The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-21

Society has been saying its prayers
to the weather man during the past
week and, it is feared, with little eff
feet Never was there such colo
and rainy June, and though 1t tries
hard enough, it is difficult for society
to make a pretenSe Of enjoying itself.
Big blazing log fires at the Country
club have felt very good this past
week and the grounds-eXcept the
links-have been almost deserted
Golf except for men, seems slightly on
the Wane, and tennis, which is much
more appropriate for women, is eX-
tremely popular, and good games can
be seen every evening on almost every
vacant lot on the hill. The White
Bear lake colony is trying to enjoy it
self. but those few lucky cottagers
who have steam plants or furnaces
are much envied by the others. The
real season will not begin at the lakes
much before the first of July. Lake
Mlnnetonka is likely to be better
patrOniZed this year, now that Mr.. JOS
lin, of the Aberdeen, is opening the
old Lake Park as the TOnka Bay
hotel.
Mrs Burton Harrison, who is a
veteran society woman as we'll as an
experienced writer, has come to the
defense of the American women who
have married titled Englishmen and
who were recently so criticised by an
English writer. 1t is to be hoped that
he will see Mrs Harrison's reply, and
it is quite likely that he will. He
called American women tuft hunters,
eXtraVagant decadent, lacking ma
Ternal feeling and other choice things
which are not worth repeating. Mrs.
Harrison not only denies that her coun-
trywOmen are any of these things, but
she says quite plainly that the shoe
is on the other foot and that English
women are guilty of many of the
charges themselves. She says that in
COntradistinctiOn to American women,
the English women are now spending
tremendous sums on dress, are cater
ing to those with money regardless Of
blood, and as for maternal feeling, an
EngliShWoman rarely sees her chill
dren for more than an hour q day.
Mrs. Harrison further insinuates that
when the American girl goes from
her native country into English So
ciety she rapidly degenerates and loses
much of her distinction. 1t is to be
hoped that the English critic will feel
properly small when he reads Mrs.
Harrison, who does not spare him, but
riddles his arguments in short order.
It is noticeable that with all the con-
tempt that the English may feel for the
American women, they are only too
anxious to find wives among those
who have sufficient means to replenish
the family exchequer.
Two out-of-town events this week
will attract society and deplete it's
ranks for day or two. For Miss Sew
erance's marriage to Mr.. Howard on
Tuesday noon at Mantorville, a num-
Der Of their st. Paul friends will
leave town at o'clock in the morn
ing in a special car, returning in the
evening. Among those who will go
are Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Peabody, DR..
and Mrs. Sweeney, Mr.. and Mrs. KEEL
1ogg, Mr.. Wilkes, and several Mime
apolis friends of the bride. Mrs. Sew
erance and Miss Gordon will drive
down If the weather is propitious.
Mrs. Floete, Of st. Paul, who is spend
ing the summer at Spencer, Iowa, gives
a large reception and dancing party
"wednesday evening to which her in
innate friends in this city have been
invited, and a party will be made UP
to remain there several days. Several
affairs in the way Of garden parties
and fetes planned for visiting guests