St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-07
THE LADY RAMBLER
Wears n Blanket suit with the Rest
of the City.


of the City.
From the tot, scarcely out of long clothes,
to his stately grandmother. who envelopes
her 200 pounds avoirdupOis in pale-blue
blanket and conceals her gray locks beneath
busting cap OF white flannel, every one of
us has gone perfectly daft, and soberreason
and stern common sense have shaken the
snow of our streets from their feet and fled
i'm utter disgust. We have tobOggans
served up or breakfast. snowshOes for
lunch and dine of ice palace, while our
sleep (what little we get is haunted by
visions of ice bears. ire kings, pretty girls
i'm grotesQue attire, flashing banners and
handsome men in becoming garo. Some of
us, il is true, have found the carnival kind
of Dead Sea apple. but for wealth untold
we wouldn't acknowledge our diSappoint-
ment, though our hearts may be heavy, our
laughter rings out merrily and we wish
everybody to understand that we are having
"a perfectly elegant time, thank you"
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But, though there may be individuals
who take naturally to the tOboggan, the
craze usually comes on gradually, by slow
degrees, ones liking for the frisky machine,
like taste for olives. being acquired after
many painful experiences. At first you
don't enthuse much; on the contrary, as you
read of broken limbs. bruised faces. and lost
sears. YOU firmly resolve never to risk your
precious life and more precious beauty for
the sake OF a sport that after all Is not half
so much fun as its devotees would you be-
lieve. Then you pass through oil the stages
of dislike. distrust and uncertainty till at
last your curiosity gets the better Of your
| timidity. and yielding TO the opportunities
of your friends you screw your courage 10
| the sticking place and seat yourself upon a
| tobOggan. There doesn't seem to be much
room for your feet and you vaguely won
der what will happen if your pedal extrem-
tiles slip off while YOU are descending at
full speed; cold shiyers chase each other
up and down your spinal column as the
proprietor of the tobOggan informs YOU that
you must sit bolt upright and that a swerve
either to right or left means destruction fol
the whole party. and when the man who is
| 10 steer cries ''all ready.' and
the start is made your heart sinks
| right down intU the toe Of one
of your moccasins and you bid mental
adieu to sweet life and dear friends. Their
come a rush of cold air, few awful bump:
that threaten to send you upon an explor-
ing expedition to the stars, you family
calculate ''how lovely" and find yourself
safe and sound at the bottom of the slide.
your sensations OF fright and delight so in
extricably mingled that you really can't
tell which is uppermOst. Devoutly thank
full for your escape you hesitate little be
fore tempting Providence for the second
time. but there seems to be a magnet at the
top of the hill that draws you up as surely
as the toboggan takes you down. and yor
make another trip and a third and fourth
| TT,
YOUR ardor and a collision of crafts you re-
gard as an excellent joke. Then day by day
your excitement deepens, till finally YOU
come to regard all time not spent tobOggan-
ing as time lost. cut short your meals anC
curtail your hours of sleep. The fever ha
then taken firm hold and will have To ruI
its course.
If YOU see n lady in fur coat and straw
hat pray do not display your ignorance b.
remarking upon the incOngruity of her at
tire; straw hats velyet-trimmed. are among
the caprices Of fashionable winter millinery
=.=
/ did have a toque with my blanket sui
and it was awfully becoming. but for tn
life of me couldn't find out what TO cal
1t. authorities differed to such an extent. /
asked a friend how she liked my toQue
pronouncing it TO rhyme with poke, tel
chances to one she would reply that sh
thought my tOque was perfectly sweet. bu
she made the thing rhyme With duke. and b
careful emphasis called my attention TO m
error. Then l spelled my headgear with
utilI heard gentleman who knows abou
such things say that his turk Tor very muc
slurred) was the most comfortable thing i'm
aginable. 1 tried that pronunciation 70
awhile, but it didn't seem to take well an
so bought Tam o'Shanter.
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The dark blue and yellow uniform wor
by the Owls attracts much attention. an
the Owlesses look particularly charming.
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Our devotion to the cause is somethin
wonderful. We have disregarded 80
temperature and the equally chilling con
mands of stern marshals who deemed it VI
advisable for uniformed ladies to appear
evening parades, and are on hand at a
hours prepared for anything, from tn
storming OF an ice castle to race on snow
: shoes So we of course expected applause
but language fails to express our gratifici
ton at the unbounded enthusiasm wit