The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-22

positive torture to any normal frame and
equally painful to the observer. The mill
tary walk is expected to remedy the dis
tortion caused by the kangaroo. 1t is pre-
cisely what its name implies. She who
would seem kirtled cadet must square
her shoulders, expand her chest let her
arms swing with martial precision, lift
and lower her feet in the German goose
step scoffed at by full ledged army Off
GERS here, yet practiced in private at West
Point, and march, march by and beyond
the Kangaroo Guards. Her shoulders
must broaden, her waist contract. her
heels and soles increase in breadth and
thickness and She must be military above
all things Exponents of the new walk
still are undecided though, whether to
adopt the infantry strut or the cavalry
swagger. In the long run they may COM
promise on the battery slouch
Society hopes Miss Roosevelt one of
these days will appear in amateur theat-
Ticals, SO she may be induced to give rein
to her really remarkable talents as
singer and fancy dancer. Miss Roose-
velts girl friends whisper interesting ac-
counts of her ability in that line. Ev-
erybody in her acquaintance knows she is
fairly athletic, OF course, but it is not
within the ken of many outside her in
Inmates that She also is gymnast of no
mean skill. Her close friends speak of her
feats as s'stuntss'rta generic term which
to the debutante mind covers a multitude
of acrobatics. The fact is, Miss Roosevelt
has such a supple frame as result of
the active life her parents always have
encouraged her to lead that gymnastic
performances farssbeSend the powers Of
the average girl are Simple to her. She
dances for her chums with grace and
abandon that positively thrill them, and
which they enjoy more. than matinees.
judging from their. gleeful tales. With
those pranks Miss Roosevelt mingles
tuneful jumble of coon and college songs,
which her hearers regard as the quintes-
sence Of music e4IeFs men friends are
treated only to zhSr Eeeal feats.
Few of the mary Hundreds of friends
and thousands of othk Interested persons
on both sides of the Water who watch the,
cable bulletins of Lady Curzon's illness
are aware that heE first appearance in
public is expected By her family to be at
the marriage of her sister, Miss Mamie
Letter The vieerine,s mother, Mrs. Levi
q. Letter, of Chicago, and her sister Nam
ME are in WalmerT castle. awaiting the
recovery of the Young ma tren. Report
from good authority has it that Miss Lei
Ter early next year will be- married to
Capt. Colin Cambpell The match will
make her almost as closely a member of
the viceroy's official family as is her sis
Ter of the Curzens themselves, for Capt.
Campbell is an aide-de-camp to India's
ruler. 1t is said the young persons met
in the course of the durbar at Delhi and
that the mutual attachment was instan-
taneous. Capt. Campbell has valuable
social connections. being member of
one of the largest of the ancient Scottish
families Lady Curzon will not be able to
leave Walmer in shorter time than four
months, the dispatches say, and the we'd
ding may be deferred beyond that period,
for Mrs. Letters health is not the best,
owing to anxiety over the illness of her
married daughter 1t is whispered that
Miss Letter when she becomes Mrs Colin
Campbell, will live somewhere east Of
Suez.
So the widow of f5afeadio is coming to
America to lay claim to a small estate
which he left in Cincinnati. 1t doesn't
amount to much-Iess than $1.500-and
there is really no legal necessity for her
personal appearances The real motive