St. Paul daily globe., 1886-04-25
THE LADY RAMBLER
Is Satisfied Because She IL not n Wan
-MisceIlaneous Ramblings.

Is Satisfied Because She is not n Wan
-MisceIlaneous kamblings.
There are occasional moments, / must
confess, where the limitations of my sex so
weigh upon my soul that l regard with pos
tive envy the humbleSt wearer of unmen-
tionables, rebel against my hopeless fate,
and agonize TO be a man. Not that l par
ticularly yearn for the ballot-bOX or feel my
dissatlsfactions steal upon ME at the
approach of election day. Oh, no! it is for
the lesser privileges that / pine, such as
staying out late nights, sitting with feet
upon the mantel, going out between acts,
and relieving an over-charged brain with
forcible eXpletiyeS not TO be found I'm the
feminine vocabulary; while the sight of a
lord of creation serenely making his way
through the rain, alike Obvious 10 dripping
sky and soaking earth, when know that /
cannot stir abroad without inviting catarTh
and influenza 10 wrap themselves in the
damp folds of my Tapping petticoatS,
always causes me the most poignant an
guish.
But when L soberly reflect, when l look
at the dear boys and realize what they have
to endure, feel bound to acknowledge that
Providence did not err in making me a
woman. could never have borne to know
that all the girls were desperately in love
with me and that could make but one of
them happy, while all the rest must be
plunged into the depths of despair. The
thought that misery and deSOlation were
following in my foot steps would indeed
cave been too much for me. / don't won
der that the average sweet youth is worn to
a shadow; am only surprised that there
is so much of him left.
80
A particularly pretty pair of gloves worn
recently was of undressed kid in shade of
tan. The backs were stitched with brown
silk, and the long, wrinkled wrists were
dotted with tiny chenille balls of the same
tint of brown as the stitching.
The warm weather of last week was an
awful trial to the girl whose finances al
! lowed but one new spring bonnet, and a
deal of tinery prematurely saw the light of
day. 1t is needless to say that the young
woman whose strength of mind proved un-
equal to the occasion is this morning re-
penting her haste in Sackcloth and ashes.
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But Easter bonnets have been discussed
at length from every imaginable standpoint.
and positively refuse 10 say another word
upon the subject, though they are quite as
pret ty and fresh and becoming as usual. 1
Sh'ant even tell you whether wear tiny
bonnet trimmed with millions of ribbon
loops, or charm all observers with one of
those absurd hats that are all front and no
back, and cause their wearers from rear
view TO appear as if ''scudding under bare
poles"
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And matertamilias says that Lent may
have been a season of spiritual and physical
/ refreshing as far as the girls are concerned,
but for her part what with spring sewing
and seamstresses, as well as arrangements
for the summer campaign, she is wearier
than ever and sincerely hopes that the post
Lenten season win be brief and quiet.
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It's queer, isn't it? that people always
will insist upon putting such a construction
upon the acts of Providence as will best
further their own desires. Last week,
now. young Charley Blank had his brand
new silk hat smashed all to bits by fall
ing brick. The unbiased observer would
see in this occurrence a solemn warning.
but the other boys, instead Of carefully
avoiding that style of headgear, are vehe-
mently assuring their pas that ''if it hadn't
have been for that hat Charley would have
been killed, sure, " and informing their mas
that it's really unsafe to 90 about now ''un-
less fellow wears high hat"
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And really one would think that the
young men had gone perfectly daft over
those unlovely and ungTaceful tiles. They
can't get their minds off them, even in
church. Why, last Sunday as l was upon
my knees with thoughts intent upon my
PRAYER book was aroused to a sense of
mundane things by the violent shaking of
| the stool upon which l knelt. l soon be-
came convinced that it wasn't an earth
! quake, and looking about me l discovered
the cause of the convulsiOn in the person of
a young gentleman who was kneeling in
deed, but who-if you'll please TO believe
me.-was engaged in polishing his silk hat
with small brush, evidently carried for
that purpose.
Madame, one fine morning. in search of
something new and bizarre, careleSsly
thrust among the feathers upon her bonnet
her husbands shaving brush. The effect
was striking. The other women were de-
vOured with envy at sight of novelty and
beSieged the milliners for ''shaving-brus
pompOnS." The milliners, at first aghast,
soon discovered what their patrons wanted
and notified the manufacturers accordingly.
| The result of course was a vast improve
ment over madame's shaving brush. and
now the pretty soft pompOns are in half the
hats upon the street.
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Now. am not troubled with a painful
degree of shyness; am not consututionally
timid. except after dark; / think if neces-
Sary could face cow, and l never faint
at the sight of q mouse; indeed. must ac-
knowledge that 1 am possessed of an i'll
ordinate amount of cheek. and that 1 have
more than once overheard myself character
lied as pert.
Yet in the presence of the young lady
who kindly allows me to purchase ribbons.
alCes, ,cOrsets and similar articles of feminine
apparel. acknowledge that am the meekeSt
of human beings. At the very doorway m V
feet falter, my expression becomes apOlogeti C
and my speech hesitating. The young per
son to whom l make known nv wants is so
much more imposing than 1. and SD much
better dressed, especially as regards jewelry,
and by tones and manners she so plainly
informs Inc that the establishment doesn't
care for my patronage and indeed would
prefer not to have it ON any terms. In
short, she reads my craven soul In my eyes
and treats ME accordingly.
As have experienced this sort of thing
for many years l ought by this time to have
become accustomed TO il; but haven't and
IL pains me every time ask a young woman
to show me gloves and she settles heI
bracelets. sizes me up as it were for her own
amusement and then produces a pair with
the remark: Il think this is the style OF
goods you would prefer; the price is 81.
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They do those things differently abroad.
Go into a Paris shop and the polite clerk