St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-10

bengaline, with flower trimming on the
corSage, and at the bottom of the skirt
with large bows of satin ribbon, mean
ing: Pm
Still as Artress
and ingenious as they grow" It's the
correct thing to have several of these
help out the pnnch when it's weak and
when it isn't, and atone for the thin
ness of the sandwiches, and the gen
eral air of something lacking whic h
many of our afternoon receptions have.
"DO you ever attend any of Mrs.
CheapleY's afternoon receptions?"
asked my Produce exchange friend,
Burt Bracket.
"0h dear, no; not if 1 know it,"
said he.
why" exclaimed, ''aren't her re-
freshment5 sufficient to suit you?''
More than sufficient" replied Burt.
II tasted her sandwiches until the next
day."
Speaking of these articles and in
genlous creatures who are so sought
after for the purpose of attracting the
young bankers and brokers to afternoon
receptions, Iheard of
A Funny Experience
which befell the mistress of a swell up
town house. She invited three of these
lngenueS to assist her, and sent beauti-
ful bouquets and cabs for them. The
dear things hung around the samoyar
for brief hour, and then they were
missing. Loud cries for tea. but no one
to hear it. Where were those three
charming girls who had cost the hostess
at least S257. Search was made with
the following result: Number one was
found with Young man behind iardi-
Mere in the conservatory. Num-
Der two with young man
seated on the stairs. Number
three with young man in the darkest
corner OF the library looking at pict-
ure book! In word, the three rosebud
assistants had proved to abe most la
nentable failures as queens of the SAM
ovar, and the mistress of the uptown
mansion was simply $25 out.
While OH this subject of types / want
to call your attention to the fact that
human nature is pretty much the same
the world over. L was lately reading Of
famous French count, now dead, who,
during the second empire, amused Paris
by his extremely dudish ways, being a
sort of French Berry Wall, king
OF the dudes. Well, one of
his hobbies was that he couldn't eat
from the plates of any restaurant, no
matter how high priced, until he had
washed them himself, which he pro-
ceeded to do the moment he was seated,
calling for water and napkins with a
stately and solemn mien. We have q
plate washer in this town, Frenchman,
too-a marquis this time. He married
the daughter OF rich Philadelphia
patent medicine man, and he amuSes
the patrons and disgusts the walters of
a famous restaurant by wiping the
plates before he begins to eat, not only
wipiDg them, but polishing them.
Until They Glow
like his own bald head. and, being a
very rich and steady patron of the es-
taDilShmenti the proprietor puts up
with his crank notions; whereas, if he
were only semi-occasional, he would
soon receive notice to do his rubbing
and polishing elsewhere.
There is one tlatteriug JUNCTION which
L always lay to my soul, and that is that
Women'S manners are better than mems.
We may be vain, frivolous, fraiI, re-
vengeful and mercenary, but we be-
nave ourselves in public places with it
all. For instance, think you a lady
would unscrew the top of a pocket-in-
haler IN q theater or concert hall and
I'LL the space about her with the fumes
of carbolic acid? Well, that is exactly
what man did at the theater the other
evening; and, although there were nu-
merous hens and haws in his imme-
diate neighborhood, yet he continued
calmly to make use of his pocket inhaler
until the curtain rose again.