The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01


There was a dinner party given in
st. Paul the other day which was not
down on the programme, and thereby
hangs tale
AT one Of the dancing parties given
recently many of the younger set were
left out as the affair was small. Among
those not invited were three couples
whose devotion to each other is we'll
known, and as we'll known is the fact
of the great opposition of the parents
of the three girls to the young men.
while the latter are unobjectionable
from moral standpoint, they are con-
sldered too young and unstable for the
girls in question. Time will do a great
deal for these boys in the matter of
years and dignity. SO when they meet
the girls, whom they adore, it must be
at some friends house, or, at all events,
not under the parental roof.
Not being asked to this particular
party one of the young men conceived
the happy idea of giving what he call
ed consolation dinner and, inviting
the girl whom he could not call upon,
and the other two couples, who met all
too INSTRUMENTATION their own point
of view. When he sent out his invita-
tons he did not state who or how
many were to be present and when
the mothers Of the girls heard of the
affair they thought it a large dinner
party at the house which is unsur-
passed for its social position. Indeed,
they We're rather pleased to think-SO
long as they were left out of the dane
ing party-that they were included in
the dinner.
When the guests gathered there were
just siX-the three couples who were
forbidden to meet. The story has now
got out and the fathers and mothers
# COY nn oct ,Olo
the affair 1t is thought that perhaps
one engagement may result from this
condition of Enthusiastically more. But
another runor tells of an engagement
soon to be announced of a very popu-
lar girl who has been out for two
years who is a beauty and could well
pose for the original Gibson girl.
One Of the most delightful and
unique entertainments ever given in
this city was that presented by Miss
'Lucine Finch, of Alabama, twice dur
ing the past week. There has been
many and many play put on by
trained companies, presented in ST.
Paul within the last few months that
could not hold nor entertain an audi
ence as did this simple Southern girl
standing on bare platform telling her
1nimitable negro stories. Miss Finch's
art is perfect of it's kind. She learned
negro nanny while sitting at her knee
or when being sung to sleep with the
rare old darky songs now so rapidly
fad1ng into memory even in the real
South. At the Park Congregational
church Tuesday evening Miss Finch
told the story of Moses in the Bull
ruShes, of Brer Rabbit, the Tar Baby.
and sung religious and other songs in a
voice so true and sweet that she held
her audience for two hours, and when
the programme was finished they stay
ed in their seats and cried for more.
Then Miss Finch rose and told them
about Simon Peter going to fish on
Sunday and meeting his Lord, who
could not turn him back, but the little
gold fish he caught, ut just walked
a-doWn his thrOat-and when it got
down dar on the insides of Simon Pc
ter's personality-it bustificated Simon
Peter all to pieces-and, ma honey,
that's what a-happens to every man
what a-goes f1shin' on Sunday" Miss
Finch told friend that she has never
written her stories out and learned
them, but depends on her memory and
never tells them twice alike She sings
without accompaniment - a difficult
thing at any time-and never strikes a
false note. Her voice is extremely
sweet and the old negro melodies dear
to the hearts of Southerners, drew
tears from many in the audience, and
those who heard them when children in
the South declared they could have sat
two more hours listening to Miss Finch
Miss Finch has a real Gift and one
that preserves for the younger genera
lions in the South the old traditions
and conditions Of a life little under
stood save by those who have been
part and parcel of it.
Some persons who read the news
toll
wonder if there are women in the
world who really pay attention to all
the remarkable receipts and rules for
beautifying skin and hair, and whether
the letters telling how this one has re-
duced herself from $50 pounds to 120
in forty-eight hours, are genuine or
not. But is safe to say that there is
large number of women who not only
read the articles in question, but reli-
glously try all the receipts and rules
and find themselves benefited or not.
as the case may be. Of all the queer
things advised by these beauty doctors.
the washes for complexion are the most
dangerous, and some of them should
never be used without the advice of q
physician One st. Paul girl viii never
try one again. For several years she
has had little red spot on her chin
which annoyed her exceedingly. and
which, of course, in imagination. she
much exaggerated. It seemed to her
that when anyone looked at her that
one was thinking what an awful bIem-
ish that spot on her chin was.
So every Sunday when The Globe
arrived she eagerly turned over the
leaves till she came to the beauty doc
tors page, and there, a week or two
ago, she found receipt which would
take red spots off chin or cheeks She
read it over and over, then copied If
down, and proceeded to her druggists
to have it put up. A boy waited upon