St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-16

Society people have been somewhat ac-
tive the past week. Events of a strictly
social nature have not been very numerous,
but those that have occurred have been
very pleasant. A minstrel troupe seldom
fails to draw good houses here, but the
performances of the past week were not as
well attended as have been former ones
owing, perhaps, to the many superior at
fractions presented on the boards of the
opera house the past winter. The city is
full of strangers and this fact always means
an increased activity in affairs social.
Strangers of social standing coming to st.
Paul usually bring letters to one or more
society people here, by whom they are more
or less fieted. GilmOre's famous band paid
its second visit to st. Paul the past week
and gave three entertainments, two of them
TO very good houses. Miss De Lussan
formerly with the Boston Ideals,'' accom-
panied the great leader. Her first appear
ance before st. Paul audience was with
the Ideals last winter, when she scored a
marked success. Her proper place is in
opera.
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Stolen fruits are quite generally pre-
ferred to those obtained with sanction.
This is presumably due to the little scene
enacted in the Garden of Eden several CEN
turieS ago. The fruit of all the trees in
that prolific orchard lost its SAVIOR, except
ing alone that borne on the tree of life.
This owed its irresistible attraction to the
fact that Adam and Eve had been denied
it. The tempter made his advances to the
one endowed with the less power to resist,
woman, and she fell and in her fall
dragged down Adam, whom she taught to eat
OF the fruit of the tree of knowledge
Hence it has been truthfully said
that woman taught man to eat. Some one
has added, with equal truthfulness, that he
took to drinking OF his own accord Wine
is an excellent thing and is used sometimes
as medicine. sometimes to drive dull care
away and sometimes to arouse ioy and
good Fellowship. Some parents have wine
on their tables, which the children use or
not. as may seem best to child or parent.
There are other times when wine is taken
by society young ladies, of which the pa
rents are not Informed and of which they
wonld not approve. In this sense wine is
stolen fruit, often owing its only attrac-
ton to the SurreptitiUuS manner in which if
is drunk. A gay party, composed of an
equal number of ladies and gentlemen. was
one summer organized for days sport at
one of the lakes near st. Paul, and
it was chaperoned by married lady.
During the afternoon sail On the lake was
proposed. The chaperone being somewhat
afraid of the water. assented that her
charges should go unattended When this
was known, some of the gentlemen pro-
cured several bottles of wine, presumably as
life preseryers in case of any accident hap
pening to the party. When they had
weighed anchor the wine was passed around
several times, joy became unconstraned.
souls gave forth their choicest treasures of
wit and repartee. In the midst of the
hilarity the appearance of very threaten
ing sky foreboded the near approach of a
storm. and when the lightning flashed, pale
faces were noticed among the ladies.
All attempts to reach the shore unassisted
proved unavailing, and experienced mariners
were sent out by the distressed chaperone.
AT their approach the remaining wine
was thrown overheard, perhaps to soothe
the troubled waters. Whether those young
ladies look On the wine when it red and
when the chaperone is absent, history say
eth not.
That ''charity covers a multitude OF
sins" is old and true. A concert and hop
was once given, the proceeds to be bestowed
on worthy charity. When the concert
was over and the hop was in progress, a
couple of congenial spirits, young lady
and gentleman, passed through door lead