St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-16

Special Letter to the Globe.
NEW YORK, July demonstrating
readable New York letter at this time
OF year is trial which well might have
appalled, great Hercules himself, only
his laoors. l believe, were affairs of
muscle rather than brain. Perhaps it
would be happier slmile to compare it
10 the tasks imposed upon the unhappy
laraelites in Egypt, They were expect
ed to make bricks without straw" but
we OF the scibbling fraternity must
make something out of nothing, and to
90 1t in such way that our poverty of
material is not discernible And, like
that other intangible something which
IS constructed much after the same
recIpe-yes. it's kiss l mean-
the result should be so pleasant
and satisfying that the recipient
will wish there were twice as
much of it. Well! as l started
out to say, this is easier said than done,
for there is no social life to talk about;
the races and weddings are things of
the past, forgotten by all but the prize
winners: the clubs are on the banquet
hall deserted order, and even the shops
have taken on a sort of demon allZed
midsummer aspect, for almost every
thing in them has a cheap, marked
down look, and it is only the inveterate
and Unsuitable bargain-hunter who finds
any attractions within their precincts
now. BY the way, here is one of the
best definitions [ ever came across, and
II we women wore the kind of hat in
which things may be pasted it would be
well for each of US to affiX it to the
crown, and to read it over whenever we
were tempted to waste time and money
buying things merely because they are
cheap. 1t says: Among shopping
women, bargain is something they
could not afford when they needed il,
and which they get at reduction when
they have positively no use for it.'
Now, l would be willing to risk the en-
tire contents of the biggest bargain
counter in town that it was a
man who said that. 1t is too
terse and too true to have been gotten
OF by woman, and besides it hits the
nail right on the head. and you know
they say no woman can ever do that-at
least not without MASKING her thumb in
the effort. Though that's a SANDER, as
can swear from my own experience, for
but no matter about that just now, we
are straying too far from our text after
the fashion of the late Selma Dolaro,
who, though as bright and clever as she
was pretty. was, like most of her sex, too
diffusive. So when she started out to
write about cOrsets in a dramatic paper,
She amusingly wandered on for about
two columns length, and filled all the
space allotted to her without getting
further than announcing her subject.
And here am 1, just about as diScurSive,
for l am, as the small boys would say,
"way off; the shops and their bargains.
SO to return, may mention that they
are both very much on evidence Just
now, the one within the other, and that
N consequence these are halcyon days
for those addicted to the bargain habit.
But | admit there are still a few things
worth seeing in the stores, though
they are folded away and retired
to the background at present.
Among these are the Illuminated
grenadines, woven of strong, black silk
and dotted all over with tiny tlecks Of
almost as effectively as so many SPAN
giles. One l saw was really vivid, being
shot all through with pinheads of cop
per color, white and gold. Another
very snowy gown at a Fifth avenue
house was black grenadime. with
polka dots of abSinthe green and narrow
satin ruches of the san.e intense
shade for trimming. One of the most
delightful materials of the present
season is, like some of our other
belongings. revival of bygone
fashion. l refer to the embroidered
sprigged muslin. which think in our
grandmother's time was known as tam
bOur. Being almost as transparent as
lace, 1t is necessary to make it up over
silk, and il seems to take naturally to
ribbons, and plenty of them, so by the
time your simple little cotton frock"-
TO quote from the English novelist-Is
done, you've spent as much as would
have bought you very charming silk
or wool costume. But it's so dainty
and every way charming a creation, you
do not repent your extravaganza one
bit; you only wish you could get half a
dozen more Of the same sort. Especial
ly if they might be, like the one seen in
the accompanying sketch, creations of
the Redfern atelier.