St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-06

of the day is the culture of chyrsanthe-
NUNS. Once year the riders OF the hobby
have a grand tournament i'll the shape OF
chyTSanthemum show. such one as mas
Just ceased to occupy the attention of this
city at the Cosmopolitan hall. Doubtless
it may seem a trifle harsh to the lovers of
the beautiful to speak of chyrsanthemum
cultivation as hobby; but if it were called
the fashion instead of the hobby, would it
be any less harsh or less true? Fashionable
the show has been. and hobby the flowers
were to their owners. With time hanging
heavy on their hands. the rich have taken
to the cultivation of the. japanese
flower with the fervOr and devotion
of passion; they have become eX-
perts in the knowledge of chyrSanthe-
NUNS, and artists in appreciation of them.
The result is that the show is analogous
to an exhibition Of paintings or of needle
work, or a concert of chamber music.
Those who really understand the merits
and appreciate the beauties of the exhibition,
concert or show are few, limited only 10
those who have made study in the specific
branch of art or nature under consideration.
There are doubtless many who attended
the show at the Cosmopolitan. led there by
the decree of fashion. who have felt lively
interest in the effective massng of the
great white, yellow and pink blossoms in
big pyramids: who felt an intellectual &C
acknowledgement of the
WONDERFUL FERTILITY
of the little plant; but such interest is blind
compared to that of the cultivatoI who can
gaze for hours in rapt delight upon a single
group of blossoms. He takes no heed of
the pretty girl behind the collection of
bulbs, but has room in his old head for
nothing except the vegetation in view. He
knows what were the conditions under
which the blossoms were induced to appear.
He realizes that this plant has done much
better than it did last year, or better than
its variety is accustomed to do. and he
eXults and thrills with genuine pleasure &C
cOrdingy. That this is not the0riZing, but
fact, is proved by the behavior of the visit
OrS to the show. 1t was evident that to the
average man chrySanthemumsa are not as
attractive as roses, lilies and many other
flowers. The chrySanthemum show was
more quickly done than general flower
shows by the public at large, While the eX
perts. the amateur florists. found it a
world of beauty and interest. Women.
of course. saw more in the show than men.
They gaZed more steadily at the blossoms.
approaching them with varying degrees of
keennesS. The men, poor things who had
come along as escorts, stood about awk
wardly. casting cursory glances at the white
and yellow masses, and equally long glanceS
at the grOined roof, the japanese flags on
the walls and each other. When their at
tention was called to certain
ESPECIALLY LOVELY SPECIMENS
they looked at them half ashamed. appar-
entity, and certainly at a loss to see anything
to admire. But it is good fashion. mnch
better than the one that dictates absurdi-
ties in dress, and it is probable that more
refinement and cultivation are induced by
the study of chrysanthemumS than in the
study of poOdes.
FuTS and fur trimmings are attracting a
good share of attention about this time
PrOVident women are reminded that it will
soon be time to have these necesSarieS of
the winter on hand. There is now great
activity in all the fur houses and
the fur departments of every dry
goods house in the city. Special ex-
hibitS of furS show that bands of ali kinds
OF furS. from seal. otter and beaver to fox,
lynx. badger. sable and Alaska sable. Rus
sian hare. Persian lamb. Astrakhan badger
(gray and black chinchilla and Siberian
sQurrel-the true minever of the middle
ageS-will all be fashionable and worn on
both frocks and wraps. Fur stOleS and
bOaS are also shown in a great variety of
furs, while fur shoulder capeS and large
capes reaching TO the elbows and waist
line. with long pointed tabs in front like a
mantilla. are already seen, worn by fash
ionably dressed women of Fifth avenue
and the popular shopping thOroughfares of
the city. Among other fur novelties into
duced this season. and which bid fair TO be
popular, are StOles of black
MONKEY FUR,
with high collars, and with a muff formed
of the lOoped-up ends of the stole.
In the long silky black monkey fur
these stoles are very attractive. imparting a
stylish and distinguished air TO any cos
tune. but particularly to the tailor made
cloth suits in dark green. dark navy blue
smoke gray, black. claret red and in dark
mahogany shades. Sometimes a plain
cloth. flannel OF cameIs-haIr suit is made
dressy by the addition of a plastron waist
coat and high collar of Persian lamb, with
the cuffs and a small mutf To match. Circle
cloaks which Did fair never to go entirely
out of fashion. are made Of wool and silk
Sicilienne this winter. and lined
variously with hamster. water mink,
real mink. sable and Alaska sable,
squirrel or mlnever, locks, backs and
whole skins, but the squirrel lined garment
is going out of favor. Short wraps of seal.
long seal newmarketS. haif-long seal
sacques. seal walking Jackets. and all these
duplicated in seal plush. are immensely
fashionable and popular. Some of these