Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-24
MANKATO.
THE SOCIAL EyENT OF THE SEAS

THE SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SEASON.
MANKATo, Jan. 22.-The present is an
unusually gay and happy season in Man.
kato society circles, despite the fact that
your correspondent so far has not inyad-
ed it's sacred precincts in at
tempting to record its doings.
The event that has largely engrossed
society circles for the past week has been
the party announced to take place at the
Opera House last evening, under the au-
spices of Mr.. and Mrs. D. n Dickinson,
Mr. and Mrs. P. X. Miser, Mr.. and Mrs j.
B. Hubbcll, and Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Wise.
These parties all are the possessors of
capaciouS homes, but numbering friends
to an extent far beyond the capacities of
| their residences, they conceived the happy
idea of engaging Mankato's most capaci-
Gus building, the Opera House, and unit
generous hospitality they had themselves
enjoyed, as well as old
friends and neighbors. Accordingly
invitations were issued in the early part
of the week, to between five and six hun
dred persons, principally of our city,
though among the regrets received
was occasionally the name of some we'll
known citizen. of St. Paul, Winona,
Saltwater and more adjacent cities
| Happily the weather was favorable.
| The turbulent sounds bowling across our
| western prairies. and the huge banks of
snow obstructng our frontier railroads,
had not penetrated the well-protected
surroundings of Mankato, and as might
have been expected, the attendance was
much the largest ever witnessed in our
| city 1t is a safe estimate to say that
nearly or quite 400 ladies and gentlemen
were present, many of the former ele-
gantly attired, but as your correspond
ent's ability in describing ladies' cos
tunes is rather limited, | shall not at
tempt personal mention of these things.
The reception of guests occupied
nearly two and a half hours. The
large audience room had been brilliantly
Illuminated and elegantly furnished, Civ
| ing it somewhat the appearance and GER
tainly enjoying many of the comforts of
home A portion Of the room was car
peted and furnished by easy chairs, card
tables, etc., while Matthews full orches-
ira discoursed sweet music, to which
from fifteen to eighteen sets at time
kept time in the dance. AT midnight re-
freshmcnts were furnished. 1t looked
like a difficult undertaking
to entertain in this manner
four hundred persons at one time, but
the ladies were equaltO the occasion, and
this was accomplished without any I'M
usual confusion or single unpleasant
mlshap. There was profusion of every
thing tluk could tempt even the most
delicate pd1ate, as was indicated by the
elegantly and beautifully furnished tables
spread upon the stage, with their tower
ing pyramids, beautifully ornamented
cakes, and innumerable other dishes that
Mankato hospitality knows so we'll how
to compound.
Supper over, the pleasures of the
evening were resumed and continued I'M
til nearly O'Clock in the morning.
The hundreds of guests are profuse in
complimenting the generous hospitality
of the occasion, and with one accord
vote it not Only the largest, but unques-
tionably the most pleasant and ENJOYABLE
social event in the history of Mankato
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
MANKATO, Jan. 20.-Last evening was
the second evening that Mr.. J. W. Nc
Chung, of ST. Paul, talked to the citizens
of Mankato and told them what he knew
about building associations He had as
large an audience as the previous even
ing. The audience paid strict attention
to what he had to say in relation to the
workings of such associations, and he
explained them in such manner that
the audience could understand the whole
machinery. There was paper started
around in the audience to see how the
people felt in relation to starting one of
the kind in. Mankato, and at the close of
the meeting in footing up the paper there
had been 100000 subscribed to the
stock That is sufficient to indicate that
the people of Mankato are favorably i'm
pressed with an institution of the kind,
and therefore proceeded to take steps to
organize an association. The following
persons were appointed to draft con-
stitution and by laws: George hatfield,
W. w. Bragdon, Thomas Bennett G. A.
Chapman and j. A. Willard There is
such an interest manifested in the under
taking that there will be no trouble in
starting Off with nearly all the stock SUBJ
scribed 1t is an institution that almost
any person can become stakeholder in.
1t only requires one dollar to buy one
share of stock that represents 5000
There is one dollar per month paid on
the enc share until it is all paid up and
that is usually done in about eight wears