Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-18
THE SOCIAL WORLD.

As the season of Lent draws to a close
the sacred arcauum of fashionable life
shows evident signs of an awakening. The
social atmosphere is full of mystical mean
ings, so that he who is wise may read as
the signs are not easily to be, mistaken.
All things indicate the approach of the
season of the year known as spring:
spring, gentle spring, as the sweet warblers
of Delphi put ii. What a rush
of recollections and fragrant
memories it brings; how the thoughts
would fain dwell on the sweet summer
time long ago; of the purling brooks, the
spangled, starry nights, the dappled meads,
the apple blossoms. where the early lark
and thrush delight to mingle, the hawthorn
hedge, with us fragrant, snowy bosom; al
nature. indeed, becomes a song, and earth
and sky and air minister to our common
mothers sweet delight.
The springtime is always welcome, for
how could fellow on six or seven ducats
a week afford TO duplicate his threadbare'
ulster which looks very red and seedy
these bright sunny days. Yes, gentle
reader, all readers are gentle, we don't
know that you have tumbled to the fact
beg pardon for that lapsis just uttered
but the season of flowers is upon US. AL
ready have the windows of the millinery
stores blossomed out in all manner of Sc
ductive spring bonnets. A man who
could deny his wife one of
these buckles must be brute. And then
the nice young man may be seen these af
ternoons summing himself on the street
corners; this is an infallible sign of spring;
the hand organ may have been picked be-
fore it was ripe and died a premature
death, the scissor grinder may die of
broken heart, the first circus miss its early
dates,bu the swell young manin new toges
never gets left on the spring racket.
He is always on deck as large and pretty
as life ready for the mash which somehow
he never quite succeeds in making.
Meantime great preparations are being
made for the proper observance of Easter,
which comes a week from to-day and if the
indications are reliable a magnificent Gel
ebration ii viii be. Of this more anon.
The past week has been quiet, but what
MIR. VIM. Dyer returned from trip east
on Friday.
Col. Belote, of the metropolitan, is i'm
proving.
Mr.. Herman Overpeck has arrived safely
at Liverpool.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corlies returned last week
from Havana.
Mr.. Nathon Ford returned from his east
ern trip last week.
Mile Rhea and maid have apartments
at the Metropolitan.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". B. Stevens, of New York,
are visiting IN st. Paul.
Mr.. W. O. Davis left last Wednesday
evening for Philadelphia.
Prof. Evans will resume his classes on
the first Tuesday in April.
Mr.. jeremiah Prendergast is back from
his trip to New York and Cuba.
The Misses Smith, of DeBow street. re-
turned from Duluth Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Barrett, of Fargo,
are sojourning at the Windsor.
Mrs. Seymour, of Saltwater, called on
her St. Paul friends yesterday.
Mr.. Chas. Nichols and family returned
from Southern trip last Thursday.
Mrs. A. X. Pruden, who is studying art
in Italy, is meeting with great success.
Mrs. R. NJ. Bell is expected home from
Cincinnati the latter part OF next week.
Hon. R. B. LangdOn and wife of Mime
apolis visited in st. Paul last Wednesday.
Mr.. F. R. Welz, mine host of the Claren-
don, left yesterday for a visit to Indianap-
oils.
Mr.. Charles Reeves, of Usage, Iowa, is
visiting his brother Mr.. S. II. Reeves, of
this city.
Mr.. A. B. Walker, of Fargo, the real es-
tate boomer. is learning how to catch on
in st. Paul.
Miss frankie Lyon, of Tenth street, re-
turned from visit to Grand Forks last
Friday evening.
Mrs. l. c. Winans and child returned
yesterday from Chicago and joined Mr..
Winans at the Clarendon.
Several notable weddings are on the Ia
DIS. ana Ilelf cOuSunudIlOu Will ldhC
place shortly after Lent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Croft rejoice in the
possession of young heir of blooming
proportions, who arrived last week.
Miss Maggie Porter will sing at the
Christ church Easter service next Sunday
to the delight of her many friends.
Miss Wimley returned the latter part of
the week from New York, whore she looked
up the latest Eastern and Partisan modes.
Mr.. Davies, travelling auditor of the st.
Paul & Duluth Railroad company, left for
his new field of labor in Virginia last
week.
Mr.. P. Gallagher, of the firm of Gala
CHER g. Son, Winnipeg, was the guest last
week of Messrs. j. T. Mcintosh and Martin
Delaney.
Cards of invitation are out for the mar
riage of Mr.. Louis n. Alt and Miss Hanft,
the bright and charming daughter of JUS
tice Hanft.
Mr. A. Y. Seney and wife, Mrs. S. c.
Wemple and DR.. Wemple and family of