The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-29

The palace on the hill is uninhab-
tied. Where once the carelessness and
n1irth of generations of st. PauPs
aristocracy held sway and blue blooded
revelry was rife, now echo only the
heavy footballs of the p1ebeian fur
niture mover and the hoarse orders of
the first mate Of a moving van. The
stately halls of the old Kittson man
sion, which for years has stood in
stately grandeur in it's eyrie-like park
at Summit and Dayton avenues, and
which, when it was erected and long
afterward was pointed out to strangers
as the finest residence in the North
west, has been vacated. And, more's
the pity, it has been vacated at the
bidding Of common, ordinary con-
stable, bearing a common ordinary lit
tie piece of paper on which was writ
some mystic order of the law.
Ever since it ceased to be the rem
devious of gilded youth and bellies of
the generation that is now chiefly ma
ternal and paternal of ST. PauPs
stanchest men and women, the exclu-
SiVeneSS of the grand old house has
been maintained. Through the changes
of time and things it fell into the
hands of the st. Paul Title and Trust
company, which rented it to Mrs.
Martha Brandt for use as a boarding
house. &
Alothugh a boarding house. however,
the traditions of the old mansion were
maintained, and it acquired a reputa-
ton as fashionable" which is gener-
ally considered to be the SWEETEST term
applicable to establishments where
people hand over a weekly stipend for
the privilege of sleeping and eating in
dwelling house, with 'an the, COM
forts of home"
Time Worked Its Ravases.
The ravages of time, however,
had wrought havoc with the former
seat of the Kittsons, and Mrs. Brandt
found it necessary, in order to make
her fashionable" clientele comforta-
BILE, to expend large sums in repairs,
according to her own statement. Late
~. however, she says she determined
to force the title owners of the prop
erty to share this expense with her,
and held out for that purpose over $500
of the rent, which was s125 a month.
There was a controversy, in which
Mrs Brandt was supported by the
boarders, to a man and to a woman,
in her contention that she could not
make both ends meet and continue to
expend the sums she had for the
maintenance, of the property.
Yesterday the argument was brought
of a constable from Justice Mills
court, who read a notice to- Mrs.
Brandt that she must give.up the prem
Uses. A mass meeting of the boarders
was held, and it was unanimously
agreed to capitulate hcnorably and
not to surrender to toe INSCRIPTIONS
oppressor. Faithfully the boarders
lined up and swore allegiance. to Mrs.
Brandt.
"a la ct G hat n1 a mr.
and then all was hustle and confusion.
Telephone messages were sent right
and left to dray companies, and all
preparations made to break camp.
Mrs. Brandt rustled out and rented the
old Sam Sticlney mansion, on Fair
mount and Grotto streets, also famed
as the former home of st. Paul swell
dom.
Strategic Mrs. Brandt.
With the rapid foresight and natu-
raj instinct Of a general, Mrs. Brandt
also rented the comnlodious stable
where it is her intention to establish
bachelor quarters for her masculine
adherents who cannot be accommo-
dated in the house.
Trel1king was at once begun and will
be finished today. The boarders camp
ed out in restaurants at the last din
ner hour A syelt young woman, who
said she represented Mrs. Brandt as
dear friend and old hoarder had this to
say of the trouble:
Everyone who has been with Mrs.
Brandt is standing by her, and her
waiting list will not be in the least
diminished by the fact that she is leav-
ing here. We all advised her to leave,
as We realize the difficulty she has
been in. She put in a steam heating
plant, and when that didn't work she
put in another one, and she put in
gas plant In. ali she has expended
$1,000 Of her own money on the prem
Uses, and they don't show it in the
least. 1t would take $4,000 more to fix
up the plumbing and do other needed