The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14

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Those Easter weddings. OF which We have
sshad quite a few notable ones within the
T%last week. brought a BIZ of gayety to an
3 otherwise dull period. and opened up a So
cial prospect not brilliant. by any means,
but altogether satisfactory. considering
that we have Just emerged from the sea
son of sackcloth and ashes. Is
- Indeed, with the several big affairs ma
: strimonially that have interested US for sew
.eral days past. and the numerous quiet
weddings. attended only by relatives and
4 friends OF the contracting parties" the
week has been one Of unusual gayety.
might say. and we may hope for passably
pleasant times ere the heated term drives
e away to mountain and seashore the folk
thai make the world gay.
The Cfark-Scullin wedding. of course, was
Q first in importance from the standpoint of
~ brilliancy. The eld-fashioned Scullin man
sfon down on the river bluffst an ideal place
for an event of the kind, was in festive
/. array and a jolly good time 1t was that
I. everybody had. 1t was a match-or was 1t
a, union of millions, with a fine young
girl and an equally fine young fellow as
worthy principals. and their passing to the
..set OF young married folks" will be as
= much a loss to the bachelors and maids
= they desert as It will prove a gain to their
. new company: Mr., Clark and his bride, by
the by. will live for the summer at. least in
the. old McNair homestead, next to the
:, Country Club. just far enough in. the coun-
to be in the country. and far enough
from the country I'd be just outside the
city-which SAYING wet. is neither plain
nor paradoxical. but the only one l can
find that fits the case and the couple.
st. Louis maids. and matrons. too. not to
speak OF. the signing swain.""s will, miss Ma
erie Won Phul. that was, and. Mrs. Charles
Michel that she became on Wednesday last.
, They are to make their home in Cincinnati.
whittier the bridegroom was transferred by
: business necessities, about a,year ago We
3 have had few prettier or more popular girls
IN these parts for several years than this
young woman. and her absence from our
midst will be noticeable. or / am not a good
guesser. Her folks live here. however. and
! ..Charley's'' family are also among us still,
$50 we may hope to-see them now and then,r
seeing that railroad: men. and their brides
fully understand the, pleasure and desira-
bility of taking a run back home over Sun
day. It's only a nights ride, you know.
Then, too, they can visit here-or she can
: and there's consolation In this, :.
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We have about closed our season OF dane
Ing. h Choral-Symphony concerts are,oper
for the present, and the third and last con-
-cert of the Apollo Club IS a thing Of the
,spast. While on the subject. 1t might be
we'll to remark that the closing perform
ance OF this excellent organization Of mu-
sieslly inclined persons was quite up to the
standard set and. sustained through all
these years. Socially, the audience was just
as brilliant as any that has ever assembled
in the Odeon. and that's saying "a whole
lot"
The theaters. that other form of amuse-
ment upon which We rely to enliven things |
St, Louisward rom Che fall az the leaf to |
the bloom Of the .rSse viii entertain us no
more after ,this week, ~andsseveral others
which won't be long -coming7and' then
things will be dull. 10 use a plat1tude which !
IL more expressive than elegant. We have |
about run the gamut of stage excellence, |
anyhow. 1t strikes me, and society has l
been but little In. evidence at the %playhouses |
since the latter part of Lent. The Maude |
Adams week at the Olympic was an ex-
~ception, OF course The 'Bernhardt week
was not. The audiences that saw and, heard. !
II they did not understand, THE Divine |
Sarah. as some decadent writers stili refer
to her, were not the most brilliant in the !
world. and when fashion was represented
It gathered in such sparse numbers that |
close investigation was required to find it
out. All OF which, ! am glad to say, in |
dicates an increasing intelligence on the
part OF Milady and Company. who there
by seem to frown upon social Investments
tina yield not social and intefectual-yes,
Observation-Disclosures. we shall not see /
Bernhardt next year. Indeed. she does not
want to see us. Wherefore, neither proba-
bly, shall complain.
{ That vexed question of a president of
the Board of Lady Managers for the
Worlds Fair is bobbing UP again, and it
will not down now until tits settled Ey-
erywhere I hear Mrs. James Laurence
Blairs name most frequently mentioned
for this important position. The club oua-
en-. led by representatives of the Wednes-
day Club and thS.R Sietasedt wofnen's 8, clubs
of the State. are understood ITO have
Wishes in. the matter. but 'Is1earn from sew
eral ladies who ars closely identified with
the Wednesday Club and its activity in the
Worlds Fair conmiisionership Campaign.
that Mrs. Blair wiif be aeutirely satisfactory
70 the clu women, just as h fs.agreeabie
e. . host Of .womSlf Of ieSheeded social
standing. who have done what st. Louis
1Adles have seldom done beforeLcirculated
and numerously sigaed :pefIti6nsff behalf
Of MN Blair. MpR PMlipM ;Mppre-is ac-
knsusedsed b. mali Ios& taPktse of flling
80 of the conmissdonefsffps Ind it is be-
sevsd that she can secnfe an appointment
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