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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

era: and since that time special spot
has been allotted in gardens of the Chi
nese +, val palace to the cultivation of
the mulberry tree and to the Keeping OF
siikworms. Persian monks who came
to COnStantinopole revealed to the En-
Deror JuStinian the secret of the pro-
duction of silk. and gave him some silk
worms. From Greece the art passed
into Italy at the end of the thirteenth
century.
When the popes left Rome to settle at
AvignOn, France, they introduced into
that country the secret which had been
kept by the Italians. and Louis XI. es-
tablished at Tours a mandatory of silk
fabrics. Francis |. founded the Lyons
silk works, which to this day have kept
the first rank. Henry ii. of France
wore at the wedding of his sister the
first pair of silk hose ever made. The
word satin" which, in the original,
was applied to all silk stuffs in general.
has, since the last century, been used
to designate only tissues which present
a lustered surface.
The discovery of this particular brill
liant stuff was accidental. OctayiO Mai,
a silk weaver, finding business very
dull and not knowing what to in
vent to give a new impulse to the
trade, was one day pacing to and fro
before his loom. Every time he passed
the machine, with no definite object in
view, he pulled little threads from the
warp and put them to his mouth, which
soon after he spat out. Later on he
found the little ball of silk on the floor
of his workshop, and, attracted by the
brilliant appearance of the threads, he
repeated the experiment, ana by using
certain mucilaginous preparations sue
ceeded in giving satin to the world.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
MAINLY FOR WOMEN.

A woman never gets through. When
her own children are grown, she begins
work over again on her grandchildren.
-AtchisOn Globe.
The chemise and the rest of those
clothes that naturally go with 1t do not
necessarily come in ''SetS" now. The
nightgown has taken on new fads, and
is Just the most comfortable garment
for its purpose one ever conceived, and
petticoats are as pretty as dress skirts.
The newest evening shoes are braided
with very narrow strips of kid the color
of the dress with which they are worn.
The stripes are put on about an eighth
of an inch apart, and are so applied that
the most seryiceable and amply proper
toned feet look we'll in them. The
Understanding are of white kid braided
with black.-Chicago News.
Miss Mabel Jenners says: "a woman
would go to the ends of the earth to find
a nOstrum to make herself better look
| ing, and yet very few ever take the
| trouble to even learn how to stand cor
| rectly" Most women, she says, stand
| lazily, and few can walk mile without
feeling fatigue, because of the indoleDt
way of carrying the figure. Many case
of weak back, she thinks, is due to
bad walking.
The classic chemise, praise to pristine
modeSty. has come back to us with all
its sweet, original freshness. For, girls,
| do you know refinement has decreed
that the pure white linen, lawn or fine
| muslin chemise, that is not afraid of
soap and water and fiat-irons, is the gar
ment par excellence. Nothing is more
dainty, and that it may be as dainty as
it can be the finest hand sewing, the
tiniest tucks, the prettiest Valenciennes
lace and most skilled French needle
wrought embroidery is laviShed on its
constructions. Louis Republic.
In nearly every bit of headgear there
is some little flower or leaf or sprig of
grass interviewer in mesheS of lace or
trailed in graceful patterns on ribbons
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

wonders with the flute, and the Duke of
Edinburgh is hardly less accomplished
in handling the violin. The ear per-
forms famously with silver trumpet.
The empress of Austria is ohe of the
finest either players on the continent.
The queen of Italy does the most diff
cult pieces of Italian and German COM
posers on the piano. The empress of
Japan excels in playing the ''koto," a
Japanese instrument not unlike an over
grown either.
The gifted queen of Roumania is cele-
brated among her subjects for her ex-
traordinary performadce on the harp
and piano. King George of Greece eX-
tracts melody from castanets and wine
glasses with all the skill of variety
show artist. He plays almost equally
well on the Hungarian ''cymbalum,"
concerning which his daughter, the
Crown Princess Sopie, is also learning
as much as two Hungarian professors of
music can teach her. Prince Henry of
Prussia is one of the best amateur mu-
sicians on the continent. He plays the
piano and violin, and is composer of
considerable reDutatiOn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
How. Agnes Booth Bathes.

new 1OTk. TTSSS.
There is one thing [ am very partic-
ular about" continued Mrs. Booth.
'and that is my morning bath. l bathe
to my waist in cold water, but the
rest of my bath is made in warmer
temperature-tepid water. Il 90 out for.
drive every day in the year-in winter
at O'Clock, but in summer later. and
there is one other habit which lnever
neglect, and to which l think my
good health is partly due. | take
off all my clothes and regu-
larly go to bed every after
noon for at least one hour" But
when do you find time to look after new
gowns?" | asked. noticing at the same.
time that, although Mrs. Booth was in a.
morning dress, it was of very pleasing
design. My gowns!" said she, with a
glance of absolute contempt for the sub;
ject. and then in tones that were almost
confidential, as if she disliked to admit
the weakness of the sex in general in
this respect. she said: How women
can spend their days in shops as they
do is beyond my comprehension. Why,
the bad air STILES me, and the conse-
Quence is / never shop"
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SHE STARED CALMLY AHEAD.
Episode ola SelfPossessed Young
Girl in Horse Car

Episode Ola SetfPosSeSSed Young
Girl in a Horse Car.
A young girl, tall, with wide blue
eyes. still innocent of evil. got into a
Madison avenue car at Eighty-frst
street last Sunday mornins. She car
ried in her lap prayer book and In her
hand nOvel-one of those paper-bound
novels with the title standing out in
bold relief. Her expression was so de-
mure that the three men in the car
would have sworn she cared more tor
the prayer book than the novel. At
Eightieth street severe looking
man and his wife. both gray
haired, took the car. The older
woman looked across at the young girl
at her novel and prayer book, frowned
little, and turned and whispered some
thing to her husband. He was little
deaf, the car made good deal of noise,
so he put his hand to his ear and said:
"What"' His wife repeated her re-
mark a little louder and still he could
not hear. Finally she shouted, in thin
treble, so that all the car could hear:
81 think it is shame to see young
woman with Bible and novel; her
thoughts are all on the novel, and she
would better have left the Bible at
home" Everybody looked at the girl
with the novel, but she stared calmly
ahead and pretended to have heard
nothing,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

mahogany are deliciously perfumed
with the fragrance of the kid. Some
of them are in the bright reddish tan
that is the natural tint of Russia, and
which is to be SO popular this season.
French kid is coming in again, though
suede is still more largely worn. The
new mouSe-color (souriS is the trade
name) is very sweet, and goes with
everything. There is a novel aud pretty
kind of chain-stitch point introduced
this season. Do you knew what ''polnts"
are, in connection with gloves? did
not till the other day. They are the
rows of stitching on the back. 1 like
whatever. One simply draws them on,
and they are so shaped as to cling in
carressingly and comfortably at the
wrists. For children. they are highly
convenient
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

lar with women of tair, delicate, rose,
envy the wearing. 1t is wool as fine
of texture as can be imagined, and EN-.
broidered in white. A great scallop
divided into many little ones. and done
in white silk, finished one side OF the
material, which was wide enough for a
skirt, and in each scallop was one
large embroidered rosebud, with ex-
quisite raised work in the petals. Long
years ago Mam'selle remembers seeing
a wedding dress of rich satin with
such worked rosebuds scattered about
over the train, as if thrown there, but
never since has she seen the single
flower on its slender stem used in this
WaV
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
Her Memory Is a Fortune.


Epoch.
know young woman in New York,
the daughter of well-known editor,
whose marvellous memory is literally
her fortune. She is an omniverous
reader. No book escapes her, and once
read, is never forgotten. This extraOr-
binary girl is as familiar with the lit
erature Of the past ages as with the two
penny novels of to-day, and is employed
sole e purpose I'd s' Of ,f reading manuscript and
pronouncing upon its originality. Not
only borrowed plots, but borrowed
styles, borrowed phrases, are instantly
detected, and their original source is
noted down, She occupies position
which is unique in the history of great
publishing houses. She is the real
Nemesis of the plagiariSt.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

occurs. Already do fancy fairs begin
to float upon the air, and as to concerts,
their name is legion. Every one seems
to be buying new gowns much earlier
and much oftener than usual. Lila has
quite trOusseau in preparation. sup.
pose the real reason is that there IS
such radical alteration in the style of
dress this season from that of last that
years nest" applying the phrase to the
wardrobe. Everything is so tight, So
fiat, so plain, so free from odious'
punches that adaptation comes easy
only to those who have long learned not
only to cut their coat according to their
CLOTH but to turn it as we'll.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
New Patents.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The follow
ing Minnesota inventors received pat
ents this week, as reported by William
son & Blodgett, patent attorneys, No,
SO7 Wright block, Minneapolis: j.
south stilws water ' fire. escape; A. L.
Brice, Minneapolis, elevator alarm; 0.
Crosby, st. Paul, friction clutch; d.
Denton, Tower. chute; T. c. Harris,
Pleasant Grove. nut lock; H. Kryger,
Minneapolis, track clearer, three: j.
Lathrop, Mortified, fish hook; &. Neill,
Duluth. Notwithstanding device; G. Pet
terson, Lake Crystal, stove; F. WOlkow,
Minneapolis. coat fastener.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
New Thoughts in Jewelry.

A gift that will be appreciated is a
gold SHAREHOLDER representing lawn
tennis racquet holding silver ball.
A simple but very attractive jewel is
a small gold horseshoe nail, slightly
bent and set with emeralds and dia-
mOndS.
A large brilliant set in the center of a
black onyx ace of spades shows to good
advantage when mounted as Scarf-pin
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
PLAID Stuffs on Adults.
London Truth

LONDON IrUtn.
Why are we so fond of plaid stuffs on
children, and yet think them SO fright
full OIL adults? We are in for surfeit
of them in the after-Easter season.
Small women are in this kind OF textile
at greater advantage than the tall
and stout. What is more fearful than
to see matron of imposing presence
habited in plaid, and sailing. down on
one? 1t appears that it was the Fife
marriage which gave rise to this plaid
Eruption.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
THE LADY BARBER.
She Reaches London at Last and
Is a Ii air.Cutter Too.

HE lady barber
has come, a IL d
the heart OF ev-
cry young gen.
t | e IN a n W h O
thinks that his
muStache W i ! |
come up if only
the ground b e
ploughed sum-
GENTLY, is glad
within him. Hap
PLY, the lady
barber is a noun
OF multitude,a
it is lik e | Y
enough that she
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
Butterfly Millinery.

The taste for butterfly millinery is on
the increase. Black lace butterflies are
spread over the crown of floral bonnetS
and posed on the brim of large hats. In
the hats made with velvet crown and
lace brim clusters of these frosted,
gauZy-winged creatures are pinned.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
New Hits in Hats.

Cream. dove, ecru, reseda Milan
braids are all in favor, but are led in
popularity by Tuscan yellow, which in
turn is surpassed by black hats and
bonnets. those easily leading.
A neat hat for miss is poke-shaped
eghorn with silk crown and trimmings
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
Royal Musicians.

HERE are surprising
'ly many expert must
clans in the royal
houses of Europe.
Queen Victoria and
her daughter Louise
play the piano and Or
gan with great skill.
The Prince Of Wales
knows all about play
ing the banjo. and his
wife is an excellent
pianist. The Duke of
Enpua,1Uht non do
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
Making the Bed.

Regarding the makeup of bed the
French round drum bolster is the style
most favored. Where silk, Morris stuffs
or cretonnes are used for dressing the
valence which covers the foot and sides
of the bed should match the bolster,
cover and spread.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

or leaves and buried in the hot ashes,
where they steam in their own fragrant
vapor.
AS the angler removes the wrappings
and the delicate aroma ascendS, his SEN
sitive nostrils qulver, his palate rouses
into self-consciousness and in tone of
emotion he murmurs: Eye gods !!
m-n'yum-n'yum!"
The next best mode of cooking small
trout is to clean them, rinse them
quickly in cold spring water, dry with
towel, and rub little salt on the in
side along the bone. Then cut into dice
half pound of the sweetest salt pork
obtainable, fry it out in the frying pan,
and into the pork fat, actively boiling,
plunge the delicate fish.
The writer is firm believer in and a
vehement advocate of cooking fish by
Steaming. Large brook trout, salmon
and lake trout are delicious steamed.
Butter the trout and season with salt
and pepper; wrap the fish in muslin.
put them in the old-fashioned
steamer, place it over pot of boiling
water. andsthe ascending steam will do
the rest
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
HOW TO Be STYLISH.
Ideas that Will Be Popular
Among the Ladies This
Spring.
Sweet Feminine Attire and
Some Eccentric Hat
Shapes.
Novel Styles to Be Seen on
Our Streets and in
Shops.
Pointers for Our Dear Girls
That Should Not Be
Overlooked.

o BE fashionable one
must be mannish, and
piece by piece the
women have uSurped
the garb of the men,
always excepting the
trousers. For two sea-
sons past they have
worn the blazer, and,
with the addition of
the fore-and-aft cap,
it was undoubtedly
fetching. Last sum
mer a few modiSh
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

F'TER Easter the sea-
son will be in full
swing, and every one
is now rushing off to
mountain, stream and
sea, in order to take
in a stock of strength
and energy for the
fatigues of pleasure
that lie before them.
[ am told that this is
expected to be a very
brilliant season, if
nothing untoWard
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

when she goes over the crossings.
A girl of ten will dress the same as a
girl of forty when bifurcated skirts be-
come universal. Proba bly, that is the
reason the girls of forty are fighting
for it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
SILK AND SATIN.
How They Were Discovered and
Given to the World.

'ICH and beautiful
as these fabrics
are, and widely as
they are used, yet
few people know
that the discovery
of silk is attrib-
uted to Oneof the
! wives of the en-
jperor of China,
ii GA n gti, W h o
reigned about two
thousand years be-
fore the Christian
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
Uncle Sans Girls.

maidens are by no means spring chick
ems. Not many of them are on the
marry, though every now and then we
hear of one dropping off the pay rolls
with good husband. The late Atter-
ney General Brewster got wife in the
treasury department. She was the
daughter of an eX-Secretary Of the
treasury, and she was one of the pref
test women that Washington has ever
known.
Stephen A. Douglas married depart
ment clerk, and many of the ladies OF
the departments go into the best OF
Washington society. 1t is an unwritten
law in some of the departments that a
husband and his wife shall not be on
the pay rolls at the same time, land when
two department clerks marry, one is ex-
pected to leave Postmaster General
Villas, however, objected to this theory.
and number of cabinet officers now
allow their clerks to marry if they
choose. One of the prettiest girls in
the pension Office was married the
other day to very accomplished
young clerk who worked beside
her. Their field of work, however,
was changed, in order that no remark
might be caused by the marriage, and
they now have good positions in New
York. Not few clerks are married
secretly, and their names appear OH the
pay roll of the department as single
after they have been married. There
is, of course. occasional flirting among
the clerks. If you put one woman with
three men anywhere in the world she
must be an extraordinary female il she
does not throw coqlettish chances at at
least one of the three, and the men
are not human if they do not look at
her. 1 happen to know, however, that
three-fourths of the treasury girls could
be married If they wished husbands.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
Wit About Women,

When you see some men the first
thing you think of is large, overbear-
ing wife.
There never was man so worthless
that his wife did not think other women
were trying to steal him.
About the poorest man in Atchison
said this morning: 1.-THE good influence
of nv wife made me what am"
Why is it that the quiet, worthy fell
low is never so attractive to women as
the flashy fellows of no consequence?
/ A Woman's indifference to her locks
yanishes at the sight of man as quick
as boys lameness leaves him at the
sound of fire bell.
= There probably never was a little girl
who did not wish she was grown up,
and could wear a long dress to hold up
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

TOLD you that L
would find out for
you whether it is
true that gloves
with one button
are to be worn.and
l have kept my
word. From my
inquiries [ find
that there is no de-
mand for them just
now. but there are
q great number of
four-button gloves
sold. owing to the
increasing length
of sleeves. The
new Russia leather
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

of white velvet forget-me-nots. The
facing is of lace, with a wreath of the
same forget-me-nots.
A large white leghorn is trimmed
with full sprays of wisteria and scarf
of tulle extending down the back, en-
circling the neck, to be pinned at the
left side with cluster of wisteria.
The marvellous excellence of the
French flowers this season almost sur
passes belief and is the delight of the
ladies. They come into play in nearly
all STYLES.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27

avolruupois or apOthecary's weight the
resultant precipitate of which shall
compose this best Of the creators gifts
to woman. Eve had it, we fancy, and
Miriam, Ruth and the queen of Sheba :;
and it belonged, too, no doubt, to Jeze-
bel, the infamous but splendid and sur
pasSingly brave princess before whom
even Elijah'S courage quailed. SapphO
had charm: so had Cleopatra and
Beatrice and Rosalind. Mary, of Scot
land, bewitched mems hearts not less
by her conquering charm than by her
wonderful loneliness and dauntlesS dar-
ing, while Elizabeth of England-many
sided, strong and resolute, with a
mans heart under a woman'S cOrsage
had the fatal defect of lacking charm.
There are women in every community,
in every church, who with no apparent
effort captivate all hearts and enjoy a
popularity which others vainly envy,
continuing to please till their latest day,
for age cannot wither nor custom stale
the infinite variety of really charming
woman. A rose is rose, and cab
bage is cabbage, and each has it's
place; but nobody claims charm for a
cabbage, though it take the prize at a
country fair; while the simplest rose
bud on the bush by the wayside chal-
.lenges the world OF flowers with this
royal distinction.
What is it? A trick of manner, of
speech, lifting of the eyebrow. a
dropping of the lip, an air of gentle
breeding, fine-grained courtesy?
These may be part of it, but charm is
something deeper. The pretty waitress
at your elbow may possess it, while it is
denied to her mistress, the daughter,
perhaps, of hundred earls. Whatever
else it is, be sure it is pure womanlineSs
and has belonged to the fair sex since
that far-off day when the sons of God
beheId the daughters of men, and, be-
holding, loved them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
Women Who Charm.

. EYOND beauty,
leverneSs, wit,
Attachments. be-
yond any endow-
nent which can
,e given to a
woman, says the
Chicago Herald,
is the simple and
indefnable attrib-
ute which we call
charm. 1t is i'm
possible to ana
lyze its compo-
nent parts, and
equally so to write
a nreScriDtiOn in
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Silver Gray Wool.
Chicago Herald.

Chicago Herald.
One of the most exquisite importa-
lions of the season is in that most beau
tiful silver gray that will ever be popu-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
ed on blackend steel springs, are anon G
the ingenious ornaments of the mllii-
merry trade.-New York World.
THE PRICE OF HER BEAUTY.
Rigorous Treatment That Makes
the Duchess of Marlborough
Z air-Valuable Hints to, the
Ladies'. fsssasl ,f

EITHER the good
clothes nor'the coat-of-
|arms worn p by the
Duchess of Marlbor.
ough have OintereSt.
ed the ladies of New
York as much as the
slender proportions OF
her figure, says the
New York World. AT
her first nuhlin a nnpar-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
COOKING A TROUT.
A Couple OF Recipes Apt to Make
the Mouth Water.

II, E successful
angler, OIL return-
ing to camp should
clean a few trout
in the crystal wat
ers of the stream
he but a few mo-
ments before lured
them from. A fire
is built. The trout
are Duttered, and
seasoned with salt
and pepper; then
wrapped in paper