St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-12
Society EmuIates the Awakening of
Nature AND Plunges into a
Whirl of Gayety.
a Brilliant Succession of Balls, Par.
ties and General Festivities Mark
the Closing of Lent.
Minneapolis Participates in the Social Re-
vival With Glittering Array Of
Fashionable Events.
Saltwater, Rochester and Red Wing not
Behindhand-Num Society Hap
penings in the Three Cities.
The Kaleidoscope of Fashion Shifted by
the Lady Rambler-Obstructed Side
walks and Millinery.
THE LADY RAMBLER.

THE FORMULATING BABY CARRIAGE AM
FAMILY PORTRAITS THE SUBJECTS OF
HER CHATTER.
Now that family portraits, and the larger
the better, are to be once more worn in artl-
cles of jewelry, perhaps some of those mas
terpieces which have been adorning parlol
walls might be utilized and the artistic souls
of occasional and disinterested callers thus
spared many pang.
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The struggle during the past week between
spring and winter apparel has been severe,
with victory for neither Calendars say it is
spring, but skies and winds have declared
otherwise; consequently straw hats and seal
skin coats, winter bonnets and spring suits,
muffs and light wraps have been comoina-
tons more frequent than congruous. But
especially, despite the lateness OF Easter,
are spring bonnets in the minority. Every
body seems to be fighting shy OF the new
mats, and indeed they are rather appalling
with their pronounced shapes and loud orna-
mentation. The gay striped and plaided
scarfs are being used so profusely that unless
their fate be exceptional they will become
undesirable.
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Among the many beautiful and elaborate
decorations in down town church last Sun
dav were observed two extremely elegant
young men, who refused to admit strangers
to their pew It is really wonderful and in
strurtive to see how much contamination IS
sometimes feared inside a house Of suppos-
edly public worship.
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White wOolens, cashmeres, serges, fan
ncls, albatross cloths and veilings promise to
be much worn during the coming season.
Gilt and silver braids and cords will be ex-
tensively employed for trimming these as
well as colored cloth dresses, the effect being
novel and pleasing.
~
Ribbons are again coming to the front.
Bows of varying shapes and sizes, in color to
match the dress, or in shades to harmonic
with it, will be worn at throat and belt,
placed on sleeves, formed into vest fronts
and scattered over shirts wherever space can
be found or made.
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In the post-Lenten revival Of all gayeties,
progressive euchre will probably reappear
with undiminshed popularity. To say just
why this form of amusement has gained
such a hold upon the popular fancy
would require too clear an analysis
of the human temperament; and, when
found, the answer might not exactly please
those highly moral creatures which we like
to fancy ourselves. 1t is certainly true that
many conscientious people hold themselves
aloof from the destinations of the game, hint
at gambling, and refer to the state or Eng
lish society in the last century, when the
, old dowagers sat long over their cards and
quarreled over their sixpences; and they say
that more than one exemplary lady with a
strong sense of the moralities has been
caught cheating in a way to put to the blush
old and experienced gamblers.
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With the first mid days of spring, that
nuisance and bane of her fellow creatures,
the woman wheeling a baby, makes her APP
pearance. Do not think l wish to make any
disparaging remarks about the blessed baby;
! am only speaking of the woman and the
perambulator Why it is that the aforesaid
combination Of female and vehicle always