St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-22

feminine costumes seen at Cedarhurst were
marvels of constructive skill. Some of then
affect more masculine style than ever.
What with their plain dresses and jackets
cut away. showing white vest and scarf,
there is.a tendency to indulge in immense
straw hats, rolled up at one side, which are
very trying to all but a young
and pretty face. A girl dressed in
blue wore one to match her cos
tune. 1t was straw, trimmed with pro-
fusion of blue ribbon bows, in which green
was combined. The combination of blue
or purple and green is new and popular
one. One of the most charming dresses
was gray silk, with velvet bodice, worn
by delicate beauty. 1t was completed by
a dainty bonnet, set off with rosettes of
illusion. There were any number of stylish
black dresses worn with little bonnets, or
the favorite high hat with brim rolled up
at one side.
looked as pretty in tailor-made cloth
green dress with white vest and high
crowned hat adorned with tiny forget-me-
nots. Another was very English IN blue
cloth and hat turned up at one side. A
blue velvet bodice overcloth was the dress
worn by one whose eyes looked bright I'M
der high crowned hat. These
pictures show the style, first. OF
mannish sort of CLOTH tailor-made
bodice, and second, of one more femininely
composed of embossed velvet and lace.
Gathered vests from collar to waist line are
very stylish; they are extremely full, yet
are gathered into narrow space, and have
pointed revers on each side. A half girdle
or front belt crosses the belt at the waist
line or below it, beginning under the revers.
This front belt can be made to shorten
apparently waists that are too long
by being made of soft silk eight or
ten inches wide laid across in care
less folds at the waist line and above
it. Ii the wearer wishes to look long and
slender, the front belt is flat band of
velvet or silk two inches wide, pointed
downward in the middle with the ends at
the waist line, and the point below conceal
ing the end of the vest. The shirt fronts,
with box plat in the middle like those of
gentlemen's shirts, are liked, and may be
quite smooth and fat, or else drop
quite loosely below the waist. like the
Moliere blouse lately worn. There are also
modified Norfolk jackets of surah or of
fine Jersey webbing, with. their seams all
hidden, yet of an excellent shape, that are
to be worn with various skirts. Visible
white chemisettes are in great favor and
may be put in permanently as a plastrOn
when they are made of crepe, or lisse, or
muslin, pique or duck, and are then often
extended to form vests.
l have young friend who has lost most
all of her faith in
MASCULINE HUMAN NATURE.
She probably still believes in her father
and brother, and, Of course, her confidence
in her favorite clergyman is unimpaired;
but as for the rest Of the sterner sex, she
thinks of it as l should dreadfully hate to
have anyone think of me. But I must
hurry to tell you just how it all hap
pened. My friend is Miss Flora (neyer
mind her other name, which has an
Irish sound far away back in-the last cen
tury-her Irish grandfather came over here
and founded the great fortune of the fam
lily by importing Irish linens) She went to
Europe about five years ago to complete a
musical and generally artistic course in
Italy. AS a school girl of 16 she formed a
fond attachment for young Knickerbocker.
They exchanged rings and, as both thought,
their alleged hearts in the bargain. While
she was away she was great deal more
steadfast to ner troth, as girls usually are.
than he was, think. At any rate she got
a good many hints from friends at home.
Just before she returned, that made her
doubt whether his habits were Just such as
she wanted in man she was to tie up to
for lie. She heard something about an
actress and about certain Button Club
which every one knows is the name of
coterie of poker players on Murray Hill:
and the last picture he sent her
gave him a face that seemed to her
Just wee bit bloated and bibulous. Well,
Flora is one of the pluckiest girls ever
knew. She thinks nothing of five-barred
gate when she is mounted. She won
wager at Newport by
SWIMMING ACROSS THE BAY
from the bluffs to the opposite shore. and
bringing back an apple from an orchard
there, and at another time in Orange she