St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-24

that the soldier himself vas weakening,
and was even half guilty of wishing
that his furiough might last forever.
To cap the climax and to secure
permanent resting-place for herself, the
little mink tempted him past all endur-
ance by saying that she could cook
actually cook. Man-like, this attraction
was too much for him, and he came near
entangling himself too deeply with the
siren who could preside over the mys-
teries of the tea-kettle and the trying
pan. Fortunately for the welfare of his
country the soldier was rescued ere he
tasted OF the savOry dishes which the
temptress "a modern Eve-Would have
prepared for him.
Just as immoral, so sgy the men, is it
for the girl of the period to get herself
up in the altogether bewitching spring
styles and parade the streets, as if to
charm the men with the beauties and
destinations of her get-up. How does
she go to work, this spring girl. to look
so lovely? How does she achieve the
grace, the pretty color, the ia wn-like
carriage and the charming yet dIgnified
demeanOr which we see every moment
as we walk the streets of fair day?
First of all she washes her hair, and
then she washes it again. She washes
it until all of the oil and sickness is
Out, and there remain only the light
fuffiness and half curl which we all ad-
mre so much. Then, sometimes all
alone and sometimes with the aid of her
hairdresser, she coils lovely knot on
the back of her head and sticks into it
great Jeweled dagger so pretty that
you cannot resist asking her question
or two about it. The front of her hair
she tufts up directly over the middle of
her forehead and draws the sides down,
preserving the oval of her face, la
Mrs. Cleveland, and finishes the de-
structive work by sticking in pretty
gold-hairpins wherever there is an eX-
cuSe for one.
On top of the captivating head she
spikes her hat with wavy brim and
| rose upon the crown. At the back of
the hat are some feather tips, some lace.
few Jeweled pins, and Lord knows
what elsa beetle. maybe, or a small
lizard, or something else from out of
the animal kingdom-but the effect is
| pretty.
| And then the rest or her attire? Oh
my Oh my! You have seen it; you
know all about it. 1t was a pity, yet a
| pleasure, to run ali over its fascina-
items. There is the bodice, fitting as
| tight as the skin, and suggesting a
| plump loneliness underneath. There is
The high collar, ever SO high at the back
of the neck and low enough at the front
to show the pretty little hollow which
| grows underneath WOman'S chin.
And the skirt! ST. Denis help the men
as they gaze upon the beauteous out
lines of the modish girls skirt. 1t is
skimp and it is scant, so very skimp
and so very scant that it looks as If the
woman had bought Just enough ma
| terial for pillow-case, and had sewed
it up atthe sides, leaving the ends open
so she could jump in and sally forth.
| No petticOats are worn underneath this
| tight skirt, and no gathers or tucks
break mp the long lines. 1t is immoral,
really immoral, to go forth arrayed SC
attracrively, for, as man himself was
heard sto say, mo woman can come
down town arrayed in such rig with
out scattering the seeds of dissatisfac
! tiOno