The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-04

MyrOn Presented a Very At
Two Hundred Children on the
East Ninth Street Play Grounds
And They Danced Funny Jigs.
Music and myriad colored lights trans
| formed the ample grounds surrounding
| ST. Vincents Catholic church, corner of
| Virginia avenue and Blair street. into
| one of the prettiest fete scenes of the sea-
son last evening. The festival was ar
ranged by the members of the ST. Vim
cent congregation to help pay off the
| church debt, and the entertainment will
be repeated this evening Flags and
bunting were used literally in the deco
| rations and the tastefully arranged
! booths and stands added their quota of
gay color. The ice cream tables were in
charge of Mrs. Mcdonnell, Mrs. Cal
! laghan, Mrs. Duffy, Mrs. Garmela, Mrs.
| Sullivan, Mrs. Mccall, Mrs. Carl and
| Mrs. Brennan. At the stand where lem
| onade and cigars were sold miss Murphy,
| Miss Brogan and the Misses DevereauX
| presided. Amusements of various kinds
were provided, among them being shoot
ing galleries for the men, clipping parties
| for the ladies and pony rides for the chill
dren. The A. o. H. band played dur
ing the evening.
Contests for gold watch, a bicycle,
gold ring and several other articles
aroused much interest. Among the con-
testants were: Miss Gardiner, Miss Cur
ran, Miss Rogers, Miss McNulty and Miss
Duffy. The contests will close this even
ing.
Mrs F. E. Thayer entertained informal
ly at cards yesterday afternoon at her
home, on Waltham avenue, in honor of
Mrs. Lining, of Paducah, KY.
The grounds surrounding Bonnieview,
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Myron
on Pine street, presented a very at
tractiVe appearance last evening the In
termediate and Y. P. S. c. E. of PIym-
outh Congregational Church holding a
lawn fete there for the benefit of the
church. Mr.. and Mrs. Myron were as
sisted in receiving by Mrs. H. w. Stack
and Miss Wedge. The gypsy booth on
the lawn was in charge of Miss Ponds
and ice cream and cake was served by
Miss Marie Slack, Miss Mary Wedge and
Miss Robb. Miss Flossie Emerson gave
a number of piano selections and the
Regel string quartette played
The following st. Paul people left Du-
luth Tuesday on the Northwest for a
trip down the lakes: Mrs. Sam Stern
berg, Miss E. Guiterman, George Free
man and H. P. Randall Mrs l. Fried.
lander and Miss Carrie Heavenrich, re-
cent guests at the Aberdeen, were also
among the passengers.
TITS bully, you betY Young America.
hatless and barefooted, but with music
I In his SOUL emphatically made the re-
mark last evening while he uncertainty
balanced himself a swing to catch
a glimpse of the music" But the
music" could not be seen, for sway,
| ing, delighted mass of children were
packed about the small pavilion on the
West Ninth street public Fairgrounds,
! entirely hiding from view the members
of Miss Hopes juvenile orchestra which
played programme of patriotic airs
ana popular songs. There were fully
TWO hundred children on the grounds last
evening, and they had various ways of
listening to and expressing their en-
| joyment of the music. Those on the
outskirts of the crowd danced funny
| little jigs; others voiced their delight in
little "ohs' and "ahs'' Of pleasure; and
still others listened with that rapt at
tention that children alone give until
the last note of the last piece died away
Those who were familiar with the
words caught up the airs of the different
national songs and with the assistance
| of few older voices made a very cred
| liable chorus. The concert lasted from
| 7:30 until 8 o'clock and proved a most
| successful innovation; so successful in
fact, that those in charge of the grounds
will endeavOr to repeat 1t as often as
music can be obtained w. J. Dyer
donated a piano for the occasion and
has volunteered to do the same at every
| repetition of the concert
The following telegram from Sycamore,
Ill, will be of interest to St. Paul people:
The marriage of Miss Bertha c. Burst
to Ensign Peter Lloyd Pratt took pace
this evening at the home of the brides
father, Maj. John w. Burst of the bureau
of immigration treasury department. The
groom is the son of ]. L. Pratt, of St
Paul, adjuster of the Great Western Rail-
way company. Pratt was ensign on the
MOnadnock during the war After return
Ing from the Philippines he was trans
ferred to the battleship Indiana from
which he has been detached to the Uncas
of which he is second in command. En-
sign and Mrs Pratt left on the evening
train for Philadelphia. The groom will
leave leave next Wednesday on the Uncas for
Porto Rico. The ceremony was carried
| out in the manner and form customary in
the navy, Rev. H D. Kimball officiating
Miss White gave a luncheon yesterday
at her home, on Summit avenue in honor
of Miss Peck of Minneapolis, and Miss
Geer, of Hartford, Conn. The table ap-
pointments were exceedingly pretty jap
anese lilies being the decorations with
charming effect. Covers We're laid for
fourteen.
Miss Jeanette Mildred Remington of
this city, and George Horace Hemperley.
of Minneapolis, were married Saturday
evening at the brides home, on Dale
street, Rev. ]. A. Jenkins, pastor of the
Pacific Congregational church. officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs Hemperley have gone to
Rergman, Mimi They will reside at S14
Sixth street south, Minneapolis
Mrs. J. M. Macnider, of Virginia avenue.
is entertaining Miss Eva White, of River
Falls, Wis, and Miss Frances McCIoud.
of Minneapolis. Last evening Mrs Mac
nider gave bicycle party for her guests.
Miss Dixon, of Winona, has returned
from Lake Minnetonka and is the guest
of Mrs William Butler of Aurora avenue.
Mrs. ]. c. Hill entertained informally
last evening at her home, on Virginia
avenue, in honor of Miss Geer of Hart
ford, Conn.
Mrs. Frank Shoop entertained the mem
bers of the Ladies Aid society of St.
terday afternoon.
The Misses Margaret and Jennie Scott,
| inio will