Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-15
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
A Racy Chapter on Sunday TOpics-How a
Young Lady Gets Rid of Her Beaux-A
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Racy Chapter on Sunday Topics-How a
Young Lady Gets Rid of Her Beaux-A
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Especial Correspondence of the Globe
New YORK, April 1O.-As Walt Whitman
says, "You, whoever you are! You each
and everywhere whom I specify not,'
(haying specified earth, heaven, hell and
the waters under the earth, and all the be-
ings thereby shut include just the same!
l salute you, for Reasonsr' Yes, specified
and unspecifed men and women readers
of the jolly st. Paul GLOBE, for the best of
reasons again salute you. Now 1 am wo-
man! and if with curious looks you turn up
and down this column to find what the rea-
sons are, can, by the limitation of my
sex, only answer you solemnly, "Becauser'
But leave to that well-known esteem
which each mortal cherishes for himself,
the flattering JUNCTION that I salute you be-
cause 1 already feel an affinity" for you
a something as attractive as was "the
grape" to that charming Persian poet,
Omar. who, writing seven hundred years
ago, unused:
swell, often wonder what the WINNERS buy,
One-half so precious as the stuff they sellr'
If my chat should prove bore, l have
the generosity to give you hint how
to defend yourselves, and so beforehand I
will tell you q small society secret, which l
heard in the smooth-running, swift and
silent Eric railroad car the other day.
Two pretty young ladies sat next me. It
was warm, sunny day. They had on their
Easter bonnet5 and gowns. Yes, ladies,
you shall know One bonnet was a very
small, fine black braid, with conToluted
front covered with black velvet and jet lace,
with band across inside also filed in with
jet lace. Narrow velvet ribbon strings and
three rich tips Of crushed strawberry color.
The dolman was heavy Persian pattern
in deep shades and gold, with brown
chenille fringe, six rows thick and seven
inches deep, with a knot Of Ottoman rib
bon at the throat, heavy, black Ottoman
silk dress made plain, no jet at all. Long
GLOVES to match. The other lady, ''fawn
blonde" was dressed in & suit of plain
myrtle green velvet, with bonnet to match,
| lighted with pink pompons and tips. As
1 say they we're stylish and pretty, with
Anne rican voices. Now an American voice
is distinctive and interesting affair. 1t can
be low and sweet, but it isn't, very often.
It usually plays about among the soprano
tones and occasionally takes tangent and
goes to the very top OF ones head-the one
who listens.
Glow doyou get rid Of your boxes" said
Miss Myrtle Green to the other.
81 can't and don't. They stay and stay
until I'm worn out and so are the other
men. Can your
(Rather mixed but intelligible.)
well, rather think! Why, began the
season with new patent system of my
own. Look at that listp' and
she pulled out of her fine
fat alligator skin shopping bag, first
handkerchief, fine as a cobweb, embroid-
cred in mass of blue dasies and butter
cups two or three inches deep; then purse
to match the bag, then small ivory nail
mender, then a pearl button hook. then
All samples, or less, then silver drinking
cup, (condensed,) then two photographs,
one of the late Mr.. Charles Thorne, and
another of Gus Levick, (the pugilistic,
heaven-blue-eyed darling of "Sibsria,'0
and at the last very narrow, very flat
gilt-edged blank book, bound in satin.
She ran her finger up and down the pages,
counted, nodded, smiled and again ex-
claimed, "Look at this list! Out of III
callers, 1 have gotten rid of fifteen bores
absolutely, seven partially, and two nearly
finished. Why, it's as easy as anything.
I said to myself, Now, this season don't
4 7 l.
when l can have half an hour with a man
do. So would say something like this:
I adore, I simply adore driving in the
park, but detest anything less style than g
tandem; don't you, Mr. Brown? The next
time we go out, let's go as far as high
bridge! This to a man whom I knew
would no more afford such team than Ia
would fly! I never saw him again. Then
I was so fond OF DelmOnico suppers. and
raved over Patti, insisted on going to art
exhibitions with men who knew nothing
but horses and stock, and talked others
blind upon the theme exactly opposite
their pet hobby. It worked like charm.
The stingy mon disappeared one by one,
the others grew chill and chller,
until I was left alone, alone, with
my ninety three really dear fellows
who would take me to Paradise
in balloon if only said the word 60"
''But don't you lose lots of offers in that
way? I can't affort to miss any. l never
knew them to be so scarce in my life az
they are this year! (she was about
seventeen). have only bagged six And
the season is most over!' Il don't want
offers from bores, do 1, you ninny?" she
scornfully replied, putting away her traps,
"what do you want offers from men you
don't like for!"
"Why to shol0 up the string! But you
are so fortunate" and she looked at Miss
Myrtle enviously.
Then suddenly pointing with very ami
mated countenance at the bag said irrel-
evsntly, II wonder what you ever do
with that silver cupr' So did 1, but just
then the conductor sang out ''Fftieth
street" and they stepped out, smiling
knowingly at each other and the bag ,while
1 smiled too, in imaginative sympathy.
They do say that the English fashion of "a
thimble full of brandy" is creeping into
young girl society here, for the sake of
| brilliant eyes and easy tongues-but
4b;,b Piobord Grant EElife will not vary