St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-03
How the New Year Was Ushered In by
the Votaries of Pleasure in the
Sister City.
The Linton Bal Masque at the West a
Brilliant and Successful
Affair.
Several Weddings in High Life--Vari-
GUS Balls and PARTIES
Gossip.
MINNEAPOLIS SOCIAL.
Gayeties of the Junction week,
when the Years Changed.

the pretty moths OF society 1ound many
bright lights about which TO flutter. The
only objection to such an exceptionally
brilliant week is that it leaves unusual dull
ness in its train, which; while it allows the
votaries of social dissipation to recuperate.
gives no opportunity to those who only
know Of such dissipation through the daily
papers The twenty-fOur hours which IN
cluded New Years day and eve had
crowded into them many leading events,
that taking first rank being naturally the
fashionable calls. About 100 ladies arrayed
themselves in their loveliest costumes and
in brilliantly lighted parlors received the
200 callers who presented themselves. The
number was small one, either way, for a
city of the size and social prominence OF
Minneapolis, but no fault could be found
with the quality of the average reception.
Handsomely decorated parlors, where flow
ers and sprays of smilaX and eglantlne hg-
ured, with the daylight excluded and brill
liant artificial light substituted, were the
theaters of the receptions. Delicate and
tempting collations, served in all the mag
nifcence of style. formed no inconsiderable
feature of the day. The calling began
about and was usually concluded at 9,
though evening receptions were not at all
unusual AS whole, this feature of the
was QulGO
THE LINTON BAL MAsQUE
on New Years eve was certainly beauti-
full and pleasing feature of the week. 1t
occurred at the West hotel, and was given
with all the beauty of costume and sur
roundings of which such an affair is capable.
Nearly 300 guests presented themselves,
the result being an easy abundance
of space. and the avoidance of that
crush which has generally made West hotel
hops nuisance. The ball room was not
overcrowded, and the pleasures of the dance
were not marred by the jostling which is
inseparable from a large crowd. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. III. Linton received their guests in
the central parlor, and were assisted by
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Fletcher, Judge and
Mrs. E. 3. Ames, Mr.. and Mrs. g. +.
Hatch, Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Linton Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Christian, Mrs. Bryton, Miss
Florence King, Messrs. j. Il. Bradstreet,
Cavour Langdon, Perry Harrison. c. Il.
Eustis, G. w. Shepherd, S. G. Tooker,
/. r. ID. Hallowell, III. G. Truesdell and
w. f. Brooks. While most of the guests
availed themselves of attending in evening
dress, there were many handsome masks
and quite number of d0minoes of all col
ors. The ball room presented magnificent
scene when the dancing began and the
many fine costumes formed picture of
which the eye never wearied. Among the
characters presented were the following:
Mrs. Charles M. Palmer, Maud Muller,
white muslin and red silk, gold rake, large
hat. Miss Anna r. Auken. Yum Yum,
beautiful costume. Miss Agnes Harden
berg, Maud Muller; Miss b. Hardenberg.
Bo-peep. Miss Nellie Hickey, cob
web costume; Miss Grace Hickey,
rose-trallis: Miss Laura Hickey,
milkmaid; Miss Belle Buxton, Green
away costume: Miss Bella Coe, rab-
bit; Miss Hardenburg, Folly; Miss Marion
Linton, ShepherdeSs; Mrs. G. A. Heffel-
finger and Mrs. q. S, Acker, Greenaway
costumes; Miss Mamie Clerihew, Grecian
captive maiden; Mrs. Maurice Hallowell,
French court costume, white; Miss Matte
Langdon, Red Riding Hood; Miss Callie
Langdon, peasant girl; Miss Media Mealey,
tambourine girl; Mrs. VIII Bassett, school
girl; Mr.. j. w. Lawrence. French costume
of the time of Louis XIV; G. S. Dicker,
Persian dress trimmed with green and gold;
Mr.. Hurlburt, tamborine Girl; Mrs. George
Enshel, child's costume, pink silk,
black velvet; Miss Minnie Hale,
Manette, in the "Chimes of
Normandy; Miss Phelps, fsherman's
daughter; Miss Nellie Miller, flower girl;
Miss Watson and Mrs. Will Gregory, school
Girls. blue dress with apron; Mrs. Robert
Kelley, Carrie Story, from Tin Soldier"
Mrs. Merrick, Fedora; Mrs. Fields, Snow;
Mrs. Hector Baxter, Folly, pink and blue
satin, trimmed with bells; Mrs. Al Chris
tian, Queen Elizabeth, hunter green velvet,
satin front, embroidered with silver and
pearls; Mrs. w. l.. Wolford, tamborine
girl, cream plush, with bangles; Mrs. Ira
Murphy. Frost; Mrs. j. E. Merritt, Fedora;
Mrs. f. G. Snyder, Buttercup. yellow black
velvet and tinsel; j. A. Beaumont, tobog-
gan costume, G. A. Heffelfnger, court cos
tune, cream brocaded satin, trimmed with
gold; Mrs. Pliny Bartlett, tamborine girl,
Roman costume of silk in different bright
colors; Mrs. A. M. Bailey, Highland Mary;
Mrs. +. A. Hawley, Night, flowing black
dress. bespangled with starss. Mrs. F. G.
Snyder, Buttercup. Mrs. p. E. Lockwood,
blue domino; Miss Adele Goundie, blue
domino; Miss Virginia Reno, Miss Clara
Tice and Miss Forman, Kate Green
away costumes; Ira Murphy, Gen. jack
son; j. II. Conkey, French cos
tune; w. i. Wolford, Louis XIV, France;
j. E. Merritt, court costume Louis XIV;
+. G. Snyder, courtier, black velvet, trim
med with blue satin, gold lace; f. A.
Haw1eV, monk; p. E. Lockwood, domino;
John Crosby, domino; c. NJ. Case, monk;
+. o. Darling, Folly; A. M. Bailey, Charles
Surface; r. M. Douglass, sailor; Howard
Reno, continental costume; Will Tomlin-
son, domino; d. NJ. Chute, Mexican gentle
man, gold lace road-brimed hat.
The DanZ orchestra furnished delightful
music and rare collation. was spread in
the ladies' ordinary. Nothing was wanted
10 make the evening perfect and the unique
affair was pronounced an unlimited success.
MERRY WITH WEDDINGS
was the week ALSO and an unusual number
Of young people seemed DESTROYS of begin
ping the New Year in connubial happiness.
Of the weddings one Of the most enjoyable
was double marriage on Thursday even
ing, when Miss Lizzie Metcalfe, oldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Metcalfe,
and Arthur Caweutt, and their second
daughter, Miss Florence Metealfe, and
George Herbert Lawes, were welded in ST.
Andrews Episcopal church, corner of Sixth
and Twelfth avenues north, last evening at
1880 o'clock, amidst profusion of floral
decorations and in the presence of large
audience of friends and relatives of the
young folks. Miss Lizzie Metcalfe was at
sended by Miss Edith Odegard, and Mr..
Eawcutt by his brother Henry Cawcutt,
while Miss Kate Charlton accompanied
Miss Florence Metcalfe, and Mr.. William
Bennett was groomsman for Mr.. Lawes.
The brides were beautifully dressed in surah
silk with flowers. When the bridal party
entered the church, Miss Emma Hurley,
The organist at st. Andrews, played the
wedding march, at the conclusion of which
Rev. j. w. Prosser recited the beautiful
wedding service. Mr.. Arthur Cawcutt is in
the employ of G. p. Stevens & Son and Mr..
G. b. Lawes is bookkeeper for Houston g.
Harris. AT the close of the ceremony each
neW-made couple went Immediately To its