The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
SOCIETY

'Ihere is not very much appreciation of
art in st. Paul." said a woman recently
who has done much good work and Wis
its here occasionally. "I have noticed
In the West generally-and in this town
particularly-that there is such a spirit Of
utilltarianism that if a woman wants to
go out of the beaten track of stenography
or school teaching, that she is considered
a little. queer. In the East women ~do
everything. and a girl who wants to write
or paint or sing is not only treated kind
ly, but she gets much encouragement and
substantial help. ] have noticed since i
have been here the extreme popularity Of
trained nursing, one of the hardest pro-
fessions in the world. and one which
takes all the sentiment out of life; also
the immense numbers of stenographers.
or course, an army of the latterAare to
be found everywhere, but 1 have never
before heard persons speak of it as if it
We're the only practical opening for
woman, as ] have here. But art is dead
here; not that there is not many per-
sons who know what art is and appre-
clate it, but when you try to create an
atmosphere of art as you find it in other
places, you come up against a dead wall.
! do not know why this is so, but in talk
ing of the matter to some art students
here the other day, they acknowledged
it, and said that only those who have
taken up the serious study of drawing,
painting or modelling right here can real
lie what an unsympathetic atmosphere it
why this should be so I do not know,
for there is much culture, and some
knowledge of what art consists in, but
on the whole 1 find but little sympathy
or even patience among the people here
for art students, or home talent of any
kind, if it goes outside of certain lines.
The trouble is that some persons imagine
that if they criticiSe with great severi-
ty some picture. or the singing of a song,
or the style of some Would-be writer that
they are thereby evincing great knowl-
edge of the subject There is Just as
praise, as by captious fault-fnding. St
Paul may have an art life. in the future
but it has very little now"
Mr.. Charles J. Monfort has issued invi-
tatioRS for the marriage of his daughter
Alice to Mr.. John Warner Grigg Dunn
which will occur on Wednesday evening.
s o'clock. Miss Monfort has been a great
faporite in st. Paul for many years and
her wedding will be one of the most ele-
CANT affairs of the autumn. Miss Josephine
Kalman will be Miss Monforts maid of
honor and the bridesmaids will be Miss
Jessie Boardman. daughter of Mr.. Henry
a. Boardman, and Miss Alice Pope,
ushers will be MI. Frederick D. Moi1fort,
cousin of the bride; Mr.. J. w. Jones, Mr..
Percy Barber and Mr.. R. R. Dunn. Mr..
delphia friends, will probably be here for
the wedding. After the ceremony, which
will be performed by Rev. c. d. Andrews,
rector of Christ church. there will be a
for the wedding party and the immediate
families of the bride and groom. After
a short wedding journey. the bride will
be at home Thursdays in November with
her aunt, Mrs. John Summers, at 80 ST.
Peter street. Several days preceding the
wedding Miss Monfort will entertain the
been, spending the summer at Minnetonka.
and on Saturday will give a luncheon for
her guests and in honor of her brides
maids. Mr.. Dunn comes of well known
1al o,16 hoe,
lived in ST. Paul several years.
Mr.. and Mrs. ca, Severance of the
Aberdeen, and Miss Severance, have been.
spending a few days at the Severance
country pace at Cottage Grove. Mr.. Sew
erance will leave for New York during
this week.
Mrs. J. H. Sanders will close her house
at White Bear Lake and, accompanied
by her daughter and son, Mr. Howard
Sanders will said on the 18th for Europe
Miss Helen Sanders will be placed in a
school in Switzerland
Mrs. D.. c. Price of Harrington ave-
nue., is entertaining Mrs. Charles Nichols.
of Chicago. Mr.. w. D. Price has gone
to Ashland Wis.
Mrs. Charles L. Spencer and her sister,
Miss Clough, have left. Little Compton,
have gone to New York to visit their
father, Mr.. w. p. Clough. Miss Clough
will remain in New York for the present
in st. Paul in ten days. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
B. Stickney have Joined the large st.
Paul colony in New York, having pur-
chased q handsome residence on Riverside
Drive.
Mrs. Lockwood, who was formerly Miss
Isabelle lngersol, of this city, is visiting
her brother, Mr. Truman Ingersoll, of
I,0pkWOO6 r
Ashville N. c.
The Rev. Harvey Officer, of Princeton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey officer Sr.. of st.
Peter street, will entertain informally
Tuesday evening. in his honor.
Mrs c. E. Secur. of Goodrich avenue,
will leave this evening for the East to be
gone two weeks Mrs Charles Nichols,
of Chicago. will remain in her house dur
ing her absence.
Fh9 Misses sommers, of st. Adams
street, are in New York, where they went
to attend the marriage of their brother,
of New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Sommers have
taken the house on Summit Court which
formerly belonged to Bishop Gilbert, and
will be at home Tuesdays in January.
Mrs. ]. H. Wheelock, of Summit ave-
nue., is visiting in the East. Miss Hester
Pollock is spending a few days with Miss
Eleanor Wheelock before going to the
Marlborough, where she will be. this win
ter. Miss Marion Pollock has gone to
Chicago to remain.
Mr. and Mrs. Pilkington are the guests
for a short time of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Nicols, of Summit avenue.
Judge R. r. Nelson has returned from
a trip to the Pacific coast. and also from
a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Mueller, Of
Albert Lea.
Mrs. Macdonald, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Humbird, of Dayton ave-
nue., has returned to her home in WiScon-
sin.
Mrs Harcourt Fl Horn, of Laurel ave-
nue., has returned from visiting friends
at Minnetonka. --v'f
Miss Mcclure, of Duluth, is the guest
of Mrs. Howard James, of the Aberdeen.
Mr.. and Mrs. M W. Cole and their son
left yesterday for New York, where they
will reside in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs T. C. Field accompanied
by Miss Helen Field, of Elizabeth, N. j.,
arrived in St Paul yesterday.
DR.. Charles A. Wheaton has gone to
New York.
Miss Marie Barry is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. j. j, Watson, of Virginia