St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-28
THE NUSHKAS In SUMMER.


THE NUsHKAS In SUMMER.
The Popular and Swell Clubs
Winter Delights Are Over.
For the coming six months the Nush-
kaS will be summer birds, and those
winter sports and pastimes to which the
Nnshka club was at its inception de-
voted. will be of the past and future
matters of pleasant memory and bright
anticipation, rather than of the present,
says the st. Anthony Hill Graphic. The
NuShkaS have been merrieSt and of
most highly colored plumage of SNOW
birds. and the best vindication of Min
nesota winter. The Nushka Toboggan
club was formally organized Dec. 81,
1885, with the following charter
members: w. 81. Hyndman, F.
E. Hanson, NJ. j. Boyle, j. S.
How, A. F. Jacassy, J. n. Jackson. S.
E. Newport, W. F. Peet. F. Skipwith
and George r. Squires. Lady members
who joined the club early in its history
mond, Auerbach, Finch, Mclaren,
Williams, Babcock, Bend. Rice. Cor
don, Sturgis, Seixas, and the Misses
Dean. The officers for the first season
were: President, W. FL. Hyndman;
secretary and treasurer, W. f. Peet;
Captain, M. j. Boyle; lieutenant, L. E.
Newport.
The season is memorable for the act
i've part taken by the club in the winter
carnival, and for the many evenings
devoted to jollity and tobogganing on
the Croeus Hill slide. Some practice
flirting was INDUCED in.
ILL.,,
were: President, w. H. Hyndman; sec
rotary and treasurer, J. n. Jackson:
captain, j. G. Wall; lieutenant, Charles
Wright. There was marked increase
in the membership, and the club wild
ened its field of recreation. SnowShoe
tramps were added to tobogganing, and
a rendezvous was established at Mer-
RAM Park for snowshoe expeditions.
i he informal Saturday night reunions
were established and Washington's
birthday was celebrated by dance.
In the fall of 1887 officers for the sea-
son of 1878 were elected as follows:
President, A. McLaren; secretary, j.
n. Jackson; treasurer, II. S. Johnson;
captain, j. q. Wall; lieutenant, W: N.
Armstrong. An executive committee
was selected, consisting of M. j. Boyle,
w. S. Getty, F. E. Hanson. W. FL.
Hyndman, E. A. Jaggard, w. ii. Light
ner. L.. 2. Ordway, W. A. Rice, q. G.
Squires, W. Il. Yardley. The club
began to assume more the form of an
ordinary social organization during the
season. The Washington birthday patty
was made one of the social events of
the winter. The Onoway club, of Chica-
go, was handsomely entertained and the
tramps to Merriam Park were made
more attractive and more popular. The
club spirit outlived the winter, and,
perhaps taking hint from the photo
graphing of the club on coaches at the
ice palace-seyeral coaching parties
were arranged during the summer to
the great satisfaction OF all who as
sisted.
For the season of 1859 the officers
were: President, w. III. Lightner: sec
| rotary, M. j. Boyle: treasurer, Ell. S.
johnson; captain, W. G.. Read: lieuten-
ant. T. Skipwith. The executive COM
mittee. in addition to the officers. was
made up as follows: w. S. Getty, w. n.
Armstrong, f. E. Hanson. w. FL. Hynd-
| man, E. A. Jaggard, A. McLaren, l.. P.
Ordway. G. G. Squires, j. c. Wall, w.
I'll. Yardley.
The abandonment of the ice carnival
cast something of damper over the
outdoor sports of the club. Toboggan
tobogganing was done. The common
place uniform of full evaning dress was
more frequently 6onned. City head
quarters were made at the Lookout,
and frequent social gatherings were
| had. The SHOWShoe excursions to Mer-
riam Park were kept up, but it was gen
orally suspected by members that the
distance to the Park had been surrepti-
tiously increased. The bear showed a
new fondness for the furnace register.
However, the club opened a skating
rink at the corner of Summit and West
ern avenues, and skating proved good
out of door attraction. During the fol-
| lowing summer the coaching parties of
the Nushkas were prominent features at
the races. at the lakes, and elsewhere,
where st. Paul society gathered to in
dorse the summer skies.
Last fall officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, &. c. Squires: secre-
tary. NJ. 7. Boyle; treasurer, j. Town.
send; captain, JIG. Wall; lieutenant, II.
Foster. With the foregoing were asso-
eiated in the executive committee: W.
n. Armstrong, j. P Elmer, E. E. Han
son. L. G. Hay, W. FL. Hyndman. E. A.
Jaggard, w. h. Lightner. A. McLaren,
L. P. Ordway, and W. G. Read. The
| club house on Summit avenue has been
Llc CcillcI VI d SlCdt utdi VI Tic SOCldl
history of the hill during the past winter.
Thanks to the skill of T. W. Inger-
soil. series of photographs, together
with history of the club. from which
the foregoing lines have been con-
densed, have recently been issued in
the shape of an artistic Nushka SOU
venir. First there is full-pa picture
of the club. gathered under the porch
of its club house, with the great Nushka
club seal in one corner, while the an
gelic features of Capt. Wall adOrn the
other corner. The next page is Won
derful group of members in fancy cos
tunes. arranged around central mask.
Upon another page are an exterior and
interiors of the club house, including
the reception room. library, dining and
billiard rooms, and groups OF the Rus
sian Tamborine and Spanish dancers.
and NushkaS MINISTRIES, the echoes of
whose praises have not died away since
their appearance last winter. Finally
there are two pages of S nap shots at
out-of-door sport, with the ice palace
coaching party, and the club photo
graphs for 16S6-7-S-9.