St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-29

and here it is. See how much boldly
juvenile cap and dashing freedom of
hair do to produce look of childish
ness. Of course, small face, with deli
cate features and moderately small
figure, are essential to the decepti on,
but any possessor of these may make up
successfully for half-grown girl. Short
skirts must be worn, and an air of art
lessness must be assumed. The period
of seeming childhood may easily be pro-
longed in such person until eighteen
without raising a suspicion of the false
pretense. The value of it all is positive
in family of numerous girls, where
matrimony, and where the anxious
mother keeps them young as long as
possible.
ANOTHER FEMININE CURIOSITY
at the races was a frivolous young
woman with MONDAY dress and mid
night hosiery. That is to say, her gown
was white lawn and her stockings were
black silk. Moreover, her underskirts
were jet, too, like those affected a
great deal last winter by serio-comic
vocalists and frisky burlesquers. The
effect is Like heavily underlining
naughty word for extra emphasis. She
stood on chair alongside the quarter
stretch fence, in the midst of a hustling,
bowling lot of male tu1fites, and don't
think that she was doing it for show.
On the contrary, she seemed genuinely
interested in the horses, and nothing
else. Her pretty face was singularly
familiar. and yet / couldn't identity
her. | ran over in my mind the
countenances of all my society
acquaintances without finding her. I
recalled the phizzes of the stage in
vain. So l had to give her up in despair,
and for the once content myself with
drawing a picture of her tor the sake
of her quite commendable summer frock.
Next afternoon L went to a circus, and
there she was-an equestrienne whom /
had frequently seen before. Her face
was familiar. 1t was her skirts that
had bothered my recollection. Now
they were quite absent. Indeed, with
one foot on one horses back. and t'Other
on another, it would have required a
wide skirt to cover those widely-sep-
arated ankles.
THE MILLINERY
worn at the summer races is gorgeous.
Seldom has such an extraordinary va
riety of hat shapes been seen at one
time. Not only do the shapes of the
new summer hats differ widely one
IrOfn dnOtnef, DuG Ule manner OF wear
ing them is most varied. Now the hat
may be set on the head so as to slant
forward little, at other times it is
worn so that the brim is all but vertical,
and it is a matter of general astonish-
ment how it can be kept in this posi-
ton. Between these two extremes
almost every degree is to be
noted. The inclination of the hat
brim is indeed matter of taste
to begin with, although it does not
entirely depend OH the fancy of the
wearer. All hats which are placed
above the horizontal line are furnished
with band or coronet underneath, the
greater ar lesser height of which deter
mines the exact angle of the brim in re-
spect to this imaginary line. The nearer
it reaches the vertical position the lower
the hair must be arranged, and the hat
which, seen from the front, appears like
an oval halo fixed at the back of the
head, can only be worn with the new
style of coitfure, fiat Oh the summit and
in coils behind. 1t is to be hoped, how
ever, that this is only an extreme case
of eccentricity. 1t is much too extrav-
agant for ordinary everyday life, and
would prove peculiarly inconvenient
for the seaside if the slightest
of sea-breezes were blowing The