The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-15

medallions. A bolero effect was pro-
duced by the shirring of the bodice,
which had a narrow yoke of lace. The
upper sleeves were made Of short puffs
of the dominant material, fitting snug
ly at the elbows, with rich lace fiounces
falling almost to the wrists. Insertions
of the lace medallions in the front
of the bodice, with dainty velvet bows
between, vastly improved the whole.
Miss Roche wore a black velvet hat
with six short, thick ostrich plumes
caught in front, and her muf and stole
were of ermine.
Chicago is in a state of mind because
the fiscal year ending Dec. 1 shows a
falling off of 795 marriage licenses is
sued as compared with the preceding
twelvemontfl If that sort of thing
keeps up in Breezeville what win the
divorce courts do?
Mrs. Potter Palmer tells an amusing
story of a little experience on her last
day in Paris that made her think the
average Yankee an infant in arms
alongside the French. She was out for
an early drive in the suburbs, and her
carriage was passing out of the city
through one of the western gates whep
brougham, in which sat, two young
persons who paIpably had just stretch
ed their wings in the rarefied ether or
matrimony. 1t was. only tiny jolt,
not severe enough to disturb the beau
tifu1 Chicago widows equaninity for
an instant, but it excited a smirking
octroi official and he hastened to the
vehicle of the bridal pair. OF no use
was it for the bride to assure him she
1soT
alight. Madame alighted; monsieur
didn't. The bridegroom, it seemed to
the official, either had died from shock
or was so entranced with his new found
happiness as to be beyond ken OF
earthly affairs. Back tripped the oc-
troi agent. Would monsieur alight?
Never a word from monsieur. AT last
the official in his eXuberant politeness,
took the hand of the happy swain and
gave it gentle tug, whereupon-out
tumbled rubber dummy Of a man
which was found to contain ten gal
Ions of brandy the bride" was SNUG
Cling into the gay capital without the
formality of paying the octroi duty.
Poor little Bertha Krupp! Statisti-
clans find her income is only 100000
a year, and society wonders how on
earth she and her husband ever will
worry along when there appears a man
bold enough to WOO and win her. 1t is
assumed she will purchase a prince, at
the very least-if, indeed, she is not
suspected rightfully of having her
heart set on a throne.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs.
George Gould already are busy with
their Christmas shopping, and Mrs.
William K Vanderbilt is making pur-
chases daily through her private sec
retary. The wee lasses and lads who
have such provident mammas will have
toys this year costly enough to send
Santa Claus to the bankruptcy court.
For example, every dolls house order
ed for one of the little girls is equipped
with genuine brass beds, real Persian
rugs, hardwood floors, porcelain tubs,
nickel plumbing, fine china, cut glass,
napery of imported damask, miniature
gas stoves that really and truly burn,
in spite of Commissioner Oakley, and
positively tiny typewriter for the
doll chatelaine's doll secretary! Every
house is wired for incandescent bulbs
of quarter candle power, with orna-
mental switches, and every toy man.
sion has a toy stable, in which stand
practical carriages, prancing cobs and
doll automobiles that puff along as i'm
petuously as any grown-up teuf-teuf.
Boston society has solved the servant
problem! The solution has its head
quarters in Newbury street, and it is
called the Domestic Service club. 1t is
an organization embracing 1000 young
women of all degrees of household en-
pioyment under the patronage of lead
ers Of fashion, and is run along the
lines of the average wOman'S club.
There parlor maids housemaids, kitch-
en- maids, personal maids, cooks, scul-
lions, laundreSSeS- and even nursery
governesses ningle on terms of equal
ity. The arrangement goes far toward
multiplying the class distinctions which
wealthy miStreSses say are responsible
for most of the trouble in high life be-
low stairs. Every member feels her
self as good as her sister. The cook
can't put on airs with the scullery
maid, the parlor maid can't look down
on the housemaid, the nursery govern
esS is not permitted to Snub the laun-
dress. Moreover, in the Newbury street
rooms the servants meet their en-
ployers on footing of affability i'm
possible in any other place. Dozens of
rich women are interested in the en-
terprise, and it is promised the club
soon shall have a gymnasium, which is
expected to round out its fist of at
fractions.
In addition to her practically exclu-
siye field in the revivification of old
romances, Mrs. Clarence Mackay, soci-
ety's newest successful author. devotes
much study to the origin of customs,
and IN the course Of that literary pas
time she has just discovered that the
bridal wreath of orange blossoms was
given to the Caucasian race by the
Saracens. Mrs. Mackay, like most 9TH
er authorities, long believed the conse-
Grafton of the snowy blossoms to
biushing beginners in matrimony orig
mated in Europe, having a half idea
Spain deserved credit for the dainty
conceit. She was amazed, therefore
when careful pursuit of the custom to
its source led her behind the Crusades.
though not so much astonished to find
it was the courtly Occur de Lion who
borrowed the happy thought for Eu-
ropes benefit. Mrs Mackay reveals.
for the benefit of her girl friends about
to don the white veil, that the poetic
infidels wreathed the brows of their
brides with orange blooms because the
tree, having the distinction of bearing
flowers and fruit at the same time.
was supposed to be the luckiest of
arboreal talismans. King Richard, gall
liant gentleman that he was. thought it
Shame good fortune should be mo-
nopolized by unbelievers, and on his re-
turn from his first attempt to pound
the paladins to pulp he made the maids
of Merrie England acquainted with the
blossoms sovereign charm