St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-01
Last Weeks Wild Epidemic Of Weddings
Succeeded by Much Quieter
Times.
Unmistakable Symptoms of the Social Sea-
son at the Present Time Beoom- 8
ing Apparent.
Fashionable Ladies Laying Out Their
Calling Routes--Some Fine
Houses.
Description of Don Cameron's Daisy
Domicile--Sman Bits of Capt.
tai Gossip.

been quite so busy this Week. Its princi-
pal occupation last week was the races and
the matrimonial epidemic which RACES with
unprecedented fury This week there are
no races and the number of weddings is
comparatively small. Last week the more
popular ministers at the fashionable
churches were really overworked, some OF
them having as high as three and four we'd
dings day. There have been number
this week. but not so large number as in
several preceding weeks. Among those of
this week is the srriage of Mr.. James f.
Rule of Tenness to Miss Matte FrlstOe,
at the Thirteent Street Baptist church, on
Wednesday evening. Mr. Rule is well
known in Washington, having been at one
time private secretary of Postmaster Gen
eral Maynard. Another wedding OF
some interest was that of Mr.. Ben
daughter of Capt. Maddox of the marine
corps. This took place at st. Johns
churcn, Georgetown, on Wednesday noon
and was followed by wedding luncheon
at the house of Mrs. Edwin Stanton of
Washington.
The large numbers of marriages which
have taken place Of late have caused new
outbreak of that ridiculous rumor that
President Cleveland is going to marry.
There seems to be no truth in or apparent
foundation for these statements which are
trotted out of Washington every few weeks.
Mr.. Cleveland is not marrying man. In
deed he has been too busy to think of any
thing but hard work ever since he came
to Washington. He is one of the hardest
workers that has ever been in the White
house. He is
UP EARLY AND AT WORK
and usually remains at it until very late at
night Those who are nearest to him are
sometimes alarmed lest his health may
break down under the constant overwork
A sure sign of the return or the social
season is beginning to make its appearance
here Whenever you see little paragraphs
in the city papers saying Mrs. Soand-SO
has fixed upon Wednesday for her recep-
ton Eday, and Mrs. So-an1-So will receive
her friends on Thursday, or Friday, or
Saturday, as the case may be, you may
know that the social season is upon US.
These charming little paragraphs begin to
blossom out in the papers already, and in
another week or two the people who live
upon this sort of excitement dur
ing the winter Will be able
to make up their daily routines.
Your fashionable callerin Washington must
have her regular routes, much the same as
a milkman or bakers wagon theirs. This
is large city. and there are great many
people in it, so that she must study lOca-
tons and distances, and the people whom
she wants to cultivate, and the days on
which they receive. All these little an
nouncements are carefully noted by people
who make this thins study. and by the
time the season opens they have their plans
pretty well matured. They know on what
day each of the ladies on whom they desire
to call will be at home. They are enabled,
therefore, with the list of names and days
beside them and a map of the city at hand,
to block out large share of each days
work during the eek. One day, of course,
each lady must reserve to herself, on which
day she will receive callers at her own
home. Another day
IS PRETTY WE'LL TAKEN UP
by the cabinet receptions, another by the
supreme court ladies' receptions and an
other by the Saturday afternoon receptions
at the White house. Monday is always the
day on which the wives of the supreme
court justices receive. Tuesday your aver
age lady caller may spend in making her
visits in a certain section. With Wednesday
comes the cabinet receptions, and as all the
cabinet people are new, of course every
body will want to call upon them. On Thurs
day or Friday she must hold her own recep-
ton, and on Saturday attend the White
house, so you can see that the life of an
ultra fashionable woman who goes great
deal must be very busy one during the
social season. Then, too, the daily calls,
even when they run through every day in the
week, are not all, by any means, of the days
action. There are the evening parties
which extend far into the night and which
are really the most tiresome and injurious
in their effect upon the health. A good
deal of interest is felt in some of the hand
some new homes that are to be opened this
winter. Take Senator Palmer's new house
for instance. 1t stands just opposite Nc
Pherson square, a handsome brown-stone
front, finished with timber from the Sena-
tors own mills in Michigan, and constructed
and completed without regard to expense.
The furnishings are to be very elaborate,
and society will be ON tiptoe to get peep
at the interior of the house whose exterior
they have been looking at for year or
more as it assumed proportions. Senator
Edmunds' new house on Massachusetts av
enue is also watched with good deal of
interest. and there will be great
ANXIETY TO SEE THE INTERIOR
of that. 1t is a; queer-looking affair, with
a sort of English basement entrance, its
parlors and reception rooms being on the
second floor. An odd-looking bav-window,
composed of copper and glass is stuck on
to one corner Of it in very peculiar fashion.
The windows are rather small generally.
and the house impreSSes one as the pro-
duction of an exceedingly eccentric intel
lect. Just across the street from this is
the Patton residence, built by the widow
Patton of California, for herself and
daughters. Mrs. Patton and her husband,
the story goes. were quite as poor one time
as she is rich now. He was unfortunate in
his business undertakings. and they dragged
along weary sort of life until one day he
was induced to make small investment in
sort Of mining stock. He did so and be-
fore he was fairly aware of the fact
he became wealthy. He is not
living now. but Mrs. Patton is and so are
her daughters; and they intend to make
Washington society aware OF that fact this
winter. They have been abroad good
deal in the last few years. and have brought
with them great deal of material in the
way OF dresses and house furnishings.
which will go long ways toward making
the Patton mansion very attractive place
this winter. Something was said in this
correspondence last week about the decora-
tons of the Don Cameron mansion, now
owned by Mr.. D. P. Morgan. They are
certainly very handsome, and are worthy
detailed description. The drawing room is
to be Louis Qunze room, and the wall
hangings and window and door draperes
were purchased by Mrs. Morgan in Europe.
The curtains are of old-rose plush bordered
with rich applique work. Blue damask,
with a border of old rose-colored plush,
covers the walls
AND ALL THE TINTs USED
on the ceiling harmonic with these. The
ground is terra rosa italian earth), a pc
cI,liaI nd chnina chada of ni1,lc To.