The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-02
OLD LADY ENTERTAINED
RECEPTION FOR MRS. PAULINA ANN
GRIGGS, AN OCTOGENARIAN

Several other OctoGenarfans Pay
Their Respects to Mrs. Griggs-
Descendant of Norwegian In
vader and Revolutionary Sol
dier-Chinese Conquest Social.
A very charming affair of yesterday
was a reception given at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Griggs, on st.
Peter street. for Mrs. Paulina Ann
Griggs, who was eighty years old.
Several ladies, whose ages ranged
from seventy to eighty-three, were en-
tertained during the afternoon, four
guests being received at one time and
conveyed to their homes in a carriage
later. In this way the aged hostess
was not wearied by too many visitors
all at once.
The rooms were softly lighted and
decorated with green and white, max
ing an effective setting for the group
of silVered-haired guests who discussed
olden times and partook of light re-
Treatments, midst a perfect bower of
flowers, many of which were tokens
received by the hostess since morning.
A large cake was among the presents,
the top of which was ladened with
eighty delicate rose leaves, and later
in the day an out of town friend sent a
great bunch of carnations, there being
eighty in the box
Mrs GriggS was Dixie and was born
in Pittsford, VT, eighty years ago. She
is q descendent of Thomas Hammond,
who fought in the Revolution. In 1S43
she married John W. Griggs, who was
a descendent of the Grygges, the family
records dating back to 1922 and
the first of the family about which any
record is known, having come oyer to
England from Norway with the Vikings
long before the Conquest. Mrs. Griggs
has three children, Mrs. Col. Barker,
of Crown Point, n. Y, and George
Griggs and John William Griggs, of
this city. There are nine grandchildren.
During the afternoon, Mr.. George
Griggs brought forth for the benefit Of
the guests a will which has been in
the family since 1880, and Mrs. GriggS
displayed some garments, like which
many of the ladies remembered having
fashioned years ago.
Assisting Mrs. George Griggs was
Mrs. William Wakefield.
The Schubert musical this afternoon
promises to he attractive. Miss Estelle
Rose, who is the guest of Mrs. Russell
Dorr, will be heard in several contralto
solos. Miss May Strong will contribute
piano solos; Miss Wilson and Mr.. Halls
will be heard in a plano and violin
OueI, MIS-. w WAGNER anu MIS-. DetZer
will render a double piano number, and
a quartette, composed Of Mrs. Talman,
Miss Braden, Miss Tanning and Mrs
Dougan, will furnish piano selections.
The interior Of the parlors Of the
First Baptist church never looked pref
tier than they did last evening. The
occasion was a conquest social by
the Young Peoples Missionary society,"
all the features of the evening having
to do in some way with China The
rooms were hung with lighted Chinese
lanterns, and Chinese fans, umbrellas
etc, were used here and there and ev-
erywhere with pleasing effect, the
whole scene being brightly lighted
with the colored lanterns and electric
lights shaded with Chinese shades
About the rooms tables were placed for
the display of Chinese curios and for
tea. These were in charge of young
ladies of the church, attired in bright
yellow and red costumes, and the ladies
who stood to receive the guests were
in similar attire. The tea table was
laid with Chinese tea service, and above
1t hung a huge umbrella of a vivid