The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01

bins afternoons are apt to lose their
brightest stars" Mrs. Corbin'S day
and a bridge conclaVe fell on the same
Sunday, and the Corbin afternoon was
robbed OF it's liveliest guest. Mrs. Ar
thur Paget was expected to pour from
the ancestral teapot, but a chance TO
play cards at the Millses was more of
temptation than Mrs. Paran Stevens
daughter could resist. She cast aside
the Corbin invitation, sending as an
excuse that she had a "wretched cold.
The cold was cured SO that Mrs. Paget
could dine at Sherry's the same night,
and mods between Mrs. Paget and the
generals wife are as frosty as the
weather. More interesting than the
actual row is the fact that woman OF
Mrs. Mills conyentiOnality has at last
decided against a "bIue-law Sabbath"
The fascinating Miss Grace Chaplin is
now INDUCING in unusual dress effects,
and at a recent dinner her Powered silk
gown suggested belle of sixty years
ago Miss Chaplin wears her hair in a
simple, old fashioned manner, and the
silk gown was finished with folds of
white null. There was a good shoulder
effect that lent the sloping contour Of
the 30s. The sleeves were exaggerated
and flowing, and the puff was at the ell
bow. Miss Chaplin wore heliotropeS
and spring flowers at her waist. The
charming ensemble was heightened by
a black velvet ribbon that hung about
her throat. From this ribbon depended
a quaint locket that showed lily
wrought in pearls. For girls old fash
toned jewels are becoming the vogue.
although it seems the enormously rich
young women content themselves with
diamond plastrons and jeweled dog col
lars. Miss Chapin's devoted swain this
month is James De Wolfe Cutting.
"Damasee" velvet has succeeded mir
ror velvet, and is absolutely the new
est fabric for Easter gowns. 1t is a
costly material, and Is not unlike mir
ror in texture. However, damasee US
uady is notified and shows more than
one color. Thick velvets are no longer
in high favor, since women consider
them old looking and unsanitary. The
smart velvets are as light in weight as
broadcloth The yari-colored Velvets
are having a great run abroad, and es-
pecially on the Riviera Combined with
rich embroidery they are good for
afternoon wear only. Few of these
brilliant gowns have been seen in the
evening. A solid color is preferable.
For years Mrs. Henry L. Burnett has
posed as the first aid to the socially
ambitious" and after several notable
failures Mrs. Burnett found her own
position an unreliable thing. Mrs. Bur-
nett confesses she takes the keenest
delight in helping along a stranger and
asserts society should be enlarged
every year. At present Mrs. Burnett
is plotting Mrs. Horatio S. Rubens and
and Mrs. Perry Belmont. Mrs. Rubens
has. box in the Grand Tier and an
admirably lined purse. She is from the
West, and has caught on well at Palm
Beach Mrs. Burnett is with her. Al
though Mrs. Rubens is quite a part of
the Flagler- Could Thaw set. hers is a
qualified success, since it means MOTH
ing but-a stepping stone in New York.
Mrs Howard Gould is winning friends.
and her gowns are dazzling to even the
accustomed eyes of the Beachites. Mrs.
Gould fairly lives in an upholstered
wheel chair propelled by a liveried ne
gro. On this account the former actress
is gaining weight, and her tall frame is
now distinctly massive.
it was in the days when New York
society was more rigid in its require
ments that Mrs. Burnett fell from
grace. AS Suffern Taller. sister OF