The Saint Paul globe., 1904-09-06

wanhaka -Corinthian Yacht club. 1t will
take on the nature of formal ball. Mrs.
Colgate Hoyt is taking a deep interest in
this dance and will wear her string Of
pearls These are almost as famous as
those of Mrs. Harrison L. Dulles. The
Hoyt pearls were lost in Twenty third
street and a girl who found them had
difficulty in obtaining what she consid-
cred the proper reward.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Hoyt, Mrs Auguste
P. Montant, Mrs. E. r. Merritt and the
other great women Of Oyster Bay will be
outshone by Mrs. Alexander Van Rensse-
laer, of Philadelphia, who is aboard her
yacht with her husband. Oyster Bay has
given this woman of fashion rousing
welcome. The Van Rensselaers are work
ing their way along the sound to Newport
on the steam yacht May. They will pass
August in Newport. This little woman
was the widow of the rich John Fell. Be
fore her marriage she was Miss Sallie
Drexel. Since the recent marriage of her
daughter, Miss Mae Fell, to Houston Hen
ry, Mrs. Van Rensselaer, has been aboard
her yacht. Van Rensselaer, is brother
of Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies, who is as
much of leader in New York as Mrs.
Van Rensselaer, is in Philadelphia.
Since her husband was created baro-
net Lady Alfred Harmsworth has found
her social position advanced tenfold, but
it may be her friendship with Lady Grey
Egerton that helps her along. Lady Grey
Egerton, who was Miss Cuyler, of Morris
town, N. j., in quiet way commands an
excellent position in British society. She
does not belong tc the money spending
American set, bul her friends are chiefly
among the long established nobility. Lady
Harmsworth is a youthful looking woman.
She cherishes amhirions to shine socially,
and although ii, sGa past she appeared in.
the upper class n,asical and artistic set,
she now will incline toward a more fash
ionable element. Lady Grey-Egerton can
work wonders for her.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is not the only
woman of fashion who employs woman
cook instead of a French chef. Other
families are aware women can cook as
well as men, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs has
an extremely stout German woman who
prepares the roasts and vegetables. Mrs.
William II. Bull has had woman cook
ever since her second marriage, and Mrs
William R. Travers, whose little dinners
are noted for their goodness, does not
bother with a Frenchman. When Mrs.
| Oliver Belmont was the wife of William
K. Vanderbilt she paid $4,000 a year to
the former chef of the Duke of Connaught
The bearing of credentials from the king S
brother was Sufnclent 10 command that
| astonishing salary.
When William c.. Whitney entertained
on his estate in Aiken a negro cooked
| the most wonderful dishes. Sugared
sweet potatoes was one of the palate
| ticklers of Mr.. Whitney's black cook.
Fried chicken and hot biscuits were an
other culinary triumph. These old-fash-
| ioned Southern dishes were relief from
terrapin, canvas-back and partridges.
When the Henry NJ Flaglers were on
| their yacht Biscayne they had a Bahama
| negro as cook. His name was Johnson
and the way he could bake fish with a
| filing of bread crumbs was the delight of
the Flagler guests.
The absence from Newport of Mrs. Hen
| ry Clews is unusual and everybody misses
sthe most youthful looking of grand
mothers. Mrs. Ciews is in Switzerland
with her daughter -in-law Mrs Henry
Clews Jr., but viii return to Newport