St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
THE LADY RAMBLER.
The Minnesota Mosquito and the
Figure He Cuts--Dress Reform.

Figure He Cuts--DresS Reform.
Dame Nature, decked out in her best
clothes, is just now at her brightest and
merriest: her smiles are many, and her
frowns few; but she has attendants who
bear in their bosoms heavy hearts, and one
of these is our Minnesota mosquito, who
considers himself an especially abused indi-
vldual. and if unrewarded merit be cause
for grief, why should he not? for while the
circulars of the real estate agent and the
columns of the newspaper set forth at
length and with much fiOridity of language
the varied charms of this particular part OF
the universe, and its vast superiority as
a place of residence over every other
portion of the habitable globe; while its
| lakes and streams and soil and climate are
described ad nauseam. Minnesota's mosquito
is never immOrtalized in song or story, nor
| his portrait sent 10 the illustrated maya
zines. And yet all summer long is his gay
and festive lay heard in the land. and with
great show of impaTtiality does he labor TO
make it pleasant for the permanent so
iourner and the transient guest. There, for
instance, are his New Jersey cousins. They
have worldwide celebrity; why
should he be to fortune and TO fame UNI
known" Has he not a body as colossal. a
bill as long, a grip as firm, voice as melO-
dious as they? Has not he, too, Toasted
upon the great and good, and have not
beauty, wealth and rank acknowledged his
power? Why then, again he asks this I'M
reasonable distinction? Recognition of his
| talents is all he desires; demand modest,
but until granted, he wishes ii distinctly
understood that he is a mosquito with
grievance. and, as such, is capable of deeds
/ of blood from a recital of which the bravest
may well shrink with horror.
| ~
IL YOU have any doubts concerning the
capability and eleverness of our home-bred
mosquitoes Just watch a little group of peO-
pie gathered on lawn or porch TO enjoy a
| friendly chat in the cool twilight. Observe
the sweet smile that but a moment since ir-
radiated the features of your fair girl rs it
changes to a look of hopeless agony; the
advance guard of the winged band is max
ing an attack upon her silk-stOclkinged
ankles. For an instant she endures the
pain: then human nature can bear no more,
and she makes a grab, effectual as graceful,
at her pedal eXtremities. Meantime, the
stout matron of the pantry IS enjoying
a similar experience, and the usually
steady. even flow of her conversation be-
comes rather jerky, as her jumps and grabs
at various portions of her anatomy become
|
gentlemen callers become painfully con-
scious of the red Jumps that begin TO illu-
inmate their visages, their overweight
feelings to which they dare not give vent
impart to their naturally inane cOunte-
| nanceS an expression truly Mephistophelian.
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And while we are speaking of mosquitoes,
let us not forget that gentle youth,
stranger in our favored land, who, when
the shades of night began TO fall. threw open
his windows and turned up all the gas. be-
cause he thought mosquitoes were afraid of
light.
49,
Silver jewelry is still popular, and it is to
be hoped that it will so remain. 1t isn't
every day that an article of dress can be
i found that at the same time is pretty. mex
pensive and really what il pretendS 10 be,
and being found it should not be cast aside.
Although bangles have been pronounced
vulgar, the girls can still crafty their love
for clash and clatter. for there are shown
bracelets composed of many silver hoops
fastened together at only one point, thus
being free to slip and slide over and under
each other with jingle extremely graft
flying to the youthful soul.
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The author of English as She is Spoke
might have obtained valuable information
from that young lady, whom heard declare
that she considered boat-racing too per
fectly, awfully, delightfully."- exciting, you
know"
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When lovely woman makes up her mind
to be sensible and don the divided
skirt, she will, of course, enjoy
many privileges from which she is
now debarred. She can then not only have
as many pockets as she wants, scattered
promiscuously around, but she will be also
able TO tip her chair back to a comfortable
angle and repose with her feet on the man
tel, and the voice Of public opinion will ut
ter no remonstrance. Worn and weary
men will no longer feel obliged TO surrender
to her their seats in the cars, and perhaps
she may experience the delights of
hanging on rear platforms But
To enumerate all the important changes that
this garment will bring about would be I'M
possible, and it is to be hoped that it will be
cut so that the fortunate wearer viii not be
obliged TO furtiyely pull it up at the knees
when she sits down. for If the men, with
their generations of practice and experience
cannot perform that feat with ease and
grace, what could be expected from a nov
ice?
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It is all well enough for the ladies to go
in for sweet simplicity, and adorn them
selves with the common field and roadside
blossoms; daisies and buttercups and dan