The Saint Paul globe., 1898-06-05

her great pillows of thunder heads, and
her wealth of roses and luXuriant foli-
age. ushered in more brides last week
than any one week before has wit
messed in many years. The first day OF
June, Wednesday. was red letter day.
and the trains to the East carried away
more happy young people than they
have had aboard for many moons.
The day was ideal and could not have
been pleasanter if it had been made to
order. For once the weather man was
good-ratured when he should be. and
not even tiny cloud passed over the
clear blue sky to send as tiny a doubt
To the hearts of the dozen or more
brides.
Last week was also a busy one
among the local seminaries, and soce-
" stterded to the graduates to the
exclusion Of nearly everything else.
The Stars and Stripes played an ac-
tive part in all the class day and COM
mencement exercises, and fioated Sc
renely from arches and ceilings at all
the weddings.
one cannot help but notice the inf1u-
ence the G.. a. r. encampment had
on ST. Paul in the matter Of decora-
tion. Very few families previous to
that time owned a real big flag, and
there were few small ones left in any
July. Now there is hardly a family
that does not possess a large American
flag, and there are hundreds of fine
smaller ones owned all over the city.
At present, this fact is demonstrated
TO the utmost, for during nice days ev
cry street in town is gay with hun
dreds of flags.
The big event of the week in st. Paul
was the grand concert AT the Audi
torium Decoration day, given by the
children of the public schools. In So
Siety circles among the younger sets in
both cities, the event of interest was
VerSity. St Paul matrons assisted Min
neapolis matrons as patronesses and
cEaperones for the occasion.
To the student of society there is
world of meaning expressed in the diff
ferent methods of recognition which
one person gives another at meeting.
There is an active and passive voice,
a past and present tense, as well as
the potential, imperative and indicative
moods, says an exchange.
Watch man going down the street
and responding to the bows he receives.
One VIII cause him merely to touch his
hat, while another will bring forth a
salutatiCn, executed with the utmost
reverence and stately dignity, although
This viii all have vanished when he
meets certain girl to whom he will
speak with a gay twirl of his hat and
q sly twinkle of the eye. One girl, with
her air of mOdesty and womanly
sweetness, may, if she give him smile,
bring to his face a swift look Of deep
pleasure, which another girl may quick
ly drive away with a naughty stare.
In one face he cam read a command
which will call forth a humble inclina-
tion on his part; in another he can read
an entreaty, which will be answered by
his own command.
There is the bow of the giddy school
girl. who reveals the whole admiration
of her heart in the enraptured smile she
gives the boy of her choice, or displays
her lack of self-control in nodding de-
family to her former best friend" with
whom she has quarreled.
To the social struggler the bows re-
ceived tell their own story to the num-
ber of rounds in the ladder which have
been scaled, and the rapidity or slow
ness Of the ascent. Alas, too, they tell
of the descent, and he who loses his
place by misfortune or crime, will meet
the daily remainder in the recognition.
or lack Of it, which his former friends
give him.
AS the lady of fashion leans out of
her carriage and bows gracously to
an acquaintance who is not we'll known
to the rest of the world of fashion, she
presents to her that intangible some
thing called prestige" which the fool
iSh and vain glorious will strive for
years to obtain. This same woman of
fashion has made the subject Of saluta-
tions a particular part Of her educa-
tion until her bows are masterpieces,
being graded from the cordial greeting
which she gives her social equals to
the perfunctory and chilling inclinations
bestowed upon persons" The salute
of twenty-one guns fired in honor of a
president Of the United States can not
more easily be distinguished from the
eleven gums fired for an inferior officer
than the average woman's first" bow
can be distinguished from the one
marked last in her repertoire.
But the bows one does not receive
AYE, there's the rub" To know exactly
If woman has Intentionally snubbed
You or whether she is only near sighted
is to decide a question in social ethics
that may become momentOuS in it's i'm
pOrtance. One woman said that she
was always taking unto herself trouble
in this way until she was married to
a man VINO adored her, but Who, nine
times out of ten, would pass her on the
street without seeing her. A certain
amount Of personal dignity of charac-
ter, a realization of ones own short
Coii4Ii'SS' Win d hlnu spirit, cOllLfOlled
by common sense, will do much to set
tie all such questions.
But the Sweet-faced old woman,
whose bow and smile are always the
same: before whom the naughty self
conplacency of the wealthy woman
vanishes, and the sad-face Of the girl
Of toll briehtens with new hope and
courage; the encouraging smile of the
friend who sees trouble in our face and
sends forth a rapid glance of sympathy.
and passes on-long life to such as
thesei
Mrs. John Quincy Adams entertained
the Colonial Danes of ST. Paul and
Minneapolis at her home en- Crocus hill
Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Reuben Warner, of Col
lege avenue. gave q coaching party
Monday 10 Minnehaha Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Yale celebrated
their wedding anniversary Monday
evening with a sixteen-cover dinner at
their home on Dayton avenue
Miss Lillian Millard, of Holly avenue,
entertained at luncheon Tuesday for
Miss Mary Brown.
Capt. and Mrs. ]. J. McCardy enter
tained small dinner company Mon
day evening for Gen. Walker, who was
their guest during his stay in the city.
The certerpiece on the table was of
roses and lilies of the valley. The
guests were Capt. and Mrs Scheffer.
Gov. Ramsey and Gen. Bishop.
Mrs Goodkind. Of Nelson avenue. en-
tertained the Neiehborhood club at
euchre Tuesday afternoon.