The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28

Carew, the Countess of Clarina and
Lady Forsythe took up winter skating
in a London public rink two years ago
few believed that our gilded society
would follow. Now we have Gladys
Vanderbilt, two of the Goelet family,
Mrs. John Jacob Astor and Mrs. Regi-
nald Vanderbilt leaders of the fashion
here. One English fad after another
is transplanted When King Edward
last month invited a few of his favorite
duchesses to attend the Queen and
participate in a pheasant hunt in the
RefFiey woods. near Castle Rising,
where he was the guest of Lord Far
quhar, few of the London smart set
believed it was more than a compli-
mentary notice by the king to women
who had entertained him and the queen
at their country palaces. But the.
Duchess of Devonshire, the Princess
Christian, Lady Kittie Ogilvy and Lady
HindIip not only attended, but, as the
excitement Of the hunt increased, bor-
rowed the guns of their escorts and
helped fill the royal bag. Since then
there have been two other royal pheas-.
ant shootings with women as partici-
pants.
Lady Hindlip, by the way, is the only
woman in English society who has ever
succeeded in shooting giraffe. She is
an expert with the rifle as well as with
the shotgun, and with her chum, Lady
Burton of Rangemore, well known to
New York and Newport women, has
hunted extensively in Africa as well as
in the bird ranges of North England.
Lady Louisa Howard is an expert rab-
bit shot, and with her half-American
friend, Mrs. Wilfred Ricardo, frequent
ly follows the Belvoir hounds. The
sporting instinct has grown so broadly
among the English women that Lady
Siveright of Tullyallan Castle, Fife
shire, is to depart this week with her
husband, Sir James. for the hunting
fields in South Africa.
Our clever rich women are running
to a fad, however, which probably is
original with a few of the bright minds
of Newport or Lenox. for the scheme
has not attracted notice anywhere ex.
cept in this city, where it is just be-
coming known. More attention is be
ing paid to the nurseries in new Ameri-
can homes than to the drawing rooms.
Many women are earning large sums
OF money by designs which turn nur-
series into veritable fairy lands. One
society young woman here who moves
In the Gould set has finished several
designs in nursery frieze of charming.
originality. Her wall papers tell the
real story of childhood, with all the
romanceS Of Little Bo Peep and the
fairies who use mushrooms for their
round tables at midnight feasts. Floeks
of sheep and hedges of clover, blue
butterflies and square rose trees are
thrown into the adornment, so that the
nurses may in their fund of anecdotes
have constant illustrations on the wall
Nursery trick furniture and wild AMI
mails woven in the carpets are a bit Of
this new nursery fad.
1t is not likely any further obstacle
viii be interposed to delay or postpone
the wedding OF Senior don Corea who
has established beyond question that
no negro blood runs in his veins. He
had to go all the way to Nicaragua and
enlist the services of President ZeIaya
to clear the record, because until he
did so his bride to be, who Is q native
of Georgia. held aloof 1t is not known
generally in this country, and Corea's s
word was not accepted until he brought
documentary proof of his lineage, that
the humblest Of Nicaragua resent the
imputation that their race is a mixed
one. They maintain their ancestry goes
back to the days of the Spanish oc-
cupation, and that in their veins flows
the preudest blood of CASTLE. Corea
is especially sensitive on this point.
His dark complexion and raven hair
are the physical signs of the men of
NallombroSa and not OF Africa. But
II is all settled now, and he is happy.
One of the oldest fancies for a
Christmas remembrance is a Broolslvn
mothers idea of setting the first tooth
IN finger ring, with a tiny diamond