St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-10
FADES AS A DREAM.
Phantoms of the Social World Slowly
Vanishing From Sight-The
Weeks Record.
Little Besides Reunions, installations, In
itiatiOns and Social Meetings of Various
Fraternal Organizations
The Butterfly of Fashion Preparing
for Lakeside Fitting From Min
neapolis-- Fashion Notes.
saltwater, Red Wing and Winona
Sociabil1ty--Lady Rambler and
u Street Car Experience.
THE LADY RAMBLER.

How a Great and Good Man Per-
ished i'm Infancy--French
Grape versus English.
A modern writer, presumably masculine,
informs us that the only woman who never
asked her husband for money is in an III
sane asylum; but he forgets to add that the
only man who would have ever given his
wife penny before she asked for it, and
without wanting to know what she meant
to do with it, and if she had spent all OF
that last quarter he gave her, is not alive,
having been so much too good for this sinful
earth that he persisted in infancy.
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French Grape is not only much prettier
for mourning yeilS but is also pronounced
more fashionable than the English, by those
who know.
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Every woman has weakness for pretty
and expensive hosiery, the attention given
to this branch of the wardrobe by actresses
not being at all exceptional, but simply III
proportion to their opportunities for pos
session and display. At present the style
of the hosiery is in direct ratio to its unob-
trusivenesS. EXpend as much money as
you like and you will only have to show for
broideries and gay stripes are alike num-
bered with the things of the past Black,
dark brown navy blue. and dull shades
verging towards gold are the favorite tints,
the only variations from solid tints alloWa-
BILE being the pin stripes.
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The unbleached Balbriggans clicked with
white are much worn in the East and bid
fair to become more popular. By the way,
much as is said of the many cases of blood
poisoning attributable to the. wearing OF
colored hosiery, few people seem to have
any real knowledge of the matter, and
fewer dealers receive any complaints.
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Young men and maidens who aim at the
ultra fashionable in mind, manners and
morals, now adoTn the outside of their cor
respondence with little dabS of colored wax;
at least | suppose artistic decoration is the
idea, the modern envelope being always
gummed.
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Every cloth dress, whether made in
basque. polonaiSe or round waist, is finished
at the throat with an extremely high stand
ing collar. making the high linen collar al
most a necessity.
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of a LADY may be determined by the charac
ter of her gloves but it should not be for
gotten that the shoe is as important a part
of the costume as the glove, and that a
worn, ugly OF ill-fitting boot visible beneath
a gown of silk or velvet is, to say the least,
decidedly bad form.
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Elegant short wraps have front and back
pieces of plain velvet with sides Of brocade;
velvet and beaded grenadine are combined
in like manner. but though extremely fash
ionable. these garments are too strongly
suggestive of patch work to be very beauti
full.
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If you do not comprehend the full sig
niticance Of the expression Ito be sat upon.'
and regard it as bit of meaningless slang,
inst wait patiently: all things come, you
know, TO the individual who waits; some
day it may not be far distant, you will be
seated in the street car, serene and smiling,
pouring into the attentive ear of your neigh
Dor the dire secrets you learned at the last
meeting OF the sewing society, when sud-
denly and without warning that dreadful
car will round a sharp curve with horrible
lurch. and there will be deposited in your
lap, in the shape OF fairy-like specimen OF
nl1lkll1d-S0U pOUnuS dNOUuup0lS-ln
never afterward will you hear that once
despised expression lightly uttered without
an inward shudder, and complete reali-
zation OF its deepest, fullest meaning.
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Much has been said of Fanny Daven-
ports gowns, and her magnificent wraps
and superb Jewels have been oftener de-
scribed than the woman herself. The toll
cts displayed by her as Fedora are certainly
worthy of descriptions; from the evening
robe the front of which is white satin
heavily embroidered in seed pearls, with
corsage and court train of uncut velvet, to
the simple wrapper of white cloth bOrdered
with otter and Topped over a petticoat of
dark brown velvet, every costume is study.
And yet, never did dress appear so subor-
dinate and secondary matter. You look
at the majority of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
women. off the stage as well as en-. and
they seem merely lay figures for the display
OF expensive fabrics and precious stones:
+ you look at Z amy Davenport as at pie
ture which can be regarded only as a per-
feet and harmonious whole
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For any of my dear friends who read the
fashion letters and are not French scholars.
/ volunteer the information that the word
''moyenage.' so much used in describing
cOlors and designs, when translated into the
''gOod old Saxon" becomes middle age.
The exact shade of middle age blue l leave
them TO discover for themselves
LADY RANRU Ep