St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-09
fairly creaks at every motion. and is
he may be fat and bald, and later under

fairly creakS at every motion. ana Is
truly sight Of ungainiinesS. At forty
he may be fat and bald, and later under
various stresses OF
DETERIORATION.
But he can lounge easily and com
probably feels as awkward as he looks
is pitifri object. But it isn't SO with
the girls, who delight in witnessing the
agony of diffident fellow. Two sisters
of my acquaintance go so far as to excite
and aggravate such difiidence by trick
and device. [ have pictured them be-
cause, when | visited them yesterday,
they were unc0mmOnly neat, and nice
new gowns-quite fit to figure in the
fashion plate that have made of them.
Now, put man into such costume,
with bis waist compressed, his lower
half unncased in cOnfidence-imparting
trousers. with no pockets into which to
thrust his hands, and wouldn't he present
AN EXTREME EXAMPLE OF DISTRESS!
OF course woman feels all right that
way, but imagine that a man squeezed
into a corset, and with nothing more
would feel Just as il he was held aloft
by the middle. with his lower parts
dangling. But was going to tell Of my
mischievouS friends. They have parlOr
rehearsals by themselves, Wallack fash
ion. whenever any important changes
are made in the furniture, SO as to be
graceful when receiving and entertain
ing company. l have known them to
practice poses around new table, or
attitudes in fresh chair Of novel shape,
until they were able to use that particu
lar piece of furniture gracefully and be-
witcnlngly. While thus preparing them
selves they sometimes lay traps for
callers.
They decided the other night to take
the conceit out Of dandy. a stuffed
chair had lost all stiffness OF springs
and had been set aside to be rebuilt by
ton it would sink almost to the floor
under the weight of a person. The
girls placed this trick chair in the par
| lor. and, when the dandy came,
they suavely guided him to it.
He was without suspicion. He
| thought he was going to stop in his sit
| ting down at or about the level of the
| ostensibe seat of the chair. Instead,
| he descended with increasing velocity
until the slack of his trousers was all
exhausted, his knees almost hit his
chin, and the fabric of his pantaloons
was rent with an almost explosive noise.
| Oh! it was hOWlnS success tOf tnOSe
girls. But they felt bound to blush
when he explained, before his departure,
that they would have to retire while ne
put on his overcoat.
TO be the pOsSeSsor of small-l00king
waist is beyond doubt, the ambition of
| most women, whether they confess to
| the weakness or not, and although we
| are no advocates for the barbarity and
cruelty of tight-lacing, we mnst own
| that no woman looks smart or well
dressed when her waist is loose OF I'M
tidy-looking, and too large in proper
ton to the rest of her figure. How to
produce the appearance of a small waist
without tight-lacing has long been a
problem, but luckily for the comfort
and the neat appearance of the ladies of
to-day is problem which few try 10
solve. One recipe, which should be-
come popular, was given
BY A THEATRICAL EXPERT.
SIT seems to me-" said friend to her,
"that you have grown much smaller in
the waist since"
II know" the actress interrupted,
"you mean since l have been playing
oppositeS to MI. Dash. 'Fll tell you