St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-13
FOR FEMININE READERS.

Mrs. Stanley, the wife Of the great ex-
plOrer, is a Iineal descendant of Oliver
Cromwell.
A niece of James Russell Lowell. Miss
Ruth Burnett, is to become Sister of
Charity.
Nine. Carnot, wife of the president of
the French republic, is countess in
her own right.
1t is considered unlucky for any of
the wedding guests to be dressed in
green or black, black Grape bonnet, or
band OH gentlemnn's hat: these ac-
cidents entail lifelong misery to the
newly married couple.
An old maids insurance company has
been opened in Denmark. Spinsters can
insure themselves by small sum on
reaching the age of thirteen, and if still
unmarried at forty are entitled to regu-
lar allowance. II they marry, however,
they forfeit all claim.
1t was Queen Anne-Riehard IPs
Queen Anne-whO introduced trailing
gowns into England. nearly 500 years
ago. 1t was the same royal lady who
first set the fashion of enormously high
peaked headgear, from which the ''mat-
inee hat is no doubt descended; and
also changed the mode of lady horse
manship from the cavalier style to the
side saddle.
According to foreign papers, while the
Duchess of Sanfelice was walking along
the Via FireuZe. in Rome, recently, the
cord holding her necklace of pearls
broke and the gems. valued at S5O, 900,
rolled into the sewer. An alarm was
sent to the department of streets, and
laborers were instructed to search for
the pearls. the Via Fireuze in the mean-
time being closed. The hunt was sue
cessful, and all but four of the Jewels
were found.
Colors in favor this year are all shades
of pale green that verge on gray. Yel-
low green looks hot and must be spar
ingiy used in hot weather. Chocolate
brown and green is favOrite and good
combination. Gray is much worn, but
it needs another color in combination to
give it character. Blush gray is de-
teStable and makes sallow person sal
lower. Greenish gray is best. 1t should
be trimmed with either dark gray,
brown or black. Pink, mingled with 4,
cold gray. is mistake very commonly
made; nothing could be more crude.
Pink and black are liked together this
year, and pale yellow is popular. 90
"a pretty fancy is for bridesmaids to
walk uD the church aisle in diamond
procession, first one bridesmaid. their
two, and fourth alone, followed by the
bride with her father.
Julia Bosyille Chetwynd, of London,
has applied for patent for device
s'for saving life from fire by means of a
fire-escape balcony, with various inl-
provements." a
An interesting feature of the worlds
fair will be cooperative exhibit from
the WOman'S exchanges all over the
country. The San Francisco exchange
will send an exhibit of glace fruits.e
Salted almonds and delicacieS for the,
sick. =.
A bed quilt with 5000 pieces in it and
upon which Coopersburg, Pa, woman
had labored for years, was sold at her
death for Sl.25.
The devil isn't scared about losing his
grip on the man whom some silly woman
marries to reform.
The mother who raises her daughter
ignorant of ordinary housekeeping un-
der the idea that the daughter need not
do the hard work the mother has to do,
is making a mistake. No matter If the
daughter is never to do such things, she
knows hvw to direct household work
only when she knows how to do it. 1t
does not hurt any girl to know how to
cook, sew, wash dishes and do all other
household work.