St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-15
One of the Greatest Social
Affairs Of the Season at
the West.
Many of the Most Prominent
People in the City Are
Present.
"The Leader" Gellerup's New
Play, Presented at the
Hennepin Theater.
Two Large Firms Sell Out
A Scrap at the Nicollet
House.

st. Valentines day in the evening
was brought to happy close in Mime
apolis by one of the grandest social
affairs of the season. 1t was the first
annual reception of the Sheltcring Arms
at the West hotel. This benevolent So
ciety of the Episcopal church is
laboring under burden of debt,
and the good people interested
in it have been planning to give this re-
ception to aid and further the cause.
The parlors and ordinary of the great
hotel were all thrown open for the Oc-
casion,a daintily though not profuse-
ly decorated with flowers for the occa-
sion. In one of the parlors beautiful
design composed of Gala lilies, roses
and smilax bore in graceful letters of
white primrose on background of red
immortelles the words "Sheltering
Arms"
BY o'clock there had gathered to-
gether nearly thousand of the first So
ciety people of the city, most hand
somely arrayed in full-dress costumes.
In the ordinary, to the music of DAMS
full orchestra, the younger members OF
the party were happy in the delights OF
the most fascinating waltz. The great
halls and parlors were filled with the
chivalry and the beauty of the city, the
BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES
and more beautiful forms with the Sterl-
ing manhood of the city furnishing the
beautiful rooms to the happiest effect.
A pleasing part of the programme of
the evening was the vocal music fur
nished by three of the Flour City's ia
vorite musicians. The rich, full voice
of Miss May collected together the
party from the parors and the ordinary,
and awoke the whole house with its
lady was enthusiastically encored
and the second solo was
equally well received. Mr.. Ferguson,
lately of Chicago, delighted his listeners
with his rich voice in splendid solo.
Miss Mckay, always faVorite among
Minneapolis people, was received most
graciOusly, and gave not the least cause
for disappointment. 1t was purely a
social affair and was in every
way most complete success.
The reception committee consisted of
Rev. Bishop and Mrs. Gilbert, Rev. Dr.,
and Mrs. Il. g. Wells, Rev. John
Wright, st. Paul; Rev. and Mrs. NJ.
Floyd, Rev. and Mrs. A. r. Graves, Rev.
and Mrs. A. j. Graham, Rev. w. B.
Guion, Rev. and Mrs. E. a. Purdy. Hon.
and Mrs. Winthrop Young. The board
of directors of the Sheltering Arms. to
whom SO much is due, consists OF Mrs.
Pitts. st. Paul; Mrs. Saunders, st. Paul;
BARN, Mrs. E. C. Whitney. w. II. Nc
Cullom, E. n. Saunders, St. Paul; Mrs.
Parker, Miss Young. Among many
PROMINENT PEOPLE PRESENT WE'RE
Mrs. Harry Ball. Miss Nellie Wiggin
Mrs. NJ. A. Thurston, J. S. Thurston
Ralph Wheaton, Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Sc
combe, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Holbrook,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. French, Mr.. and
Mrs. Boucher, DIR. F.. NJ. Pieronett, DR..
T. L. HedderIy, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Pottle, Miss Folds, Miss Sprague, of
Oshkosh; Miss Phelps, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marion Lewis, Miss Aus
tin, Charles Neill, Miss Tin
dolph, Miss Patten, Miss Bradford,
Miss Reno, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis, Gen.
and Mrs. Grant, Selden Bacon, Miss
Julia May, Judge and Mrs. Shaw, Miss
Shaw, George Hoard, Miss Farr. P. V.
Hilber, Mrs. S. o. Marks, Harry Marks,
Prof G. III. Morse, G. E. Eickler, George
K. Tayler, Henry S. Little, DR.. and
Mrs. Hutchins, Mr.. and Mrs. Shepherd,
A. E. Waite, Mr.. and Mrs. ID. D. Lyon,
MI. Murton, Mr.. and Mrs. Burhit, Mr..
| and Miss Lyon, Mr.. and Mrs. III. NJ.
Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs. Huvey G. Clark,
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Welch. Mrs Folds,
Judge and Mrs. Fish, Judge Shaw, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Petit, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G. Garland, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albyee Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Thurs
ton, Mr.. Griffin, A. c. Dunn, MIR.
Allen, C. S. Langdon, Messrs. Words
worth, Mr.. Mcguire. c. III. Brown,
Jacob Stone. j. r. Vanderlip, Mr.. Nc
Leod and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Harring-
ton, George G. Farnham and wife, Miss
Lockwood, Miss Sawyer, Mrs. and Miss
Dix, Miss Cunning, Miss Hice, Mr.. and
Mrs. g. E. Mike. Rev. John Wright, st.
Paul; Rev. W. b. Guion, A. NJ. Lewis
and f. I Gilbert