St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-29
The Past Week in Society Circles
Shows but Little More Activity
Than Those Preceding.
Under the Stimulus of Warm Sun Minneap-
oils Society Shows Signs OF
Awakening.
saltwater and Red Wing Still in Madden
ing Whirl of Teachers Institutes
and Euchre Parties.
Too lady Rambler Discourses Upon the
Madness of March Hares and Crazy
Patchwork.
THE LADY RAMBLER.

WHAT MAKES THE MARCH HARE MADE-cRAZY
PATCHWORK IN SPRING STYLES.
What causes the madness of the proveroial
March hare has always been, believe, a DIS
puted question. Some one wisely suggests
that it NAV be the sight OF the Dill LOT MS
wife's spring bonnet, but this solution, IN
genious though it be, has its weak polnC in-
asmuch as in this latitude ones spring DOH
net doesn't usually come home IN Marcn'
However. the spring dress-goods are IN, ana
if Mrs. NJ. Hare after shopping expedition
ATTEMPTED TO describe them TO her Hege, that
way might madness well lie. for one would
imagine that the manufacturers had all been
irving their skill in crazy patchwork.
The fancy of the moment is Tor
combination suits, al dress patterns con-
sistinq of plain and figured stuff. The
Advancement of color and material in these
French novelties is bewildering; blue wool
has two-inch squares of crimson veivet out
lined with gold thread SO woven into It's
texture that the effect is that OF applique
work: brown wool has raised VelVel sIrlpes
in red and shaded browns. There are WOODS
that seen from a distance appear 10 ne oI.
solid color but which upon close inspection
prove TO be of many colors in the tnlest OF
checks: there are stuffs woven OF Six ana
wool so loosely twisted that long halr-hhe
threads lie carelessiy on the surface !;
even the poDlins are not the stlh popilns Oh
old, but soft as surah in delicate tnts ana
quaint patterns. A kind OF canvas WHICH
We are told will be much affected during Tue
coming season somewhat resembles Tue olu
wooden grenadines, but is more SUN anu WHY
in texture; unless its appearance Is extremely
dccciving it will pull horribly at Ihe seams
By far the prettiest and most serviceable 1ao-
rics shown are soft woods whose dull grounds
are relieved by tinv flowers and small geo
netrical figures in odd, bright tints; these
figures are so well woven in that their dura-
bility cannot be doubted, while their effect is
that of hand-wrought embroidery.
~
It Is indeed true that the reign OF youthful
beauty is past, and that it is now the proper
thing for men to wed with their elders, than
perhaps some of our lady friends who have
been steadily growing younger Tor these
many wears will cease subtractlng LOT tlne
even if they refuse to add; unless they have
gotten so in the habit Of subtracting that ad-
dition has become to them one OF the lost
arts.
NJ
The desire of the modern young man for
great brilliancy at little expense is now graf
flied by means of that scarf pin whose daz-
zling rays its electric battery enables him to
SO skillfully manage.
~
During the past season the men nave oeen
wearing the handsome furs. was amused
at one family saw at the theater not long
ago: the father took off magnificent mink
oyercoat: the sons coat was handsomely
trimmed with beaver; mother and daughter
had little strips of cat around their throats
and carried cloth muffs; and yet suppose
that those men hold forth on the extrava-
rance of women until they are black in the
face.
~
It seems rather pity to dye seal-skin so
dark a shade The old-fashioned golden
brown was perfectly inimitable; nowadays,
so good are the plush limitations, that ii IRE
ouently takes a sly pinch to determine
whether or not the lady beside you is so for
tunate rs TO be an owner of the genuine ar
ticle.
NJ
Tam o. Shauters of silk or cloth to match
the suit are worn by young girls.
~
Bonnets OF alligator skin are occasionally
seen. but in this age of gunpowder and dy-
Mantle there seems little need for suits of
armor
Nv
When the street car left the turn-table the
other day the first man that stepped up to pay
his fare discovered that the driver had neither
change nor tickets. The car was full and 1t
was funny to see the sweet smile and express
slon of calm content that crept over all faces
AS each one discovered that he had nothing
lees than a quarter; and truly believe that
every passenger rode at least a block further
than he had intended.
LADY RAMBLER.