The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-03
Written for the Union.
DAY WITH TWIN MINNIE

Bidding adieu to our beloved
Paul one lovely, midsummer
morning, we started out, a female
quartette, to spend the day with
minnie" We wished to see as
much with as little expense as
possible, so boarded the St. An
thony Hill cable and. procured
transfers at Seven Corners, which
landed us at Wabasha and Seventh,
where we expected to be again
transferred to the interurban line.
mo transfer on a transfer an
nounced the man at the stand,
however, so there was no recourse
but to launch out another fare all
round upon entering the electric
car bound for Minneapolis.
At Smelling Ave-, which divides
the cities the fare was, of course,
again collected so that our out
ward trip cost the enormous sum
of 15cts but this we managed to
curtail upon the return.
1 Early as it was, the whole city
seemed astir upon our arrival and
/ the crowds hurrying to and fro
proclaimed it the busy metropolis
it really is.
! Our purpose was to spend the
greater part Of the day at Lake
/ Harriet but we wished also to visit
some of the; principal buildings in
the city and a discussion arose as
! to whether these should be ''taken
in" now or upon our return, de-
/ cided in favor of the former alter
native. ..-.~:...~-..
A short walk brought us to the
Guaranty Loan building and en-
tering an elevator we We're almost
4 literally shot through the building
to the upper story. Here we in
4 dulgedain a ramble through the
elegant parlors and apeep into the
lunch and billiard rooms and re-
turning, found the stairway lead:
ing to the roof where a placard,
emphasized by the presence of a
young man, announced that 10cts
was the open sesame to the roof
garden. 1t is we'll worth the price
however, as all who have enjoyed
the magnificent view and reveled
: in the delights of the beautiful
flowers growing away up there in
the heavens can truly testify.
Our baskets were heavy, how
ever, and our time limited so we
did not stop long to admire but re.
turning to the elevator were
dropped to terra tirms
and turned our steps toward
the public library. Reach.
ing and entering the beautiful
brown-stone building, we seemed
at once to feel the scholarly atmos
phere pervading the place and
without reasoning Why" spoke
z almost in whispers even before
reaching the reading:rooms where
$ the injunction ''Silence in this
!. ROOM. warns the unwary at every
turn. The quiet elegance of these
rooms is very inviting and, indeed,
the entire establishment does Min
neapolis proud.
The collection of curios is par
ticularly interesting and many ar
hour might be proftably whilec
! away in this and an adjoining
/ room where, prominent among the
}: relics, are the two Egyptian mum
q mics in which the interest is 81
: enhanced by Miss Edwards trans
lation Of the inscriptions upon tht
caskets.
A well-remembered childisl
!, wish to be embalmed upon tn
coming of the ''white horse" fed
never to return, as we stood gaz
.. ing at those forms that, ages ago
lived, moved and had their bein!
and are now lying in such solemn
and awful state to be looked at an
1 wondered over by the thousand
Of curious spectators who vii
come, year by year, to visit thi
place. No! we felt like exclain