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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

There is a certain charming quality
which young girls should cultivate if it
is not natural to them. and that is
sort of responsiveness and appreciation
OF the efforts of others, especially when
being entertained. 1t is a something in
ones manner which would make one
say of very agreeable girl that she
carries her good time with her. I
was led to think about this recently, as
l witnessed a deplorable instance of the
lack of it. The other night the writer
had occasion to drive with a friend who
was showing st. Paul to a stranger.
The visitor was a young girl not more
than seventeen or eighteen, but old
enough TO know something about the
amenities of life and to play her part
in converse ton. She lives in the East
and WAS on her way home from visiting
school friend in Montana. We drove
up and down Summit avenue. to all the
vantage points of the city to show her
the view, and the only thing she said
the entire time was yes" Not once
did she say the street was beautiful
not one house or view did she admire
nor make one single appreciative re-
mark. Now you can come from the
most beautiful cities, and have travelled
the world over, and still admire Sum-
init avenue. Many persons who have
seen everything give that street the
palm. But this girl did not allow her
self one word of praise or apprecia-
ton. Her silence amounted to rude
ness. When we finally took her to the
station and saw her safely aboard the
train. we both felt as tired as if we had
been saving wood.
Now. there is not the slightest excuse
for sirl-or for anybody-who will
show so little appreciation of the eff
forts of friends to entertain her. Per
sonally l wanted to shake her But this
girl is not alone in her lack of tact.
The young girls of the present day who
belong TO wealthy families are all more
or less blase. and that is the reason it
Is so much more agreeable to do things
for those who have but little. If you
entertain them they not only have a
good time, but really seem to be enjoy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

ing themselves, and say so. 1t is re-
freshng to take them about and give
them good time: Bdt' The children of
too much. There are many girls who
are rheavyweighrs socially, and if this,
were not really their own fault no one
would think of mentioning it. Per-
haps, after all, it is more the fault of
their mothers, who Should instruct
them that when some one is doing
everything in the world to give them a
good time, they should say how much
they are enjoying themselves and that
they appreciate the kin 6less. - se :
This charming responsiveness is nat
ural to some women and utterly foreign
to others, but when a gift-is young she
can be taught that some manners re-
duire little enthusiasm even if it has
to be assumed. In fact, social inter-
course requires good deal of us that
IS somewhat put on, but it is just ex-
actly that which makes the difference
between the savage and the civilized
man. To talk only when you feel like
1T. eat When you are hungry, and other
Wise give entire sway to ones feelings
and desires, is not human nature at its
best. An absolutely honest man might
get along very nicely if he lived alone
3fn@ mountain Businesses, zbut Sse4Iong as
people live in communities they must
>elothe7 their souls as well as their
bodies
There is German writer who puts
this we'll when he says that the fat
teriesf and hypocriticaI considerations
customary to society are but a stunted
Kind of charity; - that the di-
yiding line between frankness and I'M
-pertinence between hypocrisy and a
sense OF propriety, has not yet been
clearly defined, that it is just as ur-
suitable to speak the whole truth in
company as to appear there In shirt
sleeves, and that in view of the de-
fective nature of our souls, we must
rejoice at the rules of propriety which
forbid US to show those souls made
quately clothed SO - :a7s4iss sss-sszz
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

the back, but is much narrower in front.
and it is laced together, both back and
front by narrow salmon pink velvet rib
bon.
Gray malines laid in circular folds is
used for the fat hat which is trimmed
at the back with cluster of deep pink
roses and black velvet ribbon
visit to the New York shops at this
season IS enough to delight the bargain
hunters heart, and. in fact few women
could resist the prices of some of the
exquisite things that are now offered.
Among the greatest bargains are robe
gowns, for these no shop dares carry
over to another season, as by next sum
mer entirely different skirt models may
be in vogue. and then it would be hone
less to try to sell them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

The pretty costume illustrated is of
dove gray eolienne, and is made with
three floGnce skirt, a style that is always
becoming and graceful.
The f1ounces are circular in cut, are
finished with wide mems headed by gray
silk fagotting, and are mounted on a close
fitting five-gofed foundation skirt of gray
taffeta with a deep ruehe edging plating
at the bottom.
The bodice has a semi transparent
round yoke of point de venise lace lined
with White chiffon. and the eolienne is
Joined to this by five shirrings. The ell
bow sleeves are full circular dounces. and
the tight undersleeyes are of lace like
that of THE yoke
The pi"dIa is fully six i~ches Mid, at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28
GOSSIP FORM GOTHAM

- Every day Mrs. Peter D. Martin,
who is the guest of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles NJ. Oelrichs, appears
in freshly starched muslin gown,
and she is far more fascinating now
than she was as Miss Lily Oelrichs
Extremely tall. with languishing
brown eyes and delicious smile, this
young matron dresses herself most
fetching1y. Fer instance. she wears
the most artistic hats, or rather bon
nets. One of her best achievements is
a poke bonnet of white tulle. There
is no trimming except a broad blacl.
satin ribbon that is tied under her
chin Mrs. Martins simple little mus
lin gowns are all cut with long. grace
full lines, and she affects the village
beauty" type She does not look like
"a married woman and one is inclined
to think her far younger than her
good looking husband Martin, how
ever has hair streaked with gray, and
his face is lined. The Martin baby is
the idol of Newport and is also at the
OeirichS home, with two nurses in at
tendance. The Martins will soon open
their own cottage and then we may
look for some stirring entertaining.
In preparation for the arrival of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence III. Mackay as guests,
the joe Wfdeners are frightening up
the attractive Pinard cottage they have
LEASED in Newport. To entertain Mrs.
Afackay is5 one of the best achievements
the Philadelphia beauty can hope for
and Mrs. Widener should have smooth
sailing from now on, even if the Widener
house in the Quaker City is on the wrong
side of Market street. Mrs. Widener is
friendly with the Alfred Gwynne Wander
I;ilts and has been their guest in the
Adirondacks. But to play hostess to Mrs
Mackay is triumph. Mrs. Mackay
stands at the head of the conservative
young matron class. and when she is
ready to assert herself she will be one
Of the most nnwerfnI women in sociatv
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28
MELlssA's KEEPING BEES

All winter. when a fellow
Just spoiled to try the ice.
She scraped a wheezy cello
As something smart and nice
In spring. fcn days together,
She pruned at vines and trees,
And now, in sailing weather,
Melissa keeping bees.
Her music is forsaken.
Her flowers are forsworn;
Despair has overtaken
Her pensioners forlorn.
She means to make it pay her
= And Will-for. if you please,
No trials will dismay her
Melissa keeping bees.
I'm very fond of honey
On biscuits light and hot,
But this is had for money,
While happiness is not.
And oh, rage fairly blinds me
When. on such days as these,
Some vagabond reminds me
Melissa 5 keeping beesI
She can't give me a minute.
She says. and ties her veil.
Gould those wee pests get in it
The clover crop might failD
I'm off across the foam for
Some Old World gayeties;
There's nothing to stay home for
Melissa's keeping lees.
Town Topics.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

!. Mainly AbourP eopIe

Mrs G. E. Ressberg at ertained at a
picnic luncheon yestsla Y AT i'd
wood for Mrs. L. L. EAtter. who, viii
soon leave for Norfolk Neb.T llersssfti
ture home. Those in sAe party; were
Mrs. L. L. Retter. Mrs -. Kelly Mr.,
and Mrs. T. B. WheeEoEE and Mrs.
Rossberg, Miss Brownkm Duluth, and
the Misses Brown, Kingston and Kelly.
Miss Hattie WOODS of appleton,
Mimi. is visiting her SITTER, Mrs. George
R. fictitious, of Nelson avenue.
|. Pride of St Paul lodge No. %. La
dies Society of the Brotherhood of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28
PORK PACKERS.

Her husbands fortune is immense and her
family is as blue-bIooded as any in Amer
lea. Meanwhile Mrs. Widener is wearing
bright blue frocks and counting the
days until Mrs. Mackay arrives at the cot
tage with 999 trunks and one maid to
each
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

$50 you're going to Europe Do you
think you'll be Seasick?"
Not much! I've swung around on the
straps of a crowded street car four times
day for years. I'm used to rough
voyage Detroit Free Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

Locomotive Firemen will give an ice
cream social and card party this aft
ernoon at BoWlby hall. The committee
includes Miss Marion Murray, Mrs. C.
w. EXtrand and Mrs. j. T. Lyons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

The B. E. ladies and society will
give a poppy show and silver tea at
Buena Vista, Bald Eagle lake, Friday,
July 30, from to o'clock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

Miss Helen Swenson. of Summit ave-
nue., gave a luncheon yesterday in
honor of her guest, Miss Marguerite
Entities, of Portland, Or. There were
nine guests.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

One can forgive Mrs Mackays little
airs, as no woman Graves luxury like
this daughter of the Duers Fortunately
her husbands millions can crafty every
desire. and whether it be an emerald
tiara or country home Mrs. Mackay's
dreams come true But she does not de-
mand much in the way of homes The
Mackays merely own II splendid estate
near Roslyn, and have neither a town
house nor a Newport villa. But all the
luxury to be had has been crowded into
HarbOr Hill. the Ros1yn place. Mrs.
! Mackay has three personal maids, who
do nothing but look after her gowns and
dress her. One of these maids has re-
peated the story that Mrs. Mackay has
seXty seven tea gowns for informal wear.
Mrs. Mackay's clothes fill twelve ward
robes that run in sort of corridor from
her suite of rooms.
Every one in Newport is trying to rea-
son out why Mrs Reginald. Brooks has
rejected a Newport home to go to Bar
, Harbor. naSmuch as the BroohSes are
identified as irrevocably with Newport as
the Casino. it seems strange that the
young Brookses should desert the place
in this fashion. Mrs Brooks was former
ly Miss Phyllis Langhorne, one of three
beautiful sisters. Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson the eldest was married well.
financially, but Miss Phyllis walked off
with the prize-the rich and popular
Brooks. When the Brookses moved to
Westbury, Mrs. Brooks was the bone of
contention between Mrs. James l.. Ker-
nochan on one side and the Belmonts on
the other. Both sets wanted to annex
this interesting couple. In Bar Harbor
Mrs. Brooks will be matron of the first
magnitude and in Newport she will not
be overlooked among The scores OF fash
ionable leaders
Had a certain handsome young man not
married wealthy and jealous woman he
would haze made a great politician. The
young man eXtricated himself from
dilemma last week and his friends have
been roaring over his cleverness. Coming
to town when he supposed his wife was
safe in their Hampstead home, the man
met by chance lovely matron whose
name shall be Mrs tGoldilocl<s. The
married man invited her to have luncheon
with him. and when chatting happily over
their iced coffee he spied his wife glar-
ing at him. He made hurried excuses to
his companion, paid the check and vanish
ed out of a side door He knew a storm
awaited him and he wandered down Fifth
avenue on: the verge of collapse.
But friend fitted past in green auto
mobile. Hello, old mani. said the dis
treSSed benedict. Take me down to
Hampstead before that o'clock train and
l shall be saved from two horrible weeks.
l must get home The friend of the auto
was obIiging and the frisky chap hurried
to Hampstead like a whrlWiuti. Arriving
at the estate he distributed 81 bills jul
diciousIy to the servants When the
jealous wife returned she found her hus-
band lying IN bed, under hot water bag
and groaning picturesauely. Il came home
at IL o clock" he murmured, What in
digestion l havet" The wife melted. Il
saw man that looked like You in
Sherry's," she said. "lunching with that
fast Mrs. 'Goldilocks, and j thought it
| was YOU How funny moaned the dys-
peptic patient
What human form viii Mrs. Cornelius
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28
CULTIVATE ENTHUSIASM
YOUNG GIRLS OF THE DAY ARE
BLASE

Story of the Girl Who Refused to AID
nire Anything-Good Manners De-
mand That Girls Who Are Enter
tanned Should Express Their Appre-
citation
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

Mrs. c. W. Johnson, of Virginia ave-
nue., is entertaining her daughter, Mrs.
"A. E.-Gilbert, of Duluth
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

Mrs. b L. Goodkind, of st. Alban.
street, gave a dinner party Tuesday
night at Lake Harriet. There wer,
eighteen guests.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

Mrs. Kelley. of Chicago, was the
guest of honor at a luncheon giver
yesterday at the Country club by Mrs
F. T. Parlin, of the Aberdeen
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

Acker w. r. C. will meet this after
noon at Central hall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

Miss Jeremiah Platt, of Summit ave
nue., has returned from Chicago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Brown, of East
Eighth street, are entertaining Mr.. and
Mrs. n. z. Britton, of Pittsburg.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

"a 40 o4-o 40 y <-et-o-e-o-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

what human form win Mrs. Cornelius
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07
T0UJ0URS AMOUR.

Prithee, tell me. Dimple Chin,
At what age does love begin?
Your blue eyes have scarcely seen
Summers three, my fairy queen,
But a miracle of sweets
Soft approaches, sly retreats,
Show the little acher there,
Hidden in your pretty hair;
When didst learn a heart to win?
Prithee, tell me, Dimple-Chin!
"Ohl" the rosy lips reply,
II can't tell you if 1 try.
'Tis so long l can't remember;
Ask some younger lass than II"
Tell, oh, tell me, Grizzled Face,
Do your heart and head keep pace?
When does hoary love expire,
When do frosts put out the fire?
Can its embers burn below
All that chill December snow?
Care you still soft hands to press,
Bonny heads to smooth and bless?
When does love give up the chase?
Tell, oh, tell me, Grizzled Face!
"Ah" the wise old lips reply,
Youth may pass and strength ma,
die:
But of love 1 can't foretoken;
Ask some older sage than T."
Edmund Clarence Stedman.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

to come to it, and so on. Not once in
million times does she have any
pride in her work, any desire to keep
the best boarding house in town, and
she would be simply Mortified to death
If she thought that anybody pointed
her out as boarding house keeper.
Yet consider the real facts of the
case. To make a home for her own
family is the noblest occupation in
which any woman can engage. To
make a home for strangers is certainly
work of superrogation that would en-
title a woman to a reserved seat
among the cherubim and seraphim.
Moreover it is a lucrative business
when carried on properly, and the only
reason that women come to disaster in
it, and the auctioneer's flag floats so
often in front of the boarding house. is
because the woman who tried to run
it was ashamed of it. There isn't a
| hotel proprietor in the land who
wouldn't come to bankruptcy in a year
If he attempted to do business under
cover of taking a few paying guests for
company, and who would rather be ac-
! fcused of murder and bigamy than
of being a landlord.
Nor is there any reason to hold up
the mortified boarding house keeper
alone as an example of the woman who
is ashamed of her work. There are her
sisters, and her cousins and her aunts.
| You may see an army of them any
morning on the cars going down to
work, carrying their poor lunches IN
expensive music rolls or golf bags, in
the vain hope that somebody will mis-
take them for conservatory pupils or
athletic maids on the way to the links
instead of working girls. You will en-
counter them in offices doing miserable
typewriting because they had the mis-
fortune to have a great grandfather
and they can't bear to think of their
illustrious ancestors descendant having
to work. They bungle your clothes as
dressmakers, but you mustn't mention
it for they are so deadly ashamed Of
working anyway, poor things, that it
would simply be rubbing it in to tell
them how badly they do it. They do all
manner of work, but the polite attitude
towards the working woman is pre-
cisely as that towards a deformed per-
son or a pardoned convict. You must
ignore their affection and pretend you
don't know it.
Isn't this idiotic? Isn't it funny?
Isn't it sad? For the joy of life is
work, and the glory of life is doing
good work. Few women have found
this out The great mass of them in
stead of being glad that they have
skill and intelligence enough to do
something JndL the WOTlQ Is Wiling TO
pay for, are ashamed of doing it at ALL
Like an ostrich they hide their heads
in the sand, hoping no one will discover
them. and over the hump this makes
man mount to the high places.
A great many things are said about
competition between the sexes, but as
long as man puts pride in his work, and
woman puts modification in hers, there
can be no real competition. The man
will have eVerVthiner worth talr;nu
Just as long as working women are
ashamed of their calling, just as long
as you can't invite business women TO
a business woman's tea without Of
Tense, just so long will women have to
go way back and sit down at the tail
end of the salary list.
Dorothy Dix.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07
STORY OF A WEDDING.

A little romance nestles in a modest
wedding announcement of the week.
The marriage took place in an Epis-
coaal Church in the vicinity of Madl-
son Square. Here, says the New York
Sun, is the story:
The man in the case came to New
York from the Northwest. He had
prosecuted his suit with fervor and
determination for six months.
The woman IN the case had con-
sidered him with favor. but preferred
to put off the wedding until next fall.
When the man reached New York he
found that the young woman, who
knew nothing of his coming, was out
OF town-in Indianapolis.
Her brother however, was here. The
man from the Northwest sent the
brother post haste to Indianapolis with
instructions to bring his sister to New
York. The mission was successfully
ACCOMPLISHED.
When the young woman arrived here
she informed the young man that she
had not told her family of her engage
ment and that the conventionality usual
in such cases would have to be OBJ
served. The family lived in another
city-about ten hours run from New
York
was an obstacle easily overcome. lie
and the woman in the case and her
brother hiked for the railroad station
and were soon on the way to the home
of pater ct materfamilias.
They arrived early in the morning.
The explanation was quite satisfactory,
and consent was given.
The man from the Northwest looked
at his watch. His business engage
ments required that he should leave
New York for his home that afternoon
at o'clock. The next train to New
York from the town of the fannilv's
home was scheduled to leave within
forty-five minutes. There was no time
to be married at the home.
The man from the Northwest invited
the family to return with him and his
sweetheart to New York to attend the
wedding here. They accepted.
At the station a telegram was sent
to the rector of the church referred
to asking him to be in his chancel at
a stated hour The train was on time,
and when the party reached the church
the rector and his assistant were stand
ing ready. and the ceremony followed
without undue haste, but no time was
lost.
The train for the West was due 10
start within forty-five minutes after
the wedding. The bridegroom invited
the family to go with him and his bride
to a point three hours distant. The
wedding dinner was served during that
part of the journey, and the family re-
turned to the city later.
The bride and bridegroom are TO leaVe
San Francisco tomorrow for Honolulu.
Important interests await the BRIDE
groom in the latter city, and this ac-
counts for the hurried marriage and
journey
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

doctors supervision. She personally
directed the operator
The first treatment lasted half an
hour and was not so severe nor so
long as the next which in turn was
easier than the third. In about a
week 1 became used to the kneadings,
which afterward were very vigorous,
indeed violent, and lasted from forty
five minutes to one hour.
II was pounded, twisted, turned.
kneaded, pummelled, until / was al
most sore; but never past the bearable
point. The masseuse used a little al
cohol only, no oils or creams, and she
worked from the extremities up toward
the body and from the base of the
brain down the spine.
1.-The second month 1 lost fifteen
pounds, and the third month fifteen
more. After that for a month l took
the massage treatment every other day
only, and during the next month, twice
a week after that once a week. Now
take 1t only occasionally.
''Was 1 compelled to diet? Well,
after a fashion. But my doctor does
not believe much in dieting, that is,
in the wasting away kind.
"She told me that while under her
care l must drink no alcoholic liquors
whatever. eat as few sweets as posi-
BILE and avoid all starchy foods, for
instance, potatoes"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07
A CHURCH FILTRATION.

She smiled at me in church one day
From where she sat across the way;
I'm sure l never can forget
How. in that sacred place, / met
Her smile so bright, the glances shy
That beamed from out her dark brown
eye
NV heart was captured at the way
She smiled at me in church that day.
How could not resist the smile
She cast at me across the alslef
I'd never seen maid so falr.
Such laughing eyes, such golden nalrI
And so l smiled at her, and she
Smiled coyly back again at me.
l loved the maid, I'm free to say,
Al sight because she smiled thai day.
I heard not prayer nor song that day,
watched that smile across the way;
She was so sweet, so debonair,
Such dainty hands, such glorious halr
Because she smiled am | to blameF
I'll own my heart was all afilaine'
1 could not go, 1 had 10 stay
And meet her smiles in church that
day.
I wondered whom the maid might be
Who smiled so artfully at me.
I Wondered If we'd ever met;
She seemed to recognize me, yet
/ could not recollect her name,
Or face, or why or whence she came
But ahi 1 met my fate when she
Smiled at me so coquettishly!
sought her out when church dis
missed
She smiled again. Could I resist
Her 'witching chances? No, all me,
7 r,anfionad her aside, ana we
Smiled at each other. then I-well,
Asked if her name and age she'd tell.
She laughed. and shook her curls of
gold
'Ts mammals dirl rs free years old"
e. A. Brininstool in Sunset