The Saint Paul globe., 1902-03-30
An EASTER BONNET.

AN EASTER BONNET.
An Easter hat it was, displayed
Within a window wide,
And many matron, miss ana mald
Upon it gaZed, and sighed m
And some exclaimed: 20, what dear!
And some: Ills Just dream!
And some while pressing ever near,
Could scarce keep back a scream.
Yet J. q man, beheld the hat
And tried in vain to see
What magic was contained in that
GrOteSQUe mOnstroSlty.
Its foliage Of funny rue
The like no garden knows!
Its blosSOms-ah, gorgeous crew
Between squash and rose!
But stop 4 transformation rare
Occurred on Easter morn
This self-same hat / do declare,
Put hats around to scorn.
cannot grasp exactly how
I'd been so much mlSied
For what a vision was it now,
Perched snug on Dolly head!
With the warm days OF spring and the
increasing dustiness Of the city streets,
ST. Paul people begin to count the days
that separate them from their summer
homes at the lake If they have thema ana
long before the snow is of the ground
pe1ule who are not fortunate enough to
IOer resort. engage them. In fact, nearly
all the cottages at White Bear ana BaId
Eagle the TWO most popular resorts OF
the city, have been engaged lot INC
summer and already a number OF IaIll-
lies have removed 20 them.
These resorts are both 50 acccSslDle
that one need not desert the city and
things that are going on in It, because
of living at either few years ago
June. July and August were the only
popular months at the lake, Dut now
is n fascination of watching the budding
OF spring life that even the most mat
ter-of-iact people ENJOY II IN sPlte 5 %
themselves, and spring weather IS even
more disagree able than summer heat IN
The city. The first OF April viii see
many Of the summer cottages occupied.
and everyone that goes at all, goes by
May 1. Perhaps the growing popularity
of summering at some lake IS al leasL
partly due TO the rapidly increasing pop
ularity of sports Tor women. AachIlhS
has ceased to be considered as a sport
for men only, and all the yacht CLUBS
have races for women nowadays. 1heIe
will probably be a series or IadleS races
at the White Bear Yacht CLUB TINS sum
mer. and other clubs are arranging SIM
liar features for the. women
The most important event of the week
Will be the marriage of Miss Ruth nm,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James y. hill
to Anson McCOOk Beard, OF New 1ork.
The wedding will be solemnlzed oile at Ine
lVf5nesdav at high noon by Archbishop
Ireland. A reception will follow the
ceremony, and Mr.. and Mrs. ai oearq W.. |bn
go to New York to live; Among me
quests from the East will be MI and
Mrs. George Theron Sladei VINO nave .I,o az
ready arrived, and Eric Dahlgrer, who
Will arrive with Mr.: searo tomorrow
The engagement of Miss Mary Dana,
of Chicago, to Sheppard Stone mas oeen
announced Mr.. Stone is well known
among St. Paul people, having lived here
until two or three years ago
The following is is list list of, Of the he
Be''GgyS5SS Be given Tuesday Ut ys evening BY the
entertainment committee of the Com
mercial club: Mrs. E. A BoaTd- Tt
Ghids 'flti Mrs. j. ". L. Corning, Mrs. U.
b. Curtis, Mrs George H. Finch, Mrs.
Oscar Hallam, Mrs. w. J. Jameson, Mrs.
&. D. Maclaren, Mrs. d. A: Murphy, Mrs.
n. G. Walther, Mrs. H. S. Wood, Mrs.
John Caulield Mrs. j. T. COnley, Mrs.
Oliver Crosby, Mrs. A. B. DriscoH Mrs.
Jesse A. Gregg, Mrs COnde Hamlin, Mrs.
j. Harry Lewis, Mrs. L. L. May, Mrs.
j. Il. Stryker.
The engagement of Miss Mary Will6in-
son. daughter of Col and Mrs. r. A.
Wilkinson, of the Marlborough, to Wal
ter Leo Mas has been announced the
wedding to take place in April. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Mas, of Lincoln avenue,
evening
MISS WILKINSON and a number of Otner
affairs have been arranged for Miss Will
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Louis Latham announce
the engagement Of their neice Miss Sadie
Fnklestein, to Harry Freaman. The
wedding will take place in May.
Mrs. Kenneth Clark, of Portland avenue.
VIII give a large euchre tomorrow even
ing at her home.
Mrs. E. NJ. Prouty, of Summit avenue,
viii give a thimbe bee Wednesday after
noon IN honOr OF Mrs Arnold, Of New
ork- Mrs Prouty will also give a euchre
party Thursday afternoon for Mrs Arnold
and Mrs George McCaskey, Of Toronto,
Mrs. Benjamin F. Ferriss. of the AS
toria hotel, will give a reception Thurs
day evening after the concert of the
Choral club, in honor of Theodore Van
I orr and his wife. No invitations have
been issued. as it is expected that all Mr.
NorZ former friends will avail them
selves Of this chance of meeting him again
and also Of meeting his wife who mas
never visited St Paul before, and who is
a singer Of considerable prominence in the
East
Mrs. George B. Yo.\g of Summit ave
nue., viii give a musicale Friday Afternoon
IN honor Of Mrs Jilson, who will play
Mrs. D. R. Hevener. of East Sixth
street, viii give whist party Friday aft
cTnOOn.
Mrs Charles L. Johnston. of Portland
avenue will give a large dancing party
Edna Johnston. The party will be glver
in Summit hail