St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-06

The usual New Years festivities nave
kept society people busy during the
whole week. Although there were not
many formal receptions, yet there were
many social gatherings which were the
more pleasant because of their I'M
promptu character,
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Dancing clubs are flourishing and
adding to their numbers every week,
while the tobOggan and Snowshoe
clubs are pining for the usual Mime
sofa winter. But the pleasant days and
frosty evenings make dancing much
more popular than any other sort of
amusement.
The stores look almost deserted since
their holiday attire has been sold or
laid away until another year. One
misses the glitter and brilliancy which
has characterized Nicollet avenue for
the past few weeks. Yet loiterer finds
some items of interest even now. An
.obliging milliner shows case filled with
ribbons in the newest makes. The
picot-edged ribbon, which was so pepu-
lar last year, is hardly to be seen at all,
the edges being now woven narrow ana
straight. Watered, or MORE, ribbon is
still in favor. The wide pieces have
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mating, with stray leaf or flower occa-
.Sionally appearing among the watered
stripes. FloWered ribbons are daintily
outlined with tinsel. Persian designs
are becoming more and more popular.
The many tintS are combined i'll
manner which gives rich, yet
subdued effect. The only trouble is that
these designs are so expensive that the
multitude can only look and long for
them, Of course this very fact makes
Persian ribbon fashionable. The woman
who has plenty of pin money unheslta-
tingly pays from s. to So a yard Tor
band of ribbon or embroidery for her
bonnet. She knows thatit won't be any
use after this season, but consoles her
self with the thought that it can't be i'm
itated by Shabby-genteel society. Her
very devotionS assume a more fervent
flavor when she is sure that every pie
beian vino chances at her bonnet will be
at once satisfied as to her high social
standing.
After Persian effects the most fash
fonable colors are peuplier, printanier,
primevere, ecrevisSe, reSeda, red.
steam, maize, coral, old rose, piStache,
chartreuX. navy blue and tones OF
brown. That's the list, Just as the
milliner said them. The familiar red.
brown, maize and blue look rather lone
some among those new tints with the
Partisan names attached to them. But
there's good deal in a name, and some
new tintS wouldn't receive proper at
tention were it not for the quaint names
attached to them. If one could get the
pronunciation in brackets after the
names it would make shopping more
Omfortable process. It's so embarraSS-
ing to step into a store and ask for
some shade of ribbon which you have
seen mentioned in print. The clerk
Stares atyou for moment and then,
with uplifted eyebrows and shrug OF
the shoulders, gives forth her version.
You accept it meekly, but at the same
time wish that some bright woman
would invent pocket manual OF fash
ionable terms. 1t would soothe your
wounded dignity and enable you to
snub those clerks sometimes.
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The modiSte shows many dainty
gowns in process of construction. There
are tea gowns of crepe. China silk, and
even cashmere. Some are embroidered
with conventional scrolls III gold braid
and finished with pleatlngs OF piece
lace: others have garniture OF NOUS
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Yards upon yards of ribbon are feat
ure of decoration upon all tea gowns.
Several society bellies had ordered tailor
made cloth coats over brecaded silk
skirts for street wear. The brocade
comes in black ground with colored
designs, picked out with threads of
gold.
The florist wasn't in good humor, be-
cause mishap had befallen him. A
society girl, who doesn't know what to
do with her idle time, ordered neck
lace of cream rose petals, to be worn
with her evening dress. The florist had
spoiled so many petals in the course of
his work that it made HIM cross. The
young lady wore the necklace that even
ing and it looked so chic. AT the same
reception another lady wore boa made
of tea roses. Still another had the dra-.
peries and edge of the bodice bordered
with ropes or garlands composed of
twisted carnations. If the florist had
only been willing to talk ne could per-
haps have told of some other pretty
styles. One need only attend single
society reception in order to see that
natural flowers are by far the most pop
ular garniture for young ladies.