
G. Bourne, who has famous country
home near Oakdale, will rebuild the
several miles Of roads ON his estate