St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-21

rem Of that city would not be able 20 avail
themselves Of the anticipated pleasure of
the day. But Minneapolis came TO the
front nobly, two trainlOads, being not
less than 3, 900 school children, accompanied
by their teachers. arriving at the union
depot about , O'clock. And a happy
crowd they were, too, for whoever heard of
so many children being off for good time
and not happy? This throng consisted of
little misses ranging all the way from the
pert little girl OF > years neatly dressed in
a tObOggan suit to the aspiring young lady
Of sweet Is. ambitious of long dresses, and
OF youngsters of long experienced years
OVERLOOKING with mmanageable exuber-
ance of vitality consistent with their first
boots, to the boys Of 10 and IL years with
cigaretS carefully concealed in their inside
pockets as well as those Of the next older
period of gay necktieS They were met at
the depot by the Metropolitan band. whose
music was jOyfully followed up Third street
to Robert, along Robert to Sixth, up Sixth
to Minnesota and on Minnesota to the
shrine of
THEIR YOUTHFUL PILGRIMAGE,
the ice palace. This procession, sprinkled
with dignifed and prOverbially handsome
schoolmarms walking arm in arm with the
slightly stoopshouldered and specialized
professors, had hardly broken ranks
in front of the palace when
delegations from all the ST. Paul schools
who had rendezvoused in carnival hall came
pouring in, to the number of at least 5000
bearing banners of different colors inscribed
''St. Paul Public Schools" Where on
earth so many children came from is a
mystery to all but the census taker and the
professor. and no wonder the latter is stoop-
shOuidered if he has to hear the burden of
so many developing cerebrUms. or weak
eyes if he has TO watch the mischieyOus
gyTatiOnS Of so many thousand deft little
fingers. The ice palace park, including
skating Kinks and tOboggan slides were
at O'clock literally alive, there being of
course, large attendance of adults. The
children's toboggan slide just west of the
palace was in good condition and was
amply utilized by the little folks who were
thoughtful or fortunate enough to have
tobOggans. The adults slide on Cedar
street was also crowded to its utmost capac-
ity, while the ice on the main skating rink,
which was, by the way, in excellent condi-
ton, was scarcely visible through a motley
aSsemblage of diminutive blanket suits and
toQues and rapid-mOvng skinny" sticks.
Ii was unfortunate that the long wished-for
SNOW should begin to fall Just at this time.
but il seemed to have much more effect
on grown people than on the joyous young
STEERS, for who ever heard of a lot of chill
dren out for play who had their ardor
dampened by anything % unimportant as
snow storm? The wind was fresh and
keen, and those children who were accom-
panied by relatives were now and then
hustled into the warming rooms, but those
who enjoyed for the time an unwonted
freedom from paternal or other surveillance
needed neither cold nor storm, but indus
triously Investigated the Indian war dance
which took place in front of the palace, as
well as other amusements. Among the
latter not the least important to the child
ish mind was the succession of paper ele.
plants. fishes and balloons, which were
carefully inflated within the northeastern
court of the palace and allowed to paddle
their own canoes in the upper atmosphere.