St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-04
She's idling by old oceans sands;
She's straying by the placid pool
Where bloom the lilies fresh and cool;
Or wandering in distant lands
And close drawn shutters seem to frown
s.Society is out Of town.

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Where bloom the lilies fresh and cool;
Or wandering in distant lands
And close drawn shutters seem to frown
s'Society is out of town.
Fen life itself is but bore,
Since she departing, left US lone,
Unheeding our deSpairing moan.
Oh, would this season feir were o'erl
Our hearts with grief are low bowed down,
Society, come back to town!
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The young man who rejeices in pair of
buff leather shoes is one of the seasons pro-
ducts.
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The author of 'John Halifax, Gentle
man, in a series of papers published in
Harper's Bazaar, is talking to women
about the use and abuse of money. Now
the English gentleman may find these arti-
cles as instructive as they are entertaining.
But there is an old recipe for cooking
hare, you know, that begins first catch
your hare" and we American women, those
of us, at least who do not possess fortunes
of our own. would prefer being told how to
get money before we are informed of the
proper method of getting rid of it. How
many fathers, think you, give their daugh-
tiers definite allowances? And do you i'm
agine that is rare type Of husband who
greets every request for money with:
what! have you spent all of that half
dollar gave you six weeks ago." The
woman who wears silk and fine linen is
often Inundated for lack of a few cents In
ready money, and would value SIS bill
that she could spend exactly as she liked
more than all the costly gifts that are
lavished upon her. And pray, did you
ever hear of woman who earned her own
money and had the privilege of spending it,
that ruined herself by reckless eXtrava-
gance?
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Apropos. heard the other day that the
wife of one of our millionaires wanted to
buy book costing So from an agent. She
said that she would have to ask her huS-
band for the money, and as he happened to
come in during the discussion she meekly
proffered her request. She was fatty re-
fused and the next day the papers con-
tanned full descriptions of the magnificent
set of diamonds that had been presented to
her by her husband as a birthday gift.
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The dress with the lace front is omni-
present. Silk, satin, calico, wooden, mus
lin, what the material of the gown may be
matters not; the lace front is on hand every
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abhor, the vulgarly common.
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When the fond mammas put their dar-
lings into Mother Hubbards we thought
that the height of grotesoueness
and picturesqueness had been reached; but
that craze couldn't hold candle to the
present fashions. sigh for the brush of
an artist that might portray for you the
Kate Greenaway figures that go walking
about. real flesh and blood. At least I sup
pose they are flesh and blood, though they
may for all l know be nothing but wax au-
donations, in which case they could be more
easily accounted for. Picture to yourself,
for instance, a tiny creature (either sex will
dO) just able to toddle, clothed as to body
in white gown the waist of which comes
to the armpits and the skirt, full and stiff,
just clears the ground, put upon its head a
white straw hat profusely trimmed with
ribbons and plumeS, and with the brim that
is ten inches wide caught back to the crown
at two or three different points, complete
the toilet by putting in the infants hand a
slender black cane, and you have before you
a fashionably gotten up child. And would
like to ask if a woman that will rig out a
youngster in that style ought not to be ar
rested for cruelty to animals? Doubtless
CAO quoihO hSo1C dItCH1lOn
and admiring glances can readily
pass from child to mamma; but declare, I
would scorn to admit that I could only at
tract attention by means SO eXtraneous.
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And the same fashion that keeps a boy
in knickerbockers till his legs are like beam
poles, and he appears to be all feet, says
that male child must be put into trousers
almost as soon as he can stand alone
These small unmentionables, especially
when skin tight, are ludicrous in the ex-
IRENE, and their wearers so attired remind
one of tumble bugs.
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If you see a young lady with Queen
Anne chain that terminates in three balls,
pray make no mistake. She is not an
agent for pawnbroker. but is a.damsel
who keeps posted as to the latest styles.
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The artifcers and designers. by the way,
are exercising their ingenuity upon these
cute little fob chains and their pendants.
Among the ornaments shown are buckets
of eggs, the eggs being composed of pearls.
fans, pitchers, urns and baskets filed with
forget-me-nots of turquoise.
LADY RAMBLER.
A PIONEER OYNIC.