St. Paul daily globe., 1886-01-01
..A nAPPY - IL,
Another Notch Cut ia the stick Q
Time

1nis morning new calendars VIII 90 INTO
effect su over St Paul and the Northwest.
When they awake. the same people who
one week ago said "A merry Christmas
VIII say "a happy new year" The year
Of our Lord 1855 has goue and 1856. smil
ing in q white dress. IS here. The usual
peated. the usual regrets ct the errors into
which about everybody feii viii be hur-
reilly made. the usual number Of resolves
and calls VIII be made. The day will be
one more holiday, and tomorrow every
thing viii move on again about as usual;
the next day the resolutions viii
0e cut Of date. the calls
largely forgotten. and except that
business men win forget and write ''5"
where they mean 50" occasionally. and
everything VIII be Just the same as Is was
.asL year, and no one win be able 10 distin-
guish or care very much whether It is 1885
o. 1896.
It has been remarked on the last thirty
seven New Years DAYS by good number
OK newspapers and q much larger number
of callers that ''the custom OF making calls
Is going out OF date" Whether or not this
Is so, 10 is not definitely settled Ladies who
On the question. Some assert that the practice
g practically dead ard cite certsin Eastern
cities where ladies', who are recognized rs
society leaders, receive only such Of their
friends az they may choose 20 favor with an
Invitation. Others reckon the number OF
cups Of coffee or glasses OF wine they drank
last New Years, aud aver that the custom
Is stu in the flower of its youth.
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81 can tell yOu one thing. said & rromi-
net florist yesterday, "the ladies WIG re-
ceiye may be Just as many as they even were,
but they are Ia larger parties than Ua1ai.
We have been busy all day preparing 'Ou-
Quets and trimmings, and at many OF ,be
residences preparations are made for p1t-
ties OF ladies numbering as many as ten,
I should say that fully as mauy ladies' viii
receive rs last year, bnt It won't be as much
work tor the gentlemen TO make the rounds
Of their LIST"
Decorations VIII De very generally
used" continued the florist. "FOr trim
ming center tables mantels, brackets and
windows We have the largest call Tor arbOr
YitR ana smilaX. In The way Of cut flow
ers Mareschal Neil roses and carnations
I seem to be preferred. We have been get
| ting orders ell DAY, and it seems to me that
more than the usual quantity viii be used
this year"
''Will the spreads be elegantPn repeated
l the man behind the counter ia G catering
house. II should say they would. No
more 50 than they usually are, for we al
/ ways get good orders at this time Of year, but
| fully up to last year. Angel cake is in big
! demand and good many wan. rich frosted
k-anH - ~ D. 49,
/ Ice cream, and / an inclined 70 believe that
/ fruit win be served in many places, from
remarks that have heard though we don't
deal in IL. Ibelieve that coffee VIII in time
be about given up as New Years drink
and bOuill0n substituted. I find a good
many calls for this; rather more than last
/ year But the ladies ought 90 be careful
Tor the comfort OF their callers and not mix
coffee and bOuillOn too near together.
know o young man who put sugar and
cream in a cup OF bouiuOn, thinking it was
coffee, The lady saw his mis-
take and told the cOlored man
70 bring another cup. he didn't know he
/ had made any error, and said not for me,
thank you; one cup IS enough. and he
drank 1t like little man, sugar, cream an d
all"
styles," said a dealer yesterday. The
/ heavy, beveled-edged ones, while they will
not be exclusively used, seem 20 be the
most inquired after Some 90 in FOR quite
elaborate ones. with little hand-paiRted
r"sebu4s or sprigs Of green in q corner,
while. good many prefer simply plain,
uutinted card with nothing but their name
on IT,"
I'VE shall send out requests 70 the ladies
not to serve wine,n said Mrs. II. L. CAL
linger Of Minneapolis, member OF the
State WOmans Christian Temperance
union, ''and would hove had them mailed
before this had we not been delayed by one
and another circumstance. II may do no
good. but we viii 90 it just tie same, for
IT'S right IN the line Of our work"
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The day win be observed as a general
holiday. The city, county. state aud gov
eminent offices will be closed, as viii many
Of the private business houses. There will
be many entertainments, aside from the re-
ceptiOns az the residences The prisoners
In the county jail viii receive attention from
the ladies', and the rooms Of the Young
Mems Christian association and Woman's
Christian Temperance union viii be opened
and frightened By the presence Of some Of
the fairest ladies Of the city. Aatinees
viii be given at the places Of amusement.
The hotels will provide extra bills Of fare
and the saloons viii display elaborate
lunches.
These VIII Receive.
Below will be found the list OF those
ladies who entertain to-day as sent in in re-
sponSe to the GLOBES request: