The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-02
ONE OF HER KIND TELLS OTHERS
OF ATHLETIC TENDENCIES OF
THEIR CLASS
HAMLINE GRANDMOTHER
PARTY PROVES A SUCCESS
Some Are More Than Twice the Age
of Others, but All Are Clipper and
Their Little Gathering Is Anything
but Slow Event.

Grandmothers that were really,
truly grandmothers in spectacles and
caps and grandmothers who looked to
be "just pretend" grandmothers, pink
checked and fluffy haired, attended
Mrs. w. S. Ryan's grandmother par
ty" held yesterday at her residence,
1895 West Minnehaha street, Hamline.
81 thought I'd just bring my knittin'
along, it seems kind O. more sociable,"
remarked Mrs. Mary Wilson, aged
ninety-one years. pulling out a half
knit stocking after she had greeted
her hostess Mrs. Wilson claims the
proud distinction of being the oldest
grandmother of the twenty-five who
attended yesterdays party.
One Is but Thirty-Nine.
Its my manuscript" laughed Mrs.
William Murphy, aged thirty-nine and
the youngest grandmother, as she
gracefully stopped to pick up neat
roll of paper that fell when she shook
hands with Mrs. Ryan. "You see I've
written little something about the
modern grandmother that I thought
you might find interesting"
So the old-fashioned grandmother of
ninety-one with her half-knit stocking,
sat amicably beside the modern grand
mother of thirty-nine with her neatly
rolled manuscript while they awaited
the arrival of the other grandmothers.
There were twenty of these: Mrs. J..
/. Jellett, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. S. E. Win
termute, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Gotten,
Mrs. S. Anderson, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. War
wick, Mrs. Ross, Mrs Susan Magraw,
u Yi,,11x OHre,
Jane Wilson, Mrs. Crippen, Mrs. James
Door, Mrs. c. P. Montgomery, Mrs.
Stanley, Mrs. Weber, Mrs. Gillette and
Mrs. Roberts. To meet these grand
mothers Mrs Ryan had invited the
Mothers club, Of Hamline, so that
there were, altogether, fifty guests at
her "grandmothers' party
Mrs. H. G. Behrens, president of the
Hamline Mothers club, delivered the
address of welcome, Mrs. Kirkwood and
Mrs. Munson conducted short devotion
al exercises, after which the grand
mothers conducted a symposium on
'How to Bring Up Children;" that is,
all the grandmothers did, except Mrs.
Murphy, who talked about "The Mod
ern Grandma" Mrs. Murphy's only
grandchild is a tiny mite of baby just
two months old, so though she quail
fies in the grandmothers' class, she
modestly stated that she did not feel
competent to treat the subject from a
grandmother's standpoint.
Grandmothers as Athletes.
In the paper she read Mrs. Murphy
emphasized the necessity of the grand
mother keeping up with the times.
"There was a time" said Mrs. Murphy,
''when the grandmother's place was in
the chimney corner, her only work,
knitting or patching, but that time has
passed away. Now grandmothers be-
long to clubs, go in for athletics, lead
In society, and, in fact, have a most
interesting time"
In the symposium Mrs. J. H.
Roberts told how to manage girls;
Mrs. Weber told how to bring up chill
dren, and Mrs. Doore told of children's
work in the Sunday school.
Mrs. Wilson, the Oldest grandmother,
in a voice still clear and firm, told
something about her own life, the girl
hood of which was spent in Canada.
At the conclusion of the party each
grandmother received a bouquet, a