St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-08

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in any other walk of life. 1t is mis-
taken kindness in the members of a
family to refrain from correcting in
e ach ether any unpleasant or unbecom-
ing mannerism, which, if not corrected.
Will surely become blemish. MANY a
girls rosy lips are thickened and ruined
by thOughtless habit of biting them.
and many an ugly line spells the beauty
of well-shaped mouth from an uncon-
scious and habitual pout. Really, if
women put half the time on the fit and
set OF their faces that they devote to the
fit and set of their gowns, we would be-
| hold race Of beauties.
The custom of allowing children to
attend afternoon theatrical perform
ances is becoming more widespread.
At matinee performance of a bur-
lesque not long ago all the house
laughed in sympathy with the blissful
laughter of little girl who leaned over
the balcony railing. The substantial
ballet girls were yeritable fairies to her
and the stage wonderland of delight.
Any suggested yulgarity of the actors
was utterly lost Oh her, and when the
clown, attracted by her pretty laugh,
actually made bow to her alone, she
was in seventh heaven. But there are
convince me that such plays as las In
Looking Glass" or any others of the
french school. can in any way benefit
the budding intellect and Imagination
of Youngsters old enough not to nod
during the performance. My own eX-
perlence IN cultivating child's dramatic
taste has been rather unfortunate. pre-
vailed Oh the exceedingly proper mother
OF a four-year-old friend of mine to
allow me TO take the little one to see
A Brass Monkey" The child was
delighted with the skit. but much to
her mothers horror was heard singing
the ''Razzle Dazzle" song next day in
the nursery for the benefit of q cat
and family of dolls. She didn't know
all, the words, but the two lines, "Oh,
how drunk | amr' and "WeIl all 60 off
on terrible tear" remained in her
memory, and she gave them with quite
creditable imitation of Stagger, and
ended with an ear-piercing whoop.
Thenceforth. at the mothers request,
| shall leave that Infantile imagination
to develop in the seclusion of the nur-
sery.
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Linen collars and cuffs, after few
seasons or retirement, are again popu-.
lar. There is really no suitable finish
to a severely plain taiIor-made COVE
but linen collar. The effect of a stiff
cloth collar against ones neck. with noi1
dividing line of softening white, is ala
ways unbecOming and in questionable
taste. and bad as is the effect of the COLI
lar, the sleeve is worse, for nothing is
quite so unbecoming to ones hand as
the unrelieved edge of plain cloth
sleeve. Stiff linen collars and cuffs are.
radically unsuited to a silk gown, orr
indeed, to an elaborate toilet of ANU
KIND, but as finish to severely simple 4
street gown they are quite the most de- I
sirable things attainable. Il
Devoted as [ am to my native land. 4
and fond as am of the nasal squawk off,
our national bird, there are some thingsa
for which | thank the anglomaniaeA
Foremost among them is the tendency
toward the use of pure Angle-Saxon. {
1t is now correct to call spade spade, i
and not disguise it as san indispensa-
bic gardening utensil." Any kind of
social entertainment, from tea-fght to
ball, is Function" and the gown
one wears is "swagger." Instead of the
says the men aud women" LADY
friend' and gentleman friend' are
two bits of genteel vulgarity forever
tabooed in polite society. 1t is taken
for granted that ones friends ara ladies
and gentlemen, and mentioning the
fact only gives rise to the suspicion that
their good breeding is not quite appar-
ent, and must be labeled.
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The landlord of the average fiat does
his best to induce parents to kill off |
their children, but no one rises to adyo- |
cate the determination Of the theater |
nuisance. His name, or her name, as
the case may be. is legion. There is the |
matinee girl who has heard that song
before. and huns the air Just a. half
tone off the key, There is the party !