St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-09


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The time may have been when girl
could preserve her compleXionsswith the aid
of one plain black silk parasol that she
carried with all her dresses to church and
to shop, to drive, to call. and to walk.
That time may have been L say, Just as
there may have been tunes conducive to the
health and growth of megatheriums and
giants and other dlSagreeable things too
numerous to mention, but it has most as
suredly gone by, let us hope forever and a
different sunshade for each gown and every
occasion is now considered absolutely essen
tial by all Well-regulated females And
never did these articles so dear to the heart
OF woman appear in greater variety
both as regards form and color. Some in
somber black with deep falls OF rich lace,
quiet elegant, and never out of place;
others that remind one of bits of rainbow
smothered in cobwebs; all equally attract
i've and tempting! In shapes out of the
common, we are shown, as quainter than
either the pagoda or the canopy one form
that initiates half of fat tomato sliced
horizontally. Ribbon bows are found on
nearly all Darasols, whether plain OF
elaborate, knotted on the handles, tied on
the tops or adjoining panels. Lace parasols,
.,
out; but if 1 may judge from the evidence
of my senses. should say they are coming
in with gusto, and coming where they do
not belong-upon the street. It's a great
pity that the people who indulge in the eIe-
gances of dress never can be made to I'M
derStand that what is appropriate for car
rage wear may not be exactly the thing for
walk on a public thOroughfare. Para
soils form no exception to the general rule
for good taste in dress. In regard to han
dies, | know that some seasons one is in
formed that her sun umbrella must
have crook for handle,
and sometimes crutch stick is
declared necessary, and again it is said
that the end must be of silver or some
other expensive substance; but [ have
never been able to discover any uniformity
in the matter, but rather have observed an
infinite variety that tends to make life
| spicy and entertaining
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| And by the way, a real sweet clerk in
the paraSol department once told me that
the cultivation of umbrella handles is a
regular industry, entire plantations being
devoted to the raising of wood for that
purpose. Do you know if he told me the
| truth?
Yes, dear boy it is quite. quite true.
| The mammas are beginning to be Mortified
at the mere thought of young lady's going
out in the evening in close carriage with
only a young man for escort. What are
you to do? Well, there are several ways
out of the difficulty. The really correct
thing, you know, is to take mamma as well
as her daughter, but this seems to me like
an early usurpation of the rights of a
mother-n-law that should be promptly
frowned down by spirited youth. A
maid susceptible to bribery would
be decidedly preferable as a chaperone
and more economical, too, as she could
occupy seat in the balcony. Then the
young lady may be sent down in one car
riage while her escort follows in another;
that's an excellent arrangement and one
whereby the proprieties cannot possibly be
outraged. although the young man's pocket
book may be considerably lghtened. But
on the whole. my ingenious youth, perhaps
it would be as well to stick to the street
car. Perfectly safe, perfectly proper. cheap
and If the maiden's ma objects to tina