St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13


$20 week. A button counter gets SO a
week during the busy season and Sc during
slack time. When the new shirts come
from the laundry, she counts the buttons to
see that none are missing folds the shirts
and puts them in boxes. There is gen.
eral rule in factories that those who work
there are fined for being late, 5 cents il
they earn SIS week and 10 cents If they
earn $10.-NeW York Mail and Express.
A Philosophers View of women.
Il rather like these New York women"
said Philadelphia man, as he leaned idly
againt pillar in front of the Fifth Avenue
hotel a day or two ago. 81 don't mean to
particularize, but to regard them as an en-
tirety. They're such glorious creatures that
| am content to stand in a convenient spot
for half a day and watch them go by. Now,
don't misunderstood me; don't jump at con-
illusions like a trout at fly and infer that l
am whit less loyal to our own Philadelphia
women for my admiration of the exotics of
New York. Personally, my taste in its
soberness and quiet tends to Quakerism.
think simple gray or brown dress, fitting
snugly to well-balanced form, infinitely
preferable to a costume rivalling the bril-
lance Of the tropics; yet there is enough
warmth in my nature to impel me to loiter
about Madison and Union squares for hours
at a time, just for the purpose of viewing
the passing spectacle. Mind, l don't ap-
prove of gOrgeouSnesS i'll women any more
than | am in favor OF free trade but l do
like to see it once in awhile, if for nothing
more than to increase my admiration and
love for the women of my own city Of Phil
adelphia.'
l asked this staid Quaker gentleman, who
yet seemed possessed of tinge of Spanish
fire in his veins, what he found to be the
differences between Philadelphia and New
York women.
Its hard to tell" said he s'You can't
analyze the first breath of spring with any
certainty of arriving at a scientific result;
You cannot apply the formula of the differ
entail calculus to breath Of perfume. In
women we are taught to look for a soft
voice, all full of little modulations that have
a world of meaning in themselves; repose
of manner akin to that blssful rest which
induced by the murmur of brooks and the
whisper of wind among the trees. Now,
what delicate modulations are possible
within reach of those internal roaring ele-
waited railway trains? What repose OF
manner can you expect in city whose roar
is like tornado in the forest and whose
entire population is on the jump to catch
the next train?"
81 am to infer, then" said I, ''that this
everlasting noise and this inelegant haste
has effect upon the voices and manners of
our women"
Precisely" replied he. 'Women are
the most sensitive and susceptible things in
the worlu. A breath will affect them, es-
pecially if it have an odor of cloves Now
here's another thing, all of piece with
what have said. This beastly racket and
indecent haste beget quickening of the
blood and nerves. and produce what you
might, for temporary lack of more distinc-
tive words, term fast living. That is to say
you use great deal of vital force in short
time. You do wonders in year, and il
your constitution be good you live to repen-
it iii porous pIasters, hot water and dyspep-
STA. It's high-preSSure way of living.
High-pressure living inevitably causes high
pressure dressing in your women, which,
by curious anomaly, may mean low-pres1
sure dressing. Your women are consistent
if they live fast-if they live fast they must
dress accordingly. AS a result, l sauntel
along the fashionable streets on pleasant
mornings and see a gorgeous spectacle OF
velous birds OF passage these New Workers
are! The town is so thoroughly cosmOpoli.
tan that one gets an endless variety of the
most artistic products of different strain.
of the worlds blood The constant change
in the scintllating panorama is bewildering
to one accustomed to people of single line
of genealogical descent.
1.-The sober brown and the demure gray,
ca RI q nf 70
to have little place in this gilded throng oil
well-dressed and well-fed women. Oh
course there are browns and grays-whole
costumes Of them, in fact-but the effects
are of great brilliance. never thought thai
a gray costume could be made brilliant
yes even tlashing-but there it is. 1t is the
a! lnent. you see, that brings color out
Of a.i absence of color. The general effec
of all these fine costumes is heightened to {
considerable extent by the appearance OF
good living which outline most Of these
women'S forms. New York women are
VIGOROUSLY good eaters. It's good thing
to eat well. IN woman it gives the form
compactness and solidity; it develops the
muscles and gives the appearance of wei
knit frame. Only kindly nature and gooc
digestion can give graceful shoulders and
plump arWs. "-Philadelph Times.
Gifts and How to Make Them.
Those who have full pocketbooks car
suit their fancy in purchasing elegant
Christmas gifts for their relatives anC
| friends, but the great majority OF womer
must use their nimble fingers to fashion
| pretty trifles that will be valued because
made by the giver. There are several new
| designs in fancy work that will be founC
useful as well as ornamental and that car
| be made at trifing cost
| A handkerchief-bag crochet out of knit
| ting-silk is very pretty. A half-Ounce
| spool is sufficient to make one, and orange
| primrOse-yellow, blue or some such dainty
color the most suitable. A small bone
crochet needle is used. A chain of sufficient
| length to 90 around q circle of pasteboarC
| four inches in diameter is made and joined
| The next row is as follows: Make
| six chain-stiches, catch down into
| the third stitch of the first chain
make six more chain, etc., all around
| The next row: Six chain. catch down il
center of loop underneath, etc. Wher
caught down the silk is not put through the
| loops, but under. Every row is the same
as the third. and they all form pretty
diamond-shaped lattice work. A narrow
scallop finishes the top. The circle of paste
board is padded, scented with sache
powder and covered with satin the same
shade as the silk. The bottom of thu
crochet work is then sewed securely to it
Narrow ribbons are run in two inches from
the top and tied into a bow-knot.
Crochet and knitted purses are very ex
pensive when bought, but are easy to max.
although somewhat tedious when beaded
A strong quality of knitting silk of some
dark shade should be selected, and TIL,
beads strung on it before beginning thu
purse. 1t is then wound on another SPOOL
! and as each LONG, stitch is made bead il
crochet into it. To make long purs,
start with chain of fifty stitches and knit
| ting lengthwise. and crochet ten or twelve