The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-12

tertainments.
There is to be an effort made by the
newspaper people of the country to
erect a large home for journalists
somewhere in New Jersey within sight
of the Orange mountains. Feminine
newspaper writer's in the East have
taken the matter in hand, formed an
association and are appointing chair
men for various states to try and IN
teTest all newspaperdom in the project.
The idea is to have a place for sick
or disabled newspaper writer's to go
for a rest, or, as it is called, health
recruiting station for tired men and
women.
The plan is to make the main build
ing an up to date-Or up to next week
hotel, in which nothing shall be lack
ing for the comfort and convenience of
the inmates. In one corner of the
spacious grounds it is hoped to have
first-class hospital, fully equipped with
ell appliances for the sick, the whole
to be under the management of
staff of competent physicians, and to
be open day and night for the accom-
mediation of tired and nervous writer's.
An isolated building will be for treat
ment of contagious diseases. In an
other corner of the grounds is to be
gymnasium where those who have led
sedentary lives may take proper eXer-
else and bring strength to disused
muscles. Attached to the main build
ing will be libraries and reading rooms,
where the guests can continue their
labOrs in comfortable quarters.
Then there will be stables. plenty Of
horses, running tracks, golf links, ten
mis- courts, and all sorts of athletic ap-
planes. This all sounds very we'll
and would be an excellent thing if 1t
could be accomplished, but when one
knows that 1t will take $125,000 to
build the home and a large endow-
ment to keep it going, and all that
to be done by the efforts of various
newspaper writer's throughout the
country, ones heart sinks at the ap-
palling work 1T means.
The endowment should be $500
But even the discOuraging prospects
have not daunted the newspaper Wom-
en- in the East, and they have formed
league and propose to publish a
journal of art and literature which
they will call Bohemia" and have the
scheme well under way. This is to
give subscribers something for their
money and to take away the stigma
of begging for the project. When one
knows something of the difficulties be-
setting new magazines and the almost
utter impossibility of making one pay
for the first few years at least IL 1t
liVeS-it will be seen what brave wom-
en- are these constituting the league
Mrs. Harriet Potter Nourse Is the sec.
rotary, and there is a long list of we'll
known newspaper people, both men
and women, who are interested in the
project. Alexander Mcclure Is to DO
editor of Bohemia" and to be assist
ed by Henry Watterson and Will h
Antisdel.
In ho1 Of &or tot
ing on Sunday is growing among the
smart set. This is partly due to fad
and partly to the rush of life and the
crOWding of week days with so much
entertaining. The latest example of a
very exclusive affair on the first day of
the week was the dinner and musical
given by MI. and Mrs. Collier for Mrs.
AstOr. The table and all the appoint
ments were in japanese style, which is
quite out of the ordinary, and after
wards there was music, one novelty of
which was the singing of "Adeste FL
deles" by the choir boys of st. Patrick's
cathedral, presumably to take the curse
off Sunday entertaining. But in New
York whatever Mrs Aston counte-
nances and wherever Mrs. Astor goes
becomes at once the height of fashion
so thoroughly is she New York's
grand old woman"
This reminds one of an incident that
g former ST Paul woman who went
out a great deal here sent out invita-
lions for a tea on Sunday afternoon.
Immediately a howl was raised and she
was scored on every side and the mat
ter was even taken up by the clergy
and reference was made from many a
pulpit to the degeneracy of society. In
defense the woman said that they al
ways did it in st. Paul" What she
doubtless meant was that here, as ev-
everywhere persons entertain their
friends at Sunday night tea but send
ing out cards for an afternoon tea is
certainly not done in st. Paul nor any
where else. 1t is one thing to invite
your friends for a Sunday night chat
ing dish supper and quite another to
send out cards for an afternoon tea,
and this little woman, without mean
ing to, gave st. Paul society a harder
name than it is entitled to. For with
out doubt we are a decorous crowd and
there is very seldom anything hap
pening here that will give the clergy
a text for a reproving sermon. 1t
really amounts to this: entertain all
you want on Sunday, but don't send
out cards. OF course, in New York the
smart set has got where 1t does ex-
actly what it pleases, but in the West
speech of people and hesitates to in
wade the Sunday with the rush of
weekday entertaining.
Mrs. Leiter-Chicago' Mrs. MaIa-
prop-has been to India to the Dur
bar and being mother of the vicereine,
naturally took much interest In the
proceedings. She wrote to one of her
Chicago friends: Il never really knew
how much it meant to be the vicereine
of India until l saw Molly on her ele-
plant" Mrs. Letter must be a sore
trial to her daughter if her speeches are
one-haf as bad as reported. 1t is she
who replied, when asked if her daugh-
ter was not very delicate girl mo,
indeed, Molly is the most indicate
girl 1 ever saw in my life" And it is
told of her that she said to a friend
that when some one came to see her in
hurry, she did not stop to dress, but
just threw her nom de plume about
her and went right. down. These are
but a few of the stories; some are too
good to be told, and would not look wen
in print. The I1ooller-On
st. Paul, Feb. u, 1903
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