The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-03

new diary will not be big enough. In
investigating the subject, the young
woman has discovered that the ratio
of divorces has increased II per cent
over the census of ten years ago, and
that remarriages with correspondents
take place now in one case out of
forty, when it was only one Of ninety
in 1893. There is little reason to doubt
that these statistics, imperfect as they
must be, present a fair representation
of the increase in the cutting of the
marital tie. That the agreements to
disagree are growing in frequency
must be admitted, in view of the cog
niZance taken by ecclesiastical authori-
ties in Rome, who have called special
attention to the subject, selecting New
York as the central point of the evil
in America.
All the American friends in London
of Mrs Thomas B. Bowring are graf
flied, even if somewhat nrystifed. at
the sudden return of the family from
India and the cutting out of the annual
visit to New York. 1t may be that Mr..
and Mrs. Bowring wanted to be in Lon
don to attend the wedding of their
wealthy kinsman, Victor Bowring, who
is to take to wife the widow of Mr.
Hamburg, the minister of agriculture
The engagement has been kept a close
secret. Mr.. Hanbury died last June
and left $350,0O0 year to his widow
for life, with a suggestion that she
make certain dispositions of the prop
erty. The direction did not form part
of the will, but was curiously similar
to the written suggestion of william
j. Bryan's New England friend. whose
widow has declined to carry out in
structions which, if obeyed, would give
the exponent of 16 to / something like
$4,000. OF course, the only parallel
lies in the method of instruction. There
IS no comparison between the amounts
The English courts have decided in
Mrs. Hastings favor, but her sister-in-
law, Lady Milman, has taken an appeal.
and the coming marriage is awaiting
its termination, as it would be annoy
ing to have the honeymoon broken into
by law. One of Mr.. Bowfing's first
gifts to his prospective bride on their
engagement was a tiara Of diamonds
and pear-shaped pearls, the pearls be-
ing the very largest that could be got
In London, and a wonderful stomacher
OF prodtgiOuS gems to match it. Love
OF these immense jewels must run in
the family, for Victor BoWring's moth
er, Mrs. Edward Bowring, is noted for
the enormous pearls and stupendous
diamonds that she wears. Mr. Bow
ring Is well-knOwn figure in London
society, and is everywhere remembered
as being extremely tall He has a very
young face and snow white hair. the
result of typhoid fever, and because of
this and his extreme height he is known
as Mont Blanc" Like his Cousins
American wife, Mrs Thomas b. Bow
ring, he is a great collector of objects
Dart, he being especially fond of quaint
old snuff boxes with great histories.
and she Of mr. n
AT social the other day "a we'll
known clubwoman told a particular
friend of hers that the little difference
| that had existed for several months be-
tween the Mems West End Republican
club and its sister association, the
Women's West End club, had been set
tied, and that the mystery that had
surrounded the GOODNESS with which
| the men treated their sisters had been
explained. And what do you think
| caused the men to treat us so shah
bfly?' she added. why, they were
| jealous, and, would you believe it, of
nothing but the notoriety that the
newspapers gave u.s. Every fine we
had a meeting there were long reports
IN the papers of what we said, what
work we were doing, and even a de-
Scrlptlon of our gowns, while no mat
ter what reforms the mems club start
ed, or what bit of creditabIe work was
done, they were never mentioned. And
the women were using the mems hand
some club house, too. And the more
| notices the women had the deeper was
the jealousy, until they scarcely spoke
to us. The cause was a mystery to us.
and we appointed a committee of five
TO IND out. Just who found it out no
/ one knows, but the women had a good
laugh and jollificatton meeting. When
the men heard it they began to realize