St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-03
GIRLS CHARACTERS.
Nearly All Girls Have Their
Distinct Leanings Nova
days.
Their Physical Beauty Is Be-
ing Made Less and
Less of.
It Is the Fad to Be Extra
Clever at Some One
Thing,
And Originality is the Vogue
Even in the Matter Of
Dress.

New YORK, Sept. 29.-It is thought a
good thing now for girl to have char
acter. Nobody used to trouble about
this; in past ages they used not to have
them; the men had them, out never the
girls. Sir Walter SCOTS heroines-with
the exception of Di Vernon-were
quite free of them, but now in our mod
ern novels men, instead of marrying
girls for their beauty and goodness, are
moved to intense admiration because
they notice that the ladies have dis
tlnct leaning to fatalism or atheism, OF
show some strong (so.called) sign of a
strongly developed character.
Although "beauty draws us with a
single hair" it is being made less and
| less of everyday use. We say of a
pretty girl, why did he marry her?'
There is nothing in her." You see we
nave come to expect such a great deal
now in girl that is married. A man
used to fall in love good old phrase
now he analyses the girls character,
and, having ascertained her "tenden-
cles," accepts his bargain with quiet
satisfaction.
A properly balanced character is not
the thing to have. l gather this from
the popular novel of the day. Some
quality must be abnOrmally developed
In short, every one must be special
lst, II only at very trifling thing. You
needn't be very good musician, or
artist, or actor, or poet. You needn't
nave composed an opera, or invented a
steam engine; you need only place daily
emphasis on some very simple matter.
L have met people who made such a
point OF having cold bath, and talking
about it-of taking it ice-cold in a frigid
temperature, and publishing the fact
that they have thereby gained great
character for cleanliness and forti-
tude. have met people who have
never had their photographs taken, and
l have met others who have posed be-
fore Dana, Vanderweyde and Falk and
host of others, and both these different
sorts OF people won sort of notoriety
IN their small set by trading on their
pecullarities. Then there are people
who never read novels, and people who
always send kilograms instead of let
| tiers, and people who never eat pastry,
and people who write complaining let
tiers to newspapers, and people who
wear tannels all the year round. There
are dozens and dozens of PEG lie who
make little stir in their little world by
| their little eccentricities.
The year 1882 is year for special ties.
You rarely hear of any on now of
whom it might be said: 'She was in no
way remarkable" The quiet woman
who did everything "a little" and made
not SO much as bubble in the pool of
existence around her is thing that we
only read Of now. The day for such is
| over. Every one is very much so" in
some particular direction now,and those
who are not get "left.''
Some OF the gowns have these sleeve
wings made partially limp, outlin ed
with some bright shade of silk. The
old-fashioned Empire peli sse is being
| resurrected by Redfern. with every
detail carried out SUGGEST ully. Ladies',
expect to see yourselves with sloping
| shoulders before long.