St. Paul daily globe., 1886-04-25
EVENTS OF A WEEK.
Much Time Devoted 10 Religion
Exercises and s'ShOpPing.,,

Much Time Devoted 10 Religious
Exercises and .'ShOpping.''
The past week has been mainly devoted
to church services and to the selection and
preparation of spring toilets. in which the
ladies are to look charming and radiant on
this Easter morning, the latenesS of which is
especially propitiouS for the wearing of
toilets which on most Easter Sundays would
be somewhat inappropriate owing to the
VigOr of a Northern spring. Several of the
churches to-day have services peculiarly
appropriate to the event TO be celebrated
and are handsomely decorated with flowers.
An effort has been made to make the mu-
sical portion of the service unusually at
tractive and pleasing, and large congrega-
tions will doubtless assemble at all places
OF worship. Those desiring seats should
be early on hand.
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Many people who have wintered at the
hotels are making preparations to go to
houSekee ping the summer, and many anX-
ious inquiries have been made for houses
nicely furnished and pleasantly located. In
this connection the oft-recurring complaint
is head thai the houses suitable for small
families of taste and refinement, but whose
pocketbook unfortunately is limited, are
few and far between. 1t is again wondered
why some philanthropic capitalist, with an
eye out for cent. per cent. also, does not
erect a system of elegant flats to be rented
reasonably. 1t is something certainly which
inquiry among the younger married people
of St Paul develops to be needed and
doubtless would pay handsomely.
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Mamma does not approve of young la
dies driving with young gentlemen" said
society young lady recently in reply to an
invitation from gentleman to 90 for a
drive. Indeed, and does mamma include
going to the opera and parties in a closed
carriage with young gentleman among
the things propriety does not permit a
young lady to do? Perhaps, however, the
man on the box in the latter case is ex-
pected to do duenna duty and submit to pa
rental scrutiny a report on the doings Of
the young people under his charge A
Summit avenue young lady ac-
cepted an invitation from a
young man to attend the opera. When
he called for her at the house with a car
riage and was asked by the stern parent
who doubtless recalled youthful days, what
he was going to do on the way to and from
the opera house, he replied that he intended
TO ride on the seat with the driver. Per-
haps that young man has cut the Gordan
knot Seating the young man on the box
can be tried anyway, and il found to
work satisfactorily, it might be insisted
upon by all guardians, parents and others
occupying the precariouS position of spon-
sors tor youthful conduct. If this method
proves to be applicable to closed carriages
attention can be turned to driving in single
seated rigs, in which case there is always a
Strong temptation TO seek secluded drives,
wooded roads and moonlight nights, and
these attractions combined with the attrac-
tionS on the seat beside one, form a combi-
nation which the participants show no in
clination to break. So say those who have
been there. The difficulty the fond
mother has to contend with is how to ap-
pease the goddess who presides over the
prOprieties without striking at the whole
structure and fOrbidding driving altogether.
1t would hardly do to insist that the young
man should erect a partition between him
self and his fair companion, be-
cause accusation before the henous
crime has been committed in great
temptation to commission, and would moSt
certainly result in both riding on the same
side of the wall, thus causing a two-fOld
danger, crushing the fair one, or upsetting
the carriage owing to too much weight on
one side. That solution is not feasible and
another must be found; SO the spirited
HOTSo HluSG De interviewed 10 see what he
can do in behalf of his patrons.
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Mamma does not permit daughter to ride
after horse which is so spirited as to be
dangerous, for here a double danger is
again to be seen, that of breaking the fail
ones bones, and secondly, danger always
leads the ivy to cling to the oak and thus
the temptation to always use horse which
shall cause Miss Joy to follow the bent OF
of her inclinations This was illustrated a
short time ago in the case of a well-knowr
st. Paul young lady who was driving will
an equally well-known young man. The
drive led along narrow roaC
dug out of the side of 3
steep and somewhat precipitous hill
Shen the carriage was in the narrow
est and most dangerous part of the road 8
runaway team was seen approaching.
which caused the young lady in her terror
to grasp the young man affectionately, but
firmly around the neck with both arms
this caused him to lose sight Of the immi
hent danger. and to forget his team; fat,
had not willed that they should meet witt
an accident After all danger was owe
the young lady said, Ibid l not behay,
beautifully, lust grasped nv parasol in