The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-06
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.

rev mllllonaire'ss wives travel with
more pomp than does Mime. Aino Akte.
the good-looking French soprano who
WIZ De In this country again next win
teI. NINE. Akte is accompanied in her
raves py a companion, an elderly
rIenen woman, who acts as both chap
eron and friend to the singer, Then
Mime. Akte has in her train maid
VINO attends also to her correspond
elce. NINE. Akte, in New York, was
sloW. 10 make friends and the lion
hunters found her difficult to annex.
Wnen she sailed on Tuesday her veil
was one of the most extreme ever
SHOWN In this country. The veil's sur
race was covered with huge black vel
vet He uots. Each dot was the size of a
z5-eent piece. However. there were
none-of these troublesome dots where
her eyes were. Behind this strange
vel, NINE. Akte's complexion looked
Another victim of the society mania
mas gone to the wall and the w. E.
Woodends are beWailing a lost fortune.
Last week 1t was Mrs Ernest BirdsaIl.
of Brooklyn, who spends her wealth in
counting the fleeing favor of the fash
lonaoies, but the Woodends have not
even the satisfaction of knowing they
attained the goal JBoth Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodend foste1ed Social ambitions. He
was Unable chap and she pretty
woman. Apparently they had enough
money to turn the trick and surely
they did not spare it in cutting a
swain. They broke upon the horizon
suddenly a bare year ago when at the
Boston horse show they bought high
priced blue ribbon brute The Wood
ends did not follow the beaten path and
make try OF. 1t in Newport, nor did
they do the other and storm the strong
holds of society in london.
The Woedends Joined the horse wor-
sh1plng cult and took a place near
Westbury, LII. Never did a horse show
escape them. 1t was here that they fell
In with the Alfred Vanderbilts. the
Goadby Loews, Mrs. Burke Roche, Mrs
Thomas Hastings and other lovers of
horses. But the Woodends never made
connections with this set. Last win
ter at the New York horse show they
shot their last bolt. AS they never tried
before, this young couple attempted to
command public attention. Mrs. Wood
ends frocks wed with the advertised
creations" of Miss Morosini and not
once did Mrs. Woodend ever show the
same frock twice. Fifteen-count 'em-
fifteen gowns were worn by her in one
week and all were of the costliest or
der. But frocks, horses and money are
not necessarily a passport to the
smartest set, and the Woodends failed
in their pursuit of social position.
Other folk have succeeded without
nearly such an effort but the greatest
achievement of the aspiring Woodends
was bowling acquaintance with James
H. Hyde.
OF all the young women in New York
none is less conventional than Miss
Rosamon Street. She is a beauty and
a recognized favorite, and her little
Stunts" would be condoned for this
reason alone. Not many weeks ago
Miss Street was in the shopping dis
trict and on passing an Italians fruit
and nut stand some shelTed pecans
struck her as being irresistibly tempt
ing. Miss Street succumbed to her
craving for the sweet nuts and bought
a paper bag filed with pecans. Quite
nonchalantly she walked in Fifth
avenue while cropping into the paper
bag for the nuts. 1t did not disturb her
whether friends in victoriaS rolled past
or not. She wanted the pecans and got
them.
The "trotter" frock is all the rage in
this country just at present and even
the most expensive gowns are made
with short skirts. Cloth is the leading
fabric, yet VeIEetS too, look. quite as
well with the ankle-high skirt Many
of these gowns are trimmed deliberately
with lace and braid and they may be
used for an afternoon entertainment
1t seems that women are beginning tic
realize the advantage of a short skirt
and it may not be many months before
the trailing evening gowns of today
will give way to ''trotter" effects. Fol-
dancing nothing can surpass the short
skirt SO far as comfort is concerned.