St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-15
LADY RAM EL e II.
Discourse on the Attendants at
Charity Balls and Prize Fights.

LADY RAMBLER.
A Discourse on the Attendants at
Charity Balls and Prize Fights.
In this sinful world benevolence and self
indulgence do not usually go hand IN hand,
but when they can be joined the result is
highly satisfactory. What wonder then
that, while always remembering that we
are little angels without WINGS" we girls
never feel so truly good and piOus as when
dancing at charity ball? Of course there
are people who say our eXaltation of spirit
upon such an occasion is due to the fact of
our gowns being particularly resplendent,
it being well known that for charity ball
a dress must be much more expensive than
for any ordinary affair; but as these indi-
viduals are always compelled to stay at
home for lack of proper raiment nobody
pays any attention to their ill-natured re-
marks. Our fond papaS. too, are apt to
look rather black when the bills for our
| finery are sent in. and to remark, as they
note the items, that the women are never
sufficiently interested in charity to sacrifice
their gewgaws for its sweet sake; but duty
J performed is rainbow to the soul, )" and,
| conscious Of our own rectitude, we pursue
the even tenor of our way undisturbed by
| either sneerS or satire.
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| White costumes are this season in high
| favor, especially with young married ladies.
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| The gentlemen of our exclusive set may
be young. so young that the uninitiated
| often ask if the masculine portion of fash
ionable assemblage has been just withdrawn
! from a kindergarten but they are too sweet
fuIl i,da
as far as beauty and grace are concerned,
we can't hold a candle to them.
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''Yum yum" was in great demand at the
ball. BY the way, who and what is yum
yum?"
Ostrich plumeS are much worn as garni
ture for the dress and ornaments for the
couture.
~
If the young ladies would take more to
sewing and less to pins they would find
that their clothes would not drop off piece
meal, as they now do, at the most inoppor-
tune moments.
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Our ''back bangs" occasion US more
trouble and uneasiness than all the rest of
our hair, including front frizzes. so much
depends upon their careful adjustment and
arrangement
Chrysanthemums are decidedly the rage.
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AS measure of economy it might be
well to introduce the fashion of dispensing
with gloves upon full-dress occasions, but
we do not take kindly z to the idea
UOnaD NAV hoyn opu p1rpbar Of Gil
ver-plated, pearl-handled glove-buttoners.
but you may rest assured that they are all
tucked away in the bureau drawer, a rusty
hair-pin with turned-up points being much
more convenient and to her taste.
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Large metal buttons are used upon cloth
dresses and jackets; they are, however, in
tended more for ornament than actual ser
vice, being seWed OH in clusters, while the
real fasteners are often invisible.
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For underskirts the old-fashioncd quilt
of our grandmothers is once more coming
in. Be thy quilt expensive as thy purse
can buy, is the proper rule to observe in re-
gard to them, those Of heavy satin being
most desirable.
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Happy Modjeska! She really doesn't
know how old she is, and, as by strange
concentration of circumstances all records
relating to her birth have been lost, every
body else is in the same blssful state Of
ignorance Let us hope she appreciates
her good luck.
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A misty, mostly morning,
Quite foggy was the weather,
When met q young man
Shod with patent lCa ther;
New and silky was his hat,
Gold-headed was his cane;
Going to the prize fight,
Needless of the rain.
A misty, mostly evening,
Quite foggy was the weather;
Again met that sweet youth,
Shod with patent leather;
But his clothes were ruined,
He had lost his cane.
He had seen the prize fight.
He'll never go again.
l wouldn't like to say much about it.
though, or mention his name. You see he
climbed tree that he might obtain an I'M
obStructed view of the proceedings His
descent struck the observers as being more
rapid than graceful.
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A sickly, greenish hue oerspreads fair
wOman's cheek every time she sees an Or
binary, common man in sealskin coat; it
does seem such waste of good material.
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CorSage bouquets are assuming propor-
tons simply enormous. Of course lovely
maiden peep!ng over bank of flowers
scarcely sweeter than herself is an alto
gether charming sight. but it's not necessary
to turn ourSelf into a bouquet holder.
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Cut-pearl ornaments are getting to be
dreadfulIy common. LADY RAMBLER.
A st. Paul Boys Success.
The Ell Paso (Tex.) Times has the follow
ing about DR.. b. P. Birmingham, an old St. |
Paul boy:
DR.. 81. P. Birmingham, who is so well and !
favorably known in Ell Paso, after taking |
part in the recent campaign against the |
Apaches, has just been relieved from duty in |
this department and returns to the East, |
where he will report at Gen. Hancock's head |
quarters on Governors island. DR.. Birming- |
ham left a pleasant location in the East on |
purpose to join in the arduous duties of the |
Indian campaign, and how well he has &C |
Quilted himself can be seen from the order |
relieving him and returning him to his former |
sphere of duty. 1t reads as follows:
Headquarters Department of Arizona, In |
Field Orders No. "A: To enable him to COM
ply with P. l, S. 0, No. Is, headquarters of |
the army, First Lieut.. Henry P. Birmingham,
assistant surgeon United States army, is
hereby relieved from duty with Indian scouts
in the field in this department..
The depal tment commander takes great |
pleasure in calling attention to the soldierly