The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-25
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M uneventful than society is at
- present, and never before have
we kept Lent as rigidly as this year.
The quiet is only broken by an after
noon or evening at bridge, for the card
devotees cannot altogether give up
their favorite game, and quiet their
,eonsciences by emitting all prizes.
- The members of one informal club
are paying 10 cents for every game
they lose to pool, which the hostess
spends for her pet philanthropy.
dozen or more young matrons on the
hill, who play bridge every week, have
mot abolished prizes, they simply could
not after the hostess presented the one
who made the highest score with gay
basket full of packets Of flower seeds.
1 The young matrons are all enthusiastic
gardeners, and so many enviOus chances
were cast at the prize-winner, as she
carried away the flower seed, that a
: rule was adopted then and there that in
the future dahlia or rosebush or, some
: rare plant or shrub should reward the
=! lucky players. But the strangest bridge
club of all is the one that stops playing
in time for the member to attend after
aeon service at St. Mark s procathedral.
They don It play for prizes, dear me, no,
just for practice, so that Easter will
mot find them forgetful of the fine
points of the game. They meet early
and have a breakfast, real Lenten fare
the hostess being limited to the amount
she may spend on the menu. They are
at the card tables by half past one, so
J. that they are quite ready to stop play
ing in time for the afternoon service
n So it is bridge, bridge, everywhere,
of, thees dreary March days. No won
der the people who are at the gay win
ter resorts are in no hurry to return,
and that those who have been here all
!, winter are" slipping away to talk chif-
fons to the modistes in New York and
Chicago, or to have a bit Of the Lenten
; gaiety that is to be found at Atlantic
!. City.
. The people who are home are busy
with questions of building, house fur
nishings and moving, for this is the
= transition period. Never before has
there been so much discussion Of pro-
posed changes, and several families who
have lived in certain parts Of the city
almost as long as there has been a city,
are now preparing to move to other
and newer districts. The J. B.. GILL
lans, who have resided on the East Side
on Fourth street and Tenth avenue Sc,
for a great many years, will not spend
another winter there. After season
at their lake home, they plan to move
into their new house on Clifton avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Wilcox will also
exchange their East Side residence for
West Side home. They have not
made definite plans yet for a new resi-
dence, but as they have specious Old
Orchard at Lake Minnetonka for a
summer retreat, they will have plenty
of time to decide that question. The
Cavour S. Langdons are also among the
families who are to give up an old fam:
lily residence, the Shaw home on Four
teenth street and Tenth avenue: 8.
Their new home will be on Pillsbury
avenue and Twenty second street, and
will probably be ready for them after
they come in from their lake home at
Minnetonka Beach. By the way, it is
interesting to notice how certain ave
nues are enjoying an unprecedented
popularity. Pillsbury avenue, a few
years ago was nothing but an ordinary
street, today it is one of the preten
tious avneues. At present there
are several handsome homes under
way on Pillsbury, which will add
to The beauty Of the street
There is the E. N. Osborne house
which is being built on Elizabetha1
lines. It will not be finished unit
next fall, and Mr.. and Mrs. Osborn
will move into it. on their return from
the lake.. Clever devices in: designing
the plans for Mr.. Langdon's house will
make it quite unusual. There is to b,
a certain portion Of the house which
can be. entirely shut off from the re
mainder in case Of contagious illness
in the family This part has it's owl
porch, special side entrance, specia
bathroom and small kitchen and cal
be turned into a miniature hospital Il
short notice. - ( -
Another season will see every lot oc
cupied on Clifton avenue. What littl
space there is left has been bought III