St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
SOME ALL AROUND GOSSIP.

The advent Of the first chilly days brings
out crowd of women bent on that most
fascinating feminine dissipation, shopping.
Yesterday afternoon all the shops were filled
to overlooking with women who came to buy
things. and others who came to shop. The
prudent women are buying bargains i'll staple
summer goods. but the impIudent majority
are looking merely for the novelties. 1t is a
little early to speak with authority on the
coming winter styles, but the stores-I started
out to say shops, but my barbarous American
blood quite overruns my Anglomaniae
speech, and l shall say stores-are filled with
heartrendingly pretty things.
8 One of the newest fabrics is veloutina. 1t
is modern edition of the old-fashioned
corduroy, and is woven with broad soft
cords in all the new soft colors. For late
fall gown it is more durable and effective
than the popular Bedford cord. In silks the
tatfeta pompadours, with tiny colored flowers,
are simply not to be questioned. Bengaline,
which is gros grain silk with wool filing,
is the really correct thing for the long Louis
XIV. coat.
/, - Feather trimming promises to be distinct
rage. Rooster feathers, or, more elegantly,
cocks feathers. ostrich feathers, peacoc6's
feathers goose feathers, and feathers that
never grew on the pack of any sane bird. are
all brought into service. They are all very
well for carriage frocks, but woe be to the
woman who trims a street gown with feath-
ers The first damp day will make them look
as sorry and bedraggled as a wet chicken.
The REFER jacket looms up boldly and
jauntily again. A new fashion is to have the
sleeves of such garment made OF fur. One
pretty tan-colored REFER has reyers and
sleeves of mink, and more gaudy coat has
sleeves ana trimmings of leopard spotted
plush.
But hats. Some of the new importations
look as if the trimmer had taken an I'M
offending shape, stepped on it, and then
thrown pieces of trimming at it in the dark.
Partisan fancy is the hat-topped, narrow
hat, trimmed with white veil. The veil is
draped around the place where the brim
would be if the hat had any, and, after being
caught up at the back. is tied under the chin
of the wearer in fyaway bow.
O.
One nightmareish but stylish hat is a fiat
sailor of tan-colored felt. 1t is turned up at
the back and fastened with a roseIte of
deeper colored velvet. About the crown is
twisted roll of light gold-colored velvet, and
one of darker velvet. AT the front and back
of the chapeau sit two bright magenta birds
of no known species. A pretty blue and tan
nat has the tan-colored felt brim slashed and
turned up, rounding out over Il roll of blue
velvet, in new and charming fashion. A
rosette and aigrette complete the hat. You
can't possibly be amiss if you have velvet
rosette and plump bird on your hat.
O.
Jewelry, too, shows a few novelties. Every
thing one needs, with really very few excep-
tons, is made in silver. The fleur de lis pat
tern still obtains, but the distinctive feature
of the season is the bow knot Tiny knots of
silver ribbon make the most charming of
scarf pins, and a brooch made of a bow of
rough gold, studded with tiny enameled for
get-me-nots, is simply irresistible Bow
knots and hearts are the seasons fancies.
The very correct young clerk in Third
street jewelry store informed me that man
to be decentlY dressed requires three pairs of
cuff bottoms along with other things, OF
course. One pair Tor business wear is of sill
yer. With more ceremonious costume gold
buttons are required, and with full dress,
sleeve buttons of white enamel with Il tiny
diamond in the center of each are the correct
thing.
There is even a style about hair dressing.
The braid tied with a ribbon at the nape of
the neck is much worn, but Mrs. Cleveland,
inher last appearance in public. made popu-
lar new couture. 1t is very much like the
style of forty years back The hair is parted
in, the middle and drawn smoothly down
over the ears. OF course, it's very trying
but if you can wear it the effect is very Ma
donna-like and lovely
The very latest fad, | am credibly informed,
is sketehing. You must own all deliberately
decorated portfolio, and i'll it you must treas
ure up your penciled impressions of the men
and women you meet and the places you see.
Some of the sketches l have seen lately ale
very dreadful to behold, but bit of lake
scenery ] saw yesterday quite captivated me.
1t was the work of little Sadie Macdonald, of
the Later On company, and was really very
creditable.
Speaking of theatrical people, do you
know the latest news of the stage! And have
you heard yet that
Hart, of Hallen & Hart is engaged to An
ME Lewis, of the ''Yon Yonson' company
That he is writing her play called 1.-THE
Idea,' and that in it there is part for clever
Clara Thropp, who is herself the author OF
bright little farce called Temptation -
That Marie Wainwright's fondness for
Henry Miller Bijou Heron's husband, is be-
ing discussed in New York
That Amelia Glover is to marry Russell the
manager of the "City Directory" and go to
Europe in the spring?
That Jerry Hart is telling local story
about the horse car, when there's not such
thing in ST. Paul
But then we're all human and prone to err,
and his horse car story may be based OH fact
as much as much of the gossip one hears.