St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-07
LADY RAMBLER
She Tells How She Was ShocAAe"
and Gives Good ADVICE.

She Tells How She Was ShocAe"
and Gives Good Advice
A small maiden, with the hOusewlfeiy IN
stinct early developed, was so overcome ny
the untidy condition of Rice park that she
attacked the gravel walks with immature
broom. 1t is pity that like enthusiasm
cannot be aroused in other quarters, 1of the
entire park looks as if it had been visited
bv heavy shower of paper, and DTS OF
soiled paper don't exactly harmonic "ltn
green grass.
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White parasols are perfectly lovely III
themselves and for certain occasions, but IL
is question if they are fitting adjunctS to
suits of dark wool.
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ssAI over' embroidery makes dainty
yokes and sleeves for white dresses, but we
are told it is bad taste to use it for colored
gowns.
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It is really quite surprising the number OF
Young men who take the girls to eat Ice
cream, but who ''really, thank you, don't
care for it myself"
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But speaking of ice cream reminds me OF
that young man who came into the cafe the
other evening so irreprOachably gotten up
that an appointment was instantly srS-
pected. No fair damsel appeared, however,
and the youth with languid twirl OF his
mustache and languishing glance for the
maid. ordered refreshments for one; and
then he sat down and went through relays
of cake, ice cream and strawberries With
out removing the newest and highest Drown
L. md
wrists could possibly be squeezed. How
did he manage to Go 1t ? and Is IL The latest
in table etiquette?
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Bands of marabout in color closely reSem
bling silver-gray fox are seen on suits OF
eream-colored cloth, but look rather warm
for the time OF the year.
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For light summer reading, when the very
thought of anything instructive or lmprov-
Ing puts one in a perSpiratiOn, TRANSACTIONS
from the French of Emile Gaboriau will be
found amusing and entertaining, and in
pleasing contrast to those polished essays
snd elaborate analyses of character which
our modern American authors are so fond
Of perpetrating. To be sure M. Gaboriaus
books closely resemble each other, mas
much as they all open with deep and dark
mystery, the uuraveling of which by some
clever man making the story, and there is
strange family likeness between his charac-
tiers; but so ingenious are the plots and so
bright and taking the style that your inter-
pst never flags till the last page records the
miserable death of.the villain and the happy
marriage of the injured hero to the beaute-
BUS heroine.
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o11-fr,J1xr cboolyod rrbap 1-n111,cr
man sitting behind me suddenly broke off
the string of commonplaces with which he
was entertaining the young woman beside
him5between acts, to remark that he took a
young lady to the theater with him the pre-
vious night, and that she wore jersey,
and he didn't think she chad on anything
else" I felt at the time that it was really
somebody's duty to deliver a homily on
care in choosing topics for conversation in
public aSsemblageS, but since then have
come to the conclusion thatlperhaps the
time might be better spent in advising the
girls to dress so that they may appear to
have on more than one garment. Women
burdened and weighed down with petit
coats? Nonsense! Why at present our ultra
fashionable ladies in their street suits re-
semble nothing as much as trussed fowls;
and, far from being clothed in voluminOus
Il0 - DIS
skin-tight as can possibly be obtained.
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One is constantly observing that the
cheapest cottons rival the most expensive
fabrics both in beauty of color and delicacy
of design. A bundle of samples of five cent
lawns show white and tinted grounds
strewn with sprays and clusters of the
Quaintest old-fashioned flowers perfectly eX-
Quisite in their cOloring, bachelors buttons,
morning glorieS ragged robins and tiny
moss-rosebuds being favorite designs.
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If ever a look of heavenly peace and in
effable joy rests upon human countenance,
it is found irradiating the features of a
burly policeman who has just kicked off
the sidewalk very small and inoffensiYe
dog.
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Your silk gloves should this season be
either one of the shades of tan OF black-tan
being the more fashionable-with long
wrists neither buttoned nor laced but loosely
wrinkled. Mitts will be worn, but, unless
for young girls, should always be black.
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Really it doesn't seem that the men have
any call to SO loudly accuse the weaker sex
of so blindly following the fashions, for wo-
men do usually have at least vague idea
of what is individually becoming, while
men always seem engaged in desperate
game Of ''follow your leader" and one of
them would as soon die as differ from his
neighbor in the shape Of his necktie or the
cut of his coat Why, sheep going through
gap in wall are calm, considerate and
rejecting as compared with these lords of
creation in their struggle after what they
o,.l ~ H.,
just look at these gray felt hats. No au-
thority, however great, could make them
popular with ladies, because cold, blush
gray is one of the most trying colors mag
Unable; yet every other man you meet,
whether he be dark or fair pale or sallow,
or rosy, handsome or ugly, wears one, and
as they are becoming to about one out of
500 quite alarge percentage of gentlemen
are making guys of themselves. But they
are stylish, or think they are, and so are Sc
renely happy. LADY RAMBLER.