The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-23


bound to prove too irresistible for any
woman to pass them by.
When the history of American
womanhood comes to be written by one
who understands the theme. those four
Klumpke girls will be featured con-
spicuously among the country'S bril-
liant successes. The last of them re-
Gently has distinguished herself-Julia,
the vfoiinist. She made her debut in
London before one of the most discrim-
NATIVE audiences ever assembled In
that center. Her hit in the British
metropolis was not a surprise. for al
ready she had won high praise from
Ysaye. Hugo Herman and Remenyi.
three greatest masters of their art She
played entrancingly In the Sale Pleyel
In Paris, her Interpretation of Mendels-
sohn and Beethoven giving evidence of
rare -sensibility, as well as wonderful
technique. Anna. the eldest KIumpke
sister, is an artist of world renown. and
Rosa Bonheur loved her as only one
great artist soul could love another.
Medicine was the forte of the second
sister. who now is the wife of Dr.
Dejerine of Paris, and practices the
profession with him. Astronomy
claimed the attention of the third girl.
Dorothea, who resigned her position as
director of the Paris Observatory Blu
reau to become the bride of DIR. Isaac
Roberts of Englands Startled observa-
tory. Now that Julia has won her way
to fame. the galaxy is complete, and
California well may be proud of it's
quartette of sparkling daughters.
Detroit has a society girl who needs
no favoring gales of fortune for she
can whistle for the wind, as sailors
phrase it, cleverly enough to reap a
hurricane of prosperity. Miss Harriet
Colwell is her name, and IL is a name
well known to the Michiganders, for
there have been prominent men for
several generations who adorned il.
The pretty whistler purses her rudy
lips in saccharine sibilance for pure
love OF her art-not because she needs
the money. She has a fortune in her
OVID right and is heiress to many a
pretty penny from relatives who have
showered her with luxuries since her
cradle days. Miss ColwelPs whistling
is said to be even more musical than
that Of Mrs. Shaw, which delighted
New Workers a decade or so ago. She
Is likely to be heard here in the post
Lenten season, for she has many
friends in metropolitan society, and has
promised them to drop in on her way
to Newport for the summer. Her bird
limitations are hfelfke enough to de-
ceive ornithologists, and she has culti-
waited piccolo piping as a speciality.
Gillian by birth and education, yet
warm hearted as the tropics, is Senior
tta Carolina Huidobro, delegate from
Santiago TO the congress of mothers,
in Washington. The senorita's affec-
ton is divided among all the youngsters
OF her native land, and she has devoted
her life to their welfare. She has made
close study Of educational needs in
Chill. and the paper she read on the
subject before the earnest assemblage
OF her sisters in the national capital
was characterized by deep knowledge
Of the needs and aspirations of the
Latin American little ones. Senorita
Huidobro is young enough to pass her
time as a society girl were she inclined
to shine in the ranks of the frivolous
Her love for youngsters is so great.
however, that she has found nothing in
life half SO absorbing as their develop
ment. physical and mental The senor-
tia is known by reputation in South
American circles in this city, and it is
expected she will pay a long visit to
Gotham before returning to her sunny
southern home.