The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-30

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satchel of bookssand tin whistle. The
young wife is about. thirty and is full
OF ne ana DASH She is remembered
ds rearIs voorhees,. of Versailles, KY a
:Klqswoman of Haggin,s first wife. The
baby party is her levin idea, and her
venerable husband will be keptsup well
into the dawn to watch the pranks of
me .auult youngsters. He is more than
seventy years old.
Boy babies in Italy, when they come
10 the royal family, are esteemed fully
as inuch as in Russia, and, in fact, are
the, ties which hold the kingdom to-
gether Queen Helena, who was mar
RED In 1886, is now the mother of
three chlidren-two daughters and a
son. she comes of q family in which
there is no apparent danger of race sui
eide. ALI the princesses of Montenegro
are married early. The eldest is the
Grand duchess Peter Nicholaiwitch.
Prlncess Anastasia is grand duchess or
Leuchtenburg;4H Helena is the queen of
italy and Princess Anna is Princess
francis Joseph, of Battenberg The
rather of this bevy of young wives is
only slxty-three, and for the prince of
such a small Principally as Monte
negro is one of the most successful
fathers-in- law in the old world. To
cap the climax of his ambition, his
sixth daughter the Princess Xenia, is
petrothed to the Grand Duke Michael
OF Russia. If that Russian baby hadn't
come into the world her distinguished
spouse would be heir to the Russian
throne. All these princesses are of the
semi oriental type and are noted for
their lustrous eyes and raven hair.
Two theatrical "stars" and likewise
two Ednas came into conjunction in
Broadway yesterday afternoon and the
combination afforded by their costumes
made everybody lin sight of them blink
rapidly for few moments. One of the
Ednas was Miss Edna May. the other
Mrs. Edna Wallace-Hopper. The
schoolgirl alighted from a hanson in
front of the Empire theater and dis
missed the cabman without giving him
tip He scowled from his perch, just
as If his fare hadn't been a famous
beauty. Miss May wore a costume OF
brown rajah silk, fearfully and wonder
fully sflirred, and on top of her
smoothly brushed. hair was a blue vel
vet bonnet that looked as if it were the
production of a suburban London milli-
ner. Mrs. Hopperi who was picking
her way up town, wore walking cos
tune of mauve, with a short skirt
white shoes and the inevitable mourn
ing band around the left sleeve Of her
loose jacket. Her straw hat formed a
striking contrast, aiin it's Frenchiness
and "smartness,''s to the antiquated
bonnet of the International beauty.
There are few women in New York
with right to social recognition so
Indifferent to exercising it as Mrs
Uchida, wife of the Japanese consul
general. She is charming little
woman, this black haired. slant eyed
daughter Of Japan, and she speaks
with the most delightful accent, but
with a full appreciation off, the force
of phrase and the strength of smile.
She is less than five feet tall, and her
facial contour is of that type which in
the realm of the mikado is regarded as
the perfection of feminine loneliness.
tions of life in her ma tive land pos
sessed by Americans who have obtained
their knowledge from books. She finds
of the Japanese woman, and that makes
her laugh in her quantity quiet way,
for she says it would be just as logical
for her countrymen to take the Ameri-
can chorus girl as representative of
the women of America. Mrs. Uchida is
intensely patriotic and never has had a
shadow of doubt Of the result of the
war. She is sorry so many men have
to be killed, but, like all Japanese
wives and mothers, she believes every
boy who goes into battle should re-
turn to his home conQueror or be car
riad hack a c0rnS2