The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
inality among people. who all seek, to-
mold themselves to the same artificial.

tAd!tIy dMouR peopleS WHO all sgSeek 10
mold themselves to the same artificial
lines. - = - - 5; :. :
The king met her last winter at
Biarritz, where she has fine villa and
a. most accomplished chef. His mai
esty frequently honored her with his
presence to use the phrase used by
the Court Journalist dinner and at
lunch. The fact that on each occasion
these repasts We're sumptuous feasts
with dishes brought expressly from
Paris, no doubt had much to do with
the partially: shown. by the king for
his new hostess. Also the fact that,
tho no longer young and charming her
self, she had several pretty women: on
hand each time to help entertain her
royal guest who, despite his gray hairs
still retains, as everybody knows his
youthful susceptibility to feminine
beauty: She managed things SO well,
and showed herself to be such a gen.
ulne, Whole-souled sort ofswoman, that
the king expressed "a desire totsee more
of her in London. It is now under
stood that she contemplates setting up
an establishment here If she, does.
backed by the kings approval, she will
step at once into the front rank Of
our great hostesses, and will prove "a
serious rival to Mrs Nc J ohm M ackay.
American Girls Make a Hit. ! !.
j. For some reason unexplained, Eng
Eican girls fair. Dark hair, dark eyes
E.and somewhat sallow complexion Is
the coloring they associate with all the
women who hail from 4 the United
States. The fact that the three, most
interesting debutantes of the moment,
represented in Miss Hartman, Miss
Margaret Baxter and Miss Evelyn
BigeloW, are Of the lily apd rose, type
Iof complexion with masses of bright
when all three made their appearances
| at the first court Miss Harman,5i is q
decide dly active; young woma ). and
11even. in that remarkable crowd Of bear
her bow it was noticed chat several Of
Iroyalties exchanged remarks as she
passed, which suggested comment Is on
her good looks. Miss SBigelow wore
the most striking dress Of the three
simplicity itself, yet SO distinctly. orig.
final as to mean imme diate attention FOR
1 It's wearer. Everyone was asking Her
who her dressmaker was, which was. no
| wonder, inasmuch ais the tniil liner who
can turn out a really striking debut
ante IS frock is a past mistress in her
art. There is thing so d iffcult t, fol-
all such dresses must be simple in
order to be in good taste and the
trouble is. to obviate their being also
mandy -pamby. They nearly always
! give the idea Of being designed for the
bread and butter miss, who, as a mat
ter of fact, does not exist today.
Miss Margaret Baxter s. back would
proclaim her anywhere. an American.
There is something In the average
American oman s back; which 10 kes
her nationality unmistakabIe. So
straight and upright is it, SO shapely
and: above all SO 8 independe mt so
eminently suggestive sof her capacity
for getting on in this world without
assistance, 1t positively sproclaims her
character with greater directness than
her face. Attic Miss Baxter is. 3. de-
butante under 20, her bearing and her
figure suggest 3 decided personality.