The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-24

maids were heard deeply lamenting the
fact that no wisteria could be procured for
them by any of the florists in town. Where
upon Mrs. Blair rose to the occasion most
beautifully. Leading the two girls to the
side porte cochere she pointed to 4 mag
nificerit wisteria vine, goodness knows how
many years old, that has thrown its shade
and its graceful clusters of violet-tinted
blossoms over that side of the house ever
since Mrs. Christy Church bought and put
the place in order. Mr.. Blair, whose inter-
est in shrubs and vines is considerable, Is
training the fine old vine until it now
chambers entirely over the cochere. and an
other vine is meeting 1t from the trunk of
an adjacent tree. AT this time of year 1t is
one mass of bloom, and you may be sure
that Miss Catlin and Miss Wickham ex-
claimed with delight as they saw in fancy
their much-desired bouquets.
The flowers were carefully picked on the
morning of the wedding, sent in to the Cat
lin house, and proudly borne down the
aisle of Christ Church Cathedral that after
noon by two as stunning bridesmaids as
the gray old church has ever seen.
Battery A was in hospitable mood last
Thursday evening, well as in trim mill
tary condition. Captain Evans of the Bar
racks had been invited by Captain Rumbold
to make an inspection. so the battery boys,
all of whom have been working like Trn-
ians lately to get their new clubrooms in
shipshape, informally invited wives. sisters
and girl friends over to assist in the inspec-
ton.
The invitations were generally accepted
and the fine night brought groups of young
people out to the broad cemented portico
that overiooks the parade ground. The drill
was well done and, of course, much complie
mented, after which everybody came up
stairs Into the new clubrooms. Deep RED
burlap walls a neat wainscotins of wood.
tasteful pictures, mostly of military sub
3ects, furniture of the arts and crafts va
riety, great number of well-polished mill
tary benches that nobody could possibly sit
on but a disciplined soldier, and plenty Of
good cheer made the quarters extremely at
tractive. The battery boys are naturally as
pround as Punch over their acquisitions In
this line. and some of the charter MEM
bers' who have long since dropped out OF the
ranks-Tom Francis, James Yeatman Lock-
wood, Ripley D. Saunders Richard w. Shap-
leigh, Samuel Winter and Peyton Skip
with-went about shaking their heads. and
saying: mo, indeed: We had nothing half
so fine as this. Why. we drilled in an old
disused riding school with several good
sized dry goods boxes set up in one corner
for clubroom."
Doctor and Mrs. Louis PIN had several
young people in their party Tuesday night.
among them pretty Cincinnati girl-Miss
Thomas-who found partners In plenty when
everybody took a few turns on the tar
paulins to some very good music on the
new piano.
Miss Wilkinson was there with her brother.
who is battery member; Charlie Skinker
brought his sisters. the Misses. Skinker:
Dexter Tiffany, who is home from WASH
ington, D. c.. on leave, bobbed up several
times during the evening. renewing ac-
Quaintances with battery friends. and v.
Mott Porter had party OF girls In his
charge. carefully explaining the mechanism