The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-09

sist upon having the best of bride in
the way of silk hats, flannel skirts,
and pocket handkerchiefs. l wouldn't be
civilized for an ordinary pot hat, gray
flannel and handkerchief with the decla-
ration of independence printed upon it L
would rather be a. Cassowary in Timbuc-
too forever, than feel | had been offered
smaller inducements than were given by
most politicians.
We don't have princess marry an earl
every day, and especially an earl who is
direct descendant OF that Macduf who
has been requested to "lay on" by every
tragedian, from him who delighted the
gallery gods in the Bowery to him who
received kid-gloved applause at the swell
playhouse. Ii you have any sentiment
at all, and are a woman II do not
advise it for mem, YOU will ap-
pear in kilt skirt of Macduff plaid
it is a beautiful rich plaid, a red
background crossed by dark blue and
green lines-you have kilt of this and wear
with it a scarlet cloth coat, and on your
heap a scarlet felt hat caught up at the
side with the blacklist of blackbirds that
ever were shot or served in pie. You can
then try and think that you own the castle
of Wemyss pronounced Weems) where
Mary Queen of Scots met and loved Darn
ley-that you own the old house near East
Wemyss where Macduff was born, and
you can think that in the castle sweet
Mary Beaton talked with the other Maries
of their gentle and lovely lady. You can
keep saving over to Yourself those four
lines that tell their names:
last night there we're four Maries
To-day there are but three;
Their was Mary Beaton and Mary Seton,
And Mary Carmichael and me-"
If wearing the Macduf kilt would only
make the average girl as womanly and
sweet, with as little knowledge of the
things better left unknown, as had those
four Maries, it would be a good idea for
the United States to buy two or three cloth
factories and devote them to the making
of the rich, warm plaid, that the women
of the nation might be clothed in it, and
catch, not the fever of discomfort, but the
glorious summer of the sweetness, anna
bihty, and love.
1t is a lamentable fact that but one
woman in ten can reach her pocket to put
her purse in it. Sometimes it is deposited
in the seat of the car; sometimes it is left
on the counter of a shop; again. it is so
carefully put away at home that several
weeks are devoted to its search. and it is
at last discovered in one of Charles coats
that he has put away to go to the clean
er's.
Where do you keep your watch Hang
ing at the side, forgotten at home, or
tucked in some mysterious way in the
bosom of your frock Just so YOU can't get
at it without unbuttoning the bodice and
causing blush to come upon the face of
the messenger boy? Be wise in your gen.
Grafton and make a syndicate, combine,
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ing to look at, and the little watch peep
ing out from the corner of your purse is a
constant reminder TO you that time is
money. You will clutch your purse with
greater vigor when you know it contains
your time framed in small diamonds in it;
then, too, you will not be likely to let it
go, as you will want every woman who
has not got the combination, TO see how
lucky you are
In this world of frills and frivols there
are some things that had better be left
unbought, and here are a few: Either
green or red gloves; do not permit your
self to be tempted by any smooth-tongued
salesman into believing that anybody
wears them-they don't.
Bustles: they were always bad form,
and now they are recognized as not only
being out of the line of beauty, but in ex-
tremely bad style.
Very short skirts for the house: they
are awkward, and belittle you from a
mental as we'll as physical standpoint.
Keep pretty tea-gown with bit of a
train.
Yellow storm-coats; choose instead very
dark blue ones.
Umbrellas with handles that look as if
the silver of the family had been put into
the pot and boiled down for this purpose
They are worse than green postage
stamp as far as giving the looker-on a
cachet as to your good taste.
Colored letter paper: 1t died the same
year with hoop-skirts.
Rhinestone jewelry: 1t should never be
worn in the daytime, and people will
think you are trying to pass it off for dia-
monds if you try to wear it at night.
Ear rings: A beautiful ear looks better
without them, and an ugly one should not
have attention drawn to it by them.
Each and every one of these is as much
to be abhorred as the oft quoted scarlet
woman, but this season, if the scarlet
woman isn't very prevalent. it will be be-
cause the dye has given out and she can
not paint her frock red. She talks about
healthful tones, and you know, as man,
that RED was never offensive to anybody
except bull, and in view of this, you will
have to bear it; and Won will, like the
noble-hearted American citizen that you
are, bear it. and even squeeze tiff
the woman is fetching enough. Bah.