St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-02

What are we coming to? 1t has grown
20 he almost as common for ladies' 10
arise with business air about them ana
walk out between the acts at mauneeS
as 1t is for men to do the same Jhlng III
evening performances. OF course. they
Substitute the soda-water fountain LOT
the bar as yet; but having taken one
stride in the footsteps of their fathers,
can anybody tell Just where they VIII
stop? However. though a walk be
tween the acts may in time be-
come Wickeder, it can never look
as bad as gum chewing. IeSter-
day afternoon at the matinee, 1t gave
one pain in the muscles of his face 10
see the girls about him chewing. chew
ing, chewing, fast or slow, marches or
WaltZeS. Or barcarOlleS, Just as the orehes-
ira happened TO be playing. The haDlt
has been pronounced no longer fashion
able. But gum, like the hustle, threat
ems to rival the poor in staying with US.
1t takes one woman TO manage another
effectually. Last Sunday Mr.. Smith
hurt Mrs. Smiths feelings terribly, and
the poor wounded dear bid fair to cry
herself away to everlasting bliss. Mr..
Smith has not been married long,
and it really disturbed his equa-
nimity to see his wife in tears. He
caTesSed her and coaXed and implored
her TO stop her noise. But the more he
cOaXed the louder she SObbed, and with
every careSS she took a fresh start.
Finally. manlike, he got mad. He told
her TO cry if she enjoyed it, and he went
into the next room, saying to a guest:
''DO, Lucy, see what you can do with
her. She will have Mysteries if this
thing keeps up" Lucy smiled prOmiS-
ingly and glided into Mrs. Smiths
apartment. She knelt down beside the
fearful one and said: Really, May, if
you knew how awful you look when
you cry you'd stop this minute" Not
another sob. not another teardrop. May
walked straight to a mirror, bathed her
face in rOSewateT, and in the art of
p0wdering forgot her grief.
The picturesque is becoming a more
general aim OF ladies here in attiring
themselves. But how fearfully some
do queer" themselves by the effort.
There is one young wOman-yOung by
virtue of the courtesy extended spin
sterS, rather than by virtue of her years
who appears frequently on our streets
clad in a Recamier gown of pale blue
India silk. She wears no corset with it,
supporting her form only by the broad
sash she ties around her waist, almost
under her arms. A white lace hat, hav-
ing much the appearance OF having
been sat upon. trimmed with forget-me-
nOts, goes with the gown, and the tout
ensemble is such as TO make the tailor
wrought girl thing Of beauty and joy
enOUgh for two eternitieS.
Married folks will do SO-Stab each
other under the mask of pOliteness.
AT the Peoples last Monday night the
box party was, as usual, the center of
attention between acts. A gentleman
Joined the party at the close of the sec
Ond act, and man, trying to be agree
able, said to his wife: Il wonder if
that Is Mrs. Blanks huSband?"
''Oh, yes" she said; ''yOu might know
1t was from the way he ignores his
wife"
Likewise yesterday in store one
married couple were discussing another
couple, whom Mr.. Benedict was in
clined to believe not married. Il am
certain they are married." said Mrs.
Benedict, ''fOr you never see them on
the street that he isn't walking at least
three feet ahead of her."