St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-16

Inc GLOWING midsummer udyS uto
non-conducive to effort, whether spir-
itual, moral, mental or social. The
average denizen of the city has about
all he can do to keep comfortable
| enough to endure life without making
any especial fuss. In vain wiseacres
tell US that 1t is wrong to complain of
the warm weather, for say they, This
is just the right sort of weather to make
the corn grow" We don't care. We
are not in the corn growing business;
we don't like corn anyway, either as
food or drink-so there. We meet the
poet walking about in an aroma
of clover blossoms and wild flowers
cooling himself with a palm leaf and
sips OF some delicious nectar in which
floats bits of spicy green called mint,
and while he calls your attention to the
musical tinkle of the ice against the
sides of the glass as the coolest of
sounds he shades himself with big
light umbrella with green lining. He
is goodly figure, our poet, with the
pretty light clothes that this hot sum-
mer has revived from dead and gone
summers of long ago, and your heart
warns towards him until he begins to
sing.
Through all the long midsummer day.
The meadow sides are sweet with hay"
And goes on to say that he likes to sit
in the oak trees shade and
Watch the mowers as they go.
Across the field, white Sleeved row E,
In time their cleaning scythes they swing
In tune their merry whetstones ring
And he looks askance at your frown
of Impotence, for alas! you cannot sit
in the ''oak trees shade" but must be
up and at work to keep the wolf from the
door. You observe with your usual
sweetness to the poet, ''1ts very easy to
sing if the other fellow will do the
work" He is very inconsequential
fellow, the poet. and when we are in the
mood for it we like nothing better than
to listen to his songs. Indeed, there are
many discomforting things in the world
that his pretty "lilting" brightens; but
bot weather is not one OF them.
Echoes come in to us from the lakes
of many gay doingS. Hot weather does
not discourage Cupid. In fact, the style
of his costumes seems eminently suited
to the sultriest of dog days. He is
wise body, too, and as rule keeps his
hints to himself while people are busy,
but when the summer comes and youth
loiters to the margin of the lakes or
along the shores of the shady rivers in
the big Northwest, he tips his arrows
and fills his culver anew, for well he
knows, clever little mite that he is, that
now is his time, Can it be that through
all the centuries since the first home
in the shade and by the rivers of
the first garden, all of Ewes
daughters have kept down deep
in their hearts little homesick long
ing for the seclusion and freedom of the
country side. and that when society
takes its flight from town to the "nearer
to natures heart" of summer homes,
young hearts are listening for the
sequel to the old story that began and
shall end in garden"
The main event of last week in ST.
Paul was the commercial club outing
This club is one TO whom success is a
habit and has grown to be second
nature. They planned, entered into those
plans and enjoyed themselves. a good
many. several at least, of the Sunday
schools have taken advantage of the
lovely warm days to go out pic
nicking. No town has more pretty
places TO be visited by those young peo-
people, and some who are not so Young,
who are fond Of eating their meals .tal
fresco" as has st. Paul. just within
easy reach from the cars are lakes and
falls and parks of natures own arrang-
ing, and these are taken advantage Of
by picnic parties. Last week Dayton
Avenue Presbyterian church sent out
its infant classes to inaugurate the new
picnic grounds at Como park. The lit
tie people seemed to enjoy themselves
immensely, gathering flowers and
having a lovely TIME generally. They
went out in two big buSSeS, which was
ever SO much nicer than going In ordin-
airy everyday cars. Children should be
allowed to go to all the affairs of this
kind that they wish while they are Young
enough to enjoy them, and "befOre the
evil time comes when they will say i
have no pleasure in them"
Weddings seem to have their seasons
| as well as other social functions. They
rage through May and June, and some
people who have not the fear of Nine.
Grundy before their eyes, get married
in other months, and are reported as
living happily afterwards; but at this
time weddings are not plenty, yet
there were several last week as well as
some minor social affairs. Church
sociables are more numerous than any
other style Of gathering. and especially
those called lawn sOclalS where by the
aid of Chinese lanterns pleasant people
gather on the lawn about some Self-Sac-
| rifcing woman's home and hold a social
| and sell ice cream and lemonade for the
| benefit of the church to which the most
| of them belong. Church socialS are
| modern versions of the old-time sewing
societies that our continental ances-
| tresses made popular during the Revo-
tuition, as any student of history can tell
you. They also represent the con
| versationes" that originated in a
more intellectual time and COM
munity than our own. They
will remain popular as long
! aS it is necessary to wheedle the nimble
dollar from the pockets of unregenerate
men into the church Golfers. when
| some more rational method of repleniSh-
| ing tine eXchequer of the various relig-
| iouS societies Is discovered they will 60
( the way of all the earth to that limbo of
| torgetfulneSs to which other mistaken
methodS have gone.
JUNIORS WILL PLAY