St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-04
HERE AND THERE.
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Stray Bits of Gossip for Globe
Readers.
In one of the serial stories running in
woman's paper, published in London,
S a4assage that amused me nightly,
md seemed rather hard slap at flash
on correspondents in general. 1t saws:
'Sophy exercised her taste and her
6ngerS to the uttermoSt in the confec-
lion of stylish garments. yet it must be
owned there was an unmiStakabie air of
home dresSmaking of fabrlcations
suggested by answers to correspon-
dents in ladies' newspaper
about those smart gowns, zouaves,
capes and tichus which Sophy wore with
such satisfaction" Queer, is it not,
that woman's paper, half of whose
columns are taken up by instructions
upon dress and dressing, should give
space to such truthfully unwomanly
sentiment as that? In my opinion col
umnS about dress are useful as hints.
not as line upon line instructions. Other
peoples ideas open up suggestions for
ourselves, but they should be seldom
taken in toto. l think homemade
dresses are seldom complete success.
1t is my experience that two well-built
gowns that look ''ail there" are much
more useful than half dozen made
up' dresses that are always coming
apart and contracting new wrinkles.
The question of reform in the we'd
ding journey is now being agitated by
leaders of English society, writes
London correspondent. They maintain
away needlessly OH this ideal trip, and
that not only is there no adequate COM
pensation for this loss, but that fire.
4uently the honeymoon is thereby
robbed of its, blissful serenity. A
dozen letters have appeared this week
In a London daily suggesting that the
honeymoon should be curtailed and sim
plified. One numerous writer, who
dates his letter from Grosvernor square,
the most fashionable part of London.
declares emphatically that the newly
married husband tires of the honey
moon. He may get very tired of it, or
just little, but he tires of it. He may
idOliZe, adore, love OF merely like his
young wife, but. by whichever grada-
non of sentiment he is attached to her
he still tires of the honeymoon. Some
times. indeed, it is added, the more he
loHes his spouse the more the wedding
Journey annoys him.
- Among the latest evidences of wom-
ems enterprise is the formation of a firm
of lady tea merchants. Seven danes
have joined in partnership, bought a tea
estate in Ceylon and set up in business
to sell their product, the whole business
being carried through by female hands.
They have lady blenders, lady packers
. and lady agents in town and country.
Not only does this finn sell the essen
tally feminine luxury from their own
estate, but they will, if required, pro-
vide China and Japan teas and make
one son of Adam in this commercial
Eden, where afternoon tea is the priici-
pal article of faith, and to him is allotted
the drudgely of the position of manager.
The3greotest difficulty for the ladies is
that.Of packing: this they are fast con-
Quering usadeEskflled male instructors
Blending and tasting are favoritc
branches of the business with the fair
pr0prietors.anda an inducement is offered
to customers of the sterner sex by the
fact that favorite blends are called "The
Ladies' Own"
Here is a womanly trick, and one of
which most of us are guilty. Leave our
dressing room when we may, if called
back what is the first thing we do?
and pick up hand-glass. Into this we
gaze as if expecting complete and
entire change. and with as much inter
est as if We had not ten minutes before
gone through the same operation.
Again and again / have seen women
do this without apparently being aware
of the absurdity of it. 1t does not seem
to make any particular difference about
thes perfection of their costoming.
Every hair may be. in pIace-in fact a
change in any direction is unnecessary,
and still the fair one, indulging in one
parting glance. follows it up by a twirl
OF the comb through the bang, whisk
of the downy powder-puff over nose,
cheeks and chin, and then, with salts
fed sigh, she is ready for action.