The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-06
STRICTLY OF The bon TON
ST. PAUL HAS AS IT'S GUEST A
REAL FRENCH
MARQUIS
Society Throws Wide Open It's
Doors to a Scion of the French
NObiIity-Other Social News of n
Summer Day.

NObiIity-Other Social News of n
Summer Day.
Marquis and the Marquise de la Monte,
of Paris, France have been at the Met
ropolitan for two weeks, enjoying the
invigorating climate and the hospitality
of st. Paul society. Today they will leave
for Kansas City, to. make a short visit
before returning to France
I'VE are travelling purely for pleasure
and to see your beautiful country" said
the marquis last evening, with the aid of
an Interpreter. I'VE have enjoyed our
stay here very much. Today we leave
for Kansas City, where 1 hope to see
the stock yards, of which have heard
so much"
1t has been whispered that the marquis
was here on a secret political mission,
but this was denied by him last evening.
During their stay the visitors have been
entertained by some of the leading So
ciety people, including Miss Greve, of
Summit avenue.
St Margaret's Guild Of the Church Of
st. John the Evangelist Will give q lawn
social Tuesday evening, July II, on the
lawn surrounding the residence of Mrs.
Richardson, corner of Kent street and
Marshall avenue. Besides the music fur
nished by an orchestra on the lawn thers
will be fortune telling. ice cream and
cake and candy booths with a fish pond
for the children. The young women in
charge are: Miss TimberlalIe, Miss Lila
Finch, Miss Lulu Shandrew, Miss Rich
ardson, the Misses Cary, Miss Ethel TaY-
lor, Miss Bonnie Ransom, Miss Ella Rit-
Finger, Miss Rossell and Miss Elsie Pope.
The Women's Home Missionary Society
of ftn Ni~rf y L,
outing Saturday at Lake Como. The pro-
gramme will be in charge of Miss C. NJ.
D. Hays. Supper will be served at $50
o'clock.
Mrs o. ]. Thompson, of Bald Eagle
lake, will entertain a number of ST. Paul
ladies at tea this afternoon.
Mrs M. D. Flower, of Ashland avenue,
will have as her guests during the re-
mainder of the summer, Miss Suzanne
and Miss GOtfried Gutherz, daughters of
Carl GutherZ, of Washington, D. c. Mrs.
Flower is now in Washington, and will
return with the young ladies this week
Mrs. w. H. Vittum, Seventh ward
chairman of the Womans Civic league,
presided over a meeting of that ward S
street committee held yesterday morning
About twenty women were present. An
informal discussion was h@I concerning
the work that has been accomplished
and means for overcoming obstacles in
the way of future work were considered.
The following street chairmen reported
on the progress of their work: Mrs.
Archibald MacLaren, of Holly avenue;
Mrs c. J. A. Morris, of Goodrich ave
nue.; Mrs. Hinckley, of Osceola avenue;
Mrs. F. B. Kellogg, of Paramount ave-
nue..
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Mrs c. A. Dibble, Mrs j. w. Edgerton,
Mrs H. T. Black Mrs. Charles E. Smith,
Mrs ]. ]. Parker and Mrs. Charles H.
Bigelow Jr.
According to the reports the work of
circulating petitions on all the streets
for the puropes of securing the con-
sent of property owners to the trim
ming of grass and the planting of trees
before vacant lots by the park board
was progressing favorably Summit and
Goodrich avenues, according to reports,
already showed the result Of this work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis ]. Gates, of Mar
shall avenue, will issue invitations this
week for the marriage of their daughter,
Morris Jones. The wedding will take
place Tuesday evening, July Is, at 8
o'clock.
Invitations have been received in st.
Paul for the marriage of Miss Nellie
Howe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j. ].
Howe, of Brainerd, and Mr.. Alexander
Glendenning Armstrong, of the same
place. The wedding will take place in
Brainerd, Wednesday evening, July &c, at
9 o'clock, in st. Francis church.
Miss Hills and Miss Parsons, of Louis
vile, KY, were guests of honor ct a
luncheon given Tuesday at the Town and
Country club, by Miss Lillian Willard
Of Holly avenue. The guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Burnett Hersey, Miss Emily Stick
ney, Miss Holbert, Miss Hill, Miss Par
sons, Mr.. Gilbert Cowan, of Louisville
KY; Mr.. Philip BrooEes and Mr.. Evans
of Minneapolis; Mr.. William Finch and
Mr.. Edward Holbert of st. Paul.
A number of the residents on Marshall
avenue celebrated the afternoon and even
ing of the Fourth in an extremely novel
and effective manner. A progressive Gro
quet game was the feature of the after.
noon. The game was played on five diff
ferent lawns. beginning on Mrs ]. B.
Baird's grounds and ending on those Of
Mr.. Frankel. The following were the
players: Mrs. j. B. Baird Mrs r M
Breen, Mrs. Mccartney, Mrs. Spaulding,
Miss Abbie Spaulding, Mrs. A S. Bates.
Miss Lucy Darragh, Miss Gussie King.
and Miss Josephine Day, of Omaha, Neb:
Messrs. r. S. White, A. B. White. e 7
Darragh, L. Frankel Dick Bates. r. M
Breen, Tom Darragh, E. J. McGuckin
and A. J. Douglas.
Each couple played on one lawn for
fifteen minutes, and then the winners pro-
crossed. Miss Jewett, Mrs Frankel Mr.
Spates and Mrs. A J. Douglas Jr. were
the umpires, and Mr. W. Bates acted es
timekeeper. The score cards were small
flags, and set of decidedly original rules
warned the players that there was TO
be no "sassing the umpires," no strong
language on the part of the men over de-
capitated mallets, no intentional showing
of balls or players, etc. All offenses were
punishable with fines to be paid before
dinner.
Prizes in the contest were won bv Mrs
I. M. Breen, Mrs. ]. B. Baird. Arthur
White and Ed Darragh.
After the game an al fresco luncheon
was served on Mrs. Baird's lawn. In the
evening there was a cake walk. the cake
being won by Mr.. VIII Bates The even
ing ended with a fine display of fire
works.
The Ladies' Aid Society of st. James
English Evangelical Lutheran Church
will meet at the home of Mrs. o. Oleson
SOB Sherburne avenue.
Mrs. H. P. Gauthier, Miss Julia eau
thier, Mrs. William L. Banning, Miss G
M T1etjen and Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Stack
are spending fortnight on the north
shore of lake Superior.
Miss