The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-14

THE social season is gasping its life
away, and dying hard. Lent
comes in on Wednesday, and
though this year, as usual, there VIII
be very little formal gayety or extern
sive entertaining, there will not be an
entire dearth of social activity. There
will be quiet little afternoon affairs,
when close friends viii gather for gos-
sip and tea, that never-failing solace
of woman-kind. Then there will be
bridge and sewing classes, such as
New York society INDUCES in during
the penitential season. st. Paul So
ciety is always rather pleased when
Lent comes, not particularly for pious
reasons, but because it brings spring, is
an excellent time for rest from a long
season and offers a chance for the
preparation of ones spring wardrobe.
OF course none of this applies to the
large portion of society now scattered
the world over and which will not keep
Lent very strictly. For those at home
intellectual pleasures will take prece-
dence over the more frivolous kind that
have prevailed during one of the gayest
and fullest winters ever known.
two more courses of lectures. DR.. Bur-
ton will inaugurate his talks on liter
allure on Tuesday night at the Park
Congregational church. He will stop
with Minneapolis friends, who will
wine him and dine him, only too glad
to be able to have their beloved pro-
fessor back again, even for short
time. A course-of >parlor lectures on
American Art is to begin this week
by Mrs. Robert Seymour, of Duluth.
These lectures were planned to be
given early in the winter by a few
prominent women, but the demands on
society being so great they were post
poned until Lent, and will be given
every Thursday afternoon at private
houses for the next six weeks. Mrs.
Seymour is not only thoroughly in
formed and a lifelong student of art,
but is an excellent speaker and a
charming woman beside. She is one of
Duluth's very Well-knoWn women and
and has had art classes for several
years in that city and in Minneapolis
as we'll. She will give the same course
as given in st. Paul, in Minneapolis, at
the residence of Mrs. Partridge.
Arrangements have been completed
for the wedding of Mr.. w. w. Price,
of this city, and Miss Hildegarde Ris-
ley, which will take place on Wednes-
day, April q, at high noon in the Epis-
copal church at Media, Pa. The cere-
mOny will be performed by Rev Ma
than Thomas, of Philadelphia, son of
the late Bishop Thomas, of Kansas,
and boyhOod friend of Mr.. Price when
the formers father was rector of st.
PauPs church here many years ago.
Mr.. Thomas viii be assisted by the
Rev. Mr.. Arnold pastor of the Media
church, in which the ceremony will be
performed. 1t is probable that a large
party Of st. Paul people will go to this
wedding than have ever attended an
out-of-tOWn affair in which a ST. Paul
man was concerned, which attests to
Mr.. Prices popularity. Miss Risley
will have Miss Winifred Holbert, of
this city, as maid of honor, and Miss
Helen Holbert will be one of the six
bridesmaids, whose names cannot be
announced as yet They will be Phil
adelphia girls.
Mr.. Alexander Cathcart will be Mr..
Pr1ce's best man, and the ushers who
go from here will be Mr.. Wilder Mer-
Ram, Mr.. Frank Lightner, Mr.. Percy
Parker, Mr.. Robert C. Holbert, Mr. w.
H. Yardley and Mr. W. V. S. Finch:
the others will be Mr.. Edward J. James.
of Boston, and DR.. J. Norman Rislev.
of Philadelphia.
Among those from here who will go
on for the wedding will be Mrs. D. c.
Price, mother of the groom: Mr.. and
MRS f. e. Bird Mr.. and Mrs. Alexan-
der Cathcart, Mr.. and Mrs Wilder Mer-
RAM. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c. Holbert,
and Mr.. Edward Holbert and his bride.
who, after their marriage on April IA,
Will go East and reach PHILADELPHIA in
time for the wedding. Other st. Paul
people who will go to the wedding on
their way home from the South are
de Coster, now in Mississippi; Miss
Anne Sloan, who is visiting in PhiIa-
delphia, and from New York party
Will go over consisting of Mr.. and Mrs
F. G. Draper, Mrs. James w. Bishop
(born Hancock), Mr. and Mrs. Frank
McKenna (born Merriam) and Mrs.
John L. Merriam. From Boston will
go Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. James, the latter
formerly Miss Lillian Price, of this city.
Mr.. Arthur Farwell, musician and
composer, of Boston, has been in town
Tor few days and the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Abbott, of Holly aven-
nue. He is returning to his home after
most successful lecture tour and has
recently been making some investiga-
lions relating to Indian music in the
West. Mr.. and Mrs. William Ely
Bramhall, of Iglehart street, gave a
dinner in his honor Thursday
Mrs. Henry G. Burbank will give the
third in her delightful series of talks on
art at the Central high school tomor-
row afternoon. She arrived in st. Paul
last night and is the guest of Mrs.
Daniel R. Noyes, 366 Summit avenue.
Tor the two days of her stay.
Many st. Paul people remember with
pleasure Mrs. Wentworth P. johnson
who lived in st. Paul many years,
though in intervals, having returned
several times. Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson
and their family have resided in Chi
cage now for five years and their
friends will be interested to learn Of
their approaching departure for Lon
don, which will be their future home.
Mr.. johnson will represent the large
Mccormick interests of Chicago in
England and they will sail on Feb. "a.
The past week has been a full one.
though the affairs given have been
mostly small and in the way of lunch
cons and little dinners. The largest af
fair was the dinner dance given at the
Country club Friday night by Miss
Ruberta Gotham, which was one of the
most beautiful affairs of the winter.
There were about fifty present, mainly
the younger set, with a sprinkling of
married people. 1t was a valentine
party, most unique ones being used to
mark the places at table. After dinner