The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-08

accomplished OF the English royal fam
lly, and is an acknowledged expert in the
fascinating arts of china painting and
baking. She is possessed of rare talent
in her delicate blending of shades and in
designing patterns and the fixing of the
colors Is done with her own hands None
OF the other royal Processes have shown
any liking for this form of recreation.
fhey incline rather to music and are
sklntui IN that direction as the Princess
Victoria Is IN her decorative work The
Princess Henry of Battenberg Is one of
the most noted of royal musicians. She
has been blessed with a soprauo voice
OF exceptional strength and purity of
tone. and is brilliant pianiste. Her
daughter Princess Ena. inherits her
mothers vocal powers. and in time may
equal her as Performer on the piano.
forte. The Princess Henry of Pless Is
another sweet singer in the royal family.
and the Princess Charles Of Denmark
can vie with professionals in the clarity
OF her tones and expression. especially in
singing the quaint folk lore songs of the
Danes.
Shopping in pairs is the delight of the
two who sally forth together and the
bette noir of the saleswoman who strives
TO please tive fancies and often offends
both. Ii has become such a fad this
dual search eithe- for bargains or stapIes.
that few women nowadays go II alone.
and TINS applies to every grade of So
ciety. from Mrs. John Gates and Mrs
John Drake. who always arettogether on
these tours. to the factory girls who
spend dollar where their weather. sis
tiers spend hundreds. For the sales
woman IL Is a trying task and she wishes
vainly that the custom might be aboI-
ished and the good old-fashioned way
nj ~ linz
for when dealing with two. pleasing the
diverse tastes is almost an impossibiIity
II is not so hard when mother and
daughter or sisters are shopping to-
gether. but when two girl churns are in
company-especially If they be blonde and
Drunelte-there comes real test of
patience. If have to wait on two per
sons, said woman behind the counter
or a big store, Il would prefer a man
and wife. man usually makes I'D his
mind quickly. and as he most always is
In hurry, he urges his wife not TO
waste time, and she gets so nervous that
she takes the first or second thing in the
line she wants. without hunting out
everything We have i'm stock Unfor-
tunately. however. men don't want TO
go shopping and their wives don't want
them"
It'd be easy to find the owner of that
machine IL II ever ran over anybody" said
policeman as he nodded toward an auto
mobile brougham that was coming down
tlfth avenue yesterday. He was right
Though the car had no unusual charsc-
teristics. the driver. once seen could not
be forgotten. 1t wasn't so much his lfv-
cry. for that was far less striking than the
garb OF many other drivers OF private
autos. He wore a dark green frogged
coat. a cap OF similar hue and the usual
identity destroying goggles. But on the
lap robe that covered him up to the waist
We're the great silver letters "F. s." IL
really seemed they could be seen a block
away. That was what called forth the
hiuecoatS comment. As for the identify
OF IF. s.. everybody who knows his New
York. or at least his Fifth avenue knows
those initials belong to the Baroness Won
Bardeleben.
Chicago society is a-fiutter II has dis
covered a composer in its midst-a wom-
an al that. She is Mrs. +. II. Brush and
Breezeville rings with her fame. Breeze
Vile wouldn't do anything of the sort IL
she composed songs for living. but as she
is an amateur and any advertising ii gives
her can be of no pecuniary benefit. Of
course 1t is liberal. However Mrs Brush
from all accounts, needs no city's gen.
crosby in criticism of her work. She has
attempted nothing ambitious as yet
dance music. for the most part, though of
the statelier order. Yet she gives promise
OF becoming known not only to the social
but to the musical world. for her dances
are delicious morsels of melody-the sort
to stick in the popular memory. She COM
posed souvenir minuet for a Washing
tons birthday party that made the hit OF
the season in club circles. IL was played
for the first time in the coy home OF the
Elmhurst Golf club. and eight matrons and
maids went through the dignified figures
in colonial costumes.
Wearing of roses atop the head. over the
ears and at the front OF the bodice Is SO
common as to be almost commonplace. So
in an effort to be original Mrs. Robert
Goelet has gone to an unusual extreme
an extreme in two senses. Her evening
gowns are cut with that deep W. in the
back that Mrs. Perry Belmont first ap-
peared in, or rather out Of recently, and
at the lowermost point OF the ~ Mrs
Goelet's maid fastens a red rose, So that
you cannot possibly miss the display the
rose has several bits OF greenery attached,
like an old-fa Shioned boutonnfere.