St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03

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could increase the number of invita-
lions to 800. and pay back every cup of
coffee you have swallowed at anybOdy's
last February. OF course, you
know how everybody will come with
the same resolute determination to
get it over with, that they go
to have tooth extracted. They'll say
to one another in the dressing room.
What stupid affairsp' When they
shake hands with you they'll declare
it's perfectly lovely" then they'll pass
on and criticise the flowers. wonder who
Onearth could eat such salad, taste
bad eggs in the ice cream, go back up
stairs for their wraps, be surprised your
sleeping apartments are SO common,
recognize the maid you have bor-
rOwed next door, pull their furs
close about them when they
step outside, and thank heaven that's
the end of one more. But who cares?
Your duty is discharged. If everybody
was bored to death, it's no worse than
you were yourself, nor half as bad.
You must suffer all the day following,
the confusion of putting the house in
order again, and the cook has made
such a quantity of salad you'll have to
eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner
for Il month to come. Why can't every
woman live
LIKE MRS. VANDERBILT?
Last week a party of 200 surprised
her one evening. She had determined
going abroad Without giving a bali. and
her friends determined that she
shouldn't. Without warning they de-
scended upon her with two orchestras,
and found her in ball dress of mauve
and white silk. She received them all
with the well-bred calm with which she
would have greeted one, and said: Let
there be light in the ball room," and
there was light; the orchestra tuned
up: the dance was under Roadway,
and the butler stepped down to the
kitchen to inform the cook that 200
had dropped in for supper" at which
the cook exclaimed regretfully. "Only
2O0!" and proceeded undisturbed to the
small task of preparing ten-course
feast for them.
Beyond doubt Mrs. W. r. Merriam
entertains more easily than any other
ST. Paul lady. She keeps a large corps
of well-trained servants, and the
qualities that operate to make
her popular in society tend to her
success in managing her dOmestics.
Moreover, she has always entertained
great deal, and has so become mistress
of the art. She never employs ca
terer. Whether it be twelve to dine, or
1000 to sup at an inaugural ball, the
cooking is done in her own kitchen.
Fancy what the task of preparing 5000
sandwiches and 100 gallons of salad
Yet this was done by Mrs. Merriam for
tho in hoiI Ninn aytro coryonfS
were employed at the task, and there
was not hint of confusion anywhere.
Her house is well arranged for large en-
tertainments, and her popular cousin,
Miss Cook, is always there to divide the
burdens of hostess with her.
Mrs. J. ". White is famed for her
originality. Zone always goes to her
house with great expectations" says a
prominent society girl. This may be
partly because Mrs. White invariably
includes men in her entertainments.
With all the entertaining she has done
for her guests,
MISSES NAUMAN AND HALE,
this winter. she has not been guilty of
a single afternoon reception or O'Clock
tea. The series of receptions she gave
early in the season were held in the
evening. and there were dancing-and
men, and when she humored her femi-
nine acquaintance love of tea, it was
with progressive tea-and men-or
high tea-and men. She has
never laid herself liable to
the suspicion expressed of one st.
Anthony hill hostess by debutante.
''If she was to have wedding at her
house it would be from to or from
4 to 6, and don't believe she'd have a
single man there even then"
Mrs. Lane X. Stone entertains fire.
quently at the Town and Country club
and gives dainty dinners that are the
of her artistic sense.
The most memorable of these affairs
is violet dinner at which the hostess
odd beauty was admirably clothed in a
violet velvet gown. Violet tinted
tapers under violet shades shed
their mild radiance on the table,
and the dining room. unprOfaned
by the glare of gas, was graced with
unique lamps whose violet shades per-
mitted the light to be just brilliant
enough to escape religious dimness.
The table was covered with white silk
cloth. eXquiSitely embroidered with
violets, bouquets of vioiets marked each
place, and even the ices and confec-
tions caught the tone and came on in
the form of the modest flower that for
the nonce domineered over everything.
There is vim and go about the
hospitality of Mrs. Pope that would
make church sociable exceedingly
lively and pleasant, were she the enter
tainer. She has all the qualifications
of successful hOstess-a home unsur-
passed by any in town in which to ac-
cOmm0date her guests, the housekeeping
instinct developed to degree that in
sureS the greatest amount of comfort
with the least possible effort, and the
whole soul and good spirits to infect
even the man OF woman who has con-
ScientiOus scruples against being any
thing but stupid.
Mrs. E. j. Frost. from the very nat
ure of her Womanhood, is bound to be a
charming little hostess. She gives the
most delightful dinners to which only
kindred spirits are summoned, and
when she entertains on a more extern
siye scale it is after the manner with
which she immortalized herself in the
German club at the opening of the sea-
son.
There is a suggestion of royalty about
the entertainments Mrs. +. 3. Clark
gives, so lavish are the floral decora-
tions and so perfect the least detail.
Mrs. w. F. NeWell's dinners are i'm
mensely popular. Mrs. W. S. Morton's
are no less so, and Mrs. Morton'S glory
as giver of exceptionally pleasant card
parties is probably equaled only by
that of Mrs. j. B, TarboX.
Something out of the humdrum order
is commonly expected at Miss Smythe's,