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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
features of the waist is the novel mill.

features of the waist is the novel mill
tary collar, held in place by jeWeled and
linked pins. The generous puffS of the
sleeves as well as the loose vest are in
China silk similar to the skirt drap-
ery's lining. Beneath the laced
openings delicate lace is inserted.
A girdle of plush ribbon, tied in an am
pie, loose knot, embellisheS the front of
the gown. At the back the draperies
are full and soft, all extra fullnesS
being inserted just below the waist
line. Jeweled pins in the hair CORE
spOnd with the collar pins in design.
10 wear with these gowns, outlining
the form divine, we are indebted to
Worth for suggestion most timely. 1t
is in the way of linen petticoat of odd
eOnceit. A linen flounce sixteen inches
deep is more or less trimmed and con-
stltuteS the lower part of the petticOat.
Other petticoats have these characters
ties, but the novelty appears in the sep
arated straps which join the fOunce
to the waistband. They are wide enough
to equal the width of the fiounce, but
gradually taper until they only fit the
band just large enough for the waist.
When the wearer is in motion the action
of these longitudinal straps gives de-
slrable undulatOry movement to the
skirt of the dress worn over it. 1t is
these novel access Dries, which only a
genius may devise, that often make the
perfect completeness of pretty dresses.
Every refined taste will recognize the
gentle womanly grace of costumes
evolved with fine artistic instinct from
existing modes. 1t welcomes styles
from which every suggestion of tawdri-
ness, every inclination to sensational
ism has been eliminated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04

The handsome e\eilng robe, aside
from being gown OF unique design.
combines many new features in artistic
materials and colorings. g.
Soft draperieS of white India silk all
but conceal the pOmpadour brocade
petticoat beneath. 1t is visible as a
panel effect on the right side. Paris
ians are 1uXurating now in the bright
but delicate pinks and green's found
alone in the inimitable reproductions
of these famous brocadeS and
their presence is known to "a
select few on this side of the At
lantic. Another piece. exquisitely deli
cate in pattern, is shown in the vest.
The jaunty coat of green velvet has its
outlines frosted with an embroidery of
folded back over the brOcade vest are
graceful bands of satin. The neck col
Tar has jeweled fastening in front, and
a dainty ribbon knot holds it in place at
the back. The design shows particular
attention to the general effect of the
back. From the curves of the becoming
and mOdiSh couture to the sweep Of the
narrow train there are no abrupt pro-
jectlonS-simply the effect the extra
fullnesS of the skirt material would give.
We have only come to realize that backs
are expressive. There was time when
actresses dared not turn their
faces entirely from their audi
ences; now the shrug of the
left shoulder blade expresses
to our educated intellects more than the
heaving breast, and the quivering of
the spinal column, supplemented by a
diamond star, suggests briny deplora-
bleness to sympathetic patrons. Soci-
ETY. is but playhouse. 1t is audience
and stock company in one. and illus
traterS of points in sentiment find there
most sympathetic spectators.
In some circles there has been much
mourning over the desuetude of old
fashioned hospitality. This grumbling
has more or less ceased since the advent
of the tea gown. 1t is the robe for
open-hearted, unceremonious entertain
ing. 1t is garment soft and silky,
flowing and graceful, concealing while
revealing. Every woman signs until
she procureS a sublimated tea gown.
When it is obtained after the queens
own taste, she must entertain; in other
words she must show it. Coy lunch
cons, quiet teas, redolent with gracious
Ordiality, folio w.
Our ideal tea gown is dainty and
quaint rather than sumptuous; it clothes
estheticaIly, it clothes comfortably.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
Capturing a SchoolMa'am.

Boston Courier.
''Yes," said the young man as he threw
himself at the feet of the pretty school
teacher. II love you and would go to
the worlds end for YOU"
You could not go to the end OF the
world for me, James. The world, or the
earth, as it is called, is round like ball,
slightly fiattened at the poles. One OF
the first lessons in elementary geo
graphy is devoted to the shape OF the
globe. You must have studied it when
you were boy"
''Of course | did, but"
''And it is no longer theory. Cir
cumnayigators have established the
fact"
Il know, but what | meant was that
would do anything to please you, All !!
Minerva, if you knew the aching void"
"There is no such thing as void,
James. Nature abhors vacuum; but
thing, how could the void you speak be
a void if there was all ache in it?'
{" meant to say that my life will be
lonely without you; that you are my
daily thought and my nightly dream. l
would go anywhere TO be with you. Ii
you were in Australia or at the north
pole | would fly to you. i"
Fly! 1t will be another century be-
fore men can fly. Even when the laws
of gravitation are successfully over
come, there will remain. says a late
scientific authority, the difficulty of main
tanning a balance-'
"Well, at all events" exclaimed the
youth, 1--we got a pretty fair balance
in the savings bank and L want you to
be my wife, There!'
"Well, James, since you put it in that
light, =
LET the curtain fall.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
FEATHERS BRING BAD LUCK.
Why Peacock Feathers Have Sud-
denly Gone Out OF Fashion.

denly Gone Out OF Fashion.
In olden times the plumage of the pea
cock was considered among the bright
est of natures beauties. The proud
bird itself was prepared with all its
feathers OH for the grand banquets of
kings and high mobiles, where it held the
most prominent place. Until within a
few years only small number of even
the WealthieSt persons, especially in
America, felt that they could afford to
include peacocks among their pets. The
feathers were costly, and every woman
prided herself upon the possession Of a
few in her bonnet. If she were
fortunate enough to have a fan
made of these feathers she felt
proud indeed. Gradually, as the
hunters secured larger quantities,
wealthy people began to use them for
decorative purposes. Elegant screens,
some with the feathers spread thinly on
a cloth surface, and others, which were
more costly, with the feathers closely
SeWed together; fans with silver han
dies, sofa cushions, and chair seats were
made of the brilliant plumage. The
feathers were even used in the decOra-
ton of the walls, and for frieZes and
dadoeS.
But suddenly, and apparently with
out cause. the demand ceased. The
feathers that had previously been the
joy Of the owner were looked upon with
diStaste and pronounced out of fashion.
They were ruthlessly torn from the hats
they had adorned, from walls and
screens, and thrown into the rubbish
heaps.
Whence came this sudden and unex-
planned dislike? A New York reporter
was told that an ancient superstition to
the effect that peacOcks and peacOckS'
feathers were sure to bring bad luck to
their owner had been revived and had
brought a downfall of the fashion. He
made inquiries at the stores where pea
cock feathers were formerly supplied,
and found that the demand for them had
ceased entirely. At Tiffany's it was
said that they had not sold fan or
screen of peacock feathers for several
years. Customers never ask for them.
The reporter was informed at other
houses that feathers that formerly sold
at high prices can now be obtained for
%. 80 and rs cents bunch. A number
of importers said that they were used
very little
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
W FL

A-Door by which Jim suddenly jumped
into the room.
B-Door by which we left the dugout.
W-Editor Kicker.
H-Honora.
1t may be further explained to the
gentle reader that she had taken seat
on our knee and was trying to feed us
gum drops. We repulsed her gently,
but with Roman firmness. We were
marry until the Kicker had secured
weekly circulation of 5000 copies, when
she threw her arms around our neck,
ploughed her nose along our cheek and
into our ear, and said her heart was
breaking. Old Jim, who had been in
ambush in the other room, rushed in at
that moment and sWore we had been
trifing with HonOra'S affections. We
gently denied it. He said we'd got to
marry her or fill an honored grave. We
declined both honors. HonOra began to
below and declared she'd die if we gave
her the shake, but the editor of the
Kicker wasn't rocked in a Eastwood
cradle. We arose to terminate the
painful interview. and were assaulted
both by father and offspring.
Had the editor of the Kicker de-
scended to the level of cid Jim Polhe-
mus. who was only a coyote poisoner
before a visit to our Office raised him
peg, civilized society would no longer
have recognized us. No man can strike
woman, even if she has both hands in
his hair. We admit black eye, a bit
ten ear, damaged nose and more or
less general dilapidation, but, thank
heaven, we came out of the fiery furn-
ace without the loss of principle.
These are the brief facts. Old Jim Pol
hemns may lug himself around from
pillar to pot-house and tell new lie at
every stOpping-place, but he can't hurt
us any. Honora may call us an unhung
william OH every doorstep in town, but
the elite won't believe 1T. Now is the
time to subscribe.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
A VIGOROUS DENIAL.
How an Arizona Editor Disclaims
Being III Love.

Arizona Kicker.
1T is being thrown in our face that
old Jim PolhemuS kicked us off his
premises the other night for making
love to his daughter Honora. An ex-
PLANTATION is not only due our readers,
but Ourself. While everybody in this
county knows old Jim to be a sand
papered, oil-iinished liar of the first
quality, some recent arrival may hear
his story and do us the injustice of be-
lieving it.
''In love with Honora Polhemus! In
love with a carroty-haired,- freckled-
faced lantern-jawed, lop-shouldered,
pigeon-toed knock-kneed specimen of
the female sex who chews plug, spits out
cuss-wOrds and shakes her fist under
her fathers nose! Never! Not if we
edit the Kicker, and we think we do.
The fact is, old Jim has wanted us
for a son-in-law ever since we struck
the town and opened up. We can say
without egotism that we have been the
catch of the place. Who urged us to
visit his house? Who ioafed about our
Office for weeks? Who threw his lop-
cared daughter at our head, as it were?
Old Jim POlhemus! He figured that a
marriage with us would pull his family
out of the quagmire of obscurity and
give 'em standing, and he figured right.
The following diagram shows how we
were received at old Jim's dugout:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
MARRIAGE ENGAGEMENTS.

Want OF DeIicacy Displayed To-
Day Respecting Ones Most Seri-
GUS Concerns.
Woman's World.
1t is often somewhat shocking to peo-
pie of middle age, OF past that period, to
observe the nonchalance with which
many of the young ladies of the present
day speak of their engagements of mar
rage. Not only is it the want of deli
cacy that strikes one, but want of re-
Spect toward the engagement, treat
ment of it as if it were the lightest of
affairs. without special significance UNI
less one pleased, an arrangement for
lunch, rendezvous at reception, not
nearly so serious, indeed, as a dinner
engagement, which is something that
must be kept, but part of the frivoli-
ties of life, entered into half in prank
and frolic, continued as long as agree
able, and broken as lightly as bubble
q child blows from pipe.
The manner, too, in which these en-
gagements are formed is source of
surprise and shock, again, to the reputa-
BILE middle-aged wOman-the total levity
and want of sentiment, the young mans
purse having more to do with the SOL
idarity of the enterprise than virtue or
personal charm; genial manners. good
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
CHILDREN'S CLOTHES.
How Little Girls and Young
Misses Are Dressed This Sea-

How Little Girls and Young
Misses Are Dressed This Sea-
son.
At this particular season clothing for
children is an important consideration.
1t is always subject of deep interest
to careful mothers, for so much present
health and future welfare depend on
our young people being BEAUTIFULLY ar
rayed. The picturesque must also not
be lost sight of. The small girl in the
cut wears a dress Of blue cashmere.
satin MerveilleuX, and figured WOODEN
stuff. The skirt is of cashmere, with
figured jacket and full front and sash
of MerveilleuX.
For the young girl the dress is cream
cashmere, with the panel of cream silk
embroidered with rosebuds in their nat.
ural colors. The trimmings On the
waist match the skirt. Ribbon bows are
set in the draperies and at the foot of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
Refined Art Adapted to Fab
RIGS Which are Both ES-
thetic and Practical.
Every Curve Has a Meaning
and Every Fold a Hidden
Motive.
An Evening Robe With Many
New Features in Color and
Material.
Unique in Design, Glowing in
Colors and Clinging in
Outline.

Ladies who appreciate the finer quail
ties of dress will be delighted with Rose
Mueller Sprague's unique gowns. which
are herewith presented. They are the
consummation of refined art adapted to
fabrics. Their every curve has mean
ing, every fold motive, writes Annie
E. Myers in the Chicago Tribune. They
are esthetic in the higher sense of that
abused term, while they are practical in
an equal degree. Admirers Of her fam
ciful designs for Prang-her last book
for him, "a Gay Day for Seven," alone
gaining her hundreds in Chicago-will
heartily welcome her attractive and
meritorious costumes, for they have
snatched grace beyond the reach of
art
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04

the revers on the front. The hair is
worn in one pleat, tied up with ribbon
at the back. This is a style of hair
dressing very becoming young girls. 1t
is called the Catogan loop.
Shocking is new idea for children's
clothes. This work is done like shir-
ring, the pleats taken together at regu-
lar intervals to form diamond or
honeycOmb pattern and the join whipped
out with colored silk or cotton. Yoles,
cuffs and the upper part of sleeves are
shocked in this way, and also the skirts
of children's dresses where they are set
on the waist. Soft materials like cash
mere, surah and India silk are most
suitable to this work. Cotton wash
fabrics can also be shocked. With hair
line cottons or zephyr lawns the honey
comb is often worked in two colors. For
instance, the favorite red and white
striped cotton has one row of the honey
comb knots in red silk and the next in
white.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
A LOVE STORY.

We leave the wintry woods, and stand
Beside the old gray wall;
"Goodbye,h he says. and clasps my hand
And leaves me-this is ALL
To him a walk meath cloudy skies,
The careless mirth of friends;
To me, glimpse of Paradise
That all too surely ends.
Why need I, standing in my room,
Recall his parting words?
Why dream of flowers and summer bloom
And minstrelsy of birds?
know that not IL thought Of me
Shall ill his heart tonight.
Yet, as the moonbeams on the sea
Ger me he casts a light.
His are the sunny ways of life,
The blossom and the vine;
The thorn. the struggle and the strife,
The aching heart are mine.
In his happy grace and ease,
A welcome freshness dwells,
That bids me dream of highland breeze
Across the heather bells.
built my castle but on sand,
know it soon will fall;
A gay goodbye, clasping hand,
A smiie-and this is ALL
A winter sunbeam faint and pale
That bends the snow to kiss
A winter blossom, small and frail-
Ny hope is only this!
New Orleans Picayune
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
10 . y . U OI
10 We.
10 o o o o o.
O's-The Polhemus family.
We-Editor Kicker.

Does this look as if the old long
shanked liar forbid us his house, as he
now says he did? We never took to
Honora. The eagle cannot mate with
the crow. We endured her, expecting
to get years subscription out OF her
father, and we were polite to her be-
cause it is our nature to be polite to
everybody. We don't want to spoil the
girls chance for catching Digger
Indian for husband, but we shall hold
ourself in readiness to sympathize with
the Digger.
We had been visiting Jim's dugout on
Rabbit Hill for four or five weeks when,
Sunday night last, the conspiracy
against us came to head. The follow
ing postal card shows the situation in
the front room of the dugout at 10
o'clock that evening:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
Voting for School Committee.

OGIIIS IOT 0ClIOO1 OOII1IIIICCCOs
Boston Transcript.
"Good morning, Mrs. Black. Are you
going to vote for school committee to-
day."
eyes; and I'm awfully glad metyou.
Tell me what kind of a person this Mrs.
White is. / don't know whether to vote
for her OF n0t.o
sob, she's splendid woman; so de-
voted, you know and they say she knows
the men on the board put together.
There she is nOWr'
( sWhat! that woman over there in a
blue bonnet trimmed with green? Why,
Mrs. Gray, Pm astonished that you could
think of voting for person who has so
little TASTE"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
SHt3
Let the curtain fall.
A New Lease.

PlttSDufg Posi-.
miss Clara" lie said, ''can 1 speak
with your father a moment before l
go?"
Certainly, Mr.. Sampson" replied
the girl, blushing, and with a wildly
throbbing heart she sought the old
man.
'sOh, papa" she began later, as the
front door closed. "What did Mr.. Samp-
son want?'
'Fm his landlord, you know, 1 let
him his bachelor apartments, and he
wants another three years lease"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
AGreat Vessel OF Earthenware.

Pail Mall Gazette.
A curious centenary was recently eel
ebrated by the women of Bunzlau in
Silesia. 1t was just 100 years since the
man died who constructed a gigantic
earthenware vessel, which is kind Of
counterpart to the far-famed vat at
Heidelberg. The vessel holds thirty
bushels of pease, is three yards high,
and measures nearly four yards across.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
Mesmeric Experiments.

Madison Democrat.
The queen of Spain has been dabbling
in "hypnotism," the new-fashioned
name for old fashioned magnetism. An
Italian practitioner conducted the
seance. and young girl. well known in
Madrid society, was the subject of the
experiments. On being magnetized,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
The Due d'Orleans a Fat Ounce


The Due d'Orleans a Fat Ounce
London Society.
The young duke of Orleans, the eldest
son of the Comte de Paris, who has re-
Gently been visiting her majesty at
Windsor, is quite the most unintereSt-
ing youth it is possible to imagine. We
had occasion to be brought in contact
with him on several occasions few
years back when he was at school at the
College Stanislas in Paris, and the OpiT-
ion formed of him by his masters. e.,
that he was a dunce-waS fully in
dorsed by the comrades of his
royal highness. He was at that
time suffering from disease not at all
uncommon with French bOys-eXtreme
obesity amounting almost to defOrmity
and nothing more grOtesque can well
be imagined than the unWieldy form of
this royal fat boy, clad in the light tunic
of the Lycee. Availability generally ac-
companies fairness, but the above case
was an exception to the usual rule, for
the young duke was surly youngster,
and would certainly have received some
rough handling had he been at one of
our public schools. But at Stanislas
the priests protected him as best they
could, although there are two sound
drubbings to be recOrded-One inflicted
by young Gontaut Biron, whose mother,
by an odd coincidence, enjoys the
hereditary title of ''GOuvernante DIES
Enfants de France" or, in other words,
''governess to the princes and princesseS
of the royal family of France"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04

A shape in hats that has been popular
all winter and will still be worn for
early spring and summer travelling is
the round hat turnedup at the back, the
trimming of ribbon, velvet, loops and
feathers placed there and falling well
over the crown.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04

In this illustrated gown is presented
a theme in reddish purple. 1t is robe
glowing in color, clinging in outlines.
Above plush petticoat, really dark
IN shade, but the peculiar qualities of
the fabric radiating warmer lights, are
plant draperies of figured wool. The
loose front drapery is unaffectedly
drawn back into the ample draperies of
the back. 1t is lined with soft China
silk which is brought up over the edges
as narrow facing. One of the special
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-23
The Wife of Theodore Thomas.

Very few people know anything of Thomas
domestic side, which is very happy one.
Some twenty years ago Miss Porter, who
teaches the far famed girls schools at Farm
ington, Conn, undertook to educate young
girl TO be her assistant and eventual successor.
Just about the time she had crammed her full
of Greek and the higher mathematics she very
unwisely invited certain musical German
up to the school to lecture before her pupils
on orchestral effects and composition. The
learned young graduate followed the example
of other young women less learned, and fell
promptly in love with the lecturer. He was
wise enough to return it and Miss Porter lost
an assistant, while Theodore Thomas gained
a wife
1t is the proud and uncontradicted boast of
this classical and mathematical scholar that
in all the past twenty years her husband has
eaten but three inferior meals in his own
house. She comes of race of notable"
New England housekeepers, and the inherited
instinct is so strong that the theory that
learned women are lacking in domesticity-
if true-has no demonstration in her. They
are thoroughly affectionate and cougenial
couple, and Mr. Thomas domestic existence
is as happy as his public career has been
great. There is q pretty daughter just growing
up who docs not appear to greatly resemble
either parent, as she is but mediocre mu-
sician, and despite the fact of being student
at the Harvard Annex, is considerably more
concerned with the fashions than with diff
ferential calculus.-Brooklyn Eagle.