St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-01


charge.
"vThis is by special request, Welch,'
was the remark following the introduce
ton: Miss B. and Miss L. here
have read your book, and have vowed
vengeance if they ever encountered Its
author 10
Il was somewhat embarrassed at the
Suddenness of the attack, but took the
seat proffered me at the table and an
nounced myself ready to be summary
dealt with
"'Oh, really now, you know, Nh. WEIGH
began Miss B., who was evidently
sp0keSwOman, we are quite charmed 70
know you, and we have immensely en-
jOyed your screed on society; not that
we admit, of course, that we are at all
the tailor-made girls you write about, II
we do have our yachting and tennis
flannelS done by man.
IL was obliged to admit the truth OF
this, and confess that l felt myself at
times good deal of miSfit. too.
"'And how, she continued, ignoring
the interruption, do you gain your
alleged knowledge of the sisterhood? :
HOWE l repeated slowly, why, by
the same intuition that l catch the
charm of day in June. see the
tailor-made girl everywhere. l find her
at the theater; l watch her walking on
the avenue; l catch glimpse OF her
piquant face as she rolls by in her car
riage; meet her coming out of church
pious and demure till some of her
''men'' step to her side, when the look
of demure piety is apt to give place to
something more worldly. l catch frag--
ments of her conversation in the street
cars and stages; l stand at her elbow
while she is shopping; stroll behind
her when she is ''doing" picture gal
lery. l dine with her, and, when she
will so favor me, dance with her-l fol-
low her everywhere
"'Oh, how dreadful! interrupted
Miss x, with a shiver. why, you are
sort of literary detective.'
but did not stay my elOQuence. L
find her
A RARE AND INTERESTING STUDY.
.'The species varies little; the genus
aiding she is always glOVed like French
woman and shod like an English peer
ess. At any time she is envelOped in
an atmosphere of exquisite neatness
that is a delight to the behOlder. Her
gowns are perennially fresh, her bon
nets are symphonies in flowers and
laces, and her hats are minuetS OF
stately elegance. Her manners are per-
feet, her smile captivating-in short, l
know OF no parsonage so altogether
charming in effect as the tailOr-made
girl
''The young women were quite over
whelmed at this panegyric.
Before they could rally l went on.
when | had found out all could about
her l dressed her up in her best gowns
and put her in a book. She said just
what [ had heard her say and acted
just what | had seen her act. erhe art
ist, Mr.. Taylor, made succession of
beautiful likeneSseS of her, and-there
she was. If she had failed to impress
her own sex favorably. assure you it
is quite her own foult.'
"Then took my leave.
''And S. told me afterward that that
particular pair of tailor-mades are not
quite sure whether | intended to point
a moral or merely to adorn tale"
EASTER SUNDAY q
Will bring, of course, a great display of
new millinery. The days of simple bon
nets with crowns of straw or velvet
seem to have gone forever, and the mil
ners of the present day are simply rack
ing their brains for novel combinations
in the way of clancy" fabrics. Some of
the prettiest of the new bonnet crowns
are made in fine mixture of brown silk
cord, interviewer with threads of bright
gold, the latter being so carefully pre-
pared that they are PROOF against all
vagarieS of wind and weather, and SO
cunningly made that they will not tar
niSh after weeks OF wear. A friend Of
mine who prides herself upon her
dainty head-gear showed me one of
these brown and gold bonnets. 1t was
simply arranged with tiny wreath of
rosebuds running through the center Of
the crown at the back, and high in front
quilted bow of fine black lace.
and an aigrette formed of
foliage. The little bonnet was all inno-
cent of strings, and it was as dainty
and becoming as you could wish to see.
The tendency in millinery, however,
is to the peculiar shapes which pre-
vailed during the period of the Di-
rect0ire in France, running to the poke
or the early English bonnet, which was
revived and was seen in France, more
or less modified, to the time of Louis
Philippe. Like revelations find express
sion in the hats. For the most part the
hats are larger, with the tendency to
more shadOwy effects in the wider
brims, with the TOSca and other shapes,
showing deeply projecting or poke
brims in conjunction with the lower
square crowns of recent shapes, while
shapes with the tapering crown and ca
paciOus brims have not been discarded
altogether, and neat little turbans and
taut toquetS are at hand to contest pop
ular favor with the broad, bell-crowned
beef-eater's hat and the brOader-crOWned
Tam O Shanter bonnet.
TWO NEW PARTISAN RONNETs
struck me as being particularly lovely.
One had fine, Open-WOrk crown and
pointed corOnet front of fine jet, ar
ranged over a foundation of poppy red
crepon. Tall puffs of poppy tulle, with
feathery aigrette, stood up high in the
front OF the bonnet, while the strings,
which were also of poppy red tulle,
were brought from the center of the
bonnet at the back in the most becOm-
ing fashion possible. The second bon
net was very fresh and cool looking,
and, in fact, eminently spring-like. 1t
was made with crown formed of quill
ing of fine black lace and a jetted brim,
plated in and out, so that the openings
next the hair were filled with lace. A
cluster of lovely lilies of the valley,
green leaves, found a place rather high
i'm the bonnet on one side, while the
strings and bows were of black moire
ribbon. A very becoming hat IN novel
combination of colors has crown COW
cred entirely with. olive-green MORE
and brim of black straw, lined with
black velvet. Some ivy berries and
wonderfully natural ivy leaves form the
only trimmings, as they rest III front
against the soft folds of the green MORE
crown. Another effective hat has a
crown draped with white cloth and
deep brim of black velvet, with bows of
black velvet trimming the hat in front,
and held in place by daggers of jet. .
FLOWERS fa
will appear on Easter bonnets, appro-
priately, but in many instances they
will be taken off next day, for ribbon is