St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-10
Home Anlusernenfs.

From Good Housekeeping.
Were we to understand good housekeep-
ing to be confined strictly to the Old-time
notion OF good cooking, immediately clean
floors, dark and dustless parlors closed
against all intrusion of child feet and Gods
sunlight, with the mother delving and drudg-
ing all day, and the children consigned to
their own devices outside the house to secure
these greatly priced results, then would our
department have no right here. If the
children are to seek their necessary recre-
alton unaided by the parents and older
members of the family, and if these consider
every hour wasted that is not devoted to
some occupation Immediately productive of
dollars, or if the father is to hide himself
behind the daily paper Immediately on en-
tering the house, and the mother must de-
vote every spare moment to some busy oc-
cupatiOn in household affairs, or to making
or receiving calls, while the children are
consigned to the tender care of a nurse or to
no care, then it is evident that this space
should be devoted to stock quotations,
market reports or society gossip.
But in these days of advance and improve
ment such things must not be justified, and
parents must learn from the sad experience
of Others that for the sake of their children.
home must be made the pleasantest place
in the world; and for their own good. that
brain which is kept at high pressure con-
tinually, without relaxation, must run a
great risk of breaking down in middle life.
If children do not find their home in SYM,
pathy with their natural desire for recre-
alton, they surely will seek amusement in
other places and through other sources
which cannot possibly be secure from vi
cious companions and unhealthy influences.
in the hearts of the children is natural and
right, and should be encouraged to a reason
able extent by every proper means, and
where can it be so well done as in the home?
Fashion Fancies.
The capricious spring weather favors ey-
cry sort of spring mantle, from the long
pelisse to the small shoulder cape. The
mantilla of days gone by is revived, with
long scalloped. pointed or square ends in
front, the back being very short. Plain and
striped materials in combination are used
with excellent effect for visites. Coats fit
ted to the figure, with a full skirt set on lust
below the waist, reaching almost to the bot
tom OF the dress, are made of light wooden
materials. The yiSiteS for dress occasions
in warm weather are made of brocaded
satin, silk or cashmere, but are so covered
with trimming, pasSementerie, lace and all
sorts OF bead embroidery, that very little of
the material is visible. For young girls
jackets are worn tight-fitting at the back,
and are fastened at the neck by single but
ton. They open over vest of figured or
striped material and are fastened at the
waist also by a single button. Plush is
used for capes.
A bonnet of English split straw of shaded
absinthe green has the brim faced with
moss-green velvet and a band of velvet
which passes through pearl-headed slides
everything the brim. 1t is trimmed with a
cluster of bows of dark-green velvet ribbon
placed on the top, covered by ostrich tips in
dark and pale green. The bride and bow
are of bias velvet.
For the recent horse show at Longchamps
some peculiar costumes were made. Jackets
of brown, blue or green cloth were cut away
in front to display vests of crimson or brown
material brocaded with mounted jockeys
\ The buttons were of steel, also with a
mounted jockey engraved in gold. One of