The Globe-republican., 1892-09-30
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
The Mail-Carrier Enjoying Excep-
tional Popularity-Batta Drill
on Sunday Afternoons.


tional Popularity-Battal Drill
on Sunday Afternoons.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, September &-The in
dustrious postman in st. Louis has sudden
ly become an object of great interest to hum
dreds of people who generally pay not tho
least attention to his movements. This Is
because the ball of the Yelled Prophet takes
place next month, and everybody in society
Is wondering, as usual, about the invitations.
These 90, like kissing. by favor, and they
can't be bought. The ball Is the society
event of the year, and to be seen there, to
great extent. establishes ones position IN
the social world. Applications for invita-.
tions are made to the box of the Yelled
ProDhet at the postoffice. Presumably the
requests are forwarded to the DOtentate by
foreign mail, for no one ever knows who
passes on the suits of thoee who write, and
the postman always brings the first informa-
ton of success in the form of big envelope
cont aiming the invitation. Many who ask
for invitations do no. get thoin. They may
understand the reason pretty we'll, bus no
word of explanation ever comes to them
from the prophets presence. The ann OF
the prophet is to make his ball as exclusive
as possible, and he is always more gracious
to visitors from abroad than he Is to city
people, rejecting the general spirit of hos
pitality which is in the air during these
times of festivity.
Ono of the occupations by which clever
St. Louis women make themselves lndepen-
dent of men Is conspicuous just nov, while
the city is full of strangers. One OF these
women used to be stenographer for q large
business house here, but she soon founo the
field too circumscribed for her talents. She
went to the wife of a man who Is connected
ho a
planned her wishes to he-.
.'Will you send for Inc whenever you hear
of strangers in the city who WI IN to be guid-
ed In their shopping. and shown around
town at the same time" she asked.
The other woman took an interest IN the
girl, and helped her. Last year she made
only little money, bnt this year she has had
letters from SO many ladies who are coming
to the city this fall that she has given up her
position in the oifice. and has made up her
mind to shop for living hereafter. One
finds on inquiry at the hotels that there are
other women who are doing the same thing,
and making good living at 1t.
Rather UNEXPECTEDLY another attraction
mas been ADDED to the program by the man
ayers of the Fall Festivities. This is bat
TALON drill of the military every Sunday
afternoon in Forest park. The companies
participating are the crack ones OF the vol
unite r soldiery in the city. As the EXPOSE
ton is not open on Sundays the entertain.
ment is one which is appreciated. The first
| irill which had been announced with an
idea of bringing people out to see it took
place last Sunday, and the four car lines
| which run out to the park. were crowded Al
lay. The parade ground Is on the border
| Of tie largest lake in tho park, and the
scores of boats were seized ON early in the
afternoon by visitors who rowed out in the
water, and watched the evolu.ions from
there secure from the jostling which those OF
| he land had TO endure.