The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-01
CHILL OCTOBER DAYS
AND THE LAST ONE WAS
LEAST so
DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION

Both Chapters Held Interesting
Meetings-Mrs. George f. Clifford
Entertained for Her Daughters
mixed mt the Brides Home ON Sum-
init Avenue.
The st. Paul chapter Daughters of the
American Revolution, held It's annual
meeting yesterday afternoon In the par
lors of the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian
church. Mrs. j. B. Beals, the chapters
regent, presided. An election of officers
resulted in the unanimous choice Of Mrs.
Beals as regent for the ensuing term.
Other officers elected were: Vice regent,
Mrs Sanford; recording secretary, Mrs.
Mary Washington Hill; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Riggs; treasurer, Miss
Carpenter; registrar, Mrs. A. T. Bigelow;
historian, Mrs. L. H. Ratchelder; chap
lain, Mrs. M. L. Saunders. Annual re-
ports were read by Mrs. s. P. Crosby,
secretary; Mrs. ]. B. Baird, registrar, and
Miss Carpenter, treasurer.
The literary and musical programme
that followed the business meeting was
particularly fine. Mrs. William Lggett
read paper on Religious Customs in
the Early Colonial Times" filled with in
teresting, gossipy accounts of the pill
grim fathers habits of living and
thought. "Old f1delities, new faculties
This was the situation" said Mrs. Lig-
gett, that confronted the little band
upon New England's bleak shores, who
had left all, cut away all barriers, cast
aside forever old traditions old methods,
brought 10
live life consecrated to Him and the
perpetuation of His divine truths But
Emerson says old and new make the
warp an wool of every movement
There is no thread that is not twist of
these two strands. Environment and cir|
cumstances had made our Pilgrim fathers
sad people. They were no jewelers.,
but a people moving duskiy through
dull gray atmosphere who found as
Carlyle says, that work was enjoyment
enough.
The paper described the building Of the
pilgrims first meeting house at Plym-
outh, the grim exterior, the even more
toroldding interior. Touching upon the
forms and ceremonies that still bound
the people in the new country, the paper
said: Perhaps no duty was so unsatis-
factory to perform in the church W TX of
! colonial times as seating the corgrega-
| ton Our ancestors, though strenuously
denouncing all forms and ceremonies.
were great respecters of persons, and in
nothing was this regard for wealth and
position more fully shown than in desig-
mating the seat in which each person
should sit during public worship. In many
churches the members of the seating
committee were changed each year, in
order to do away with Partially through
klnshtp, friendship, personal esteem or
obligation. The young men sat in rows
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seats on the other side Of the church
In 1917 the selectmen of Newbury church
gave permission to a few young women
to build pew. This raised the indiFna-
ton of the bachelors of the town. and in
great anger they invaded the meeting
house and broke the pew to pieces" The
paper recorded the swift punishment of
this ungallantry toward the new woman's
forerunners 1t also touched upon the
rigorous blue laws, with interesting per
sonal comment
Miss Kingsley sang, and Prof Phillips
also gave vocal numbers. After the pro-
| gramme refreshments were served Mrs
?, Q. crosby cut the Ices, and Mrs. G.
B. Baird poured coffee
The Nathan Hale chapter Daughters
! of the American Revolution. met vester-
| day with Mrs. John Knuppe on Summit
avenue: Mrs. Ii. II. Brill the chapters
| regent, presided. The paper for the aft
| ernoon was on England in the Eigh
teenth century and was read by Miss
Louise Farnam.
Mrs. G. F. Clifford entertained a NUM-
| Der OF young people at a Halloween
party last evening at her home on Sell
| by avenue in honor Of her daughters
Miss Bessie and Miss Estelle Clifford.
me various rooms We're prettily dec
Grated In the reception hall great
| punches or chrysanthe were used
Tunch was served here, Mrs. H. Il. Far
well presiding over the punch bowl. The
main drawing room was decorated with
| crimson roses and the second drawing
room ard the dining room were entirely
in pink, pink carnations being used ex
cluslvely. Mrs. Clifford was assisted
by Mrs. A. D. Brown, Mrs D. L. Cur
tice, Mrs. F. B. Hubbard and Mrs. Jo-
seph Riggs, of Minneapolis.
The guests were attired in ghostly
white garments and. wore Mosques The
iirst part of the evening was spent in
dancing for which Mr.. and Mrs Robin
son played. The Mosques were re-
moved for supper and the remainder of
the evening was devoted to Halloween
revels.
The guests were: Miss Sadie Nc
Laughlin, Miss Margaret McLaughlin
Miss Grace Sproat, Miss Miriam Sproat,
Miss Carrie Amber, Miss Masie Amber,
Miss Jennie Matthews, Miss Grace Pot
ter, Miss Mimi koeher, Miss Grace Ben
Jamin, Miss Harriet Riggs, Miss Agnes
Gedney. Miss Anna Chapman, Miss
Jessie MatheT, Miss Kate Williams Miss
Anna Wirliams and the Misses Caroline
and Anna Ransom, of Minneapolis; Jo-
seph Thompson, Wheeler Nye, Everett
Brown, Roy Megroth, Horace Lamb, Ted
Delano, Alfred Whitney, Kenneth Taylor
Minor Palmer, Joseph Alexander, Her
Wait, Thomas Sven and I-aul and Les
lie Carpenter, and Clarence Moak Of
Minneapolis.
Robert H. Edwards and Miss Luella