St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-26
AT A LADIES' CLUB.
What They Talked About
Cool, Calm, Dispassiouate
Discussion.
Womlnly Arts on the De-
crease--Her Duty Now Is
to Be Well Dressed.
She Has a New System OF
Arts, Which Is Clubs AL
most Entirely.
Description of Funnel Skirts
ana Other New York
Fashions.
snecinlLctter to the Globe.

Srecial Letter to the Globe.
New YORK, March 25.-The other
day. at one of those resorts of beauty,
go>slp, superficial intellectually and
abundant scandal, called a ladies
ciub.' l heard the question freely han
died rs to whether, in gaining certain
social. intellectual and political rights
in common with men, women are not
brcom.ns good deal too much like
them.
The question was discussed cO!dly.
calmly aud dispassionately with the
cuidneSS and calmnesS of women VINO
talk Tor the sake of talking, are not
wholly serious. and not much affected
I,v the inheritance of the matter. For
it is Z serious matter when you think
that with the exception of q love OF
dress. winch. fear me, is being shared
bv the Chollies and chappies of our
generation. the little feminine arts are
being thrown aside for masculine ones.
The girl who rolls cigarettes denly ana
understands the technlcalltleS Of
sporting paper. has dlStaste for her
own unmended stockings. and GER
ldllilA - Ilul 4OillS W AllNAlh al WV
elsp'S. even If they happen 10 be socks.
Another thing. when girls can drink
neat spirits off without winking, 1t Is
about time for CnOllie and Chappie to
become adylike. Some one had better
keep up our old traditions ab0nt maiden
tinidily.
an not running down the girl OF the
period. oh no. l am merely pointing
out her tendencies. Just so long as she
poses as the girl of the period. she IS all
rlght She has all the requisites of this
role. Almost the whole duty of woman
Just now is to be well dressed. Our
Suddenly opened bud is all that. Dress
ing has become fine art. She IS intel
Hgent even if she is skeptical, and no
one can accuse her of being tedious. In
fact, as long as she is SDlnSter and
dances along the path of spinsterhood
in the Enthusiastically expensive " y
Of American girls makes the most OF be.
many opportunities, and is brlgnt
companion for her many devoted ad-
mirerS.
But rs wife All me ! As a lover
perhaps a man may like girl who rolls
a cigarette deity and pushes her stock
ing basket aside, but as husband it is
strange how his views change: lie cher
iShcs a prejudice in favor Of mended
seeks. ana what is more, prejudice in
favor of his wife mending them.
| only see one way out of this. If wO-
ncn are SO manly in occupation and ideas
the system of married life will have to
be altered somewhat. 1t is no Use Civ
IL" 4 woman the care of 4 hon SehOld or
anything else for which her nature and
edHcation unfit her.
Cluh life will have to become general
for both sexes, and homes will have TO
be- q thing of the past and stOIy books.
on. dear, how advanced we seem to
be getting.
Remarked that dress was getting to
be considered the greater part of The
duty Of woman. Let us then attend to
1t and listen to what Redfern says.
First and foremost that the funnel
.apcd skirt is all being made III one
piece, and as for the width, well it takes
such 4 tremendous number of yards
to make one that it would he
better not to specify how many.
These skirts, lis | said before. are
seriously challenging the ingenuity of
nOdlSteS, as the question arises Of how
are We still 10 preserve their quaint
form. and yet vary them in trimming.
Tie double skirt. with some delicately
tinted lining, which the extreme fall
less makes visible, is worn a good deal.
but labors under the disadvantage of
shortening the figure. Broad bias folds
of satin, piped on either side with vel
vet. is one form of trimming which is
really pretty, though not in any way
eccentric. Some of these lew skirts are
completely unlined, and simply have a
wide hem, with several rows of silk
stitching above it.
The spIiHg capes which are dignifed
by the touch of Redfern are decidedly
short. allowing the figure TO show and a
portion of the arms. Those made in
IEree fiGunces, of three varying, but
harmonious cOlOrs. are very charming,
especially when made in spring. crocus
like tints. Black satin is still immensely
popular, both for coats and capes. A
rae tinted belted coat, with a cape of
Hack satin, is among the prettest and
most fashionable spring trophies.
The coats are already being abbre-
waited. They are tight-htting and full
sklrted, and the sleeves are beginning to
be less exaggerated.