St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-08

strings, are made in brown silk ribbon,
striped very closely with fine lines of
white. A bonnet of water-cress green
fancy straw looks very well with vel
vet front of the same color, ornamented
in the center with three tiny velvet
bows and cluster of white spray. The
bows and strings are Of shaded green
ribbon, tOning from deepest olive
almost to pale yellow. A rib
bon'' hat struck me as being particu-
larly pretty and very suitable for
match various costumes. In this case
the brim is of black velvet, the hat
being Of a toque shape, while the crown
is covered entirely with loops of Suede
colored ribbon, tied together most artiS-
tically in the center of the crown at the
top. The requisite touch of color is
found in a handful of crimson peoples
carelessly thrust through the ribbon
loops, high on one side. A similar idea
is also prettily carried out with brim
of fancy straw in pretty shade of
golden brown and crown formed of
loops and bows of brOnZed-green rib
bon. and ornamented with two shaded
bronze quilts. A novel hat has been
christened ''La Tosca," and is made
with deep brim of brown velvet and
high crown, simply but effectively
trimmed with handsome ribbon in gold
and brown, bordered with vivid-satin
edge of crimson, the ribbon being wat
cred and the other half plain. A lady's
OUTFIT OF UNDERWEAR
goes through as many distinct changes
in a few years as her outward gar
ments.
Our grandmothers were much given
To tu ,,r1fff of % 70 n Ii
of homemade eyelet embroidery and
leaf-pattern knit lace, We ourselves
have ranged through seasons of Swiss
needle-Work bands, Torchon, Valen-
ciennes, and, finally, Oriental lace
trimmed linen. This year opens gaudily
with printed India silk underclothes,
simply stunning. The ordinary laun-
dress can handle these fabrics. They
are as hardy as white muslin articles
and much more reliable than the fleet
ing pinks and blues of the Chinese
Kingdom.
saw complete outfit of dark indigo
blue silk. stamped here and there with
little white rings. profusely trimmed
with Oriental lace. Night-gowns,
chemises, drawers and blue stockings
the same shade, with white embroidered
rings meandering up the instep. Some
of the articles had been in the ''wash"
several times, and sustained no damage.
The wearer was the goldest sort of
blonde, and this tinge of blue set off her
seashell tintS magnificently.
was discussing the Importance of
precise, meerSchaum-cOlOred piece of
femininity lately. cts the duty of
every wife to make herself attractive to
her old man," said |.
''If his lawfully welded mate arrays
herself in night gown of 10-cent cot
ton, trimmed with fearful starched
fence of tape rick-rack, | don't blame
his wandering fancy if he thinks a tur-
quoise blue silk that eruptS at every OPP
portunity with cream-White Oriental
lace lays away over the domestic arti-
cle." My words sank into good soil.
Mrs. Perkins got some new things. /
went over to see her the other night
and she began dressing to go out. As
she removed her wrapper l was para
lyzed. She is tall and thin. Her chest
is as fiat as the porous plaster she usu-
ally wears. Two CHASTITY holIows indi-
cate the position of her collar bones,
and some ribs like the ridges of a wash
board ensue above and below her salt
cellars. A neck we'll fitted with cords
anu MUSCLES, anu pair Oh SndDDy
elbow accentuated arms, complete her
visible charms. These are ali the hue
of cup of boarding house coffee; and
imagine them rising from a skirt of
lavender-cOlored surah silk and a scar
let corset stitched with black. asked
if Mr.. Perkins showed any symptoms of
recovery, or whether the attack was
probably fatal. Very few women look
well i'm the
NEW PARTISAN FAD
of figured underclothes. A woman must
be plump and pretty to wear these try
ing things. but they do look most invit-
ing in their uninhabited condition, and
lots of ladies buy 'em and never wear
'em. 'sYou don't know what I've dot
on said Pinkey, aged four, the other
day: "Mamma's night-down an papa's
necktie," and sure enough, an unbecom-
ing night-gown of her mothers was
made into pretty frock, and collar
and cuffs of her fathers Albert tie were
stitched thereon. CLARA BELLE.
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