St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-25
4 Sprightly and Cosby Let
ter From the Great
Metropolis.
Men as Well as Women Are
Attracted by the Hats in
Shop Windows.
The Fair Clara Takes a Whirl
at the New Spring Styles
of Clothes.
All About Nantes and Jackets
of the Coming
Season.

NEW YORK, March %. 1SSS.-"Men as
well as women" said the brightly OBJ
servant Miss Entire Nous to me, least
sly glances in passing, at its hats and Its
tournures in the plate-glass shop WIN
dows. Granted that the female heart is
full of deceit and given to all manner
of wickedness-granted even that the
female brain has always had fair show,
but let no unbeliever in the equality OF
the sexes ever credit woman with more
personal vanity than man. On this
point there is, to say the least, perfect
equality. In fact, l know it. Hap
pening to be obliged to wait for
the horse-car, that, like the letter,
never came, l suddenly became
aware that a store-windoW opposite
was a source of frequent observation.
1t was beautiful show, truly, and the
hues of artistically grouped flowers
were Joy to behold, but presently, to
my great amusement, the secret OF this
passing interest was divulged. A Young
woman on the same side of the way as
myself was faithfully reflected in the
glass. Until she gave that thoroughly
feminine shake to her draperieS and
looked over her shoulder at the fit of
the window in its capacity of mirror to
the public. For five minutes more or
less she turned and twisted, now wait
ing for cars and carriages to get out of
her range of vision, and then slowly
pacing back and forth, while | watched
her performance in the broad wind OW.
Having satisfied herself, she finally
walked away, leaving me to remark,
"HoW like a WOman!" Not a bit of it!
Presently.
well known to fame came round the cor
ner and turned down the street. Sud
denly he halted, glanced over at the
window, settled his coat collar, pulled
his coat down in the back, shook his leg,
that may have been asleep, for aught
any one could tell, gave fresh tilt to
his plug hat, and then, having admired
himself sufficiently, he, too, went his
way! Since this experience, | have
noted that both sexes, mind you, when
they have a good opportunity to see
themselves as others see them in shop
window, improve it. The window above
lar. have looked in it myself"
BetwiXt the furs of winter and the un-
wrapped bodiceS of spring comes spell
Of mantles and jackets. Some are
jaunty to excess. L was particularly
pleased with
A LOVELY LONG CLOAK
In pale gray cashmere, striped with
almost invisible lines of white and
darker shade of gray. The cloak was
very simply cut, fitting tightly to the
waist at the back, and then falling in
full folds to the hem of the skirt. The
long fronts were cnt perfectly straight
from throat to feet. They were Dor
dered with silver passementerie, the
same silver being used to cover the
wide, upright collar. Another long
cloak of a similar design is made in a
beautiful fabric, with tickle design in
velourS friSe upon the ground of gold
colored satin. In this case the mantle
Is lined throughout with squirrel fur, so
that while it looks smart and spring
like, it is yet deliciOusly cosy and warm.
A neat little seal plusk COAX is also
likely to be widely popular. 1t is made
with semi-ftting fronts buttoned
back to show tight-ftting underveSt
of mOuse-brown MORE, most effective
Long raglanS for travelling cloaks are
made of striped and plaid cheviots,
homeSpunS and Serges of very rough
surface in gray, tobacco brown and cop
per colors. Dark india cashmeres, es-
pecially of navy blue, gray and black
are made up in more dressy raglans and
lined throughout with surah. The
close-fitted newmarket long cloaks with
bell sleeves are made for young ladies,
and these are sometimes of smooth
cloths and Suede and cream colors, or
else they are of the dark copper and
mahogany shades, with belt, cuffs and
hood-lining of cream-cOlored cloth.
THE STYLISH COATS
of smooth-faced cloths for dreSsy occa-
sions come in copper colors, in the new
green shades, in tobacco browns, Suede
color, the odd blues with green tints,
and in bright red shades, while the
rougher hOmespun Jackets are in stripes
or bars or melangeS of two or three of
these colors together. The new shapes
are quite short, and are single-breasted;
the fronts are closely fitted, and many
have vests of contrasting color, made
of cloth OF else of pique; the edges are
stitched or bound, and the Innings are of
striped, checked or changeable surah.
Shoulder capes of beads come in various
sizes, some scarcely reaching to the
tips of the shoulders, while others are
pointed to the waist-line, and still others