St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-05
THE LADY RAMBLER
TELLS WHEN FLORA M'FLIMsEY AGREES WITH
THE CHURCH-HIGH CoIFFUREs

The LADY RAMBLER
TELLS WHEN FLORA M'FLIMsEY AGREES WITH
THE CHURCH-HIGH CoIFFUREs
ON THE STREET.
On one subject, at least does Miss Flora
McFlimsey quite agree with the church,
namely-the importance of Easter. In her
calendar also it is chief festival of the year;
for is it MOI, above all other, the day for lay
ing aside the old, worn garments and don
ming those bright and new! for the sweetest
of bonnets and the freshest of ribbons and
+ laces and gloves! for going forth in triumph
to arouse admiration in the hearts OF men
and envy in the hearts Of women. No matter
that year after year our treacherous and I'M
certain climate brings forth casters that
seem to have borrowed all of November's
dreariness and February's ugliness; no
matter that the new gowns have 10 be COW
cred with fur-lined circulars, and the
loveiiest Of bonnets TO be protected by
wells and umbrellas; every year with
a pure faith worthy better cause, prepare
tons for the grand event go gaily forward,
and everyone knows that not to wear some
thing new on Easter Sunday will, before the
year is out, bring down the worst of i'll
luck.
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I see the girls are once more piling their
hair on the top of their heads. A high
couture is pretty and suitable for the house
and all full-dress OCCASIONS but tuck every
lock out Of sight under bonnet, and the
effect is not all that might be desired one is
somehow reminded of a cat with all its fur
brushed the wrong way.
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At the rink the other night overheard a
young lady say that she had given up roller
skating, and thought that at last had dis
covered a paragon; but she Immediately
asked with such superior air if she was not
wonder that concluded she was only an
ordinary girl doing little posing for effect.
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Speaking of roller-skating they say that the
ambition of more than one young lady is to
become professional.
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The feminine mind is at present agoniz-
ing over the subject Of spring wraps. OF
course if one is getting herself up regardless
she will have a suit, mantle and dress OF the
same material, bonnet to match, and every
thing will be lovely. But as one wrap will
outlast half dozen dresses, suits are not
economical investments, and therefore en-
tirely out of the question for those unlucky
wights who have TO smother their artistic
impulses and sacrifice their desires to that
needless monster, a slender income.
Long coats and short jackets, both plain
and ornamented, in great variety are shown
in the ubiquitous Jersey cloth. These wraps
are comfortable, wcll-fthng, durable and
scrviceable, hence it is needless to
say will he much worn. The fashionable
garment, however, is that variously designat-
ed as cape, visitc, mantle, etc; short and
tight fitting in the back, with long ends or
tabs falling loose in front These mantles
admit the use of almost any material, but re-
Guire profuse and handsome trimming.
Those most elegant are OF brocaded velvet or
ornameuted with heavy fringe and fastened
at the throat with silver clasps. Very beauti-
full ones are also shown IN those soft Persian
fabrics, with lining of changeable silk and
rich fringcs repeating the gorgeous hues Of
the material.
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There seems to be hldeous fancy just
now for decorating black bonnets with white
beads The designs are evidently symbolic,
perhaps they are tokens of tribes,
ranging from small wreaths Of flow
ers to birds and animals of most
unnatural appearance. One would imagine
that somebody had been taking lessons from
our Indian neighbors, did not they usually
exhibit more taste and skill.
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The Zouave or Eaton Jacket, opening from
the throat over an under bodice and only
extending TO the waist line, is to be prom
ineut feature of the seasons fashions. Silver
and gilt braids will be extensively employed
as trimming, placed upon the edges and out
lining the seams.
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If you must wear veil get cream color, as
the skin shows through this tint very prettily.
LADY RAMBLER.