St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-13

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Lenien girl is OF two orders. the deeply
religious and the fashionably devo-
Iional. The first one carries in her
pocketbook a Iiny lavender card with
purple crosses aud stars all over it,
and bearing list of services in her
favorite church. On no day are there
less than two; she sings at one of them,
ana stays after the other to practice
GregOrian chants for the next day. She
attends Dorcas society every Saturday
and takes home six garments to make
in the course of the week, and she
makes them herself, too. faithfully and
laboriously. She spends an hour iii de-
votional reading every day. She attends
a Shakespeare class twice week
and goes as often to hear some we'll
read woman elucidate state and
national politics to party of girls. No
one stays to lunch after these mornings;
that would be frivolous, and besides
there is just time to run into the dress
makers to have fitting before after
noon service. The dressmaker provides
a cup of tea ana biscuit, and after eat
ing this very substantial meal the girl
walks to church and puts her carfare
in the poor box. Then she visits a
worthy widow away over OH the East
side, carries her relief and promises
of work, and comes home to
spend an hour in hysterical crying over
the misery she saw. She only receives
her men friends one evening week,
and then converseS gravely aud sedatc-
ly, clad in doye-cOlored gown turned
in mite at the throat, with tulle folded
around it. She does not accept candy
or flowers, and always gets up an hour
before breakfast, dragging her reluc-
tant Younger brothers and sisters out
of bed SO that she may help them
in their lessons. which she does
after an entirely different method
and consequently bewilders the poor
little mortals more than she helps them.
She goes regularly to the Turkish bath
and the manicure. the Delsarte class and
the riding school. She teaches in
mission sewing class and charity kin
dergarten. Then there are rehearsalS
for private theatricals and for the we'd
dingS at which she is to be bridemaid in
Easter week. The gloves and shoes she
will wear are to he made OF
peculiar style and color, which
neceSSitateS one or two trips way
over TO little manufacturer on the
West side, where she gets her sympathy
aroused over an abandoned baby. and
spends week and all her dress money
in getting it into home. OF course she
has to go to lectures at Daly's and
matinee now and then OF she would
die. The fashiOn9bly devotional girl
does nearly all these things, only she
walks on Fifth avenue in black gown
and severe hat, carrying prayer
book, and wearing a bunch of violets.
She goes out Of town after service Fri
day. and stays over Saturday with a
married friend in the country. where
high revel is held with the aid of
sleighing parties and banjoS till the
last train Saturday night. Brother Tom
meets her at the station and tells
her that his friend Harry and her
friend Lou are cooking oysters ina chat
ing dish at Louis house. But she is at
early service on Sunday. After three
weeks of this she goes South and has
lovely time. for Lent is not kept when
one is away from home, and besides, it
would be all extravaganza not to wear
all her evening gowns once or twice
more before letting them 60 But with
all the friyolity and girllsh hypocrisy of
it there is lot of good earnest work
done by the society girl in Lent. She
helps others and herself to better
things, and everything counts, even if
it is only showing Cousin Fred how
womanly and sweet she looks in the
little gray gown with her hands full of
plain sewing.