St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-25

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reading feverish French novels and strain
ing their little brains to catch gilt-edged
young husbands. as so many of us are doing
here in New York, rich and poor alike.
YOU OUGHT TO SEE THESE GIRLS
in their bathing suits-that is, if you want
to see beauty combined with startllngly
free and easy behavior. These girls don't
mind being seen. Whether it's their limo
cence OF their sang froid, or whatever it is.
they are more fond of exhibiting themselves
on the beach in the very short skirts that
are worn this year, and with their arms
bare and their shirts just trifie decollete,
than any girls I ever happened to meet.
The famous board walk that fringes the
beach from one end of the island to
the other is lined with tin-type
galleries, and these girls are possessed Of
a mania for getting photographed in their
bathing dresses. These tin-typeS are dis
tributed among the young gentlemen who
prize them, | suspect, very highly. l can
not conceive just how the young men can
return the compliment, unless they put on
short oarsmen's trunks and sleeveless shirts
and sit before the camera in that fashion.
TO New Yorker this bravery of the At
lantic City girls in spending hours in I'M
dress, and then posing before the camera
to perpetuate the effect they create may
seem immodest and bold, but Philadelphia
is such a goody-goody place that l am GER
tain the custom arises from innocence. In
nocense covers multitude of sins and in
this instance uncoverS multitude OF per-
sons. put it as you wish.
l hope l will not be considered incon-
sistent when l say that I am glad the femi-
lime bathing dress is being simplifed and
made smaller. For years women have
been robbed of the best part of the pleasure
of bathingby being weighted down with
too much clothing. The dress / have de-
scribed is artistic and becoming to all
shapely women, but, mind you, l only like
it in the water, or when [ see it's wearer
hurrying to or from the water. l do not
believe it ought to be taken into photo
graphic galleries or worn while promenad-
ing the beach or while lolling for an hour
at time in the sand.
LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL.
Are thick here as hops. They now clasp
diplomas to their bosoms, and view the
world from pinnacle Of prize essays and
stacks Of successful examination papers
quite prepared for an emergency-any
position in the social cosmogony. In re-
atty they are as ignorant of any thing as
turb their peace of mind or disturb their
supreme dissatisfaction. And now they
are ribboned! The favorite garniture for
all toilets this summer is ribbon, arranged
in knots and bows of all kinds, from the
floating bow, composed of long loops of
narrow ribbon, to the stiff and formal
rosette. the cockade and the battered cab
bage bow. OverSkirts are draped and
looped with bows Collars, shoulders and
open corsages are decorated with bows
For many toilets of young girls ribbon
is made to take the place of the
pouf at the back The corsage
will be short, tight jacket, terminating al
the waist, opening at the front and back on
plastron of the figured fabric of the dress,
the corSage itself being of plain silk of the
predominant tint in the design. An i'm
mense sash, fringed at the ends, is attached
by a large round knot at the bottom of the
back of the jacket, falling thence in two
long loops and two very long ends upon the
skirt. which has no drapery of any kline
whatever. The bigger and more fashion.
able the resort, the more Independent OF
dress woman may be, paradoXical as il
seems. In the midst of crowd, where the
strife for social prominence RACES as it doe:
here, for instance. people of calm sense
find that good clothes" are entirely toe
common to attract attention, beyond tina
of affordlng certain entertainment to on
lockers. Very plain habiliments, swher
worn by gentle folks, are quite as much in
order as overwhelming finery prepared BY
leading makers.
AT A GARDEN PARTY
saw girl with entirely fashionable feet
and may as well turn them into an exhibit
She had on pale tan silk stockings, with
slippers and gloves to match. Low walk
ing shoes are more used than they have eve
been, and are of either patent leather ant
black kid, or else with uppers. The stock
ings then chosen are black or Suede color
Dove-gray kid sandals, in low Roman style
are tipped with gray silk embroidery or cut
steel beads, and worn with pearl-gray hos,
devoid of ornamentation. To wear witt
high shoes, many girls prefer stocking
with black legs and white feet, while tn
reverse of this is seen in new hosiery
having the feet and ankles covered
or black while the legs are white
Lisle-thread and English cotton stocking.
are most used in tan colors. navy blue ant
black, as these go with almost any toilet
Immense buckles and huge rosettes are ig
pored in foot-dressing, and instead ar,
worn low-cut French shoes, held by small
buckle Of Irish diamonds. Some are wear
1HS inc green WHlto' cdlleu MIC green, a
stockings, sash and watered ribbon bows
with white muslin dresses. Side lines o
embroidery are the ornaments preferred o.
the finest hosiery. There are also fine phi
diets Of embroidery all over the instep an,
Hahles. Elaborate insertions of lace an
large wrought flowers are now seldom
seen.
4 SUMMER FASHION
In the matter of rings is az itating girls VIII
edsre these brilliant ornaments and desir
20 display as many as possible on tlei
white hands. 1t is this: One ring at
tiRs DEGREES that mysterious article W
laaIees and unmaEes the divine law of dres
and nnery generally. This solitary ring
iawever, must not be worn two weeks il
eucees-iAn aud it must be a regular sna !,
er, very splendid specimen of the april