St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-28
AT DOVE DINNER.
How Women While Away the Te-
dunn OF the Lenten Season.

How Women While Away the Te-
dunn OF the Lenten Season.
My Dear Dorothy: This Lent has
convinced me of one thing, and that is if
women want to have good time together
they can. But you must choose your
women. ANY woman cannot make this
possible for herself or other people. but
with due care in the selection, and all sur
roundings in harmony, party composed
solely of what the darkeys call 1.-THE fair
sect" can be very larky. All this knowl-
edge has come to me because of dinner
party of the most charming kind-and all
women. The hostess was very wise and
held out as an inducement with the after
dinner coffee prospect of the men, but
truly when the time came there was not
any geat yearning for them, because they
nipped in the bud
MOST CLEVER LITTLE STORY
one decidedly rose colored. "a story is
never of color when q woman tells il: IL
always just verges on the pink You are
wondering whether this was a formal affair.
Indeed, IL was-a party of twenty and all
in full dress. Most of the women looked
particularly well. for they fully realized
that their most severe critics would meet
them, and so were gOwned with that i'm
view. The dinner was yellow one. The
flowers and the little shades over the can
dies were of the real sunshine tint, and ac-
corded charmingly with all the frocks.
Your friend, Mrs. Lessee. wore violet velvet.
very little bodice to speak of. and pearls that
rivaled her neck in whiteness. She is
awfully vain of that black mole on her
neck, but it certainly is siDgularly faScinat-
ing, making you conscious again and again
of the
BEAUTIFUL WHITE FLESH
all about it. You know she tells her hus-
band everything, so made it point to say
that because of her get-up she must keep
all she heard inviOlate. They pelted me
with bonbons for this, but it might have
been worse. We talked of the men. their
goodness. their badness, and showed de-
cided tendency to linger in a loving way
over their vices. One bright woman, telling
of her dinner cards. said that entertaining
lot Of doctors, she had mushroom-shaped
cards, because they spring up in the night
Clever, wasn't it? Only two of the women
were unmarried, and they had reached an
age when they were appreciative. for truly
and ingenue or prude at such party Is o
perfect bucket of cold water. 1t was fun
to see them when they did come; they were
awfully curious to know what had hap
pened. You see, we all looked as il we
had been enjoying ourselves Jack cor
nered me. but, Dolly. told him everything
except the truth. He asked me what we
talked about. / said we
DISCUSSED LENTEN WORKS
and ate our dinner. but l did not tell him
that we talked more about the sins that
only go out by fasting and prayer than any
other, and yet you know il was quite proper
that we should realize the power of evil.
If we saw the funny side of it, that was
our misfortune, not our fault.
Mrs. Lisse told this: A well-knOwn
man u think LenOir, the banker), Is very
Jealous, and though he does not know II
there is good cause. His wife is young,
pretty and loving; he is old, ugly and cross.
She has cousin. the usual handsome, fas-
cinating. poor cousin that Virginia women
always have. LenOir began to suspect
something-about six months after every
body else had ceased TO suspect Only-and
so he offered TO get the dear cousin posi-
ton in the London banking house. Mad
anne and her admirer had quarreled and so
he accepted the offer. One thing had To be
done, however, and that was to return her
letters. as she had written very cOmpromis-
ing ones, and il was only right she should
see them destroyed. The cousin was 10
sail on a certain day, and. possessed by
THE FIEND OF JEALOUSY.
Lenoir claimed 10 have cold. and never
left his wife alone long enough for her to
see anybody. However, the letters were
given her in a paper novel. but then the
worry began-she was afraid to leave them
anywhere. she could not carry them around
with her, and how should she get rid of
them? Well, she made love to Lenoir. she
kissed him and petted him, and then in
duced him to go to the library (where there
was an open tire); once there she began TO
collect papers that were lying about. cir
culars. advertisements, and all the dreadful
things that come by post to people who are
we'll known. Seated on a stool, Just I'm
front of the fire. madame had all her letters
and these pamphlets in her drapery. and
she began throwing envelopes In the
fire, laughing like a child as they
blazed up. calling her husbands attention
TO the brightness they made; she was merry
as possible. One after another made q
tongue of fire, until the letters were nearly
reached, then she feigned WEAKNESS, laid
her head on her husbands knee. then as If
possessed by the spirit of caprice. jumped
up quickly, three all the mass of papers
from her lap into the fire, just as quickly
turned her back 10 the blaze. threw both
arms around her husbands neck, and kissed