St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-22
FUNCTIONS WERE FEW
Society Found Fashionable
Life a Little Slow Last
Week.
No Leading Events to Startle
the VotarieS of Gay
Fashion.
The Promenade Concert at
the Aberdeen Next We'd
neSday.
A General Resu me Of the
Events and Gossip Of the
Week.

Reiteration of the dizziness in The social
world Is getting 10 be more than a little bit
tireSOme There have been 10 great events
TO startle lovers Of social gossip during the
week; but the ) o'clock tea given 10y Mrs
Milton c Griggs on Thursday was very
elaborate affair of The kind, attended by more
than 500 " omen, many Of them from Mime
apoliS,
The reception, or. more properly. the house
warming of the Young WOmanS Friendly
association, given Tuesday evening AZ the
new home, 30 oakland lvepue, was at
tended 10y fully 800 young women who are
interested directly in the work. as well as by
q large number of their friends and members
Of the new board OF the home.
Then there were the lectures on
modern French ART by HARDWOOD. the
painter. whose long residence abroad and
study III some Of the best alelierS of Paris
give his opinions great weight on art topics.
There were two OF these and they called out
all of the artistic people in town on both oe-
CasiOnS. being gwen under the auspices OF
the art class. He dld not cOntine himself to
the works OF the old masters, but illustrated
with those of this rs well as OF er centuries.
The charm of HarwOCd'S talk is that he
speaks from the standpoint of Il painter, Civ
lis praise where praise IS due, from an art
lslic standard, and criljciSng win equal
discrimination. He touched lightly upon
the history OF art described Inc
founding OF the salon, and the
magnificent collections OF The Louvre and
The Luxembourg. Then, beginning with the
works OF David. some of the finest and rareSt
stereOpticon views ever shown III this city
were revealed on the canvas. The motif of
the three schools. the classic. romantic and
realistic. was clearly outlined. lie spoke OF
GerOme and BaStian Lepage The promising
Young lie that went cut before its greatest
picture was ever placed on canvas: who, had
he lived. would undoubtedly have become
one Of the greatest artists of 4 country famed
for lis artists An intensely interesting Sc
reS OF views disclosed The interiors Of The
atelierS of GerOnC. I.efehVre. Boulanger and
Common. BY 4 brilliant coup d etat a large
view Of Il small MeisSonier picture,
only one and three-QuATter inches in diam
eter. was thrown; and LepageS wonderful
picture of Sarah Bernhardt evoked much ad-
miratiOu The CALL by B0uyere;. Is an
exquisite picture. after the STYLE somewhat Of
the ''AEgelUS. ana tie original IS owned by
Il B. Walker. OF Minneapolis Harwood
criticised BOuguereau'S works rather sharply,
saving that although he Is such Il faVorte
with the public. he IS not fully Endorsed by
the painters. They say Of him that he paints
for his public rather than from high per
sOual appreciation Of his art There are
great many of his pictures i'll America. and.
although HARDWOOD may be right IN his eSu-
mate of BOugUereah'S standards. he cannot
deny that this artist has Il famous touch
for childish faces. In the collection Of j. j.
Hill is an exquisite BOuguereau, painted
from 4 large photograph of p little daughter
OF Mr. Hill: and in this class of pictures
B0ugUereau has shown that he is capable of
making great art when he chooses. His great
picture, ''Satyr and the Nymphs,' that hangs
IL the bar of The Hoffman house, New York,
and his masterpiece, The Birth of Venus,
were also shown.
The pretties. wedding of the week was that
of DR.. J. Vincent Hawkins and Mrs. Cora
EIecta Clark. which was solemnized at the
Ascension church Wednesday evening a. ; 30
O'Clock. There were no bridesmaids and no
maid of honor.
The most momentous affair of this week
thus far announced is to be the promenade
concert at The Aberdeen Wednesday night
under the patronage of prominent society
women and for the benefit OF the Free Dis
pensary. The name Of the governors wife
will head the list Of patTonesses.