St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
Feminine Chatterbox.

New York World.
Every girl who has just come from
England within the last month wears on
dull days an ulster with a long cape
that reaches half yard below her
waist.
A dress that has for trimming broad
band of material around the bottom,
different from the upper part, is pretty
sure to have received this addition to
make it long enough to suit the pres
ent fashions.
Forty dollars yard would seem to be
rather stiff price for brOcade, but
that is the amount demanded, even in
Paris. for the exquisite material which
shows flowers woven to look tike Gobe-
lin tapestry in miniature.
Those who are wishful of seeing men
in fancy coats and knee breaches, aud
calling this regalia evening dress, think
that the bicycling rage and the cOnse-
qUent adoption of knickerbockerS will
help to make the change possible.
A lady who has heretofore contented
herself with sending out cards for
days" in one of the winter months,
says this year that it CLOCKS green" not
to have day printed on the visiting
card. but she considers it an awful bore
to stay at home one day in every week.
recipe for making good tea is: Use
black China tea, putting in the old-faSh-
Toned teaspoOnful for each person and
one for the blessed pot. Then pour on
briskly boiling water, and within five
minutes pour it off again, or the tea will
be wicked instead of good"
The distinguishing feature of a new
bonnet worn at a recent Ladies' Day"
at one of the clubs was very long black
satin strings, quite three inches wide,
which were brought from the usual
point in the back, tied carelessly under
the chin, but slightly toward the right,
with the ends left to bangle far below
the waist.
1t is not at all an uncommon thing for
artists studying abroad to make the
frames for their pictures. Of course,
the idea originated with them because
of lack of funds-necessity being the
mother of invention-but in this way
there are sometimes very unique and
ingeniouSly made frames around the
pictures in the salon.
A very knowing young man said the
other day that he didn't believe there
was a woman in New York CITY who
could tell the difference between a
taiIOr-made suit and one that was sold
i'll shop, land what's more" he added,
mot many men can. outside OF En-
gland" and he looked at his own spick-
and-span clothes with q very superior
air, as much as to say that he was not
one OF them.
Going up in an Eighth avenue car be-
yOnd the park after dusk it is sometimes
very difficult 10 tell the number of the
streets passed, and the infreQuent Wis
itOr is at loss to know where she is.
Two ladies making this trip the other
night asked the conductor when he came
through to take the fares if he would
please stop at One Hundred and Third
street. The Hibernian nodded to them
in a most gracious manner, and replied:
Gel tainly, If you will tell me when we
get there"
Everybody hates bazaars and fairs,
and yet it is well known that there is a
necessity for giving something to most
people before they will consent to pay
out their money to various charities
and other good objects for which
contributions are demanded. A mem
Der of the aristocracy in England has
started a series of dances for sweet
charity's sake. and why may not these
be organized here? Not on such a scale
as the charity bali, but small dances of
perhaps twenty couples. On these oc-
casiOnS there might be little devices re-
sorted to for augmenting the sum OBJ
tanned 5y the subscription TO the dances.