St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-08
The Whirl of Gayety Unchecked on the
Banks of the st. Croix-ProgresslVe
Euehre Holds Out
'ong of the Sawmill-Society Beside the
Millstream-Se Slabs from
Minneapolis.
The LADY Rambler Talks of Bonnets and
Calls Down Managerial Washers OF
Roller Kinks.
q Musical Craze Breaks Out Among the
Dudes-Righteous Wrath hestraiheu
by Feminine Feebleness-
ORCHESTRAL AMATEURS.

THEY AFFORD UNLIMITED DIVERSION FOR THE
SEIGHBoRs OF THEIR PRACTICE HALL.
A number OF prominent society gentlemen
have lately organized an amate IT orchestra
under the efficient leadership of one of their
number Meetings for practice are hela
frequently at the houses Of the members.
With fine appreciation of the disadvantages
which are often entailed by membership IN
an amateur orchestra, these gentlemen have
with great tact and finesse succeeded IN
adding the names of several young ladies TO
their list of members, thus combining the
delights of feminine society with an almost
complete immunity from the attentions OF
apprcciative neighbOrs, which, on occasions
OF this kind, so frequently take the form OF
brick-bat matinees and shotgun sociables.
The writer has the personal assurance OF
one of the leading members Of the orchestra
that on several occasions the energetic
Wirder of the boot-jack across the alley has
withheld his deadly missile when his cars
were erected BIZ the plautive strains Of
sFiue Girls As Ever Was Seen, 'evoked from
the trembling reed of the jewsharp in tones
# exquisite tenderness by the deft manipu-
lasign OF one Of the most talented Of the
lady performers. The victim is stated
to nave stood by the window as one EN-
tranced until the strains died away, and then
with a Shrek to have dropped mis- weapon
and fed to the shelter OF neighboring sa-
loon Also on the occasion of recent SER
enadc the owner Of a large and savage dog
was dissuaded from his purpose by letting
the animal loose among the performers by
the weird strains of ''Wait till the Bull Dog
Dies, Maria,'' rendered with ''sympathetic
harmony of melodiOus interpretations SO
our informant said, by the feminine vocal
star of the aggregation" So affected was lie
that he came out and begged the club to
come around on almost any evening when
be was not at home and repeat the per-
Torrance.
$50 you see,r added our informant with
wink, sly dog, 'that instead of going around
with our heads tied up after the manner of
amateur orchestras in general, looking for
forsaken barn or deserted quarry where we
can practice undisturbed, we hold our heads
as high as anybody, and though people do
CRATE their teeth on practice nights, and
swear under their breaths, their respect for
the ladies compels them to refrain from open
demonstrations"
''To be sure some people do say that it
isn't quite the capcr for young men to shell
ter themselves behind feminine skirts, but
then we don't mind what they say; they're
only jealous anyhow; and, besides, you've
no idea how we've improved. Why we are
thinking of taking an engagement to play in
one ofthe Kinks next season; wont that be
nice! and then Charlie has got the cornet
down so fine You can't think; and the last
time we played that D-hat symphony from
Harrigan and JIart's ''Give dot Limburger a
Chance, Mine Friendt,' we only broke down
four times; amt that gayl but ia, Ia, must
run down and get some new banjo strings"
and the dear creatures feet struck the pave
ment with one, two, three, four movement
and he was far down the street.
1t is rumored that there is a
scheme on foot to entice the young ladies
away to a candy pull, and during their alb
sence to fiji the instruments with dynamite,
but the details Of the scheme have not been
elaborated. Meanwhile there is music in the
air