The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02

During the past week society seems
to have taken a new lease of life, and
while the week cannot be called exactly
gay, still there were so many small
affairs beside one or two large ones,
that there was decidedly something
going on. The stir was the result of
several very charming out-of-town
visitors, some of whom are old ST.
Paulites others were strangers visit
ing friends and who were meeting So
ciety in the West for the first time
The cool days of the latter part of
the week put a distinct damper upon
lake enthusiasts, and though the en-
tire season has been the coolest with
in the memory of the oldest inhabit-
ant, still all summer resorts and lake
places have reported a mountaineering
business and not a vacant room is TO
be had.
The truth is it is a fad to go some
where in July and August and many
go each year regardless of weather
conditions, and it is not such a bad
idea after all, for every one needs a
change, particularly in the summer.
All sorts of ways are adopted at
luncheons and porch parties in the dog
days to entertain the guests in man
ner that will not be strain upon the
gray matter and yet will afford some
amusement to keep the thoughts or
the guests from the weather. One OF
these tried the other day was pleasant
and gave each guest something TO
think about. Each girl when she ar
rived was given a card upon which
were written some strange looking
words which did not seem to spell any
thing at all ineligible, and yet they
were told by the hostess that each
word spelt the name of a flower if the
letters were correctly tranSposed. The
girl who guessed the largest number
and wrote them on her card, received
prize. Another way to entertain at
porch party is to have a guessing con-
test of advertisements cut from the
backs of magazines and the one who
fits the largest number of the pictures
to the correct articles they advertise,
receives a prize. Clever hostesses can
devise any number of these guessing
contests which serve to make much
fun for a summer party.
The New York Herald in its cor
respondence from Lenox, Mass, tells
of reception given on Wednesday
last by Mrs. Arthur Sedgwick, Of
Stockbridge in honor of the Rev.
Theodore and Mrs. Sedgwick, of st.
Paul. Mr.. and Mrs. Sedgwick are go
ing to Long Island to visit Mrs. Sedg- |
wick's sister, Mrs. George Wood. be-
fore returning to st. Paul. The new
church of ST. John the Evangelist,
which is nearing completion, will prob
ably be finished in time for the we'd
ding of DR.. Risley and Miss Holbert in
October.
Miss Fraser of Canada, whose en-
gagement to Mr.. Frederick Bigelow,
of st. Paul, was announced recently, is
spending a week as the guest of Mr..
Bigelow's mother at their College ave-
nue. home. Mr.. Bigelow and Miss
Fraser will be married in October.
Mrs. Condo Hamlin, of ST. Adams
street, gave a small luncheon on Mon
day in honor of Miss Cornish, of Phil
adelphia, who for three weeks was
Mrs. Vittum's guest and who left on
Tuesday for the East. Mrs. William
Constans, of Summit avenue, gave a
katie klatch for Miss Cornish the
same afternoon. Miss Mary Gilfllan,
of New York, who has been abroad
since the middle of the winter, will ar
rive this week and spend August with
her mother, Mrs. James Gilfllan, of
South Exchange street. Mrs. Nc
Manus, of Portland avenue has been
visiting Mrs. c. D. Gilfillan at her
summer home at Redwood Falls.
Miss Gill, of Kenosha, who is an old
resident of ST. Paul and very well
known, is the guest of Mrs. ]. w. |
Bishop, of Mackubin street. On
Thursday Mrs. Bishop gave a buffet |
luncheon in her honor, entertaining
about thirty women who were Miss
Gill's old friends and former pupils. On
the same day Mrs. John Wright, Of
Summit court, gave a tea from to |
in honor of her sister, Mrs. de Coppet, !
who lives in Europe and is making
her annual visit to this country.
On Wednesday night twenty physi-
clans, of this city, 1--WE dinner party
in honor of DR.. Boeckman to celebrate
his recovery from severe illness, at
the residence of DIR. Burnside Foster
on harrington avenue. Mrs. Frederick
D. Banning, of st. Louis, has been the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. Samuel
Stickney, of Summit avenue, and will
spend the remainder of the summer at
Lake Minnetonka. The Misses Eng
lish, of Columbus Ohio, will arrive
10 he f6a % nv ID ID
Hardenbergh, of Lincoln avenue. They
visited here several years ago and
were well-known socially. Miss Kath-
crime Abbott, of Dayton avenue, left
for Chicago Friday night, where she
will visit for few days before going |
to the Thousand islands to spend some |
time with her a11nts Mrs Snhmar, of |