St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-09
VERY MUCH ENGAGED.
The Women Of Today Have
a Great Many Things TO
Look After,
And They Have More Opln-
ions Than Their Grand
mothers Had.
Receptions, Entertainments
and Other Social Happen
ings Of Yesterday.
Events That Are to Come in
the Near Future--P6r-
Sonal Mention.

What wonderfully busy life the
women of today lead. They are inter
ested in all sorts of charitable work and
belong to more clubs and societies than
their g1andmothers ever dreamed of.
When one contrasts the women OF to-
day with the thorough education that
our system of public schools makes
possible for everybody, her advanced
and pronounced opinions on all sub
jects. her fads Of numberiess kinds, her
upright, swinging walk and readiness
to meet any emergency from tying up
Toms cut finger in the most scientific
way, 10 making a graceful speech OH the
spur of the moment, it requires an eff
fort of the imagination to conceive of
her as of the same order Of creatures
that were known by her name a few
years ago.
It's true that she seems to have lost
the art of tine needlewOrk; just think Of
the miles Of little dimpleS of stitches
our grandmOtherS made in the days
when the rule was to take only
three threads of the linen, OF which
shirt fronts were made, on the
needle at once. What would one Of
these ready sisters say if some man, her
clergyman. perhaps, should suggest to
her that if she would write q lecture
Oh temperance, for instance, he would
read it for her, as, of course, she would
not want to do 80 un WOmanly thing
as TO stand before an audience and read
out loud" What do yOu think that man
would hear? And yet that is the way a
dear old lady'S pastor talked TO her in the
,nl
began.
But women were thinking even then
when did they not think and hope and
try for all that wider freedom meant for
themselves ana daughters? Once i'll a
great while you meet a sample of the
old-tine woman, or lady as she insisted
on being called. and how narrow seems
her life. She is afraid OF everything.
and is SO gentle and helpless ami pain
fully modest that one understands the
attitude OF the gentlemen of that day
far better than reams Of descriptions
could make one in a lifetime Of reading.
4 DELIGHTFUL FUNCTION.
z he Eass Reception Charming
and beautiful 3 flair.
a delightful social function was the
reception given by Mrs. Bass, Mrs.
Frank Bass and Miss Bass at their
home on Summit avenue, Yesterday
afternoon, from 4 to g. The decorations
in the house were unusually pretty.
the coorS in the rooms lending them
selves very kindly to further floral beau
tifying. In the corners of the long parlOr,
right of the hail, were pots Of grace
lul palms, the mantel-fOOt was backed
with greenery inter5perSed with flowers
Of ark rich hues. baskets Of lovely
roses stood on stands and the chande-
Tiers were Wreathed with smilaX. The
tea table stood in the reception room
and was in white and pink. The flow
erS were pink chrySanthemGms, lovely
half-bl0Wn roses and smiaX. The
library, where lunch was served, had
pink cnrySanthemumS. Catherine Mer-
met roses and smilaX.
The dining room was all in white and
yellow, chrysanthemums roses and
ribbons all of the same warm color.
relieved by delicate greenery. The
women who assisted Mrs. Bass were
Mrs. George Il. Wright, who presided at
the tea table, assisted by Miss Simpson
and Miss Sinclare, Mrs. +. p. Bird; Mrs.
". Il. Merriam. Mrs jeff Stevens, Mrs.
John l.. Merriam, Mrs. George l..
Becker, Mrs. John w. Merriam, Mrs
Graves, Mrs. Z c. Becker, Mrs. ii. p.
Upnam, Mrs. Kirk, Mrs. X Clark, Mrs.
Beardsley. Mrs. A. II. Merrick, Mrs.
Hopper. Mrs. j. a. Montort; Mrs. A.
J.. Goodrich, Miss Pope Miss Win5i0w.
Miss Warner, Miss DelanO, Miss Up
hau, Miss Goodrich and Miss Gordon.