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

er, than seven figures in their bank
balances, are not expected to welcome
the new idea ebuIliently.
One of Mrs. Harriman's chums-
Mrs. Hamilton Russell. daughter of the
Woodville Sandses-has in her Licking
ton avenue mansion curiosity in the
shape of a genuine blue beryl, which
IL is questionable she would barter for
a diamond Of equal size. Ii Is one of the
few OF its kind found in the past nine
ty years, and il Is doubtful II it's mate
for carats and luster exists outside a
royal collection. The treasure was
given to Mrs. Russell by her father,
who bought it of peon in the course
of a journey in Brazil. acquiring it for
a 1.-THE of its market value. Mr.. Sands
himself was not aware of its worth
when he made the purchase. and by the
time he was enlightened on the sub
ject thousands of miles separated him
from the guileless peon. who doubt
less was deep in the forest primeval.
Mrs. Russelfs prize weighs twenty-five
carats, and, now that she has had 1t
polished, IL CLEANS with the true ul-
tramarine hue held in such incompara-
bic esteem by collectors. 1t is said by
experts to be the finest deep sea blue
beryl seen in this country since the
when six or seven beautiful specimens
were brought here by the predecessor
of a now famous firm.
Perhaps it will interest women who
celebrate Lincoin's birthday said a
society woman with a fon6ness for re-
search, ito learn that the martyred
president was one of the earliest and
stanchest advocates Of equal suffrage
who ever held national office. Close
students of his life must remember.
when ii is recalled to them. his cele-
brated Vandalia speech In which he
said: I go for all sharing the privileges
of the gov ernment who assist in bear
ing its burdens. Consequently l go for
admitting all whites to the right of suf-
frage who pay taxes or bear arms-by
no means excluding females. Mr.. Lin
coin unburdened himself of that senti-
ment many years prior to his election
as president and long before he thought
Of extending the voting right to the
negro. 1t was his mother who incul-
Gated in him the principle that woman
should have a voice in the making and
administration of the laws, and 1 have
no doubt her memory was with him
when. a young man, he stood before
a mass meeting in the Illinois town and
put himself on record for women
for heroic courage on the part OF a
political speaker-or anybody else, for
that matter"
Mrs. Laurens Van Allen has made a
discovery-not that she herself is one
of Mrs. Astor's most vivacious friends.
Everybody knew that long ago. Her
discovery is that brains and auburn
hair go together, and she was so full
of ii when she sat in the opera box OF
society's queen the other night that she
communicated il unwittingly to most of
her neighbors and to a large number
of persons in comparatively distant or
chestra chairs as we'll Mrs. Van Aliens
theory that flaming tresses usually are
a thatch for a sublimated intellect is
based on the fact that one sees so lit
tie red hair where women are gathered
together for sheer diversion, whereas
there is a plentiful proportion of sun
set locks in all assemblages devoted TO
a feast of reason. Her observations do
not prove that all clever women are
ruddy- crested nor that all Titan
blondes are brilliant mentally, but she
thinks her statistics show that red
haired matrons and maids as a rule take
to the serious problems in preference to
the lighter side of life Anyway, she
says, 1t is a strong word in favor of the
auburn bellies.
In the many applications for divorce
by New York women in Rhode Island
and other states. where brief residence
and trifiing reasons are all that are