St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-27
CAPRICIOUS WOMEN.
The Possibilities of Her Char
actep Hold the Press
Enthralled.
Writers Who Look Upon Girl
Life as a Short Walk To-
ward Matrimony.
Eoans Over the Spinsterhood
Of So Many Modern
MaidenS.
Redfepn Grows Charmingly
Confidential Concerning
Trimmings.
Special Letter to the Globe

Special Letter to the Globe.
New YORK. Dec. 23.-"WOman" still
holds the press enthralled with the ca
prices and possibilities of her character,
and we hear, from the other side, that
"Marriageable Women" is the heading
under which male writers have satir-
lied. jOked and philosophical, and fe-
male writers walled and reasoned over
in the transatlantic papers. Many OF
the male writers on this subject are
still SO far behind US as to look upon
girls life as a short walk with an OBJ
ject at the end of it, viz: man, hus-
band, after the gaining of which object
the maidens sit down in everlasting
meek contentment. Good heavens.
how long will it take to eradi-
cate this idea. 1t is false
one, however it may jar on the old
fashioned Keep women in their proper
place" type OF men to say so. The end
OF the century girl requires much more
in husband than her mother required
before her. Remember, you who
mourn over the probable spinsterhoOd
of many of our modern maidens, that
the resources of intellectual and artistic
occupations, the freedom from gall
ing conventionaities, the enlarged
capacity for absorbing knowledge of all
descriptions subtracts largely from the
grayness of a WOman's unmarried life.
That there must be a slight grayness
seems TO man inc ytable, though many
women deny Tins with pathetic CULVER
in their voices. and why in the name of all
that is human. should man be cruel
and cOnceited enough to look as though
he doesn't believe it, and yet many Of
them do, and say so. Of course men
cannot help preferring the woman who
clings." They do. ana it is a matter
which 10 argument will alter or no
JOurnalisteXplain. Which is the prettier
picture, the clever, large-braned wom-
an with her books, clubs, and debating
and literary societies. living her method
ical, philosophical, rational. solitary
life. or the young wife with the little
head Nesting OH her bosom? The uni
versal reply in favor of the latter shows
that there is little sentiment left in
this battered world after all.
Meanwhile which ever type pleaSes
us, both continue TO flouriSh-curiouS
the way the world ways On-in spite of
the cOnYulSive objections to its own
methods Of wagging. Redfern recalls
me from morallzing and philosJphizing
to the discussion of fashion. which will
certainly be required even when there
are only wings and crowns 10 design.
FurS, he says. are the fashionable fads
of the hour, or rather of the winter. for
they seem to have ''cOme to stay" 1t
is still the thing to be Russian, to
wear loose blouse like coats with girdleS
aud a prepOndeTance of fur
on them. The disposal of fur
on capeS mutfs and gownS
may be tasteful or quite the reverse, as
IN many costumes we have noticed
lately, where the arrangement Of a fur
tail aud little beasts heads are so gro
teSque that the beady eyes seem to beg
pathetically for the society of the lost
hOdy-SO conspicuous by its absence.
Still the modiste says that furry ami
mails are not to hover over gowns in a
cherubim form. so if their little forms
are disturbed never mind it is correct
form.
Redfern is also garrulous enough this
week to say that bOdiceS are likely. to
be made with all round basQueS, viz,
those with no opening down the front.
This is Russian decidedly. These
basques are generally edged with fur;
our authority on Fifth avenue goes on
to say that sleeves will seldom be seen
in plain form. hut will be pulled,
shaped and garnished in many ways.
Yes. sleeves will be fantastic, and the
short top sleeve of velvet, fur-edged,
will give character to the latest coats.
Fur coats, by reason Of their warmth
not their beauty, for that is question:
ble-Still keep their place in popular
favor; but no woman who wants to look
smart on any bright and particular oc-
casiOn wears one them.