St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-15


The New York girl is dashing. go
ahead sort OF creature, with decided
will of her own and lyle that inciineS
sometimes to the loud in dress, but, not
withstanding, carrying with it the
grace and dash of the girls character
which makes it too irresistible to be
censured. Every man she regards rs
her slave and somehow they seem glad
to be looked upon even in that light by
her caprlciOuS ladyShip. When she
marrieS she carries the same in
dependent air right along into the
paths of matrimOny, expects as
much attention from the men as before,
and, moreover, gets it, while society re-
CARDS with favor the gay young matron
who is always surrounded at balls and
teas by the eliglbles of the male sex,
who drives tandem with a former adj
nlirer seated by her side, who keeps
open house and is as free and easy 10
her manner as one of her own men
friends, yet who is Withal as SuDremely
unconscious that she is not doing eX-
aetly right that no one can have the
heart to cneck her nor have any i'll
clinatiOn to do so.
When years and dignity come on
apace, where do you find her? Surroud-
ed by loving grandchildren, ever in
duStrlOuS. working away at baby sock
or coveted bed spread for the married
daughter? All, no! She is now a
dowager and at DelmOncO's, Sherry's
or any other fashionable set of rooms
where the dances and assemblies of
society are held, there she is. For her
there is no sweet old age. Until the grave
opens she will dress, Will gossip and
will fiirt with every man she comes in
contact with. and her last state is worse
than her firSt-yet the dash. spirit and
grace OF the typical New York woman
IS OverpOWering in its influence. Take
her IN youth and middle age she is EN-
chanting, but we must draw the veil
over the berouged. powdered old dame,
who in youthful finery sits out the
dances or attends the operas in pitifully
Iow-cut gowns looking moro like a
whited sepulchre than the we'll
preserved woman she fondIy imag-
ines herself to be. In the City of
Homes how different are its daugh-
tiers. Perhaps the very air they breathe
permeateS their very existence with a
domestic influence. STYLE and dash do
not count with hOmeIy virtues and low
able attributes. Not but what there are
some women in this city as chick and
stunning in their get-up as any New
Yorker ever dared to be. These lines
are in the general run of feminity in
both cities. But even here, underneath
the wonderfully fetching gown, there
are other ideas. different views of life
altogether than those cherished by their
gayer sisters.
When girl marrieS she settles down.
Her husband and her home are now the
first considerations. Should she ever be
inclined to break the. bonds and en-
deavor to mOnODoliZe attentions that
belong to the younger single sisters,
Philadelphia society would frown. and
if she persisted the frown would deepen
until society would turn Its face away
and altogether ignore the delinquent.
The idea of married women driving,
riding and dining with single men
is an altogether unheard of thing
to many who know the te nets
of good society thoroughly as
| judged by Philadelphia eyes. The
moral tone of the two places is RESPONSE
| bic for the diversity in actions. What
is considered eminently proper in one
| would never be tolerated for moment
| in the other.
Then the dear old ladies one meets
everywhere In this city of homes, sweet
faced, kindly-eyed, typical representa-
tons of a peaceful old age. No balls or
| late gatherings of any kind for them.
| In the evening of their life they look
| back upon their youth as a pleasant
vision gone beyond recall, and wait with
| patience for the call that will give them
back the beauty of their girIhOod with
out the Intervention of any human aid.