St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-30

r1Imored of late in the parlors OF faShlonao'e
houses in the city, witnessed by select audl-
euces among which were or1gnt-Iaceu
deunbters of fashion who admire things attn
lctic. but who are prevented from witnessing
public sparring matches by the conventlonai
lires of tart society. The boys at camp
Ringer last year made up small purse for
set-to with the gloves between two wen-
known feather-weights, and the CONTEST
which was spiced with some hard Singing
was witnessed by nearly as many LADIES' as
gentlemen. And they were members OF Tue
best families in the city. As the olows gre"
faster and heavier the dear creatures became
intensely excited and many OF them whose
stature would not allow them to look over the
shoulders of the taller men, would allow them
selves to be held up in the arms OF tnelr st"i-
wart escorts. where they cheered clever
guard or effective blow as heartily as the
sterner sex. The latest private fight was last
Friday night in a room on Fifth street. wnere
TWO light-weights who move in the best So
ciety in the city came together and nam
mered each other six rounds, London prize
ring rules governing. The gloves worn were
light and the men might as well have fought
with bare knuckles. 1t was an old
grudge that brought them together.
ability as a fighter and they decided to settle
it in this manner. The mill was witnessed
by about a dozen spectators with silk hats
ard diamond ornaments, and 1t is reported as
having been an exceedingly interesting show
The men ignored scientific rules and went at
each other, Unfortunately pounding and
throwing When the sixth round was ended
the comtatants were so badly used up that
their respective friends were obliged to drag
them out of the room and bathe them in al
colol before they were in condition to walk.
1t is affirmed that this is not the last of it and
that the men will face each other again, until
the question of supremacy is fairly settled.
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A new craze is creeping into the tickle little
noodles of some of St. Paul society girls. 1t
is harmless and quite as silly as many other
freaks that have kinked the lives of
these thoughtless young BUTTERFLIES. But
these people of idle hours and years of ease
must have some recreation, and this must
come in the form of freaks and craZes. The
new idea is palmistry, and there are said TO
be men and women in the city, slowed away
in quiet out-of-the-way places, who are coin
ing money by reading the future of these
young people IN the criss-cross lines Of their
palms. They are visited daily by these fair
devotees of society, who give them their
dainty, jeweled hands, and sit, and listen, and
smile and sigh as the frauds bending over
their palms paint their futures in the brightest
and most enrapturing colors. There is hardly
a girl alive, or that ever did live, whose ro-
mantle mind hasn't longed to be fed by the
prophetic mumblings of some toothless and
wrinkled bag, who claimed to be in league
with the minions of the spirit world, and who
could peer through the veil that hangs be-
tween the present and the future. When
the ordinary girl arrives at the age
of IA years she wants to visit
a fortune teller. Before she starts for the
home of the reader of the future she knows
that she is to be defrauded, but the venture
is full of romance and girls life without
touch of romance is great failure. And SO
the girls of st. Paul are having the doors of
the future unlocked TO them by adventures
who call themselves palmists, and they are
finding out the secrets of the future in their
mind. According to the story of one of these
prophets the question most frequently asked
by girls is. ''When will l marry?''-a per-
fectly natural Interrogation and one in which
any sensible woman would be interested.
When the date of the wedding is fixed then
come hundred and one questions regarding
the future husband, his height, color of his
hair and eyes, has he muStache, is he
leshy, what size boot does he wear and has
he money. This last question is usually put
first, and if a negative answer is given, al
most invariably the fair patron withdraws
her hand and departs to find palmist who
will furnish her with husband who has
riches