St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-28
THE LADY RAMBLER
Has a Few Reflections On the At
tendance at the Opera--Hiale and
Female Shopping.

tendance at the Opera--Aiaie and
Female Shopping.
And once again have our young men beer
afforded an opportunity of discovering how
much we girls really think of them. They
have been. during the past week, at 6
premium, and the most ineligible of youths
who are accustomed to be snubbed by the
! fair sex. and to be met with polite Not al
hOmesn when they call, have basked in the
radiance of sunny smiles, and have been
RECALLED with hOneyed words.
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But alas and alas! Full many a gentle
maiden ordered her opera bonnet and then,
like Marianne in the ''Moated Grange, -
was forced to sit and sigh The cometh
not" Happy she who put not her trust in
lovers, but possessed papa susceptible to
judiciouS management.
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No, don't think it was because they
had been betting the wrong way ON cleo
ton, for it seems impossible that they
should all have selected the losing side.
Neither do believe that they were troubled
witt conscientious scruples concerning
their tailOrs' bills, or their landladies'. The
point was just this: A fellow could attend
every evening alone for what it cost to take
young lady to one performance He
made his choice, rather selfishly, admit,
but perhaps quite naturally.
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And, indeed. it was never so difficult to
get theater invitations out of the men as it
is this season. Gentle hints, WELL
directed fattery. dinner cards, are
alike unavailing. Why, 1 actually
heard one of our society bellies say, not
long ago. that she had attended but one
theatrical performance this year. AS a
consequence, one feels on entering the
Grand as if one had strayed by mistake
into Quaker meeting. The gentlemen
come in alone and sit down in the parquet:
the circle is filled for the most part with
ladies who come in little parties and eat
caramels and chat between the acts as COM
Portable as if they were at sewing society.
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Speaking of the opera, 1 suppose that
no one has enjoyed the engagement quite
so much as the man whose wife has been
out of town. He has stepped himself to
the finger tips in harmOnies, and he is only
sorry that it cannot begin all over again.
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Among the new tints the favorite is a
most aesthetic green with yellow lights.
~
Beautifully adapted to the peculiar de-
mands of the season is the new bustle as
it is nothing less than hair mattress on
small Scaie-at least, it is not full-SZed
mattress, though perhaps it is rather mis-
leading to use the word small in reference
TO it. The girl who tobogS, the damsel
who skates and the elderly female with a
horror for slippery sidewalks will rejoice to-
gether in this last and best gift to woman.
When one feels that she can no longer pre-
serve her equilibrium she has but to allow
herself to drop gracefully backwards and
downwardS and there she is, don't you
know, as comfortable as you please with
moth ng to do but wait for some ole to come
and pick her up.
The latest love of bonnet has crown
that closely resembles a watermelon. and,
indeed, the shape has been chriStened the
melon"
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The boys seem to take kindly to Horace
Greeley's advice to young men about to
marry, and they readily agree with him
that 1t is Just as easy to fall in love with
u
own as many cents.
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A marriage is soon to be sOlemnized, how
ever. in which the bridegroom is much
above the bride both in wealth and social
position. He was asked why he did not
choose a wife from his own set. and he in
formed the IuestiOner that he did not care
to spend his life with fashion plate or
hrncSpH of vJho ha
to find woman who could truly be a
companion to him he was obliged to stem
down into the walks of the so-cailed work
ing girls" Perfectly shocking, isn't it?
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The only articles of jewelry now cor
rectly worn with the tailor-made suit are
cuff and collar buttons. Even the slender
pin at the throat has been discarded, and
the officers collar stands up stiff and high.
with no DIT Of adOrnment.
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l think / have before spoken of the rage
for sachets. My lady ties the dainty things
upon her easy chairs in the Iarlor, but she
absolutely fills her boudoir with them. Old
ones are constantly being tucked away in
trunks and bureau drawers, and their places
filled with new ones in fresh designs
fOnSee HdllukercnieIS are maze into re-
ceptacles for scent by being tied into knots
and as the quaint is the desirable, we are
awfully pleased with the idea.
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Yellow still leads all other colors for
household decorations, though hangings and
upholstering are shown in the exquisite
blues of China crepe and pongee silk.
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Speaking of the difference between the
male and the female shopper, don't at all
wonder that the condescending lady clerks
prefer to deal with the former. No one
does who has ever sent male relative
to buy pair of gloves or a spool OF thread.
When woman goes into store it is with
definite idea of what she wants, and
what she wants she intends to have. A
man. on the other hand, hasn't the least
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