St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05
FLOUR CITY SOCIAL,
Society is in a Trance Since
The Famous Morrison
Rose Fete.
What Few Individuals Have
Recovered Have Gone
To The Lake.
Out There The Season" is
Now Wide Open and
Growing Wider.
Several Weddings Chronieled
General Resume Of
The Week.

Minneapolis society was on dress
parade last Tuesday from early in the
afternoon until well on toward midnight.
Then society put on its neglige shirt,
straw hat and prepared to take the hot
weather seriously. On Tuesday oc-
CURED Mrs. Dorilus Morrison's rose
fete at Villa Roso. That was the one
event of the week. The brilliancy of
that affair seemed to act upon the but
TEXTILES of society as the 10000 candle
power arc lamp on the insects of the
air. They fluttered from all parts of
the city, the state, the country. Round
and round they flew, daZZled by the
glare, yet irresistibly attracted by the
beauty of the irradiating, until they
fell, SmOthered by the prOfuSiOn of
pleasure. Those who attended that
event-and all Minneapolis people who
are considered sin society" did attend
will never forget it. There was
everything presented that could please
the eye, charm the ear, sOothe aeSthet-
icism or produce the eliminating point
of pleasure, complete satisfaction, and
nothing was lacking. Not breath OF
air that was not laden with natures
choicest perfumes distilled in the fairy
like laboratory of the rose; not a ripple
of the atmosphere that did not carry its
burden of concord of sweet sounds; not
light wave of the all peTvading ether
that did not carry some part of an en-
trancing vision. composite of beauti
full maidenS. handsome matrOns, rich
costumes, combinations the most per
feet of the perfection of handiwOrk of
art and nature. All the after
noon and evening the hun
dreds of guests moved through
SUCH scenes. Beneath the softly shin
ing stars they wendell homeward,
followed by the soothing, SOftening
strains of the midnight song, to awake
next day and look back upon it all as a
dream-a dream produced by bouquet
OF rose leaves and champagne followed
by a dessert of the ambrosial nectar OF
Olympus. 1t was not dream, but such
a blending of the material and the i'm
material that one might pause long be-
fore saying, Here ends the real and
here begins the uneXplored realms of
unfettered Imagination" Take it all in
all it was such one as the world might
look upon and say, "Here is the triumph
of the entertainers art. When shall we
look upon its like again?''
One by one, as the swallows return in
May and rejoin in flocks, as they APP
pear in June, the people of the city are
fitting toward MinnetOnka or the sea-
shore. Nearly all the cottages around
Minnetonka's faireSt lake are occupied.
Every day new arrivals are registered
at the hotels. Every boat is crowded
with seekers for summers balm for the
wounds of q busy season in the rushing
world. StrollerS in the woods are met at
every turn. Children dig into the sand
and throw stones into the water. Fish
ing parties slowly approach the land
ings with bliSters on their noses. ais
pleasure on their faces and long, deep,
tieshy appetites. The band plays on
the hotel piazza. The lake season has
begun. AsheretofOre,t the Saturday even
ing hop is feature. 1t never lacks for
attendance. Then alone during the
whole week is strict regard paid to
dress. Minnetonka never looked
brighter.