St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-02
new YEARS GREETINGS.
The Day Celebrated With Decorum and
Propriety.
BUT FEW CALLS MADE.
Turning Over of New Leaf Converts
the Jewellers for a Time,
at Least.

New Years day was observed in st.
Paul in very superficial manner. The
heavy massive doors and iron shutters
which guard the treasures of the whole
sale district were hermetically sealed.
and the clerks and retainers of the large
mercantile houses were allowed to ell
joy much-needed day of rest. The
capitol and state and municipal offices,
with common accord, hung out their
figurative baskets, and as consequence
those having legitimate business, OF
literal axes to grind at the altar of state
hood, were forced to fOrego their de-
sireS until to-day, and lull into content
ment the budding ambitions wi ich
surged under the respective broadcloth
or jeans of the wearer.
The White-aprOned attendants at the
various places of public and fashiona-
Die resort had an abundance of leisure
on their hands, and were not seriously
embarrassed in their efforts to make
change. The bar rooms. cigar stores
and billiard rooms were comparatively
deserted, and the oprietors would
scarcely care to dispute the ancient
proverb that a good beginning makes
bad ending" The theaters gave
special matinee and received
Liberal. SHARE OF PATRONAGE.
The corridors of most of the hotels
were deserted during the early hours of
the day, although there were number
of politicians about the Merchants until
the earlier evening trains carried them
to their respective homes. At the Ryan
and Merchants elaborate dinners were
served to tempt the epicurean tastes of
the guests OF each house. At the
former hostelre the usual Sunday even
ing custom of 5 o'clock dinner was adj
hered to.
There was little or no indiscriminate
New Years calling INDUCED in, and
moodish people seem to fancy that the
good old austom is becoming rapidly
obsolete, taking their cue, no doubt,
from the decline of this once popular
custom in the etfete East. The young
men of to-day take advantage of the
holiday season and are prone to lie abed
until the sun is well advanced in the
path of his daily celestial course. There
is temptation to see the old year out,
and not only bid the old man
GOODBYE ON THE THRESHOLD,
but walk several blocks down the street
with him, and find the infant year well
developed and sturdy by the time the
night-key is inserted in the ancestral
oak, OF the cheap latch on the cheaper
boarding house door is found to yield to
the repeated trials of the rusty key in
unsteady hands. No reveler feels like
making an endeavor to achieve social
distinction the morning after revel.
A constitutional, a possible drink,
deSultory game of billiards, or an after
noon at the theater permitted the time
to pass pleasantly, if not rapidly, until
the electric light dissipated the garish
light of day, when the average man
spent the interval until bedtime in the
bosom of his family.
New Years day is proverbially the
time for good resolutions, and what
wonder is it that an aching head and
empty pocket caused many man to
make virtue of necessity and remain
at home during the evening? A bank
account with lodgings to let, is often
the harbinger of multitude of virtues.
and more than ono man yaWned through
last evening indulging in the SUPPOSE
ton that he was martyr to the cause of
social purity, when in reality he had no
means at his disposal wherewith to take
a last look into the vortex. There were
a dearth of parties, or balls, to round
out an evenings fun, and by 10 o'clock
the streets were we'll nigh deserted, the
chance wayfarer being greeted witt, an
occasional but desolate Hack, STRIP
There were a few receptions in COM
memoration of the iday. The levee at
the Gospel Temperance Union rooms
drew forth large crowd, and filled the
rooms from 8 O'clock until the close.
A cordial welcome was extended to all,
lll oil nt n Ifau of nj
was sufficient guarantee that none
present would
SOON FORGET JANUARY l, 1889.
Solos were rendered by Mrs. c. E.
Tanning, Miss Nellie Nation, Miss Hat
tie Brush, James Sniff. G. S. Dimmick
and w. w. w. Springer, and duo for
piano and cOrnet was well rendered by
George Skinner and Sidney Meeker
Among the social events of New
Years day was the reception of Mrs.
q. +. Clifford, assisted by Mrs. W. A.
Somers. Mrs. S. w. Boyot, Mrs. ID. w.
Sits, Miss E. NJ. Leacy, Miss E. M.
Clapp and Miss A. A. Woodbury., from
to7 clock at 2i3 East Winfield street.
In response to 1000 invitations sent
out by the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION Saturday, 700 callers presented
themselves to the hospitality of the re-
company between the hours of 6 to
O'Clock last evening. One hundred and
fifty persons sat down and dined with
the committee. Exercises consisting
of recitations. songs and speeches were
held in the lecture room from s to 9,
after which the audience retired to the
gymnasium to witness an athletic eX-
hibition by members of the association.
Before the commencement of these eX-
ercises, speeches were made by James
Suydam. r. &. Jefferson, F. NJ. Finch
and Thomas Cochran. Jr., direc-
tors of the new building. Songs
were sung by the association
chorus and the Y. NJ. c. A. orchestra
appropriately displayed their talents
during the intervals of each address.
After the gymnasium exhibition, con-
sisting of club swinging. marching, bar
featS, ETC., a tug Of war was engaged in
by five members of the association and
FIVE members of the st. Paul High
school. In the gymnasium team were
E. r. Gamble. anchor; William Rinker,
T. Mason, 0. C. Kalst and j. T. Defel.
For the High school there were Cyrus
jefferson, anchor; Nj. Mabon, Arthur
Story, John Boland and Fred Harris.
TWAS desperate struggle for supren-
acy, and afforded no end of amusement
for those present.
This closed one of the most enjoyable
entertainments in the history OF the as
ISOLATION, and New Years day of 1889
will long be remembered by the fortunate
ones who enjoyed the generous treats
of the committee in charge. The recep-
ton committee comprised I. IL. Dixon,