St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-17
SAINT PAUL.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.

al am afraid" said a visitor to st.
Paul last evening, THAT we are seeing
only the beginning of the yellow fever
plague in Jacksonville, Fla. Nothing
will stamp it ont effectually but frost,
which is unusual in Florida at this time
of the year: and, to make matters
worse, the sanitary conditions OF Jack
sonvIlle tend to encourage the spread
of the epidemic. Sand in the streets is
five OF six inches deep, and mixed with
filth of every kind. With poor drain
age, but little of this is carried off by
the rains. If Jacksonville had streets
that could be cleaned every day as they
are in st. Paul, yellow fever might be
kept within bounds. Under the cir
cumstanceS, don't think the epidemic
can be controlled until cold weather
sets in"
Miss Lolita Crabtree, the popular ac-
tress, certainly has business-like way
of investing her earnings in real estate.
Besides a theater in Boston and the
Grand Opera house in st. Paul, she
owns an elegant cottage on the banks of
Lake HOpateong, in the central part of
New jersey. She built the cottage few
years ago, and spent large sum in fur
niShing it and in beaut'fying the
grounds. Here she and her mother
spend the summer. LOtta'S recreations
consist in fishing, rowing and other
diversions afforded by the place.
Lake Hopateong is popular summer
resort for the people of New York,
Philadelphia and the dozen or more in
land cities that thrive i'll that thickly
settled country. Lotta'S cottage Is one
of the attractions of the place. Visi-
tors often loiter about it for hours in
the hope of seeing the frisky sOubrette,
and when she goes outdoors her move
mentS are watched with interest.
Lotta's fame and accomplishments
would make her social star in the
gay throng that makes merry at the
hotels and fashionable boarding houses
during the height of the season, but as
she goes there to rest, she rarely takes
part in the social festivities aid mingles
little with visitors, except they are in
innate friends, and these she entertainS
at her cottage.
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"Talk about women being gOssipers,
have you heard of the ChOirmanners'
club?' remarked Billy Mobiles in the
hearing of the GLOBE, as he borrowed a
cigarette off Munroe Felt at the Ryan
yesterday afternoon. "Have l heard OF
it? OF course have, / am one of the
executive committee" was the re-
joinder, as the speaker took the initia-
tory step toward filling one of Col. Nc
Clusky's cuSpidOrs. By dint of jul
diciOus pumping. it was then learned
that the club was organized yes
terday, and will meet in future
every Sunday evening. a candidate for
membership must take an irOnclad
oath. and bind himself to say nothing
about man unless he can ''roast him"
The meeting last evening was unusually
well attended, and the following officers
were elected for the coming season :
Chief rooster, Charlie Lille; argument
alive defender of trusts, Frank Tatnall /;
Summit avenue case keeper, G. Il.
Fraker; metropolitan critic, Billy
Mobiles and chorus, Monroe Felt,
j. NJ. Rabel. Ike LedeTen and John
Specht. The feature of the even
ing was II. Frank Tatnalrs mastery
argument in defense of wearing a
mauve necktie with pair of lavender
trousers. In magnificent peroration
he declared that if the majority of those
present did notagree with him he would
go home and write Sporting Life all
aboutit. and thereby increase his string
so that his work for the past year would
measure half a column.
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A jolly party of eXcursionists were in
st. Paul yesterday, guests at the Ryan.
The party consisted of Hon. Fred Cook,
secretary of state of New York, and
wife; Henry Bartholomew, wife and
son, of Rochester, n. Y; Hon. w. G.
Seipp, ex-treasurer of Cook county,
Illinois, accompanied by his wife; Miss
Emma Seipp, Miss Clara Seipp, George
Bartholomew and wife, of Chicago, and
Howard Laing, city ticket agent in Chi
cago of the Chicago, Milwaukee q st.
Paul railway, with his wife and son.
They were on their journey home, after
an extended tour of the Vel
Iowstone National Park. Speaking
of their sOjourn in that pic
turesque region Mr.. Seipp said: alt is
useless to describe the beautiful scenery
of the Yellowstone Park, which is I'M
surpassed throughout the world. To
obtain any idea of the beauties of the
park people must go and see for them
selves. The great geySers are simply
wonderful. From fifty to 100 eXcur-
sionists start on the tour through the
park every day, and we were told that
the number of visitors tins season has
been about twice as large as last year."
The party left at 7:3O last evening over
the Milwaukee road in their special
Pullman ear for Milwaukee, where a
day will be spent in sightseeing pre-
viOuS to their return home.