St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-13
IN NUSHKA'S HONOR,
A Party Given Which Served
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The Fete Champetre Feature
MARRIED by the Inclement i
Weather, 30 !.
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forded Abundant Room atas
for Dancers. 81

Myriad merry maidens and their at
tendant SWANS filled the new and mag
nifcent residence of J. II. Schurmeier
last evening. The event was an
nounced as a fete champetre, and all
Crocus hill was ablaze with the reflec-
lions from thousands of Chinese lanterns
which were hung in bright festoons all
over and encircling the grounds, and
though the brilliant display was short
lived owing to the rain which fell in
torrents and wetted the paper illumin-
ants into shapeless nothings, those
who witnessed the full splendor of the
scene ere ruin overlook it will remember
it ever as one of the pretty Spectacles of
a lifetime. The gorgeous preparations
had been made for reception of the
members and friends of the Nushka
club, in whose honor it was given. On
the lawn dancing platform had been
erected, and the well-waXed floor reflect
ing million CLEANS cast thereon by the
tWinkllng lights above. was lOngingly
watched from the alcoves and veran-
daS of the house, as with steady and
increasing volume the rain came.
In every nook and corner of the
grounds, in which an advantageous DO
Sition could be found for them, there
shOne locomotive headlights, their pow
erful rays lighting up every portion Of
the premises which the softer light of
the Oriental lamps failed to reach. The
hundred or more guests gazed upon the
scene without. hoping against hope for
a cessation of hostilities by the storm
king, though when the tiood-gates of
heaven were opened to their widest
and one by one the bright twink
ling lights succumbed to the inevita-
bic, the idea of any outdoor fun was
abandoned. and the entire attention of
the party was turned to interior attrac-
tions. The spacious ball room was
speedily filled with merry Whirlers, and
the fact that it was raining pftchforkS
and other things outside was speedily
forgotten. Bewitching waltz music,
discoursed by BrO0ke's orchestra, filled
the lofty residence and fioated in sweet
cadenceS over the lawns to the street
beyond, there perchance to charm the
ear OF some humble traveller to cottage
home Oh the city limits, and to di-
versify the thing little there was a
continuous popping of corks, as one
bottle after another of Mumm's extra
dry found its way into the punch bowl.
Guests continued to arrive in spitelo of
the weather drawbacks. and at 10 D. IN.
there were fully 200 present at the
house. Among the ladies were Misses
Wheelock, Miss Susie harrington, the
Misses Gotzian, Miss Cole, Misses Leila
and May Farren, Miss Brown. the
Misses Smith, Carol, Postlethwaite,
Parker, Stone, Macon, Van Slyke, W al
worth. More, Huntley and many others.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Ii. Lightner, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. J. Boyle, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. P.
4Ordway, MIR. and Mrs. Lane K. Stone,
Mr.. and Mrs. George V. Bacon, Dr. and
Mrs. Stone, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. III. Max
field, Misses Wheelock, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. J. Parker, Mr.. and Mrs. Rhodes, Gen.
and Mrs. Sanborn. Among the gentlez
men were Messrs. MaxfieId, Newell,
Stone, Bacon, Rhodes, Brown, Bigelow,
Jaggard, De Forrest, Clarke, Paget and
Stnner.
The success of the evening so far as
the original intention was concerned
was somewhat married by the inclrment
weather which prevailed, yet more
thoroughly enjoyable and magnificent
entertainment than that rendered the
Nushkea club last evening is not to be
found on the record of society events in
this city.