St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-19
IN SPRING ATTIRE.
minneapolis AnNiousIy Waiting the
Summer.

Minneapolis is ready for the summer
campaign. She has gathered her children
home from the four quarters of the country
and is prepared for all the delights the sum
mer season has in store at the beautiful
resorts by the lakes. 1t was remarked that
the severity of the winter now ended was
felt by less than half the society people of
the city When the reception was given at
! the West hotel to the legislature and state
officers the social roster was found very low
and the cream OF Minneapolis blue blood.
or wealth, for the terms are synonymous.
was absent. Hundreds were seeking mild
weather and amusement at the New Or
! leans exposition. The palm trees of
| Florida and the palmettoeS of the Carolinas
were sheltering hundreds more The hotel
registers of New York contained many
Minneapolis names and not few were in
| Chicago while still larger number might
have been found in the social whirl. dane
/ ing out the old and in the new administra-
ton in the capital city. Some were in
Europe. but not many, and no quarter of
! the world could be mentioned wherein were
not some few Minneapolitans.
~
But now they have returned. The city
has called her children and they have come
/ back. in preparation for the summer cam
/ pafgn. Every day of bright sum- every
! green blade of spring grass is a harbinger of
! those summer delights that make Mime
| apolis and vicinity the Mecca of thousands
of pilgrims from the crowded and heated
! cities of the South and East-pilgrims to
/ the crystal lakes that make Killarney and
! Como lose their luSter. Minneapolis is EN-
phatically summer city. with her broad.
! shaded avenues. her Salubrious climate, and
/ above all the glorious lakes in which she
/ sits enshrined, the queen city of the North
west.
! There is little to attract a Minneapolitan
/ from his home this summer. and few will go.
! There will be party leave in June for a
/ three months trip to Europe. but careful
T. canvass reveals the fact that Minnetonka
will be the longest journey made by the
/ average Minneapolitan this summer. For
! them the season viii be splendid one.
/ Knowing ones are looking forward 70 a
series of unprecedented gayeties at the
/ lakes. whittier the social center will be
/ transferred within the next five weeks.
Artisans are at work already. overhauling
/ and repairing the hotels and cottages, and
putting up new ones, ready for occupancy
I on JUNE L.
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Yes" said blue-eyed Oak Lake belle.
II spent most of the winter in Chicago, and
| the weather was just hoTrid. too. 1t was
! twice as cold as dear Minneapolis. and the
winds from the lake were perfectly dread
/ full I'll never go there another winter.
1 I'm sure. And the girls are big-fOOted
I hOrrid things. and the men are not near as
nice as l thought. l hate Chicago and
I never want 10 see il again.
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Last week was as barren OF startling 10
| cal events as though it had been bUrid deep
| in the middle Of Lent The young man who
laid away his dress suit after the PhiIhar-
monte society has had no occasion 10 use il
since. unless ne made himself ra-fashionz-
bic at one of the few teas or afternoon coffees
of the week One or two weddings re-
lieved the m0notOny somewhat, but only