St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-06
Three
Bright
Minds.

ton, although 'compll-
mentary. Among the women of mind
in st. Paul her position is a foremost
one. In Chautauquan work Mrs. ii. 5.
Fairchild has,I believe, undertaken liter
airy enterprises designed to quicken
and build up the minds OF the young.
Chautauquan influences in st. Paul are
of great magnitude, including in their
scope nearly all the different classes of
society Miss Sturgis hardly feels yet
that she is even debutante in world
where brains make the arlstocrat and
the pen is more autocratic than Madame
Grlindy. "The king isIdeadw exclaimed
cynical Frenchman at the end OF a
revolution. sBut, thank God, the dogs
did not dare to destroy us men OF let
ters." So Miss Sturgis, applying the re-
mark to certain social conditions of the
day, may feel that, while we have not
destroyed the monetary king OF the re-
public, men and women of letters must
live on without fear of death and with
constant persistency in endeavor. The
pen.never had such field for power as
in America, and there never was time
when all branches of literature needed
pure, cultured men and women in them
as now.
Elocution and Without the voice of
Miss Lenora Austin,
the Stage. the literary circles of
St. Paul could hardly
be called complete. Miss Austin her
self is identified with the history of the
state and city in such manner as to
make her an inseparable factor of both.
Her work in the high school, particu-
Iarly in the Developments of the dramatic
instinct in the pupils. has borne its good
fruit; and her own part on the local
stage has been an admirable exposition
of the merits of voice culture. l re-
member some years ago standing on the
capitol grounds behind couple of old
G. A. r. men while Miss Austin was re-
citing some piece appropriate to the
day. She had nearly finished, when
one of the veterans. looking at the
other, while the tears trickled down his
face, asked:
''That's Gov. Austin's daughter?"
Eyes"
"Well," with prodigious sigh, "She's
scrumchiest.
l was unable to define the meaning of
tn at lastword, but the tone accompany
ing it was sufficiently complimentary to
please prima donna.
Miss Ada Hawkins, if | am not mis-
taken, has had much of her dramatic
talent developed by Miss Austin.
Whether we are ever to see her on the
stage as professional or not, is ques-
ton. That she is capable of meriotrious
acting, that she is gifted with bOundleSs
enthusiasm, and that the stage would be
benefited by both goes without ques-
ions of the author of ''Our Foreign Cor
respondent" that the modern stage
needs to be relieved of a number of
skeletons upon it, and freshened by an
enthusiasm born Of unallOyed devotion
to the dramatic art, before it can rise TO
a level somewhat higher than the stand
ard of ga Tin Soldier" or Jarbeau.
Ladies of The authority of the
Pail Mall Gazette clas-
Society. sites under the head
of women of action,
social, charitable and religious lights.
Those who make their best bow to Mrs.
W. r. Merriam next Wednesday even
ing at the state capitol, as the wife of
the governor of Minnesota, will hardly |
deny to her the social leadership befit- |
ting her station. Mrs. Frank B. Clarke,
while as conspicuous society leader as |
Mrs. Merriam, is also notable for chart |
table work, the newsboys' home being |
one of the Institutions with which she |
is prominently connected. Mrs. ID. A. |
Monfort is one of the wittiest ladies of
any social circle in the city; keen
observer Of life and well-posted au-
thority in current literature. If the |
time ever comes that St. Paul is graced !
by salon where the cultured lights of |
the city may meet, am quite ready to |
predict that Mrs. Monfort will be one of