St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-02

gan to stream from private residences, and
by sundown the city was rarely and richly
decked and ready for the carnival.
THE AFTERNOON
brought out the crowds and for the first
time the number of strangers became appa-
rent, each visitor proclaiming himself in
the pleased and curious expression of coun-
tenance. Principal streets were thronged
and gay uniforms appeared everywhere. A
general undress parade and airing were
given the natty combinations OF color be-
fore the glaring picture of the evening was
presented. The effect to the stranger must
have been inspiring and electTifying. and
the first vague and confused idea of the
uumber of winter clubs in st. Paul was pre-
sented. for each was variOusly represented.
Rosy-cheeked, bright-eyed girls in quaint
costumes of gay colorS left the prints of
tiny moscasins in the snow as they coquet-
tishly placed themselves OH exhibition. and
attracted curious attention until the sound
of glee was heard and detachment of a
snowshoe club logged into sight and be-
came the centre of attraction. Handsome
equipuages flashed through the streets with
jingle of silver bells, the horses gaily
capariSoned and the sleighs and occu-
pants bedecked in brilliant uniforms
the eye of citizen and stranger alike might
gaze with pleased interest. AS dusk crept
in it grew and improved in aspect, the
crowds thickened, the number of uniforms
increased as if by magic, until finally the
night shut out the day and the gorgeous
pageant of the evening burst upon sight.
THE ICE PALACE,
lively center of attraction all day, began
to play the magnet at an early hour. The
rising sun had not more than touched ia
gold the tips of the battlements than the
army of workers had began on the finishing
touches. A Gordon of police officers kept
back any group of struggling sigbt-seers
that chanced along, and found abundance
of occupation later, when a steady stream
of spectators had set in, determined to see
the palace or die. But without the gates
and upon the bluff the best view was OBJ
tainable, and there. wide-mOuthed, the
crowd braved the polaric weather and
watched. Two hundred yards away, the
crystal formation arose in its beauty, glim-
mering and glittering as it caught the light
in thousand directions. The bright rays
came straight through the clear air. and,
striking the pellucid surface of the castle,
| were broken into myriads of fragments, anC
| shot back, dressed in all the colors o.
of the rainbow. Every crystal impressed
| in the vast fabric became prism or mirror
| and each rollicking beam of the sun, at the
| touch of as magic wand. shot forth, beau
| tiful and gloriied. Spread about the snow
changing and shifting with kaleidoscope
effect lay gigantic spectra, creeping neare
and nearer the palace of ice as the sun
their creator, approached the zenith ant
finally gathering. in a blaze Of glory. IL
the structure itself when noon rung out
Afternoon released them again and tn
snowy chase recommended. When the SUI
neared the horizon, a scene was presented
never to be forgotten. The western SIX.
was painted golden bronze and in tn
walls, up the turrets, caught in the angle
and dancing in the embrasures, was tn
faint, delicate and glorious reproduction O
the light. The bronze deepened, the goi,
paled andIa pink succeeded, every phas
being perfectly reproduce, in miniature on tn
crystal walls. Fainter and fainter tn
light grew until only an opoline tinge re
manned, and cast a creamy touch of ligh
over the glacial structure AS the ligh
faded away the colors dropped and died
and the castle loomed up, faint and indis
tinct in the after-glow. The day failed AM
ghostly streeks of distant light crept up AN
down the walls, with a wierd. grewsom
effect. The grounds were lost in the gath
ering gloom, but the tall central towe,
collecting first one and then another of tb
distant twinkling lights, wore
FAINT, UNEARTHLY BEAUTY.
striking after the broad glare of day. Sud