St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-21
"AT HOME"
1 City Which is Gay and Happy in Its In
and Out Door Festivities During
Winter Season.
st. Paul Beaus Likened Unto Partisan
Ones With Their Knee
Breeches-sMay =. 5.
The Dress Coat as "a Disturbing Ele-
ment--A Reign of Progress
i've Euchre.
AT HON
4 General Environment of Social
DOings--A Weeks Happenings.

DOimgs--A Weeks Happenings.
st. Paul has always been happy, merry
town during the winter seasons, but its fes-
tiyities have generally been confined here
tofore to indoor festivities, with an occa-
sional sleighing excursion on bright moon
light nights. Splendid public balls. elegant
receptions and parties among exclusive sets,
pleasant social home affairs and delightful
neighbOrhOcd diversions, with interesting
church festivals and creditable musical and
dramatic entertainments have made up the
programs Of our pleasures. and the good old
DastimeS of cOasting and skating have been
almost entirely neglected. What radical
change has come upon us. The scene Of
our pleasures has changed from the heated
drawing-rOom or the draughty ballroom to
the free open air. The delicate
bellies have changed their light, gauzy cos
tunes OF costly beauty for the heavy robes
of Dlanketing and with rosy cheeks and
laughing eyes, appear even more lovely and
fascinating than in their Partisan gowns
BeauS have shed their full dress suits and
immaculate walking attire and dOnned the
becoming uniform of bright blankets, and,
with knee-breeches, long hose, mOccasins.
tOques and sashes, look brave, bold and
manly, after the manner Of bandit chief.
The halls of revelry are deserted and the
tiresides are abandoned. The streets hav g
assumed a festive appearance. cleaning
with the radiant CARDS Of merry men and
maidens, and the many vivid hues in the
prOfuSiOn of decorations on the buildings,
in the windows and on the splendid archds,
Springing from walk to walk. Yes. our peO-
pie have awakened to appreciation of the
charms OF our winter climate and in the
Out-Of-doOr sports which have leaped into
favor, they find inauguration and healthful-
ness of which they had scarcely dreamed
before
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Some say it is a craze, this blanketing
and fIOlickng, but it must be allowed that
it is a most sensible phase Of madness.
Now, if it were put to to vote, have no
doubt but that both the bellies and the beaus
would place themselves on record as in
favor OF the swift, exciting whirl of the to-
bOggan down the steep incline, rather than
the effete whiTl of the german. While the
contact in the one is as agreeable as in the
other the participants retire from the ruder
sports OF the Open-ar revelry in a happier
and more cOntented state of mind than from
the Derfumed but dead air of the salons.
HeaItieT, healthier and brighter, they en-
JOY the occasional parlOr diversions with
greater Zest, and find in their eX-
piOitS on the CLASSY ice, new and
pItdSdlJ topics lOI COHktTSdJIOn. vi COuiS6
our Openair fun is not to exclude
all othe pastimes from a place in the
programs of winter festivities but they
will fairly divide the honors. and make each
more pleasurable. Winter sport clubs VIII
hereafter be feature in the social economy
of our city, and next year we may expect to
see degree of proficiency reached which
was this year impossible Oh account Of mex
perience.
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One of the most gratifying results Of the
combinations of young ladies and gentle
men in club organizations is found in the
maintenance OF the Nushka TobOggan club
through the summer as coaching
club. This admirable and energetic
club has secured the two old
fashioned stages which have proved
such interesting features in our professions,
and during the summer will resolve into a
coaching club, with all the accessories for
conventional turnout. The club is com
posed of young people competent and able
i'll ambition and means to produce some
thing creditable and attractive.
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These club organizations have worked a
world of good in combining in pleasant
social harmony a great number of young
people. and the organizations will extend
over the summer term with appropriate
pastimes to fill the hiatus until it is again
time to again open the cedar chest and lift
the cherished wooden robes from their moth
proof repositories. / am preparing a series
OF recipes for cleansing the blanket suits
of white or other delicate hues, making
them as good as new, barring the triangular
tears made on tOboggan slides.
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Of course we cannot wear our all-woOl-
yard-wide- warTanted-to-wash costumes all
the time, even in the winter, and on an
occasion such as is to be presented this week
at the Grand opera house blanketing will
scarcely be en- regie. There will be many
elegant opera parties during the too brief
engagement of the MaplesOn Italian Opera
company, and then our folk can get back
into their elegant garments and bring out
all the splendid effects of the toilets which
would have been displayed long before but
for the carnival craze. 1t is expected that
some extraordinary displays will be made
on the debut of the genuine Italian opera,
and st. Paul will rival any city of double
its size in the country.
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Miss May B. s., who correspondent with
At Home, her letter appearing in last Sun
days GLOBE. has called and At Home has
society. She came with a large package of
letters, perhaps fifty in number. the writers
OF which all claim to be the one who first
made application to At Home for a wife
and that ANY other who replied TO her let
ter claiming to be the original was fraud"
and his trademark" a forgery. But 1.-The
original was known by his penmanship
and Miss May B. S. now has his letter un-
der consideration. She would not allow
at Home to peruse it for some par
ticular reason, but gave him liberty
to scan the contents of the others.
Some answered in two pages, while others
answered more modestly and with more
pursuaSiveneSs, combining their epistles TO
between twenty and thirty pages. These
Miss Nay b. S. has reserved to read in
hours of dependency, so that her heart will
be cheered with sweet words, without the
aid of patent pain eXtractOrs. AS to the
appearance of this young lady At Home
has nothing to say, the picture in the GLOBE
OF last Sunday being exact in every particu-
lar. She has another letter besides the one
from the original which she has submitted
to At Home for inspection. 1t reads
thusly:
Your open letter to the GLOBE published in
its Sunday edition merits an answer, even
when the undersigned is not the original ad-
vertiser for a wife. Your personal descrip-
ton as well as the likeness is as artless, I'M
selfish and romantic as any young miss OF 20
winters and full of conceit and knowledge of
her charms. aswell as wel-filled pocketbook, can
describe. Still it behooves young bachelor
to look little deeper than the mere surface
when seriously considering the propriety of
taking wife unto himself and try to disSect
the mind and character of his future affinity,
as 1t well can be done by your epistle in which
laid bare your most secret thoughts and wishes.
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