St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-19

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ming is a full bow Oh mulberry -colored
faille Franchise ribbon, with fancy edges,
and monture of fancy feathers catching
the tint of the velvet. posed at the left side
A hat of red velvet of similar design,
with the clusters of plaltS clinched
at the base of the crown, with corded red
satin ribbon. had the clusters of pIaits di
vided by strips of jet paSSementerie, and
is trimmed with bows OF red ribbon and
tuft of black ostrich tips on the left side.
\ bonnet of velvet in golden brown had
great leaves of jetted net lined with gold
tinsel gauze set on each side, with trimming
of monture of brown and gOld-colored
birds wings, finished with a gOld-cOlored
agrette. posed on the top. and strings OF
brown faiile Franchise ribbon with fancy
edges passing across the base of the crown. n
bonnet of moss green velvet, with plaque
of net wrought with irideScent beads IN a
tlOriated design on each side, was trimmed
with a DOW of corded green satin ribbon
and mOnture Of-green pheasant and bird
of paradise feathers posed on top, com
pleted by strings of the ribbon. bonnet
of velvet or mordOre brown, with a great
diamond-Shaped piece formed OF narrow
folds on each side, was trimmed with bow
of faille Franchise ribbon and montour of
pheasants' feathers and a heron algrette
posed on the top.
CONEY ISLAND.
where we Yacht race eXcuTSiOniStS went for
fun, after the race was over. is simply
resort gone mad. 1t is the abode of de-
lirium The sea and air go for nothing.
The crowd is not satisfied until it is half
tipsy and is engaged in some amusement in
which their bodies are in a whrl like their
brains. l cannot write in detail about it.
for | did not stay long enough to probe
it, 1t was too much for me-. The
bathing is too much like a marine can
can, to tell the truth. / WAS in state of
disgust for my sex down there. The
women lead the men in the general aban-
don at the cheap end of the island. They
don't drink beer; they simply take it in
like ship receiving her cargo. Then they
lean on the flying horses and whlrl around
upon them with so little regard for pro-
priety that OftentimeS the revolving ring OF
wooden animals becomes a circle Of whirl-
ing hosiery, just as you sometimes see
stockings exhibited on turn-table in a.
store window Next you would see the
women pushing and squeezing to get
places on the roller-coaster, four-seated
car on a narrow track along a platform
ties. Up and down they went. screaming
and laughing Historically. Cousin Tom
was almost offended at me for not trying it,
but l told him very plainly drew the line
somewhere, even an COney island. Foolish
bowl The first time he rode on one of those
dizzy contraptiOnS young creature in the
seat ahead of him shrieked and fell back in
his arms,
MAKING BELIEVE SHE WAS PAINTING.
Instead of pitching her out as he should
have done, he keeps riding i'll the thing
again and again-''tO see if some more
girls won't be taken faint" he had the
audacity to tell me. Another sport is to
90 800 feet in an elevator to the top Of
a slender iron tower because terra
tirma is too prosy for people craZed
with the Coney island fever, or to
ride in the flying boats or to waltz in the
most criminal looking party l ever saw out
of prison. or to have more beer in the in
ternal system of the wooden elephant, or
ride on the elevated railroad that sends
your heart between your teeth at every
revolution of the wheels. Upon my word
it is like a vast mad house in
which nothing that is sensible and
solid is acceptable. The man who inventS
something new and hair raising, something
wildly crazy in the way of sport will make
a fortune here. The last parOXySmal de-
vice was the Notwithstanding roller
coaster and the inventor told Cousin Bob
| he is clearing from $500 to $500 day with
it. But, really. my sex did not please me any
better at the aristOcratic end of the island.
The male bathing dresses at Manhattan
Beach are open at the sides, and favOrite
paStime of the women there seems to be to
sit and scoop sand into these apertures
while their male escorts are resting on the
beach. That is not calculated to please any
reputable woman out of French novel. The
female suit is not bad. 1t is simply a long
| sleeved shift and skirt Of blue flannel with
| blue flannel drawers to the knees and stock
| ings the remainder of the way down. These
suits are so eminently proper that many OF
| the rapid young New York women won't
| have them at ALL but come with their own
apparel. And you just ought to see some
! of their
PRIVATE SUITS.
! IF yon have got any thing like them on
or off the stage in Cincinnati, all can say
| is that the police onght to be notified. Pm
no prude. | like women to look pretty;
| it's their best stock in trade" to nse a
business expression. l think beauty and
style desirable even in the bath, il
people are about looking on.
| even justify padding, and corsets.
and pretty stockings. tor no one has right
to exhibit herself in house or stree. or water
in a way that offends good taste. But these
rapid bathing suits go to the other extreme.
| What do you think of full dress. low
neck and no sleeves for a bath robe?
I've seen a dozen women dressed so here
and 1 mean respectable stay-at-
home wives and mothers. Other
| kinds do not trouble my
pen to write about. One plump little
woman in a light sailor suit wore the shirt
so loosely laced that it was open three
| inches wide to the waist, and another white
suit was cut away to the middle of the
bust line like scores of other dresses, but
with no pretty concealing lace yoke,
such as self-reSpecting women wear.
l never saw the skirts so short
as in some of these private
suits One pair of sisters had theirs cut to
stand out so that they looked like ballet
dresses; and they reached no further down.
To emphasize the effect these women
sought to produce, tight-ftting trousers, as
tight as paint on sign, were worn in place
of the proper Turkish patterns, and other
women put on fleSh-hued stockings.
AND THE HUGGlNG
And romping and mauling that goes on
here-well, l had better not dwell on it.
My temper is not amiable enough for dis
QUESTION on that sort Of thing. 1 was talk
ing to lady about these new-fangled suits,
and she said she saw no harm in them fol
married women, but she thought they were
too frightfully shocking in young
+! girl Her argument was so like thai
of dear old soul l knew in the country
that l burst out laughing. This old woman
was fond of rather broad talk, and hei
speech shocked a young woman who was
present on one occasion. The old country
woman was told to be more discreet, as hel
visitor was very modest.
Modest she exclaimed. ''Pshaw! She
is married"