St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-05

dressing girl is mourning cOmphTeO
to her cost in other directions, says the
New York World. With few clothes
to start on, say street dress, costume
for demi-dress. and evening toilette, a
jacket, an ulster for rough weather, and
a few stables in the shape of lingerie.
four handkerchiefs, scarfs, fascinators,
inexpensive jewelry, hair ornaments, a
belt or two, few gloves and a visite to
wear at the opera or dinner party, a
very nice appearance can be made on
s565, or 81 a day.
That is to cover the dress question.
There are greater difficulties to be met
for which money must be provided.
Take for instance her toilet, which is
one of the vita Questions Of the hour.
If she has no maid it will cost we'll
bred girl 81 month just to have her
hair brushed. There is s24 a year which
can hardly be called an Investment in
iuXurleS.
Then there are the baths 20 refIeshen
the skin, brighten the complexion and
tone the system generally. To the un-
initiated they are a mere waste of
money. To the woman who studies her
glass, knows the value of beauty and
health and the price of youth. they are
the very best medicine that science can
prescribe. One steaming every two
months is ample. which will cost not
less than S1.50 for the bathing mis-
tress who rubs her down with alcohol
and sprays her hair with bay rum is
certainly entitled to 25-cent tip at the
very smallest calculation. This means
sea year. Druggists supplies, includ-
ing soap. tooth, face and manicure pow
der in moderation. cold cream vaseline
and benZoin, camphOr and ammonia,
court plaster, mustard and almond
meal, toilet waters and scent and brushes
for the teeth, nails, hair and flesh, will
cost at the very lowest figure SIS year,
and are no more to be dispensed with
by a refined, gentle-born woman than
bonnetS and gloves.
Then there are the dentists fees of
S25 year for the regular care of the
teeth, and in case of accident or neg
Few girls escape the doctor, for in spite
of every precaution colds will settle on
delicate lungs and stomachs get out of
order. in which case medical tax of IS
year will be imposed.
And then comes the cost of culture,
without which no woman can possibly
thrive. She may attend lectures, go to
art galleries, concerts or classes in liter
AZURE, language, DelSarte, music or
painting. She may join club and have
innumerable advantages in social, in
tellectual and ethical way, but in any
instance her expenses will average S25.
And lastly comes the cost of popularity,
xxyifh iah Crir ri
cess.
Exempt from the obligation of giving
dinners, lunches, box parties and the
like, she is nevertheless expected to
make some slight acknowledgment of
couI teSeS received, and $50 a year will
buy very few bouquets, books and SOuv-
enirS for the patroneSSeS who have so
kindly assisted her in a social way. In
the majority of cases these trifies will
will cost less than the messenger service
necessary to deliver them properly.
Not to forget the details of the toilet
at least 500 will be expended for gloves,
slippers. wells, handkerchiefs, hosiery,
bits of lace, an occasional print. charity
and the cost of having dress cleaned,
a Jacket pressed or the street hat
retrimmed. Here is a total of S336.50
for what may be called foolishness, but
is nevertheless the price or wOman'S
sweetness, refinement and femininity.
To be specific here are some figures
regarding the cost of a little girl of
fourteen for the past year. She is the
only daughter of teller in a New York
bank. The family lives in a private
boarding house and the ambition of her
parents is to make the child a bright,
sweet, sensible woman. Her wardrobe
costs S2l5 a year. including laundry.
She attends school up town where she
pays $3.50 year. Last season she was
sent to dancing school at an expense of
800. For this accomplishment she
needed a special supply of slippers.
four little dancing frocks, along quilted
ulster and fifteen yards of sash ribbon,
for which a bill of ST. was presented.
During the summer she learned to
swim, and the cost of her bathing suit
and the services of the bathing master
amounted to $13. Her board for the
entire year cost $3.50. Here are some
trifles, as the mother calls them, copied
from the little girls expense accounts
One pug dog. IS; eight silver bracelets,
| SIS: one doll, So; one dolls car
services, $3.50; hospital attendance for
dog. 81; burial of same, s1.75; one gold
ring, $3.50; rent of tricycle., $2.S5; med
ical treatment, S35; gifts for relatives,
81; monkey muff and cape, S27; gum,
ice cream, soda water, tripod, S24; ten
mis- racket, $3.50; opera glass, IS; silver
watch. Sc; treatment for suffering, $50.
Making the annual cost of this sweet
little tyrant S1,3l1.70.
A lady in West Fifty-thlrd street al
lows young lady daughter of seven
teen $500 for dress. The family is well
to do and no notice is taken of the
actual expenses attending the board
the maid service or the laundry bills.
Notwithstanding her allowance. the
young woman is financially Strengthened
all the time, the SAL so received monthly
barely suffieing for her immediate
wants in the shape of tOitet accessories,
amusementS, car fare, aims and reading
matter. Last year her extras, donated
by her mother, amounted to 800, includ-
ing an upright piano, a Sealskin jacket
and modest little ring with diamond
in it.
Eagan, of East SiXty-fourJh street, pc
titioned Judge Beach in the court of
common pleas to have $4,000 of her late
husbands estate set aside for the edu-
cation and maintenance of her little
daughter. Josephine Eagan, aged seven,
of whom she is guardian. A cry of hor-
ror and establishment was raised among
the relatives and lawyers at the stu
pendous demand. but Mrs. Eagan knew
what she was about and presented an
itemized account of probable expendi-
lures Here it is:
Ice per month, SIS, $50; household ex-
penses, S1,920; toys. books and dolls,
$50; goyerness' s lso; nurse .s $3.50; music
hats, ETC., $500; laundry, $50; medical
treatment for nervous disorders, $500.
This bill is interesting in showing the
disparity between the professions of
nurse and governess. The $500 item
for clothing may seem extravagant,
but as an heiress to 100000 estate
tharo iS no reason Why Miss .JoSeDhiDe