The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-26

summer campaign at lakes, but true it
is that not even the reaction from
Lenten dullnesS has occasloned any
gayety that can be dignified by the
name of a spring season. In this re-
spect st. Paul is becoming more and
more metropolitan and when the first
breath Of spring brings the thought
of summer, society throws off the
trammelS of conVentionality and re-
fuses to take itself seriously. At all
events there is nothing doing that
amounts to anything.
In the spring a young maids fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of shirt
waists.
Society is dressmaking, the shops
are having their innings. and it is easy
to see that this summer girl will be
more enhancing than ever.
If she wishes to be extremely modish
she must appear in white, and the
more expensive her white gowns are,
the more handwork there is upon
them, the more modish will she be.
The Snfrt set have striven for years
to find something that cannot be copied
by the crowd; something that cannot,
after few weeks wear. be found upon
the bargain counters marked down to
$l.49. And it has been found in en-
broidery and handWork. For no Wom-
an, unless her purse be adequate, can
wear the exquisite hand-embroidered
linons and muSlins that are to be seen
this summer wherever the Modishes
gather. A pretty girl in a hand-em-
broidered India lfnon is a dream. and
when she wears it she can be reason
ably certain there is not another gown
in town like it.
This is the joy of being Modish.
A new fad in society in the East,
which base lately been taken up by a
few St Paul girls. is the giving of
parties from which men are rigidly ex-
Guided. Feminine stag parties. they
might be called. The guests appear in
fancy dress and usually impersonate
some masculine character. Hence no
men are allowed. 1t is surprising to
find how many girls make attractive
men when clothed in masculine garb.
These parties explain the mystery of
several st. Paul brothers who have
returned home at night only to find
their closets bare and their clothes
missing. They have been borrowed by
sister and her friends while brother"
was out. This has happened in many
instances. and has led to several meet
fngs of the brothers to concoct a scheme
to be invisibly present at some of the
parties.
AS yet brother" has not been sue
ceSsful. These parties are given be-
hind closed doors, and the shrielks that
gives one some idea of what fun is
going on. In Boston the other day the
college girls gave play to which only
women were allowed to come. and it
was tremendous success, with an
audience too big for the theater.
Why can't st. Paul girls do some
thing of this kind?
The announcement in New York last
week of the engagement of DR. Allen
Thomas to Mrs H. C. Minor, widow of
the well known theatrical manager, is
of interest to st. Paul. in that Dr.
Thomas is the brother Of the late
Bishop Thomas, of Kansas who was
for so many years rector of st. PauPs
church in this city. Mrs. Minor was
herself an actress, but has not ap-
peared in recent years. Mr.. George
Thomas, we'll known here has been
living with his bachelor uncle for many
years. Dr. Thomas is a we'll known
New Yorker and has been physician
in-ordinary to many of Gotham's mil
lionaires.
The Sedgwick Bend wedding is the
only thing that society has to look for
ward to for the next ten days. This
week will see the arrival Of MANY of
their friends at the Aberdeen to wit
ness the wedding and some gayety will
be caused by this influx of guests. Miss
Bonnie, of Louisville, who is to be Miss
Bends maid of honor, will arrive to-
morrow or Tuesday. and will be the
guest of Mrs. T. l.. Blood. of Central
Park, during her stay in this city. On
Wednesday, Mrs. Blood will give a
luncheon at the Country club in honor
OF Miss Bonnie, and the bride-to-be
to which about twenty Of Miss Bends
intimate friends have been invited.
MISS Bonnie. who is a very beautiful
girl, is the niece of Mrs. Wentworth P.
Johnson, Of Chicago. formerly of St.
Paul, and well known socially.
Mrs. Henry J. Hoyn and Miss Mabel
Horn, of Dayton avenue, have gone to
Livingston, Mont. where they will
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Horn during
the month of May. Mrs. Caroline BAN
croft. of Western avenue. will leave
early in May to spend several weeks |
in Tacoma with Mrs. A w. Tidmarsh, |
who visited St. Paul during the past |
winter. DR.. Wharton and Judge and
MRS. Wills have removed from the |
Albion to their home on Summit ave-
nue.. Mr.. T. Tunis Smith, of RedIAnds |
Cal, a we'll known resident of St. Paul |
until a year ago, has been visiting his |
old friends for a week or two.
Mrs. John L. Snapp, who recently
returned from Seattle with her family
VIII give UP her fiat at Farrington |
place on the 1st of the month and will |
visit her father and mother, Mr.. and
MRS: John harrington for several |
weeks. She will return to Seattle dur |
ing the summer and probably take a |
trip to Alaska with her husband. who |
is now in Seattle. Saturday night Mrs. |
}. L. M. Macdonald, of Holly avenue
entertained informally in honor of |
Mrs. Snapp.
y
Mrs. Ferguson, mother of Mr. Paul
ferguson, passed through st. Paul dur |
ing the past week. on her way home in |
New York from California, where she |
nad been all the winter. and spent a |
lew days with Mrs. Forepaugh. Of |
Laurel avenue. Mrs. Forepaueh gave |
a small and Informal luncheon at the |
Country club on Tuesday in honor Of !
her guest. "a
MI and Mrs. Benjamin Hodge of tba
Colonial, Summit avenue, will give nm
Lhelr nat and spend the summer at
Lake Mlnnetonka. Col. and Mrs. Rod
ney Smith and Miss Smith, who have
been occupying Mrs. Henry Schur-
melers house on Holly avenue during
the winter, will remove on Nav r. |
the Higbee residence. on Western ave- |
nue.. for the summer.
Mrs. Stevenson. of Tacoma. sister of
Mrs. Philip Harris, of College avenue "a
IS spending few days here and win
teave soon for the West, acconnanied
py her daughters. Mrs. Charles r, |
spencer, of Summit avenue. ha SIRE |
turned from a three weeks visit i,
New York. Miss Katherine E'orri,