St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-15

ish fairy tales, | rise to protest. They
assert that the reading of fairy tales,
wherein lovely maidens wed princes
and kings, is at the root of the Amer
lean fad for marrying foreign noble
men; that fairy tales are nonsense
and deceive their young readers. Alas
for modern children They are not
really children, they are miniature men
and women, quite as skeptical as their
elders. They are too advanced for
Mother Goose and they don't believe in
Santa Claus. They know that it is
quite impossible that there is a man in
the moon, and are quite positive that
there is no pot of gold at the end of the
rainbow. Instead of having less read
ing of fairy tales, would have more.
Wretched ''simplified" stories Of all
kinds should give place to the Arabian
Nights and Hans ANDERSON, and every
child that didn't believe in all children
ought to believe should he kept on
bread and water till he did. Real life
comes soon enough, and the child is
none the less ready TO meet it if he has
been real, childish child.
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There was time when to use ones
fingers in place of fork was crime
worthy social ostracSm. But fingers, as
we ali know. antedate forks by some
ages. and in the prevalent fad for an
tlquities, they are again in evidence at
table. Of course we have not returned
to the use of fingers alone, but the num-
Der Of articles to be eaten from the
fingers is constantly increasing. Aspar-
aguS the French have always eaten so,
but only recently have Americans
adopted the custom. Olives are never to
be profaned 10y touch of fork. Lettuce
should never be touched by either knife
or fork. Celery, OF course, no one eats
except from the fingers. Strawberries
should be served with the stems, which
serve as handle, by which they are lifted
to the lips. Bread, toast, tarts and all
small cakes again demand fingers.
Cheese and Saratoga chips are eaten
by hand, so 10 speak, and at dainty
luncheons wings and legs Of birds are
to be held in the fingers. Table man
ners" are as changeable as the Ameri-
can people generally. An old lady
once knew used to tell. with particular
delight, of an occasion on which she
dined with Mr.. and Mrs. John Quincy
Adams. Forks in those days were two
tined horrors, and the knife was by far
the more important implement. Mr..
Adams, however, used a silver fork
Mrs. Adams politely apolOgized for her
husbands strange behavior by saying
that during his sojOurn in France he
had acquired the habit of eating with a
fork ana was quite unable to break him
self of the remarkable fashion.
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Dame Fashion has put her foot down
and without casting aSperSiOnS at the
size OF her pedal extremity, / will say
thar cOI0rS tho urnnpd tho ,atob
veil. The decree has gone forth that a
black l0Zenge over ones cheek. or dim
ming ones eye, is no longer correct
There are more possibilities to veil
than to any other article of feminine
adornment. 1t can make or mar a
beauty. There is popular fallacy that
black veil is becoming to every daugh-
ter of Eve. None but brilliant complex
ions can wear black wells. 10 pale or
sallOW face they are murderous. Tan
colored face wells ought to be prohibited
by law. Blue gives the face an artificial
look. but red veil, if thin enough, is
very tiattering to a sallow face. Pale
gray is undoubtedly the most becoming
tint for the majority of women. A We
that stops short of the tip Of ones nose
gives that organ most diSSipated look
ing bloom. A great many women tic
their wells on in a fashion that would
make one suppose their noses needed
to be held on. A mesh of silk before
ones eyes is ruinous to the eye-sight
So we ought all return thanks to VI.
Felix, who asserts that wells will be in
little favor this season.
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1t IS one OF mans charming incon-
sistences that he constantly and always
inveighs against the woman who uses
face powder, or lip salve, or touches up
her face with just wee bit of rouge,
and Just as constantly devotes himself
TO that particular species of woman.
He is always quite sure she doesn't
powder, too. Face powder artistically