St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-16
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

sOuie respects lire at the national capital
is original to him. He says he enjoys
the receptions. afternoon teas, etc., just
as Ward McAllister would like to reveI
about over timber claim
''1'll relate one incident,n said the
senator, that will give you some idea
of the bright society people you often
meet IN Washington. was at a little
gathering few days ago when, for want
or better amusement, the hostess pro-
posed that each guesU PROFOUND a
conundfum. When it came my turn |
asked: What's the difference between
man going out in the cold and tired
dog" OF course that's not exactly ele-
giant, but it served the purpose. No
body guessed it, so l answered: One
puts on an oyercoat, the other pants
1.-The people seemed pleased, and one
young lady laughed quite heartily. At
a reception a few nights afterwards,
when the young lady who had laughed
so heartily at the conundrum espied me
in the room she exclaimed to a group of
friends: oh, I've an awfully funny
conundrum, and it's Senator Petit
CREWS, toop Then she told about the
man going out into the cold and the
tired dog.
.''Giye it up they answered.
'One puts on an overcoat and the
other trousers. Isn't that cute?' she eX-
planned.
THE narrator was the only one who
smiled. Naturally / felt like four
something was wrong, ard said: Now
that's queer. The joke doesn't seem
half so funny as it did when the senator
told it. L whispered that she should
have said: 'One puts on an overcoat
and the other pants Tired dog pants,
see?
"Once more she attracted attention,
eXclaiming: Il made an awful mistake
in giving the answer to the riddle. Here
it's: Zone puts on an oyercoat and the
other pantaloQns."
THAT was enough to make one weep,
but all laughed for the sake of kindness.
| Sioux Falls church sociable. Washing
ton itself is all right, but when it comes
| to going on dress parade two or three
times week, why, after this Pm not in
| it."
The good hostesses of the capital have
been striving this winter to devise some
drink that will take the place of the
almost discarded punch, writes New
York Tribune correspondent. One of
them, the wife of cabinet minister.
thought she had found just the thing
when she cOncocted savOry drink COM
posed of the juices of pineapple and
orange. All it wanted was color,
berry syrup, poured the drink
i'll crystal punch-bowl, and gave her
fourteen-year-old daughter charge of it
at her Wednesday reception. The little
girl ladled out the pseudo punch all the
afternoon, and every one pronounced
1t fair substitute. Finally the hostess
herself brought an elderly lady into the
dining room and babe her daughter
serve her.
II think I'll not take any punch. 1t
always goes to my head" said the
guest.
Here, this isn't punch. It's nothing
but cranberry juice" was the naive
confession the mother heard her little
other room.
Most all the shippers OH the big ocean
craft are wags, says the New York Star,
and Commodore William McMicken, of
the Umbria. who is now i'll at Liver
pool, is not an exception to the rule.
On his last voyage to New York among
the passengers were three New England
clergymen. On the first Sunday out
Capt. McMicken, with the most piOus
thoughts intent, sought to arrange for
religious services, and asked the
divines to decide among themselves
which one would preach. One, excused
himself on the ground that he had been
travelling abroad for his health, The
second said the third was the oldest and
that he should speak. The third an
swered that everyone on board wanted
to hear his deferential friend speak.
And so with disclaimers and cOmpli-
ments the matter was discussed until it
ended in there being no service what
ever.
Il did what could" sighed the old
commander to a sympathetic cabin pas
senger. ''But isn't it rather SINGULAR"
he added confidentially, ''three fire es-
capes Oh board and no one saved from
the burning"
Some of the Republican members of
the house were Yesterday twittIng Hon.
Benton j. McMillin. of Tennessee. says
the Washington Post, on the tameness
Of the Democrats Oh the two previous
days after the awful violence of their
opposition when Speaker Reed first de-
clared his new construction of the laws
governing procedure.
''lt will not be astonishing to you that
the Democrats are not making much
fuss at the present stage of proceedings
if you will stop to reflect" said Mr..
Mcmillan good-naturedly. "When
bandits stop train out West there
is always great confusion among
the passengers when they first make
their appearance. However, when all
hands have been put up and the pistols
are pointed to keep them up, the real
work of robbing goes Oh methodically
| and orderly, no matter how great the
disturbance may have been at first. l
leave the application to you, my
friends"
''Decollete dress?" said Ward Meal
lister, when the New York Herald asked
his opinion. "Why, l do not know any
subject which can only be properly dis
cussed by ladies. L always remember a
remark made once to me by lady. She
said that she could not recognize her
own dress when described by man,
really do not know anything abont the
subject"
''But do you approve of decollete
dresses at the play?"
Certainly! Certainly! All handsome
women should wear them. | think the
women know best about such things.
n WO1IldIl Ill Il DUA dit luS opera III q
nigh-necked gown is conspicuous. Peo-
| pie look at her more than at the women
in decollete gowns. It's all matter of
custom, though, and really 1 am not any
Judge of womrn'S dress"
well. well, weIl!' said DR.. Depew,
as | gave him the question. 'I've been
talking worlds fair. to every one, but
this presents the worlds fair in an en-
tirely new aspect" Then he waited
few moments until his little pun had
sunk into my brain, and, when l had
smiled. he said:
II cannot discuss decollete gowns.
Indeed, would not like to. | might
make some dreadful blunder and have
all my feminine friends down OH me-"
"But do you approve of decollete dress
at the playa"
sOf course 1 do. J think a beautiful
woman looks still more beautiful when
| her arms aud neck are bare. l like to
see women in full dress. They certainly
| make an audience more picturesque,
more artistic when so dressed | never