St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-08

in any other walk of life. 1t is mis-
taken kindness in the members of o.
family to refrain from correcting I'm
c ach ether any unpleasant or unbecom-
ing mannerisnl, 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 spoils 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 bur
lesque not long ago all the house
laughed in sympathy with the blssful
laughter of little girl who leaned over
the balcony railing. The substantial
ballet girls were veritable fairies to her
and the stage wonderland of delight.
Any suggested yulgarity of the actors
was utterly lost on her, and when the
clown, attracted by her pretty laugh,
actually made bow to her alone, she
was in seventh heaven. But there are
plays and plays, and no one can quite
convince me that such plays as ''As In a
Looking Glass" or any others Of the
French school. can in any way neft
the budding intellect and Imagination
of Youngsters old enough not to nod
during the performance. Ny own eX-
perlence N cultivating child'S dramatic
taste has been rather unfortunate. pre-
vailed OH the exceedingly proper mother
of q f0ur-year-old friend of mine to
fn &ol fl,n -,
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 4 cat
and family of dolls. She didn't know
all the words, but the two lines, "Oh,
how drunk l amr' and "WeIl all go off
on a terrible tear remained in her
memory, and she gave them with quite
creditable imitation of q 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.
Linen collars and cuffs, after few
seasons OF retirement, are again popu-sI
lar. There is really no suitable finish
to a severely plain tailor-made gowha
but linen collar. The effect of 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 cols1
lar, the sleeve is worse, for nothing is
quite so unbecoming to one's 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 anvI
kind. but as finish to severely simple 4
street gown they are quite the most de- 4
sirable things attainable. a
Devoted as / am to my native land, (.
and fond as | am of the nasal souawk Of
our national bird. there are some things
for which [ thank the anglomaniaca
Foremost among them is the tendency.5
toward the use of pure Anglo-SaXon. /
1t is now correct to call spade a spade, j
and not disguise it as "an indispensa-
bic gardening utensil." ANY kind of
social entertainment, from a tea-fght to
ball, is function" and the gown
one wears is ''swagger." Instead of the
Ladies and gentlemen" present, one
says the "men aud women" Lady
frlend' and ''gentleman friend'' are
two bits of genteel vulgarity forever
tabooed in polite society. 1t is taken
for granted that ones friends are 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, OF 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 half
tone of the key. There is the party