The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-04

of a woman of the world to ask me,
Parisienne. to wear anything SO out of
fashion They wore those coats in the
Paris exhibition yeari1
Bar Harbor certainly will have an at
traction this summer that will make it
formidable rival to Newport if a bit of
news from Washington may be relied
upon. On the heels of the report that
Lady CurZon, wife of the viceroy Of IN
dia, will visit America soon to spend the
Letter, comes the news that Mrs. Letter
has taken a house in the Maine resort for
the season.
Birdsall, of Brooklyn, was at the top of
the heap, friends wondered why the
Birdsalls, continued to live in their plainly
furnished house at No $50 Henry street.
of dollars on gowns flowers and Jewels,
they did not bother about the furnishings
of their house Mrs. BirdSall comes of a
good family and the bulk of the furniture
Is antique, but rickety mahogany. Great
mahogany stands and chests adorn the
drawing room, and bits of old-fashioned
glassware ornament the manteis. The
pictures indicate age more than excel
lence. The hallway is a sort of gallery
of ancestors. Pictures of Massachusetts,
homesteads and of Birdsalls of the past
takes up good deal Of space. illuminate
ed crests also have place in the hall.
The two daughters of Mrs. BirdsalI
made new record in their "set,'' for
seldom did either Miss Alice or Miss Edna
wear the same gown twice, and they
froWned upon frockS Of domestic make.
Every label bore a Paris name, and as
significant as these labels were the cut
and finish of the gowns. Miss Edna
BirdsalPs coming OUT gown was of
white tulle, trimmed with rare old lace,
and the skirt was mass of tucks and
A tickle youth, homely heiress and a
pretty girl of average means are the prin-
cipals in a little romance that apparent
~ VIII eliminate in the union of the heir
ess and the good looking young man. He
IS bankers son, and his family's so
cal position was not particularly high
until he became a chum of Alfred Van
derbilt and the Gerry boys Before that
he had been devoted to a pretty girl of
foreign extraction, whose sisters have
married titles Her family's position was
excellent, but not $50 high as that of the
Gerrys or Vanderbilts. Soon the pretty
girl saw her sweetheart slipping away
from her and finally her family took her
less man. II
The young man says he does not know
whether he is engaged, but judging from
~ heiress of SIS, 900, 900 or more his af-
lection is not to be relied upon. If he
were to marry the heiress, which he could
DO for the asking, he would be lifted to a
nigh place in society. To marry his first
love would mean to live comfortably, but
entirely outside the limelight. He is am
DltlouS and so are his sister and sister
the rich girl and her powerful family.
Meantime friends of the other girl say
the ineonstant youth is a "cad" Of the
worst kind.
The greatest London entertainment Of
the coming season will be the ball given
by the Duke and Duchess of Westminster
In Grosvenor house in June. The duchess
is a sister Of Princess Henry of Pless and
the duke IS one Of the wealthiest noble
men in the peerage. 1t will be comical to
contemplate the wire-pulling by American
women to enter the great bronze gate of
GTosyenor house The duchess, who is an
arrogant little body, does not fancy the
Americans and few of the Yankee million
aires will attend Mrs. Corvallis West,
sister of the Westminsters, will be be-
Sieged with requests, but she, too, has
cut away from the set of which these
American women are the nucleus. This
is said to be the only ball on the calendar
of which a duchess will be, the hostess.
That Congress of Ugliness,'' planned
by Chicago genius, is as dead as a door
nail, as far as it relates to New York.
Ten weeks of effort have been wasted in
trying to get together fifty of the home
Hest women and fifty of the homeliest
men in this town for the purpose Of plac-
ing them on public exhibition, just like a
Beauty Show" or Baby Show" 1t
was easy enough to get the men, but as
for obtaining two score and ten women
willing to acknowledge themselves the
most i'll favored creatures in skirts in
the wide, wide World-why it was i'm
possible. The promoter, who should have
known better got just two ancient danes
willing to acknowledge that personal APP
pearance was responsible for their inabil-
1ty to change their names in earlier life,
but that was all. The prefer of a mu-
nifcent gratuity failed to attract the re-
qulS1te number to make the exhibition a
success, and the Garden will have to cast
about for some other form of attraction.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt drives the
Pioneer for the first time today, for he is
alternating with Reginald Rives in tool
ing" the coach to Ardsley. Yesterday
morning, as the Pioneer approached the
Holland house, preparatory to the days
run, Mr.. Vanderbilt was seen upon the box
beside Mr.. Rives attentively watching the
going of the team. Mrs. Josephine
Schmidt took a day off from the auction
rooms, where she has been spending most
of her afternoons for the last two months
indulging in bidding for all sorts of beau
tiful art objects, and with her Hugo Muir
ray made one of the party on the Pioneer.
blonde, is given to wearing costumes of
dull gray velvet with a violet colored felt
hat and a great feather of the same shade
that falls down over her fair hair. This
was her costume for the drive to Ardsley
She had removed the little gray coat that
goes with her costume and substituted a
three quarter length loose black coat.
Mr. Murray carried the little gray Jacket
over his arm.
There are few greater contrasts than
Mr. Rtves in their coaching clothes.
Mr.. Vanderbilt's slim figure is set off by
long tight-ftting driving coat of a
dark gray material. He wears a straight
topped hat of the opera variety, the only
touch of color about him being his tan
spats and the Coaching clubs colors. red
and white, in his boutonniere When Mr.
Rives alights from the coach and walks
around the wheelers and leaders with a
professional eye to their well-being. he
looks for all the world like the accepted
pictures of Mr. MicaWber, with the addi-
ton of a mustache, if one can imagine
Mr.. Micawber in a coaching makeup.
Mr. Rives' rotund countenance is crowned
by the regulation silk topper set at
rakish angle, large property bouton-
Mere of red and white carnations CLOVIS
beneath his chin, his short, bell-skirted
driving coat sticks out from the waist like
a ballet dancers petticoats and his legs
trousers, with tan SpatS over his boots
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