The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-20

had it then that Sir Thomas had made
up his mind to marry, and would have
carried out his intention had his yacht
lifted the cup. AS q matter of fact
and the statement 1s made on the
authority Of one Of Sir Thomas init
mates-he could not be persuaded to
marry widow under any circum-
stances, and has SO declared himself
privately. It te all due to having his
affections trifled with some twenty
odd years ago in Glasgow. He cams
to what may be termed an unreason-
ole conclusion that the elder Wellsr
Was man Of wisdom, and from that
deg to this all his Scotch caution has
been alert-for he Is all a Scotclml II
In Wariness- whenever in the presence
OF a fair face topped with a black cap.
Dazzling as the Jungfrau in a snowy
riding habit;s It's whiteness enhanced
Dy the glossy black coat of her hand
some horse, Mrs Reginald c. Wander
b1lt yesterday dashed through New
ports streets in all the serene uncon-
seriousness Of a woman setting a fash
ion. White habits were worn by a
former Hpnarch's dear 500 friends
the dearest Of them, anyway-but I'M
til Mrs. Vanderbilt dawned on society's
metropolis in her Paris creation Of
spotless piQue modernity this side the
water was ignorant of it's hueless pos
sibilities. Mrs. Vanderbilt cannot con-
sc1entiously-so, Of course, does not
claim credit for the mode She copied
1t from the gay capital, where for a
month the women of both worlds have
caracoled through the leafy avenues in
q common garb Of more or less agrees
slve Innocence. She, however, rejected
the pretentious hats of snowy plush or
felt with which the French seques-
triennes top their newest habits, sub
stttuting therefor simple sailor with
q plain chiffon veil floating loosely
about her pretty head. Seasoned crit
les Of sartorfal innovations who saw
the former K1ttie Nelson on her sable
steed said the departure had come to
stay. OF course, the white habit must
fit perfectly. The tiniest wrinkle would
kill it's chief charm-unblenished
smoothness: 1t is said Mrs. Vanderbilt
went straight from her dressing room
to the saddle without sitting down for
So much as a sup of bouillon-pique
creases so easily.
1t has been voted with a unanimity
amazing, to say the least, In view OF
the wide divergence of feminine opin-
ion as to what constitutes womanly
beauty, that Alice Bowdoin Rush came
nearer perfection in general symmetry
OF form and In the accepted standard
Of facial contour than any of the
younger set in Newport this season.
Miss Rush was not newcomer, for it
was her second year there, but she
was unquestionably more beautiful
and more daintily rounded than year
ago. The Cornelius Vanderbilts and
Mrs. Ogden Mills were SO much in love
with her that she could not escape
their hospitality. Miss Ruth inherits
her beauty from her mother, and her
intellectual charm from a long line OF
ancestors on the paternal side, chief OF
whom was Dr. Benjamin Rush, OF
Philadelphia. She possesses the re-
pose of manner which is distinctive
trait of the Rushes, and there is some
thing in her bearing and her readiness
of repartee which brings group of
admirers about her the moment she
enters a drawing room. All of which
the Vanderbilts appreciated and util-
lied to the limit SO long as they held
the magnet.
Miss Agnes Watson, daughter of the
Populist candidate for the presidency,
is one Of the most attractive girls in
all Georgia, and when her father joins
the Southern colony in New York, as
he intends to do regardless of the re-
suit in November, she will be welcomed
by an enthusiastic crowd of Southern
girls, whose fathers and brothers are
members ofEthes Southern society or
else in close afHliation with the aims
of the organization, which is to keep
alive the love OF the old traditions of
Dixieland. Thomas Watson's daughter
IS exceptionally clever. She knows the
South from the levees of the Missis-.
sippi up to Mason and Dixon's line. Il
is her delight to study the characters
pertrayed in the many works descrip-
tive of the old plantation days, which
are to be found in few libraries in the
North. Miss Watson resembles her
father in her love Of literary research.
and much Of her time at home is
spent in the household library in
Thomaston. She will be welcomed
here because of her righteousness, her
courage in expressing her opinions
frankly, and her attractive personality
The engagement is announced of Miss
Mary Bateson, daughter of Charles Bate
son, of New York, to w E. G. Gaillard