St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-03

way of matinee and tea-jackets, tea
gowns, alFof them well worth visit of
inspection. A lovely matinee is made.
with a petticoat to match, in cream
surah, bOrdered with fine frills of Valen-
ciennes lace, and draped over every inch
of the silk with fine velings of
point d'esprit net and applique rows
OF narrow cream satin ribbon.
The whole effect is delightfully."- fairy
like, and the same notion is equally sue
ceSSfully carried out in black. over a
foundation of red surah: or in heliotrope
or pale pink, over a cream-colored foun-
dation. One of the prettiest tea jackets
is made in pure pale pink surah, with
yoke formed of tiny tucks, and full
blouse front, formed of alternate stripes
of pink surah and insertions of cream
Valenciennes lace. Tied across with
pale pink MORE ribbons, and bordered
throughout with fine plaitings of lace,
and this is one OF the lOveliest tea Jackets
of the season. How would you, dear
girls. like to have me quote the real and
true love story OF very homely man?
He said to me:
s. 1t must not be supposed that in the
twenty-five years l had been founder
ing in thestream of public life l had
sustained the advanced and cynical
views of my boyhood. Oh, no! At
thirty "a young lawyer, l had found
favor in the eyes of my friend Hut
toms daughter. In Hutton's office had
studied law. Hutton had been the first
to recognize my ability and foster. it,
and when Hutton's daughter Sophia
came home finished from school was
invited to her coming out party. I had
studlously avoided society during these
years, but L couldn't oppose Hutton,i so
L bought dress suit, and very wretch
edly looked in it. An awkward man
IS always at his worst in a new dress
suit. There are so many disclosures
that an Albert frOck and higl-cut vest
never make about man that Overtak
and overthrow the timid gentleman who
for the first time commits himself to the
mercy of full dress garments.
MY LEGS AT NO TINE
OF lie were ever ornamental. They
were particularly painful in the close
lifting black broadcloth cases of my
dress trousers. Beneath a double
breasted, high-necked vest the thinness
Of my chest and the almost feminine
slope OF my shoulders had not been SO
apparent. My collapsed tiues were
rudefy exposed to the pitiless world
with twO-button dress vest, and no
man who has had the side pockets of a
sack coat sustaining him through long
legal arguments, as well as everyday
life, can suddenly be bereft of their
shelter without more or less incon-
venience.
In all the misery of this new costume
L went to Hutton's party, and in the
effuSiVe Sophla's society lost. some of
the dlffldence that distressed me. She
was sweet girl of the period, an hon
ored graduate of Murry Hill institute,
an only daughter and wiser by far than
her sex at the tender age when first
encountered her.
mat party was succeeded by many
meetings, and by the ensuing January
had made up my mind to ask Hutton
for his daugter. had no doubt of the
result in that direction, for in many
ways my good old friend indicated his
preference for me. So one morning,
after disturbed night of reflection, 1
determined to see him before he left his
house, and to that end made an early
call. Hutton lived in handsome STYLE
on SiXty-first street. l was shown into
little reception room adjoining the
dining room. Sophia and a faVorite
female friend were taking their break
fast, and so | sat revolving in my mind
how L should breach the subject. My
name, in an unpleasant tone of voice.
reached me. 1t was Sophia's voice, and
she said to her friend:
There's no doubt but he has great
future before him. Pa is always din
ming it into my ears that | may be Mrs.
Chief Justice Waldron. The position
ain't so bad but Waldron. Ughw
why. my dear fellow" exclaimed
Hutton just entering, "what brings you
out at so unholy an hour? An urgent
matter, III be sworn"
And swallowed something in my
throat that hadn't troubled me since L
was eighteen, and went on to ask if, the