St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21

lovable partner. Charley is a swell fellow
and all that and he doesn't know what a
dreadful saphead he is, but we girls do gig
gle internally at him while receiving his
well meant attentions. lie is one of those
Fellows, don't you know, who didn't dare
10 fairly encircle my waist, in the waltz,
Just because my dress was cut fashiOnably
.ow behind and he was mortallY afraid that
The tips of his fingers would touch my
pinal column. And l do deteSt lazy man
IL round dancing. The only worse thing is
TO have no waltzing at all, and that is the
penance that Lent enforces.
THE CHAMPION LAZY MAN
Lives across the street from me. / have
watched him off and on now for months,
md he is the only man l ever knew who
lidn'td do anything at all. 1t is true that he
lied his nails once, but he looked at them
Tor hours at q time every day for week be-
fore he began work. and then he was the
greater part of another week getting them
n shape: Since that time he has been pla-
idly admiring them whenever l have
glanced across the way at him. He is large.
fat and heavy-eyed, and l don't think he
goes out of the house once a month. He has
the appearance of perfect health, and about
ihe only exercise he takes is that involved
IN the movement OF turning his head side
ways so that he can look ont of the window.
He lives in the front window of his big
houSe-he is a widOwer and a man of large
means-where he has constructed a curious
sort of dvan. The low window-sill has been
widened and extended and heaped with cush-
ions and rugs. Two iron arms or brack-
cts extend from either side of the window.
They are designed 10 hold books. Outside
of the window and attached to the easement
are mirrors arranged at such an angle that
one within the room may look out and see
up and down the street. There are thick
portieres across the windows. At II o'clock
every morning a servant draws these cur
tains aside and in about an hour from that
time the champion lazy man
wADDLEs UP TO THE WINDOW
and stares sleepily out at the street. He
usually wears bath-robe, or dressing
gown, though his attire is otherwise neat
and conventional. He is then scarcely out
of bed until he sinks at once into his lux
uriouS cushion at the window. His heavy
eyes are turned upon any object that may
interest him in the street, and.h solemnly
and soulfully stares at it until the servant
appears with the breakfast tray.
He is too much fatigued to sit at
the table and eat. and so the
tray is placed beside him and he sits there
and he munches his food laZily for the next
hour. After that he sits and looks out of
the window until it is time to eat dinner.
have known him once or twice to sit up to
dinner, but this is only on rare occasions.
Regularly every dav his carriage comes
around 10 take him out for drive and reg
ularly he stays at home. He seems TO be
rather amused, however. by the horses as
they walk up and down before the house.
They are lot of complacent old family
servants TO attend to him. He never goes
TO the theater or the opera, has no family
ties. and simply lives in solitude and mag
nificence in big city house and worshiping
but one gOd-himself. 1t isn't particu-
larry noble life, perhaps, but then he seems
to like it, and L don't know that it is my
province to complain.
SPRING MILLINERY
Is on extensive exhibition in Fifth avenue.
Small bOnnets are plentier than for several
seasons past. They are no smaller, for the
minimum was reached last year. The
crowns, which in many are deeper in front
rise to half Normandy tops with fiat horse
shoe backs. More than usual license is
taken in making eccentricities in oddly
shapes. High and extremely high crowns
are seen with flat tops, rounded corners, or
depressed tops, and from square sides to
moderately tapering, full staple tapers, bell
tapers and square bell or Grecian slopes.
There are multitudinous varieti es of brims.
but the prevailing idea of last season-short
or narrow bacRs-is still carried on. Brims
cut at the back and rising to concave points
to Introduce back trimmings are among the
newest, and high back-rols in many in
stances cut off sharp are also among the
novelties. A number of face hats are OBJ
served many of them showing beautiful
and graceful lines, with medium and ex-
IRENE deep fronts. The most fashion
able reception bonnets are made en- suite
with the costume, and of materials
which enter into the costumes. The fancy
fabric forms the crown. and the plain
fabric covers the brim. But latterly fash
ionable ladies have favored bonnets for the
ceremonious toilet of jetted net, trimmed
with jets. Some of the most recent models
sent out from Paris have been of this
description. Velvet bonnetS, studded with
jet beads, or with fat faceted scales, are
also much worn, serving for both the gen.
eral and ceremonious toilet. Among the
new shapes in bonnets is that with the cap
crown and the close cottage brim of plain
English split-straw traid. With the cap
crown there are shapes having the pla