St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-04

which haunts weary mortals will accident
ally get hit in the face at least two or three
times during the season. What can be more
bew1tching than a girl with one blue eye, one
black eye and what was once fluffy bang.
but now hangs limp and disguised, strongly
resembling bunch of oak twigs. and in such
close proximity to fiery red nose that you
fear the tw1gs may take fire and finish what
is left of the poor sun6urnt nose.
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The way tennis players feel compelled to
bedeck themselves is simply appalling Solo,
mon in all his glory, or the queen of the Mo-
hawk tribe could not have rivaled some Of
our girls in tennis suit A jockey cap or
sailor hat is usually jauntily placed upon the
oak twigs; striped blazer, colored shirt
front and a striped skirt of another color
made short enough to permit glimpse of
what may be shoes, but which strongly re-
semble ferry boats, complete the costume
Must people make themselves look like
spotted lobsters convicted Of assault and
battery, before they can become expert tennis
players?
The game originated with the English.
Very few English girls have anything to lose
in the way of good looks. They glory in the
possession of big feet, and not for all the
seals In the sea would we rob the roaring
English lion of such possessions. Ameri-
can girls are too pretty to array themselves
so regardless of what is becoming. Of cou rse,
the game is considered very graceful. Maybe
that is the English idea of grace. I have
studied it carefully in all its attitudes and
posings, and have utterly failed to extract
the grace. Some things we have to be edu-
Gated up to to appreciate, such as eating
olives aud terrapin, or putting the de or Won
before the names of your former neighbors
who always sed to be known as plain Jones
and Smith. But shall continue to study the
game and try to educate myself in its grace
fulness. There is one attitude lined with
grace. to the initiated 1t is when
PLAYER has jumped two feet into
the atmosphere sidewise. hit at the
ball, struck nothing, and fallen over
the net in heap. l must really try to ex-
tract the grace from the fail. the jump or the
strike for it seems to be proper tennis
caper. Then another striking position Is
when the two net players are after the same
ball; how wildly they wave their facquets in
mid air, and with what grace they uninten-
tionally. yet forcibly. let them descend upon
each others craniums instead of upon the
foolish little ball. which had the good sense
to escape while there was yet time. Perhaps
grace fingers around the green recruit who
slides across the whitewashed line on his
nose. and comes up looking so intensely like
circus clown that you quite expect him to
mount barrel and sing. MY Nancy. OH"
Mothers Green Crave" or kindred classical
selections. Perhaps the English idea of the
embodiment OF grace fingers III the interest
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ing the best play Of his life, and while look
ing around for applause discovers that the
ball he hit had already been declared out on
previous stroke. The air may appear
graceful as it floats away in little fleecy
Clouds but the language is decidedly dis
graceful.
Now. there is the pretty game Of croquet
which has become almost obsolete. Before
Americans attack some South Sea islands or
Central African game in which the boomer
angs, tom-toms or elephant traps play a
prominent part, can't some patriotic citizen
revive croquet? What chance for the dis
play of dainty gowns and dainty shoes. No
hot, red faces and sunburned hands then.
Cannot we suppress this race Of fem ale ath-
letes. do not know the feminine of athlete
l think Mr. Webster, of blessed memory,
must have been too shocked at the idea of
the butterfly, minuet dancing, crotchet-work
ing damsels of his time becoming athletes to
provide us with proper word. Probably he
thought if such a thing really came 10 pass,
he had left plenty of good words that we
could pick from to suit ourselves--such as
goose, ninny- hammer. etc.
So
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who are already deeply tanned about sun
burn and tan being very fashionable. That
is sort of sour grapes consolation. 1t is
very noticeable that girls with nice complex
ions do not cultivate an intimate acquain-
lance with old Sol if it can possibly
be avoided. Lawn tennis girls must
become sunburned and scorched but croauet
girls always look cool and quiet unless thew
wear red dresses If there is one thing that
Will make a man feel warm and uncomfort-
able it is 10 meet girl dressed in red gown
on warm day. The atmosphere seems to
acquire the same tinge as the gown. Such
an optical delusion is quite liable to sour all
the cream in her neighborhood. Crouuet.
playing girls may be frivolous butterflies; we
all have been taught how useless butterflies
are also that we ought to prefer humble
bees or ants, but we don't. Who doesn't like
to catch butterflies, and who wouldn't much
prefer dropping his hatNon butterfly in the
shade to chasing lobster in the sun?
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Every one who Notwithstanding at the
lakes has either moved or is moving. and
confusion reigns supreme among the cot
tages. heard q sad story of two unfortunate
young men who set out to make an informal
call upon a family before they were fairly
settled TO receive visitors. A really ideal
lake cottage would scOrn to boast Of front
door bell. so they knocked until their knuckles
ached and then prepared to await develop,
ments. Two inviting looking wooden chairs
stood upon the piazza, and these two weary )
individuals deposited their manly forms
thereon. Alack! Alas. The chairs had lust
received beautiful new coat of red paint
that very day. The result can be better i'm
agined than described They heard footsteps.
but forthwith concluded it was too soon to
call on their friends. and forthwith retired
to seek the secuson that log cabin
grants, and so did the paint their confusion
and the ants. 1t is very dangerous to make
remarks about The native red men in their
presence, or even mention coloring town.
Some people are SO sensitive.
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Many lake cottages are provided with
tables that hang against the wall on hinges
but can be opened and supported by center
leg when occasion requires Last week a
young man was invited out to tea with
party who were roughiay it, in cottage con-
tainingthi uniq-re style of furniture
yoilig lady Spilled he. handkerchief: he
stopped toresene II. when iie hit the tables
solitary limb. The table Immediately closed
Ike a rat trap. ,s;i ! d,wt EN-. dishes.
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and Strawberries. cha pcrSIes AMI II. Disc aits.
and screams that only summer girl can