St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-08

or the best goods, thoroughly maue, guaran-
teed to fit, for $685. He goes to the tailors
looks at the pantalO0ns, tries on pair the
clerk picks out for him, and finds. OF course,
that they don't fit. Then he tests something
else, and the careful clerk leads him up and
up until he gives you perfectly fitting pair
! for IS or $40, according to the gullibility of
the customer or the cleyerness of the clerk.
This sort of thing is carried on with no end
or ingenuity. You couldn't fool a girl in
that way. The merchant tailors along
Broadway and the better avenues brag
principally of the fit they give their Gus
toners in return for rather liberal eX-
penditure of money. A long experience
/ has convinced me that it does not do to
go to a halfway dressmaker, and it
is doubtless The same with tailor. Even
though he succeeds in fitting you, my dear
fellow, there is sure to be common look
about the clothes. If man is easy to fit,
has an average figure and a knack of wear
ing clothes he can present good appear
ance in the cheap suits bought at the ready
made clothiers; but if he has figure more
or less unique he must be measured as ac-
curately by the tallor's tape as he is bound
to be by the eyes of the women. An or
binary suit with a cutaway coat made at
any one of the hundred or two Broadway
tailors will cost from $50 10 $780, and will
look commonplace but durable. A similar
suit bought of a swell concern would cost
SIS. but it would be distinctively fashion
able in cut and have that peculiar air of
distinction which goes to make fashion
able tailors fortune.
NEW YORK GROWS LIKE PARIS
More than London. The seventh day of
the week is rapidly but surely assuming
here the significance which it had in the
Continental capital. A few years ago Sum
day concerts were frowned down upon, and
the opening of picture galleries or museums
brought forth storms of vigorous protests.
Now these things We're accepted as matter
of course. Another point is that Sunday
has grown to be the great showday of the
week. All the big restaurants are crowded
from II to l o'clock with people giving and
eating breakfast parties, and for two hours
after noon Fifth avenue is crowded with an
endless procession of people attired to the
very limits of fashion, and who walk to
look and be looked at. Dinner is eaten in
private houses between 2 and 5, but in the
public restaurants there are many queer
things to be seen about dusk. Last
of them with friend at a
duoi lCl W " GlOCh W lietNC W.
were little ahead of the crowd. and there
were only two tables occupied besides our
own. At one Of these sat man of mill
tary carriage, with a gray moustache and
imperial, and rather a naughty mien. He
is descendent of an old Huguenot family
in New York, and several of his grand
children are able to ride blooded horses and
play polo. Opposite to him was an actress
of comic opera celebrity, whose big blue
eyes have been photographed many times,
and whose husband left her because of the
military descendant of the old HuguenOtS.
She was vivacious and hungry, and he
baSked in the mellow radiance of her
big blue eyes in tranquil happiness. She
has been Oh the stage four years. Her
salary to-day is 800 per week,
and on Sunday night she wore
nearly $4,000 worth of diamonds. She
has not yet learned how to eat, which is
an accomplishment that every woman
should possess. l was rather startled when
| heard her order the dinner. Her escort,
who affirmed that his appetite was light.
took nothing but few reed birds on toast
and bottle of old Burgundy, but the
MAID WITH THE BIG BLUE EYES,
after studying the bill of fare with the
most rapt interest fora few minutes, turned
to the Obsequious waiter and said:
''Wel, now, femme see. First, you
know, want just thimbleful of sherry
with some bitters in it-or no, you needn't
mind about the bitters, they're kinder
nasty, don't you know, and besides-but
then | don't know" she continued. looking
up at the grave companion. ''p'raps I'd bet
ter have some bitters, after all, just to give
me an appetite, ell. general?"
Il Think said the aged rounder with
twinkle in his sly grey eyes, that some
thing of that sort had better be done. Your
appette's so precarious lately. you know"
Yes" said the blue-eyed fairy, thought
fully, Il think | will have some bitters in
the sherry, and then | want some very
small oysters, tiny little ones, and on the
deep shell, and then-then-well, L guess
then III have thick soup, like bisque of
lobster, and some slnelts. You've got
smells, haven't yOu?'
I'VE hat got delicious Zmelts."
''All right. Bring the smelts and have
them on one of those nice little spiggots,
don't you know, and just little bit of
bottle of Rhine wine with them, and after
that I'll take ome-Sunl-sum-what shall
l take next, general?"
Il should think" said her vis-a-vis with
eat something hearty, like a grouse, fianked
by Kidneys"
Yes. said the actress, with a sigh of
relief, I'll have all that and
\ LOT OF CHAMPAGNE.
you know. and then some of those little
peach tarts. and s'morange ice. and
them guess that's all care for tonight,
except little green charteuse or is it the
yellow chartreuSe that smells the nicest?"
she asked, raising her eyes once more to
the man with the gray mustache.
1t is maraschin0 which has the bouquet
you admire SO much, answered the elegant
old rascal pompousy.
Why. OF course it is, said the actress,
with a fond smile. "What clever old
darling you are to remember those jaw
breaking words
Within an hour the whole restaurant was
filled with actresses aud their escorts. and
it is worth D0ting that every actress there
was beautiful. 1t my experience of Sunday
night is any criterion by which to Judge,
plain girls who go from the stage will have
to spend their Sunday nights in hunger
, Clara Belle in Cincinnati Enquirer.
landed az Plymouth.