St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-03
QUAKER CITY BELLIES.
a Gay Girls Opinion of Giddy Dudes
Latest in Observation-Disclosures
Decorations.

Philadelphia Letter.
| suppose men can't see things with the
same eyes that women can-either that or
they are willingly blind. / imagine if some
of the giddy dudes of this Quaker town knew
what the girls said of them they would walk
more on the perpendicular and less with a
bow in their arms, and look at a So bill twice
before spending it for pair of opera seats.
/ heard one belle ask another yesterday
why she wasted so much time on u certain
Mr.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ooh, he's only an escort de convenience"
she answered.
''That is, you only take him when no one
else is about"
''Not exactly that, but he always has plenty
of money and dresses well and moves in
good society and--well, | can drop him
whenever l tire of his attentions
SIN other words then, Ito use a vulgarism)
you are working him for all he is worth!' -
Something like that
And then they both laughed, and when l
remembered the apology for manhood they
referred to didn't blame them for their
mirth.
TIE LATEST THING IN STOCKINGS.
Have YOU seen the latest thing in stock
ings! They are simply excruciating. They
are meant for summer wear, but the hosiery
mills are already turning out extensive Or
ders. What are they likei Imagine a silk
neutrality-suspicious. shapely, elegant
then imagine that stocking knit in fine but
open network. There you have it. They
are long, reach to the thigh, and come in
various colors, with black, dark blue and
maroon in greatest demand. The effect of
this network on the shapely feminine limb
is something exquisite. The leg is perfectly
encased, yet cool, while through the delicate
tracery of the network the warm-tintcd flesh
bushes suggestively. | confess they are not
the thing for bad weather-or a windy day,
for that mstter-but the demand is bound to
be large, especially as the price is much less
than the regulation silk stocking. Already
hear the girls whispering about the latest
novelty in hosiery, and in few weeks the
network stocking will be the talk of beauty's
bOudoir.
LACE FOR LINGERIE.
By the way, the past winter has been re-
markable among the girls for fancy work.
Young misses who never before dreamed Of
such Z thing as spending al industrious hour
on a piece of embroidery have this season
caught the fever, and even among the most
fashionable aud decoette of the upper ten
fancy work is the rage. The result Is, that
while there has been a boom in linen thread
and crochet needles, the demand for store
mgdc embroidery has considerably fallen off.
I am free to confess that the greater portion
Of this work is In the direction OF elaborate
underwear decoration. Lace that was good
enough ami rich enough two inches wide
when bought at dollar yard, under fash
IONS dainty fingers has grown to three, four,
and even five inches in depth; open-SOrk
bo,lices have taken the place Of the old style
chemise, and all undergarments suspended
from the shoulders, are provided with gussets
of delicate lace, which, fitting close to the
bust, are vet cool, pleasant and non-irritat-
ing. All uGdergarmeuts are treated to the
same e1travagaut ornamentation, and no
pretty mics would feel herself within the Sc
iect circle Of fashion unless every article OF
underwear was trimmed with the same pro-
fuse elegance that characterizes the bodiced
chenise-
It may be that there is to be an epidemic Of
marriages among the Quaker bellies this
spring. Il certainly looks that way.
LAURA LEE.