St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-01
THE LADY RAMBLER.

THE LADY RAMBLER.
HER PLEASURE AT THE THEATEE SADLY
MARRED-A CHAT ABOUT FASHION AND
PUG DOGS.
The play was getting well into the middle
of the first act, and we were just becoming
interested, when, with clatter and rush
and final bang, the usher showed them
into seats behind us. There were only three
of them, two ladies and gentleman, though,
Judging from the noise they made and the
time they occupied in getting seated, there
might have been a regiment. They 1nally
got their wraps comfortably fixed and their
glasses adjusted, though for time we were
in serious danger of losing our bonnets, II
not our heads, and we breathed again; but
they evidently had come for a real, old-fash-
toned visit. Their voices were far from
weak, and they had the great advant-
age of speaking two languages. When they
had exhausted one they began on the other,
and when they were weary Of the second they
attacked the first with fresh vigor. They in
ished out the first act and talked through the
second, and were just beginning comfort
able chat when the curtain was rung up Tor the
third. But bv this time we were getting des-
perate. We had tried without visible effect,
looks of reproach and glances Of appeal and
stares of establishment. At last we turned
and in the meekest of tones asked one of the
ladies if she would not be so kind as to lower
her voice, assuring her that we were very
much interested in her conversation but at
the same time reminding her
that we had paid our money
10 hear professionals. And then for
the first time we understood what is
meant by "a look Of whitening scorn." The
herones Of our childhood's novels always
cast looks "of whitening scorn,'' and we no
longer wondered that the heroes of romance
were so 'broke up'' by them. The CONVEX
sation ceased, and we heard the closing
lines Of the play, but there was a weight
upon our spirits we were oppressed by a
guilty consciousness of that gaze which was
resting upon our back-hair, and by the
knowledge that beneath it we ought to sue
cumb.
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Spring must surely be approaching, for the
men are beginning to withdraw their heads
from the kindly protection of their coat-col-
lars. Unless they can deyise some other
means of keeping their ears warm we shall
have in the course of few generations, ac-
cording to the laws of evolution and natural
selection, race of monsters who will have
no necks at all, or, worse still, will be pro-
Vided with some sort of extensible apparatus
like mud turtles.
Nm
Velvet promises TO be much used on
spring costumes, and is especially appropriate
to our climate, where the heaviest materials
can be comfortably worn till it is warm
enough for the lightest of summer fabrics.
Pale blue with gray, dark green with cream,
win be favorite combinations of color. There
is great variety in material. Flannels were
never better, prettier, or cheaper, Jer-
sey cloths are simply exquisite in color and
texture, while there are the old standbys
tweeds and mohairs, serviceable and durable
as ever. Plaids, stripes and mixtures of all
kinds seem more sought after than the plain,
solid effects. Wooden lace, in black, white
and colors is to be extensively employed
during the coming season, while jet, passe-
menterie Of all kinds, and gold and silver
braid are also to hold their own. These gold
and silver effects are very pretty, both in
gown and bonnet, but 1t should be remem-
bered that little goes a good way, and that
too much sparkle and glitter reminds one
forcibly of the circus ring and the
queens Of the arena. The vest is
as popular as ever; it has many forms ard
notifications, but in some shape or
other 1t appears in nearly all costumes. Vest,
collar and cuffs of velvet form very pretty
finish to an otherwise pain suit of cloth.
We are told that Princess Beatrice has or
dcrad for har frOusraan Savaroi costumes If
Irish poplin. wonder If that interesting
fact will affect the taste of our girls who are
SO quick to follow the English fashionsl
Irish ponin at its best is a stiff, unmanage-
able stuff, but If the girls once set their hearts
on 1t, why, that settles the matter.
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The muffs that many of the girls are now
carrying closely resemble in shape and size
small sections OF Bologna sausage.
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And now there Is afoat funny little ru-
NOR concerning a marriage that took place
down town last week. l said marriage. It
was everything but a marriage, however, for
though bride and gown, cake and veil, guests
and minister were ready and waiting ut the
appointed hour, that most necessary adjunct
failed to materialize, and the most diligent
inquiry did not discover his whereabouts.
What excuses the poor little bride-expectant
made to her friends l know not Perhaps
she read to them the moral of the tale, which
lies in the fact that this same interesting
youth last year Tilted young lady of upper
town. Number one soon consoled herself
with another lover and is now happily mar
ried; let US hope that maiden number two
VIII follow her example.
49,
''Did ever see lemon-pigr" Why, yes.
The body Of the animal is constructed out of a
lemon, four matches and two cloves answer
ing to legs and eyes, the rest of the anatomy
being left to the Imagination. That passing
pug leading young lady by q ribbon made
you think Of 8 lemon-pig, did It'll English
pugs always m axe you think OF lemou-pigs.
do theyi Wen, may / inquire of what you
were reminded when YOU met that very ele-
CANT young man who was being towed down
The street, not by one respectable English
pug, but by pair Of the most disrepntable
yellow ours fastened together by a little
leather thongf LADY RAMBLER.
ANDTYrrt Stow Nrrrr