The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-16
How the Canadian Girls Dress.

81 didn't know my own girl when l
came to dance with her." said n New
Yorker, speaking about the Montreal
carnival. II had been around with
her, walking about or driving, and she
had the usual thicknesses OF clothes on.
She was good deal bigger around
than | was, and / supposed she was
built so but when l met her al the
ball sho had shrunk just about one-half.
found could get my arm around her
waist, which is great deal more than l
was able to do in the sleigh
In window on Craig street there Is
displayed the clothing Of Montreal
girl. There is only one sample OF each
sort OF her garment, SO that it is just as
il girl had undressed there and gone
to bed in an adjoining room. Conse-
quently the big store window Is filled.
The New York women hang about the
window all day. First, there is pair
OF artics two sizes too large. A New
York girl would faint il a man saw them
on her. Then there is pair Of ribbed
wooden stockings to go over the shoes,
and then the regular shoes, OF size
midway between the New York and the
BIT. Louis average. Then pair OF
clicked silk stockings, garters, flannel
drawers an eighth Of an inch thick and
made to button at the knee, flannel
under chemise. linen chemise. a
flannel skirt shorter than the two linen
skirts, thick dress, velvet basque, a
sealskin sacque, sealskin cap, red
worsted muller, sealskin gloves, and
silk wristlets. These garments alto
gether must weigh between twenty and
twenty-five ponds.
In the next window are seen several
varieties Of blanket or -snowshoe suits.
They take the place Of the dress, basque,
and sacque in the other window. They
are made 80 rs to display all the varie-
gated border OF Grstquality blanket.
The prettiest are the white ones with
the red, green, yellow and blue borders.
The sacque has a big hood tied with q
silk bow, and hanging like pointed bag
between tho shoulders. When it halls
or SHOWS the girls pull these hoods over
their heads, and the long, cylindrical
points sticking high in the air look very
comical. When the girls wear these
spowshoe suits they put on buckskin
moccasins trimmed with colored porcu-
pine quilts in the place Of arctics.
81 dressed up in the full rig OF girl
friend I'm staying with" said 14-year.
old New York girl, yesterday, land II
made me waddlo like big Dutchman.
couldn't get my knees anywhere neal
each other, and 1 felt as if was in Q
steam bath. One thing is certain you
can't get hurt when you are dressed IN
that way. l felt as il it would be per.
fecty safe to 60 on the roof and roll ovel
on TO the sidewalk. You feel as If you
were done up inside ball of worsted. "
A BRAVE WOMAN. Martin, o.
Omaha, didn't scream when she un
locked her room and saw burglar. Or
the contrary, she marched him to the
police station. The Omaha Bee sketches
the scene: "a big, strapping fellow
fully six feet high, with broad shoulders
and heavy frame, came marching up thu
street with his head hanging, and look
ing decidedly sheepish. Right behind
him walked little woman, OF average
height and slim build, but in her ey,
was determined look, and what looked
more determined was five.shooter re
volver, which she carried in her RICH
hand, with tho muzzle in q direct lin,
with the big fellows head. The plsto
was cooked, and the prisoner knew from
the look in her eye that n misstep mean
lcaden pills for him. After the lady hat
turned her man over to an officer sh,
put away he pistol"