St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-10

WG$ HHA9 spring had come.
~ kHSA NJSM Now, the coming
| & PJS7SS5 SNglM1f spring doesn't
N g Its suggestions
are apt to be of
the Most practical order. The coming
of the balmy season makes new and
seasonable apparel a necessity. Gloves,
shoes and bonnet are the most
important portion of the outfit,
their price being only limited by
the length of the masculine poeketbook
which controls the destinies of the
household. When muffS and mittens
are cast aside, their places must be sup
piled by gloves in the latest style. A
half hour spent at the glove counter in
any Nicollet avenue dry goods store
shows many
TYPES OF HUMAN NATURE,
all wanting their hands covered. The
society girl is apt to attract the most at
tention because she is fair to look upon.
Her hand is likely to be plump and
white with tapering fingers and daintily
manicured nails. She knows the latest
art tints. Nothing but long wrists
and narrow braided backs win suit
her faStidiOus taste. She always asks
for a No. SO, but the discreet clerk
just tries on No. without telling her
anything about it. 1t fits so nicely that
she buys three or four pairs out of the
same lot. A woman, from some country
town iii the vicinity of Wayback, wants
pair of Sunday
GO-TO-MEETING KIDS.
The clerk is sometimes tempted to
bring down box of last seasons stock.
This woman buys black, so that the
style is not so noticeable as in light
shades. She fidgetS about neryouSiy,
while the clerk tugs and stretches the
plant kid over her red and toil-Worn
fingers. When the ordeal is over she.
goes out with greater feeling of re-
spect for herself, and longing to get
home, where her hands can again APP
pear in Natures uncouth but comforta-
bic covering.
The most eXacting customer seems to
be the elderly society woman who
knows that she has an ugly hand, but
don't want other people to know it. She
may be heard putting the clerk in good
humor after this fashion: -
what an awkward shape the gloves.
are this year. How large you've made
my hand look. don't believe you know
how to fit gloves properly. just look
at that wrinkle Oh the outside of the
palm. do believe that wrist is twisted.
[ doesn't like the general appearance of
this glove, it makes my hand look
stuffy. Take 1t off; Phi have a pair
made to order" -
Off comes the gloves with a jerk, and
the. clerk murmurs some words not in
the Catechism as she Straightens up the
tabled stock. ~. :
Sgplaocc rit,a mo Of +ho1o
gloves you advertise for 50 cents" says
a bright school girl. ''Never mind try
ing them on; be sure and give me some
that will be big enough. These are jhst
as good as rs cent gloves, aren't they?"
she says, as the clerk makes out the
check, because mamma gave me rs
cents, but want to save a quarter for
'buttercup' drops over to GarIand's,u
she explains.
Reduced from rs to so cents, same
GOODS says the clerk in the automatic.
lmpersonal way born from constant
repetition of the same old Iie-no, that
sounds too harSh-call it story.
A CASE OF GENUINE KIDDING.
A prim spinster plants her elbow Oh
the little velvet cushion with force
that threatens to impair it's usefulness,
and demands silk, Isle, black" ac-
centuatlng each word with a snap of
her false teeth, that makes her gold
trimmed spectacleS rattle. A well
turned compliment from the clerk
about her graceful hand, and she goes
away rejoicing with a pair of AleXan-
drla kids costing just IS.
A few moments luIl in trade gives the
clerk leisure to talk with visitor:
Yes, peoples hands do indicate
cha acter," she says with tired smile.
"FOr instance, teachers, artists and
those who do light work which requires
deft motions of the hand, are sure to
have long, slender hands, with the
veins prominently outlined and badly
shaped nails. Those hands indicate
quick intellect. irritable temper. and a
capacity for work. Then the plump,
white hand with filbert shaped nails is
easily known as belonging to a muSi-
clan or society belle. Their owners are
go0d-hatured, easily fiattered, and apt
to be trifie selfish.
''Bony, coarse-grained hands are
more common among Minneapolis
ladies than one would suppose. Art
and cosmetics won't do much for that
sort of hand, but their owners are good
glove customers. never appearing in
public without being neatly gloved." ?
Don't you get out of patience with
some customers?" was asked. +.
''0h, yes, clerks are only human" she;
said; Ladies like to look over the stock
and admire it, especially about this
time of year, before the season is fully
opened. One sees human nature from
the inside, gets to know people as they
really are, but the majority of people
know what they want, and are pleased
when they find it, !
what color shows the hand to the
best advantage" -
''Black makes the hand look small
and covers little defects in the shapes
she said, ''but you couldn't persu ade
ladies of that fact. Only economical
people buy black gloves i'll spring.
Any lady who can afford it buys
gloves to match the new bonnet OF
dress.'' =
DO you have many orders from la
dies"' was asked Of the salesman in a.
glove factory on Fourth avenue south. :
Yes; good many ladies who have.
shapely hands like to have their gloves
made to order. The girl graduates of
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