St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
Fire Osclock Ten.


1t IS at Newport that the ladies dress for
simple wall. As If they were going to re-
ception at which ice cream and cakes We're
to be served. They are OF ON the eternal
fitness OF things.
Young ladies who are taking lessons on
the violin ought TO discontinue practice
when they leave home. THIS, at least, is
the opinion of hundreds of people out of
town in hopes of escaping the nuisance.
Mothers who apparently delight 10 go TO
extremes in fashion. now have their little
daughters Christian names embroidered on
the front of their wide SaSheS. These same
mothers wear rings outside their gloves.
An alleged improvement on the once
fashionable cuckoo clock Is one in which an
owl appears instead OF the cuckoo when the
clock strikes and ''tOots" quite naturally
His daylight appearance, however, Is not
quite natural.
Corn dishes. newly imported. and which.
by the way. come ahead of the corn. are in
the shape of two buSk leaves crossed 10
form the dish. and colored quite naturally
for china These dishes are quoted among
the novelties of the season."
Necklaces of amber beads have come into
fashion for young ladies. Ii old times
these beads We're exclusively won by babies
TO keep them from having the Group. but
perhaps the demoiselles now adopt them TO
avoid being struck by lightning
Little girls in bustleS are cOmical If not
a sad sight. and sustain the opinion so many
old people have that there are no girls any
more. or that they are ladies before their
teens have been reached. a little girl in a
hustle is almost as mirth-prOyOking as a
/ stout woman in bathing suit.
1t is difficult TO induce the young ladies
at the mountain resorts. who have small
and pretty feet. To wear the Alpine shoes
for tramping. They are said while COM
Portable. to swell the feet .'dreadfully" and
make zones feet look As big aSall-get-Outr'
Even in our recreations and holiday times
does our pride govern and influence even
our eXtremiiies.
The extremity, if not the atsurdity, In
fashion has been reached in some % the
newest garden hats seen in the country this
season. They are trimmed with tiny eu-
cumbers. currants. pumpkins. radishes,
lettuce leaves and celery tOps in lunatiC
! prOfusion. No wonder some girls of the
] period boast that they create a sensation
wherever they 90.
Fans are as varied in shapes. styles. pat
| terms, forms and materials as ever and the
/
heart and overheated body. Some of the
daintieSt are of white mullwith ribbon in
serted 10 look like emGroideIy. and in half
moon shape. and Others az pretty are OF
thinneSt sandal wood inlaid with brilliantS-
1t is understood that in nearly every in
stance the wives of the Dakota editors in
sisted upon going with their husbands
on the excursion to ST. Paul and
adjacent parts this week. They display
commendable prudence, knowing the
temptations of the metropolis TO unpro-
tected editors. and their examples a good
one to follow. +. II. Carruth, the editor
OF the EstellinO Bell, the only professed
humorist in Dakota. is down for response
10 the toast. Editors Wives and Sweet
hearts" and will fail on,account Of domes-
tic restraint, il is predicted.