The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-16

1cal view point, they are not deserving OF
as much consideration as those born with
sight and who afterwaTd lose it through
accident or other illness. The congenital
blind child has Its other senses sharpened
almost from the day of birth to compen-
safe for the deprivation of sight. and is
| fitted much better to battle with the
world than he who becomes blind in youth
or after maturity. However Mrs Low
does not draw that distinction. and does
not diferentiate between one class and
the other Her interest lies in all those
so afflicted, and in this she has the active
cooperation of her friends, Mrs SCHUYLER
Van Rensselaer, Mrs E R Hewitt and
Mrs. Henry Draper.
After going out of fashion for ten years
among titled persons. skating in London's
swell ice rink is all the rage. The leading
physicians advised it as an almost sure
way Of preventing appendicitis The price
was made high enough to have the attend
ance select, and this form OF amusement
now seems to be re-established Lady
Marjorie Gordon, the Duchess OF Mont
rose. Lady Brassey and her daughter, the
Duke of ROxbuTghes unmarried sisters
Lady Isabel and Lady Eveley lines Ker;
Lady Mary Sackville and the Duchess Of
Bedford have proved themselves exceed
lngly sklllful on the ice. The honors OF
the season have been with Lady Nav and
Lady Florence Perry. daughters of the
Dowager Duchess Of Limerick The Amer
lean duchesses and their friends from the
United States still have the automobile
craze. and were not in attendance at the
skating parties arranged by Lady Esther
Smith and Lady Newtown.
Despite the short time that she has been
IN this country, Mrs. George Morgan, who
attracted so much attention when she
rolled by her uncle's office in Wall street
IN an automobile under the guidance Of
her stalwart husband, is making rand
strides in Western civilization. Singu-
Iarly, though she is a Japanese, Mrs Nor
gan Is devoted to music, and especially
10 the most advanced composers Regular
" she attends the classical concerts and
as well, is at most of the orchestral en-
terta1nmentS and piano recitals With
charming 1mpartiality she goes to church
performances, cantatas and oratOrios. Not
lnIrequently she has been an interested
listener at DR.. Richard Strauss concerts
At present it is the intention Of her hus-
band to take her through the round of
fashionable watering places this summer
1t IS not at al unlikely that the bride
from the land of the ehrysanthemura. who
still shows a decided preference for her
native dress, has mastered the intricacies
of the gentle art of bridge.
From the plans Of Mrs. Potter Palmer it
IS evident that Chicago-from a society
viewpoint at any rate-intends to exhibit
its pro-Russian sympathy. Directly after
Easter, when the city of the hapDy cIi-
mate shakes aside its Lenten ashes and
sackclOth. Mrs. Palmer is to give the use
of her house in Lake Shore drive for a
song recital for the benefit of the Russian
Red Cross society. That Mrs. Palmer
| should have gone to such much pains in
attempting to show the pulse of Chicago
fO
natural when one, on reflection. remem-
bers the Princess Cantacuzene is her
| niece. Mrs H. H Kohlsaat, Mrs. Harold
| Mccormick. Mrs. Henrotin and Mrs Wat
/ son Blair are a few of those that are
| helping Mrs. Palmer. The entire pro
gramme Of music is to be furnished by
members of the Red Cross society and by
| DR.. and Mrs Richard Strauss -.-f