Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-10-07
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
The Mail-Carriar Enjoying Exceptional
Observation-Disclosures Drill on
Sunday AfternOOna

Sunday Afternoons.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 26.-rhe industrious
postman in st. Louis has suddenly be-
come an object of great interest to
hundreds of people who generally pay
not the least attention to his move
ments. This is because the ball of the
Yelled Prophet takes place next month,
and every body 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 So
ciety event of the year, and to be seen
there, to great extent, establishes
ones position in the social world. APP
plications for invitations are made to
the box of the Yelled Prophet
at the postoffice. 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 first information of
success in the form of big envelope
containing the invitation. Many who
ask for invitations do not get them.
They may understand the reason pretty
comes to them from the prophets pres
ence. The aim 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
hospitality which is in the air during
these times of festivity
One of the occupations by which
several clever st. Louis women make
themselves Independent of men is con-
spicuous just now, while the city is
full of strangers. One of these women
used to be a stenographer for large
business house here, but she BON found
the field too circumsclibed for her
talents. She went to the wife of a
man who is connected with the man
agement of hotel, and explained her
1 wishes to her
"Will you send for me whenever you
hear of strangers in the city who
wish to be guided 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, but 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 a living hereafter One
finds on inquiry at the hotels that
there are other women who are doing
the same thing and making a good
living at it.
Rather unexpectedly another attrac-
ton has been added to the program by
the managers of the Fall Festivities.
| This is battalion drill of the military
every Sunday afternoon in Forest park
The companies participating are the
crack ones of the volunteer soldiery in
the city. As the Exposition is not open
on Sundays the entertainment is one
which is appreciated. The first 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 tie scores of
boats wore seized on early in the after
noon by visitors who rowed out in the
water and watched the evolutions from
there, secure from the jostling which
those on the land had to endure.