Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-10-06
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.

The Mail-Carrier Enjoying Excep-
tlonaI pularity-BattalIon Drill
on Sunday Afternoons.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, September 26.-The in
dustrious postman in St. Louis has sudden
ly become an object of great interest to hun
dreds of people who generally pay not the
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 go, 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
Prophet at the poStothce. Presumably the
requests are forwarded to the pOtentate by
foreign mail, for no one ever knows who
passes on the suits of those who write, and
the pOstman always brings the hrst lnforna-
ton of success In the form of big envelope
containing the invitation. Many who ask
for invitations do no. get them. They may
understand the reason pretty we'll, but no
word of explanation ever comes to them
from the prophets presence. The ann or
tho 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 eStigity.
Ono of the occupations by which clever
st. Louis women make themselves Indepen-
dent of men Is conspicuous just now, while
the city Is full OF strangers. One OF these
women used to be stenOgrapher for a large
business house here, but she soon found the
field too circumscribed for her talents She
went to the wife of a man who is connected
with the management of a hotel, and ex-
planned her wishes to her.
''Will you send for me whenever you hear
of strangers in the city who wish to be guild
ed IN their shopping. and shown around
town at the same timer" 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 Office. 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 it.
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
unteer sOldiery in the city. AS the Exposi-
hon Is not open on Sundays the entertain
ment Is one which Is appreciated. The hrst
drill 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 all
day. The parade ground Is on the border
Of the largest lake IN the park, and the
scores of boats were seized on early in the
afternoon by visitors who rowed out IN the
water, and watched the evolutiOus from
there secure from the jOStling which those on
the land had TO endure.