The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-27
At THE FIRESIDE
GENIUS OF HOME LIFE ANIMATED
THE SOCIAL GAYETY OF
YESTERDAY.
STANDARD CLUB FROLICSf
ITS PARTY EASILY LEADING THE
EVENTS OF THANKSGIVING
NIGHT.
OTHER GAyETY OF A HOLIDAY,
Though Dampened by the Rain
Made Period of Much Happi-
ness for the Sharers.

observed exclusively in the home circle.
Family dinners and family reunions
were the order of the day throughout
the city, though in some Of the homes
the day came as a sad reminder of the
absence Of faces that in years gone
by had been wont to brighten the cir
Gle about the family table. One Of the
pleasant reunions of the day was held
at the Windsor hotel where Col and
Mrs. d. A. Monfort Lieut. and Mrs
Edward Gheen and their small daugh-
tiers were the guests Of Col. c. J. and
Miss Monfort. Lieut.. Gheen, who has
been in service on the cruiser Minneap-
oils since it was launched, was de-
tached month ago at Smyrna and
came direct to ST. Paul, where Mrs.
Gheen has been spending the summer
with her parents, Col. and Mrs Mon
| fort. He arrived in st. Paul Wednes-
day. After a weeks stay Lieut. and
Mrs. Gheen will depart for Philadel-
phia, where the former will take charge
Of the hydrostatic station, this being
his first land service in fourteen years
Yesterday morning Mrs. Harcourt
Horn was hostess to a buffet luncheon
at her home. on Laurel avenue, for
Miss Horn and Miss Bend. An old
fashioned Thanksgiving menu was
served from the table in the dining
room, while in the library coffee and
egg nOg were served by Mrs. Robert
Rantoul and Mrs E. w Peet Assist
port, Mrs. Bend, Mrs. Cutcheon, Misses
Timberlake, White, HILL Charlotte Hill,
Taylor, LambOrn, Hammond, SturgiS,
Lamprey and Newport.
These were among the larger events
OF the day. Dinner parties were given
by Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Prince, Mrs.
Clinton Ruff Mr. and Mrs Oliver Dali
rTnple, Judge and Mrs. Mills, Mrs. E.
A. Sanford, Judge and Mrs. Cornish,
Mrs. c. E. Pike, Mrs. S. Fox, Mrs. J. w.
Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Ingham, Mr..
and Mrs. Mosler, Mr.. and Mrs. e. D. K.
Randall, Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Darragh,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Dibble, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Wakefield, Mr. and Mrs. e. J..
HodgsOn, Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. LaWler,
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. P. Warner, DR.. and Mrs. Stone, Mrs.
George Finch, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Doc
little, Mr.. and Mrs. John Andrew, Mr..
Mrs. ]. K. Morrison, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Mckee. Mrs. c. G. Hussey,
Mrs. William Kingston, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. Koehler. Mrs. oliver Crosby,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. c. Ruff and many,
many others. The gayety Of the day
centered round the banquet boards at
the hotels, where, though the registers
showed but few names, as the travelling
man and others who frequent the no
tells had taken themselves to their
homes for the day, those in and about
the city who lacked the necessary
friends to bid them to dinner or the
necessary home in which to enjoy their
own Thanksgiving spread and whose
means allowed gathered round the ia
bies at the various hotels merry com
pany In the evening the local clubs
observed the holiday with dancing and
card parties in the downtown halls.
The Standard club certainly carried
off the palm in the way of a Thanks
giving celebration. A visitor to the
rooms of the club on Jackson street last
evening might easily have imagined
himself in the midst Of scene from
come gay German festival in the Faith
erland The interior Of the large ball
room on the top floor Of the build
ing had been transformed into a typi-
cal German pleasure garden. AT the
rear Of the hall, inclosed behind a
picket fence, were placed beneath oak
trees, whose leaves still chung to their
branches, despite the fact that the win
try weather with it's wind and cold had
made them a CALL small tables and
chairs, round which the guests assem-
bled during the evening and were serv-
ed by white aprCned walters with an
up to-date German repaSt. AT one Side
was a small cottage and near by were
placed tables at which many who did
not care for the dancing, sat and sn1Ok-
ed and played games of various sorts.
In the ball room without the enclosure
there was dancing, music being fur
rished by Seibert's full orchestra, which
rendered Well-known German melodies,
n NH0
gathering itself was a charming one.
Nearly all of the women came in Ger
man or Swiss attire, and the costumes
were delightfully."- unique and becoming.
Short skirts, dainty footwear, fancy
head dressing and the brightest and
gayest of colors, composed the cos
tunes. and with the bright faces and
graceful dancing composed a picture
fair to see. Partners were won by the
turning of wheel of chance, and dur
ing the evening several features were
intr oduced which lent additional vim to
the merriment. One Of these features
was the appearance of the Little Ger
man band, composed of a number Of
oddly attired male figures, with instru-
ments which seemed to have been man
ufactured for any other purpose than
that of making music. The band gave
a limited performance land was heart
lily encored In response 1t descended
from the platform to the floor and gave
a number of popular selections. An
other feature was a fancy dance by one
of the members Of the club and a
graceful young woman. The evening
| passed merrily, adding another to the
long list Of successful entertainments
| given by the Standard club since it's
organization.
The concert at St. Mary's church, which
was postponed from last Tuesday evening,
will take place tonight. The programme
given in the o b e last Sunday will be
rendered entire, and very large audience
| is assured.
Miss Donnelly gave a lunch on Monday for
her guest, Miss Topley, of Chicago The
guests were Misses Henley, Kittie Henley,
| Simpson, O'Brien, Taylor, Boland. Clark,
| Williams, Gibson and Warner.
| The Crocus Hill Euchre club meets Thurs
! day evening next with Mrs. Topliff, Of Sum-
| NIT avenue.
Miss Hattie Miller. of East Fourth street,
! gives a party this evening.
charming and we'll appreciated courtesy
was extended the Thespians by Miss Lizzie
Peterson a few days ago. when, entertaining
them at her home on Mt. Airy street, she
presented each member with a souvenir OF
| her recent visit to Norway.
The wedding Of G: A. Crane Of Mitchell:
p Paul ana took MISS place a''s yest sisy
! the home of the groom, Jackson, MINI.
Both parties are well known in Mitchell and
| have hosts of friends. The bride is a very
charming young lady and has been for the
last year connected with the Western Union
| Telegraph company at st. Paul. The groom
| is the son Of V. B. Crane. prominent news
paper man and postmaster in Jackson. and
| was, until recently, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph company in Mitchell. He
| Is a newspaper writer Gov-elect Lee has
L cd hic ArniF nf he