St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-26
CURIOUS GOSSIP. 4

Coaching sunshades are more substantial
and less gaudy thar they were, but come just
as high.
| Small, not to say tiny, diamonds are now
the correct thing among ladies who are sup
posed to set fashions.
Just where is the proper place in fashion
able house for the spinning wheel is what
bothers many families.
The mourning bonnet of the period is an
expensive as one that represents light heart
aud taste for gayety.
Conservative swells do not take kindly to
the new spring silk hat, which recalls the
headgear OF the sport"
Washing ones face in water which oat-
meal has soaked is now recommended to la
dies whose highest ambition is beautiful
complexion.
Among champagne pitchers the best are
those with distinct compartment for the ice.
In these the wine is cooled but not adultera-
ted in the least.
A story is started that India shawls are 60
ing to be very scarce and very expensive.
The story would be more interesting if some
reasons were given.
Pulled sleeves are going out of fashion
rapidly. They made most women look de-
termined, and when this was discovered the
fashion was doomed.
Leading tailors laugh at the idea of blue
coats and brass buttons for evening dress,
and say such a style will never extend be-
yond police and military men.
New spring bonnets are certainly very
beautiful but it would interest horticulturists
to know where the flowers grow that are rep
resented on some of them.
Mrs J. w. Mackay's much-described dress
of white velvet covered with robins breast is
entitled to the modeiste's first prize. If this
is not available, it should certainly take the
cake.
Four diamonds in a row on bar of gold
is the SWEETEST thing just now for ladiesr At
least, this is what the fashionable jewellers
say, and it is their brilliant business to know
all about it.
Harlequin costumes are among the promi-
nent sensations of the spring. They are
made of five or six different materials, but of
colors and patterns to ''harmonize in the
most effective way"
Jumbo salt cellars are something new.
They are of silver, larger than the owl pat
tern, and the salt comes out of the elephants
trunk. In the grocery stores table salt al
ways comes out of box!
Tinted glasses for white wines just i'm
ported are very dainty and beautiful. The
old-fashioned shape is retained, but the quail
| ity of the glass is finer and the hues and
colors exceedingly ''rainbowish."
Travelling bags of leopard skin with solid
silver mounting, and silver initials on the
side, are the latest. 1t is thought they will
be most appreciated by young gentlemen
who do not object to attracting attention.
Nobody puts ''R s. V. P, on social invita-
tons any more. The style or custom is OBJ
solete now and when in these modern fash
ionable days the initials are seen, Mrs.
Grundy will exclaim ''country' or s'com-
mon.
This seasons ribbons are magnificent.
The quality is remarkably fine, the colors
shades on either side-"just too lovely for
anything,n to quote those for whom they are
intended.
White gauntlet kid gloves for dress occa-
sions', as the advertisement says, have
punches of flowers embroidered on the part
Of the glove that lies between the wrist and
elbow. The flowers are evidently of the kind
that grew in Eden.
The increased favor with which the fash
ionable young lady of the period regards pc
destrianism may account for the fact that
French heels are not much seen nowadays.
Probably those who mourn most are physi-
icians who make speciality of spinal trouble.
An astonishing amount of camphor has
been sold by the druggists the last few days
to fashionable ladies who realize that the
time has come for the putting away of their
sealskins and other furs. Whether camphoI
or regrets produced the tears is not known.
Braid used to be considered good enough
for binding shirts, but at a reception the 9th
er evening, lady present wore black silk
| dress bound with gold bullion. Everybody
said it was worth more than ten dollars a
yard aud chat she used to take in washing
| and her husband worked in mill