St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-26
GOSSIP OF THE GAY.
Notes and observations of The Soci.
ETY. Whirl in Minneapolis.

GOSSIP OF THE GAY.
Notes and observations of The S0ci-
ETY. WhirI i'm Minneapolis.
The leading social event of last week was
the Jolly club party at the West hotel on
Wednesday evening last. Indeed, it was
scarce al ''event," in social sense, but
was conspicuous only in the dearth of other
and general society affairs. Still it was a
very neat and swell affair. The ladies were
almost universally in full dress, that is to
say, evening dress, and certainly looked
lovely enough for grand affair. From the
corridor the ladies of the hotel looked in
upon the dancing in the ladies' ordinary,
end saw the german danced exquisitely too,
Charley Eustis leading. The favors were
natural flowers, fancy bOn-bonS, hand
painted, knick-knacks and ribboned what
nots. The supper at the midnight hour was
very extensive one.
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''Pullbacks" are again in fashion, and
spare ladies are unhappy. Such fashion
brings about a state of affairs when a lady
must hobble along the street with her dress
so tight and pinned so secure in the region
of the hustle as to sharply outline her form
and leave nothing to the imagination. In
Minneapolis this makes a sudden change.
A lady dOffS her seal sacque, which has no
shape, to don a pullback, which is all shape.
The style is hard on spare ladies, for it al
lows them no opportunity to repair the
wrong wrought by nature!
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It's death was solemn and painful.
Toward the end its struggles became so APP
parent that all but few deserted. Some
mourned it with grief that refused comfort,
while others laughed in unfeeling GOODNESS
at the approach of death. Once so loved
and once surrounded by the young, the gay,
the beautiful, and now to die, with only a
few faithful friends to speak the last part
ing words, to cheer the spirit ere the bark
pushes off into the darkness and the night.
In its prosperity the light of many a social
circle, in its death the despised and scOrned
by those who had so loved and cherished it.
But it has gone. 1t is progressive euchre in
Minneapolis. Who will mourn for Logan?
Not one.
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The sobereSt week in the mid-Lenten
time could scarcely have been more quiet,
in society sense, than that just ended.
Absolutely there was nothing doing. A few
little gatherings, musicaleS, church sOcables
and birthday parties occurred, in a scatter
ing kind Of way, but there was nothing
great, grand and glorious, nothing that
brought out the dress coat of the jenkins
and the dressmakers' bill. The only real
matter of interest was to note that nearly
every incoming train brought back some
wandering son or daughter to Minneapolis,
some winters exile that returned with the
spring from climes where summer sings and
never dies.
So now for the lakes. Now to desert the
city, Just as it dons its fairest dress (which
Is not pull-back) and fly to the lakes
Now for the cool mornings on the shady
piazzas, swept by the moist breeze from the
lake Now for excursions to Minnehaha
and quotations from Longfellow. Now for
trips to Calhoun and boat races on Mime
tOnka and evening germans in the hotels
and tennis parties on the lawns. HO. for
the delights of summer and the reign of the
buster. Sing hey, the merry green apple
and the cholera morbus.
SOCIAL SPRAY.
Miss Bella Coe entertained her friends on
Tuesday evening.
Charles Winship gave card party to his
gentlemen friends on Tuesday.
A basket social was given at the First NJ
+. church on Friday evening.
The Pillsbury Band of Hope gave an en-
tertainment at Avery hall last night.
DIR. L. b. Boytfton's Bible class gave him
a surprise party on Tuesday evening.
Little Edna Fox and her friends cele-
brated her birthday on Monday afternoon.
Mrs. l.. T. Conant of 1416 Spruce place
entertained the Saturday Night club last
night.
Charles Eustis led the german at the Jolly
club party at the West hotel on Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. Holland entertained a party al
home. 1887 First avenue north, on Tuesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Penny entertained
their friends at whist party on Tuesday
| evening.
The Garriek Dramatic club repeated
''Down by the Sea- on Wednesday at Win
| terS hall.
W. IL. AIiddlewick gave a progressive
euchre party on Wednesday evening, one
of the few of the week.
On Friday night the members of the
| Thirteenth Avenue VI. f. church called on
their pastor. Rev. J. B. Starkey, laden with
| great quantities of the good things in life
that will I'LL his larder for some time to
come.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
| W. VI. Tenney entertained the last mis-
sionary tea of the season given by the
Young ladies of Westminster church. There
were over 100 people in attendance and a
most enjoyable evening was passed with
miscellaneous literary exercises. After
monthly reports by Mrs. Terry and Misses
King and Beveridge and the report of the
St. Paul presbytery by Miss Spear. there
was a general conversation on India -
These exercises were followed by the read
ing of .'ParuuiSites" by Mrs c. T. Thomp-
son. PRAYER and Potatoes by Miss Milne.
and Logan of st. Barbara" by Benjamin
Beveridge.
HYNENEAL-
Among the weddings of last week were
the following:
Henry L. Day and Miss Celestia y. Storr
were welded last evening at the residence
of the groOms's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Day.
Thomas Gleason and Miss Amelia 3.
Broderick were married on Wednesday
afternoon.
Alfred E. Shuler and Miss E. WaIkup of
Chicago were married by Rev. H NJ. SIM
mons on "Wednesday.
Henry Winslow and Miss Augusta Gates
were married az the residence of Fire Chief
Stetson ON Thursday afternoon
The following weddings are booked for
this week:
Robert Butler, OF Butler Bros s. Co.,