St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-06
FIVE O'CLOCK TEA.

Old-fashioncd Marcus Ward water-marked
white note paper has come into favor once
more.
Ingenuity in the matter of paper knives
would most assuredly seem to have reached
its height.
Rugs Of animal skin are now as fashion
able as they ever will be, and even the skin
OF the Insignificant Japanese Sir William
Goat has been utilized.
There never was time when ''trfles"
played so important part in the matter of
making the house beautiful as now.
Tiny white cards in the shape of birds on
the wing are used for correspondence by
demoiselies going out of town on ''fying
visit.''
fashion authority says close-ftting and
small bonnets continue in fashion, although
great latitude is allowed in respect to trim
ming. ''Great latitude" is what makes the
bonnets so captivating.
Many of the handsomest table-cloths for
the dining-room table, when not in use, are
OF felt lined with flannel and embroidered in
the most beautiful style, in the centre and at
the four corners.
In hair dressing the high couture has now
almost taken the place of the low coil worn
last season. 1t Is not style that is generally
becoming, and some ladies hope it is fashion
that will not last long.
Very large seal rings appear to have come
suddenly into fashion among ladies. They
ere altogether the kind and style worn by
gentlemen, and their Introduction and adop-
ton by ladies is said to be entirely in the
interest of white hand.
Newest teacups are fat, shallow rather than
high and tall. The tea cools quicker in such
cups. Breakfast coffee cups take the same
form, but after-dinner cups must be tall,
conical and tapering in straight line from
the rim to the bottom, but they are as small
ever.
new hall clock, based on the old cuckoo
timepiece, has Mr.. Punch and Judy appear
every hour as did the bird, and, after squeak
ing several times and butting each other, dis
appear. circular says these that clocks are
intended for the nursery.
1t is said that the very small umbrellas
such as are carried by the Partisan swell
are fast going out Of fashion here, as our
Beau Brummels prefer carrying something
the nature of club in the um brella line
to indicate their strength and manliness.
White kid gloves, according to Boston
"soeiety" paper, are no longer worn by gen
tlemen under any circumstance whatever.
Of course the Bostonians know all about
these matters, and New York swells can cut
this out and paste it in their hats.
There is one advantage in the tailor-made
suit---if the wearer does not eat vast guam
titles of oatmeal and drink quarts upon
quarts, the tailor-made suit will convey the
impression that she does. This is where art
and the tailor-made suit go hand in hand.
In many fashionable houses, particularly
in the country, the use of gas has been en-
tirely discontinued in order to display and
utilize the many rare and beautiful lamps
with which milady's mansion is now pro-
vided. Even in the hallway, the old English
swinging lantern lamp is used.
Formation of all kinds Of more or less re-
ligious and charitable classes for Lent has al
ready commenced, and the members of one
bind themselves to wear black gowns from
Ash Wednesday up to Easter. Some people
when they desire to eeonomize, develop the
N ost clever and shrewd qualities.