St. Paul daily globe., 1886-11-21
THE LADY RAMBLER.
Sits of Gossip On Garments and
other Things of Interest TO the
GenIler Sex.


Sits of Gossip Om Garments and
GentIer Sex.
The fashionable corsage for full dress,
you know, laces in the back, and it's too
awfully funny, but you can pick out the
seasons bride from a swell aSsemblage by
just that very bodice. Yes, instead of run
ming straight down her spinal column, as
they should, the eyelet holes meander all
around, up and down the unconscious crea-
ture's back, and finally bring the point of
the waist directly under one arm. Now,
pray, don't accuse me of insinuating that
the dear young thing gets her husband to
pull the tie-strings together, although the
cOrsage worn by the woman of large matr-
monlal experience never indulges in these
eccentricities. l merely state the plain,
unvarnished truth and allow you to draw
your own conclusions.
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The kerchiefs that the girls most like to
wear cOQuettlShly tucked in the fronts of
their jackets are of pongee silk, bright
orange and vivid red being the favoTite
tintS.
No other article of feminine apparel has
Of late been so much improved as the essen
tial storm coat. Not only are there shown
clOaks of fine alpaca with Innings of rubber,
but from the old rubber circulars that used
to fill the streets on rainy days with process
sions of horrors, there have been evolved
garments that are at the same time comfort
able. jaunty and becoming. A very pretty
model is fitted to the figure in the back, the
fullneSs being gathered OH at the waist line,
hnla 1AltN -ln
In color one can choose from grays and
browns. and checks are shown i'll really
handsome patterns.
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And let me not fail to speak of the latest
in rubber garments. This is a skirt that
affords better protection to petticoats than
any style of cloak, and does not send streams
of water pouring into the tops of ones
boots. A small cape covers the upper part
of the dress.
But these checked rubber coats, don't you
know, are awfully convenient things to have
around, for more reasons than one. A
certain young Englishman, hurriedly
shipped to this country by an jrate father,
and scantily provided with money and
clothes, managed with the aid of one to cut
quite dash. The thing was a novelty
then, was quite styliShly cut and he looked
so awfully distingue in it that no one
thought of inQuiring as to its texture. He
actually wore it for top coat all winter,
and he says that it wasn't at ALL uncom-
Portable, and that he can recommend it to
impecunious youths.
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All the long summer through,
Did that man tie my shoe:
Though but little he knew,
He could draperies repair;
While for braidinF ones hair,
He was always right There;
So what could do2
Now pray, dear, would not you?
For horrid tie shoe
Needs a great deal of care,
And good maids are so rare,
Who can DO ones back hair,
I've consented, its true:
He'll through life tie my shoe.
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The girl with talent for fancy work
has stopped etching the three little maids"
and is crocheting thread lace. She has
some beautiful and elaborate patterns. and
not only adorns with it her dainty under
clothing, but also uses it to trim tides, cur
tains. buffet covers. and the thousand and
one gimcracks dear to the feminine heart.
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When look down upon ball room filed
with so-called dancers. cannot wonder
that our young men find so little enjoyment
in dancing parties. Indeed. / am only sur
prised that the girls go in tor them, for l
can't see the fun in dragging fellow around
by main strength, even when one is pro-
vided with good music, and call it dancing.
Its really scandalOus, and to see a simple
lancieTs or Quadrille danced is to have ones
teeth put on edge. No two sets dance the
same figure, while as for time, every man
on the floor has his own ideas upon the sub
ject. and doesn't propose to be dictated to.
What their mothers have been thinking of l
can't see, and | only wish they could be
compelled to dance occasionally with their
unframed offspring. Perhaps then they
would aid in trying to impress upon the
younger mas the Importance of sending
their sons to dancing school.
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! don't know who could be induced to
wear 1t, but saw in the milliner's window
hat with crown of leather and velvet
brIm.
Yes. Clare, dear, you have come to SEN
sible conclusion. It's well enough to en-
courage youth with souvenirs in the shape
of gloves, if they are considerably soiled.
or handkerchiefs. if they are cheap, but the
line should be drawn at silk umbrellas. No
doubt he does, as he earnestly assures you,
think of you every time he raises that UNI
brella in brisk shower. but the game in
such case is not worth the candle, or. in
other words, the soaking you get is not rem
dered any the less unpleasant by his tender
thoughts of you as he serenely sails down
town under the shelter of your umbrella.
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This neglige style of coiffure is charming
in the extreme. but some of us girls have
carried it to such degree of perfection that
the unbiased spectator is forced to conclude
that We have discontinued the use of brush
and comb. LADY RAMBLER.
Charitable princess.