The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04

N sLTHOUGH society is not directly
I'M interested in the state fair
@ everyone has regretted the mis-
cradle weather of the past week
which has interfered with more plans
than one. This is the time of year
when there are no large social events.
Women are beginning to think of their
winter wardrobes, and getting the girls
ready to go away to school is absorb
ing most of the mothers. Although
White Bear houses are most of them
still open, the season is over and from
now yon one by one will leave up to
Oct. /, after which only the lovers of
the country in the autumn will remain.
One or two White Bear families have
already come in and during the next
two weeks many town houses will be
made ready for the winter.
ST. Paul people are great travellers,
and particularly those who have the
pleasantest homes. Summit avenue
residents, that is, the majority of them,
keep4their houses open in the spring
and autumn for a few weeks, but dur
ing the summer and winter they are
usually closed. A woman said re-
Gently that st. Paul women came home
in the spring for new gowns for the
summer campaign and opened their
houses again for the same reason just
before Winter. For st. Paul modistes
are famous and not a minute behind
Paris and New York. In fact, there
are Ifo better dressed women in the
world than those of this city or Who ap-
pear to better advantage, and this is SO
,lI
who have moved to the East still have
their dresses made here and do much
shopping when they return. ST. Paul
girls are also distinguished by the
Beauty and elaborateness & of their
gowns as well as for their good looks.
Mr.. and Mrs Baron Faulkner Proc
tor, of. Minneapolis, have issued invita-
tons for the marriage reception OF
their daughter, Miss Henrietta Han
ford Proctor, to Mr.. William Henry
McDonough, of New York., on
Wednesday evening of this week. The
wedding will be very quiet one at the
brides residence, 2409 Colfax avenue,
only the relatives being present. Miss
Proctor has Lived in st. Paul and has
many friends who have entertained in
her honor during the week. Mr.. Nc
Donough and his bride will be at home
at the Hotel Spalding, New York, after
Oct. Is.
Mrs. John Summers, of the Windsor
hotel, has returned from Como, where
she spent the summer, and is at the old
Armstrong house, 147 Western avenue,
for the whittier. Mr.. Berthold Ewing
arrived from ST. Louis during the week
and he and Mrs. Ewing have gone to
Minnetonka, where they will visit rela-
tives for two weeks before returning
to ST., Louis. Miss Alice Day is in
Tacoma thes guest of Mrs. A. G. Foster.
Mrs. Frederick Driscoll, of Chicago,
has been Spending few days with
Mrs. Charles Thompson, of Summit
avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomp-
son have recently purchased the Suns
NIT avenue house which they occupy.
Mrs. Louis NV. Hill, of Summit ave-
nue., will Spend a few weeks in the
East visiting relatives. Mrs. Keyes is
the guest of her niece, Mrs. John Dunn.
of Lincoln avenue. Dr. A. J. Gillette
has purchased the Summit avenue
house now occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Bird. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
w. Gordon have returned from Con-
necticut. Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. c. Be
ment, of Summit court, have returned
from White Bear.
Mr. and Mrs. Cortlandt Taylor have
been spending few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. George T. Slade, of Summit ave-