St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-27
SID WALK ETCfaINGS.

It is quite easy to tell the comparative
length of time a man and woman have been
husband and wife, from the manner in
which they conduct themselves on the
street. The department of the man is more
of an indication than that of the woman.
Two weeks with their necks in the matri-
moniaI moose and when they walk down
town together. the young wife stops before
shop window Respondent with articles of
dress, so dear to the eye Of woman and to
the purse Of man. and she remarks as she
points to a display of rich dress goods.
''aren't those lovely, dear; and just look at
those laceS; aren't they beautiful" and,
bending low over his precious charge. the
Young husband fattered because his Opin
ion is asked regarding material for Orna-
menting the opposite SEX breatheS, charm
ing, dear; superb. and you must soon have
a dress off that very piece" and she looks
I'D into his face with kindling eyes, and
says: ''You precious darling, you're too
good to live"
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He sort of RECEIVERS from the fit of good
ness that has fallen on him, however, and
three months later the same couple walk
down the street and by the same shop win
dow. There are the beautiful dress goods
and the eyes Of the young wife gaze visit
fully at them as she draws her reluctant
husband up to the glass. Charley" says
she, don't you remember that you prom
ised to buy me dress off that piece over
there, some time ago?"
Yes" he replies, but l had so much to
think of that forgot all about it, but you
can have it the last of the month";"
Two months more slip by and again the
couple pass the window. Now she is not
on familiar terms enough with her husband
to warrant her in leaning on his arm. Her
eyes TALL on the window with its rich dis
play and reaching out. she
touches her husbands arm and
turning toward the window says. Charley.
look here" and Charley replies. ''Oh,
come on. You make me tired. Why don't
you spend the most of your time gawping
into windows? | should think you would,
the propretors would be tickied to death to
have you. You must think I'm stuck Oh
dress goods" and with yank the young
husband tears his arm away from the tender
grip of his wife, and starts off down the
street, with her following meekly behind,
aud little further ON he makes her stand
outside of a cigar store while he goes III
and chins the proprietor about twenty min
utes about new brand of chewing tobacco
and trying to get him TO acknowledge that
the cigarettes he sells are doctored with
opium. The above may not hold good i'll
all cases, but there are several right here in
st. Paul which are illustrations.
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''Dinng- room girls in st. Paul put on
more style than in any city east OF the Ohio
river" said a travelling man few days
ago. You see one waiting on the table
and meet her two hours later on the street,
and you don't recognize her, for she
wears silks and satins that would cause the
daughter of the richest citizen to look and
wonder They are the tonieSt class of
walters thai L eyer saw" The mattresses
OF ST. Paul are stylish, but this fact is not
dscreditable to them. They are paid
better than the average man would sup
pose. A good waitress gets between fifty
and sixty dollars month and her board,
which is neat sum, and even at this price
they are hard to get. They are indepen-
dent, and the majority of them have friends
among the boarders who will follow at
their beck and call, and this fact renders
them valuable to their employers.
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The light complexioned hat, surrounded
by sombre band has but four more days
lease of life. On the 30th inst it must 20
and give way to the heavy, black head
covering. Already its numbers have de-
creased and put comparatively few are now
seen in day as. one passes through the
streets. There is a new dodge, that the
dudes have inaugurated, which is not gen.
orally known among their lady friends. Il
is an economical move and lengthens out
their purse strings perceptibly. They are
getting the white hats colored. 1t costs
them but fifty cents and the hat is virtually
new. If the young ladies will take pains
to look inside the hats of their dude visitors