The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-29

SHCe OF MIS-. 6t1cndfu IOW1lSenQ ana n6Fii
good looking daughter. Miss Matilde. This
is the first time these Washington leaders,
have chosen Bar HarbOr and the island off
the coast of Maine will make the most of
the Townsend presence. The Townsends
are enormously wealthy, and not even eX-
cepting the President s wife. no woman in
Washington Yields: greater power than
Mrs. Townsend She has always repre-
scented the conservative element. and OPP
poses the gay set wherever she goes That.
is one reason why she never took villa
at Newport There was brief social Skin
miSh in Washington, where Mrs. Thomas
F. Walsh, fresh from her European tri-
umphs. crossed Mrs. Townsend's path
MRS. townsend was inclined to ignore Mrssi
Walsh. but when everyone else accepted
the wife of the Colorado mine owner Mrs.
Townsend, with bad grace. accepted her.
too. But there is a lingering hostility be-
tween Mrs. Townsend and Mrs. Walsh.
1t is said that Miss Matilde has disap-
pointed more fortune hunters than any
other American girl. She has been out al
most six years and whenever a good look
ing or attractive attache of one of the for
e1gn embassies turns up he promptly Wor
ships at the feet of Miss Matilde. She is
tall girl, brunette, and her silken brown
| hair she wears in most fetching manner.
She is quite the American type in every
way and is charming, whOle-sOuled girl.
There are no frills about her. and she is
| said to be the least Snobbish young woman
| in Washington. Her closest friend this
! winter has been Miss c. Durand, The
daughter of the British ambassador. Miss
| townsend has never "palled'' with either
| Miss Roosevelt or the Countess Cassini
| The absolute refusal of the daughter of
| one of the greatest houses in America to
| accompany her parents abroad has brought
| to light pathetic little story about a girl
surrounded by every luxury who could not
1 marry man she wanted. Now the hero
/ Inc OF this twentieth century romance is
| grieving away her health and her looks.
hn xxyoc foT1 0I,cIx- ,.IoS.,
| before. Her stern and bigoted father OBJ
| jected to foreigners, but nevertheless the
| girl was bait that never failed to attract
| the noblemen. Once a really worthy Italian
| came along and asked the girl to be his
| wife. He was good looking, young mod
| erately rich and a man in his best sense.
! him madly
| Then the blow fell The old bearish
! father ordered the young count never to
| show himself again, and he persuaded
| most of the relatives to cut him dead.
! The girls father had SO long maintained
| his tyrann1cal rule that the loveSick
daughter did not oppose his decision. AS
| result~the count married another heiress
| and she is dubbed the luckiest girl in New
| York. His first love is a sallOw old wom-
an at thirty, Her only friend now is the
| champagne bottle. and she knew if she
went abroad she would have encountered
| the only man she ever cared to marry.
Hitherto only a few families like the
| Ogden Millses and the Gerrys and the
| Vanderb1ltS have had yachts meet the
/ ocean liners that oring the owners from
| Europe. Now the William B. Leedses
| whose splurge Is breaking all previous rec
| ordS, have the Mona meet them at Quar-
| ant1ne. Afterward the LeedseS steamed
| up the sound to Newport, where Fair
| lawn IS awaiting them. Commodore Gerry
has his old yacht, the Electra, moored
alongside the pier when he arrives, and
| even Mrs. Mills comes as far as the upper
| pay on the common steamship. But for
! pure luxury Mrs. Leeds has broken all
| records. and the details of her travelling
| paraphernalia would amaze the average
| citizen. While going from Paris to
| Boulogne private restaurant car was
| attached to her train and so great was
| the variety of foods offered by the pri-
| waite restaurant car that a bin of fare was
| printed, and Mr.. and Mrs. Leeds could
choose anything from partridges to fresh
peaches.
| When Mrs. Leeds takes from its nlush
| case the new diamond coronet Mr. Leeds
| bought in Paris the other Newporters will
| turn green with envy because this coronet
IS the very newest thing in head orna-
| ments; The coronet fits about the knot of
black hair that tops Mrs. Leeds head. and
| the design is q graceful scroll of diamonds.
The striking features, however are the
| large blue-white stones form the pronrs-
| and they are supported on platinum
springs The jewels on springs are an old
! idea revived and bobbing gems are the
rage in Paris and London.
1t will be a sad blow to the eayetv of
Lakewood when Mr. and Mrs. George ]
| Gould close up Georgian court Their de-
| parture will be in the middle of June. and
none of their children except Miss Mar
jorie will go with them. The others will be
Gould's mother, in the Catskins. 1t is un-