St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-22
THE LADY RAMBLER.

THE LADY RAMBLER.
SHE has HARD WORK SELECTING NEW GOWNS
ROLLER RINK RAMBLINGs.
When Bella Wilfer first set up housekeeping
she owned a cookery book which was great
comfort to her. but which was also something
of trial; for just as she became convinced
that she was progressing finely with the dish
on which she was at work, ''Add a spoonful
of this" the peryerse thing would calmly re-
mark: or Throw in a handful OF that,
mentioning an article about as accessible to
Door Bella as if located in the moon, and
there she was once more in the depths OF
despair.
New letters on the prevailing fashions and
articles on what to wear and how to dress
forcibly remind me of that Complete British
Housewife They are delightful reading and
it seems simple enough, after pc
rusing, to dress well and prettily on small
income; you accordingly prime yourself and
start out for your spring shopping with a
happy heart though a light purse. Alas
before the day is over you will say to trials
and tribulations, Eye are my brothers" and
to grief and woe, aye are my sisters" Those
scribed, which you hoped to find so becom-
inc. cheap and in every degree satisfactory,
prove to be unknown in the shops, or, if
found, to have retreated far beyond the limits
of YOUR pocketboob Your plans, elaborated
with so much care, fade before your eyes and
vanish into thin nothingness.
The first lesson to learn, if you
wish to appear a well-dressed woman
with little expense, is to eschew
novelties and striking effects. Plaids,
stripes, figures and odd tints are not
for you, unless they are unobtrusive or in
trinsically good in color and material. What
seems Ching of beauty'' often proves any
thing hut "a JOY forever" Shall you ever
forget that awful dress of crushed strawberry
How il did wearl Its contemporaries were
consigned to oblivion, but it seemed to have
gained its dreadful pink at some fountain of
perpetual youth, and the name OF these
gowns which have promised so much and yet
proved such pitfalls and snares is legion.
Yea, verify; it takes more than one bitter ex
perience to teach even the cleverest woman
wisdom, but once master the lesson and you
can read even Jenny June with only pass
ing pang.
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The best dressed woman / ever met gave
the least thought and trouble to her toilet,
which was, withal, inexpensive. She always
wore black silk, keeping on hand three
dresses; one an elegant trained costume, one
a short suit for visiting and church, the third
simple gown for the house. Each year she
bought one black silk, which was made up
deliberately, the old dresses being made over
in regular rotation from long to short and
from street to house dress. This wardrobe
she found sufficient for her needs; she was
by no means a recluse.
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Several of our young men have
lately taken fancy for joining
secret societies, and the horrible tales con
corning the agonies they have undergone
which those youths have related to their
young lady friends have indeed ''chilled
their young blood and caused their hair in
the language of old ''to rise right up.'
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So constant in their attendance on the
Summit Avenue rink are some of our girls
that It has been asked if their meals are
sent in.
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Afternoon Lenten services afford a fine
opportunity Tor tue ulSplay OF handsome
toilets as well as piety. the plain garb in har-
mony with the season being chiefly conspie-
uous by its absence.
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If one young lady at the opera house the
other night was not happy, happiness in this
world is not for her; for she was the only
female wearing the new shade of green, aud
she not only wore it, but wore it becom
ingly.
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Easter cards are at hand, and you may
multiply aud then exhaust your adiectlves
in attempting 10 describe them. The floral
designs are remarkable for their uuconven-
tionality, waving branches of blossoms
against delicious bits of sky being perhaps
the pretticst. Your attention is attracted by
one card which bears only the head Of a
snowy lamb, but this seasons fancy is for
birds; not the traditional dove.
but the common songsters of field
and wood. Here bob -o-link is singing
from tall grasses; there an old robin is feed
ing nest full Of young ones; the same idea
Is repeated over anu over but with infinite
variety. Prices range from , cents to as
many dollars, and the workmanship on the
least seems as good as on the most expen-
sive. l.. 4.