St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-24
I never shrink from the truth. be it ever so

L never shrink from the truth, be it ever so
painful.
Speaking of ram DDS, though, / suppose
you have noticed how awfully erect all we
girls do now sit, whether at home or abroad,
in our parlors, our carriages or our church
pews. Perhaps you may think that we
have suddenly developed superabundance
of backbone. Well. we haven't, and we
sit straight and look prim because We can't
help it: we couldn't lean back If we wanted
to ever so much; our bustleS are too big;
there.
One would naturally suppose that the
stores in a town Of this size would carry
enough stock 10 last through the winter,
but if you ever try TO get a dress made di-
rectly after the holidays, you will find that
they don't. If you don't have your dress
making done in the fall you must wait
until spring. for during the intervening
season you can find nothing in the shops
but small remnants of cloth. odds and ends
of trimmings and stray buttons.
So
For evening wear silk mitts that reach 10
the shoulder are shown in all eOlors, those
of bright yellow being particularly striking.
The handsomest of these mitts have their
long wrists woven in open lace patterns.
The girls should remember that while
yaseline, glycerine and like medicaments
soften the skin, they have a tendency to
darken it and should not in consequence be
too freely used
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Young Mr.. De Vere's roommate was
awakened late the other night by the fol-
most pathetic Of tones by young Mr. De
We're himself. rs he contemplated the ruins
of a silk hat and endeavOred to reach all
the odd corners of his anatomy with ST.
Jacobs oil:
To be by strong men in q blanket thrown,
And there, in spite of struggle and OF groan.
So bounced and jounced and tossed and flung
about.
while all spectators at your woes do fouD
That every bone within your frame is sore,
And you discover bones ne'er felt before
How glossy was that hat; becoming, too!
That suit how well Il fitted and was new
But yesterday Behold me now, alack,
Ny beaver ruined. clothes torn from my back.
Aud these good people call such pastimes
oh. fun! If thou be fun. avaunt! III none
OF thee another city viii seek
Whose populace more gentle is and meek.
I'm sick and tired of all this horrid noise.
The iendish whOOps and yells OF men and
boys.
I've bad enough of bouncing. too. that's sure,
Although il may be a dyspepsia cure"
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Calling upon ImOgene the other day /
found her in tears, and between her sObs
she told me narrowing tale of misplaced
confidence. The dear girl. il seems, had
read a newspaper article that treated OF
the delights of sleigh-riding and of the diff
ferent kinds of girls who indulge I'm that
sport; and she, ingenious soul. supposed
that the writer OF this article, when he held
forth upon the enjoyment derived from
riding with a girl who wasn't afraid of
being crowded. and who found il necessary
to shield her face from chilling blasts upon
her escorts shoulder, and who didn't object
To her hands being kept warm in a manly
clasp, was speaking in general and not Civ
ing his individual experience. Well. dis
elimination is not Imogene's forte. and if
she didn't put her new-found ideas into
practice with Mr.. Blank, the very primmest
and stiffeSt man in her set. And only
think. Lady Rambler. he told his sister that
he didn't think he should take me out again
! for j was so affectiOnste in my manner
that he expected every minute l was going
| TO propose TO him. Propose to him. indeed,
when 1 wouldn't marry him if he was the
only man alive! And his sister told all
the other girls. Did you ever
hear of anything SD hnrrid? never did.
| but told her that | would do my best to
set in active circulation the story that she
! had fatty refused Blank and that he was
dreadfully cut UP about it. and so she was
i'm some measure cmforted. | fancy.
| though, that she will, for some time to
come, be noted for her dignity and de-
! cOrum.
So
They say they had lots of fun. but it has
leaked out that their sleigh broke down on
the way home and that they had to walk
back to the railway station and wait for
the a. IN. train; and il is further rumOred
that certain of the gallant gentlemen man
aged to come into town on the wreck of
their vehicle. leaving the ladies' under their
protection to protect themselves aud get
home as best they might. and that in con-
| sequence an exalted opinion of modern
chivalry now prevails in certain quarters.