St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-18

DO LACClg y &h
Expedition or a Yachting
Trip.
Special Correspondence of the Globe.
NEW YORK, Feb. Ii, The next season
will assuredly be that of the tailOr-made.
The Sunday papers have already an
nounced that fact, so that l an afraid
that | shall be accused of plagiarism un-
less l state my .OIrce of information,
which was neither the World nor the
Herald. but Redfern himself.
The tailor-made girl is a person for
whom every n has a great respect.
There are many reasons for this respect.
First, we are taught to believe that she
costs q great deal. in this a general
mistake is made, for the tailor-made
girl has about half as many gowns
as her t1imSier sisters. The mat
ter OF expense is therefore about the
same in the end. Still, the majority
of folks, not knowing the exact
cost of these perfect and workmanlike
garments-or the length of time that
they last-look upon her as an eXpen-
sive kind of a creature. We regard her
tweed gown, gathered feet and Knox
hat with awe, and put hrr down as a
very expensive luxury, about as far out
Of the range of average man as terrapln
and hand-painted porcelain teacupS.
Secondly. she is respected because
she is always ready for any sort of eX-
eTtion on a moments notice. She IS
neat and taut and trim and all ready,
don't you know, without any fuss. The
flimSy girl turns the house upside down
when her brother or his friend ask her
suddenly to accompany them on a long
country walk or any kind of an eXpedi-
ton. She is never prepared for any of
those impromptu strolls. She is gem
orally drifting about the house i'll a tea
gown when she is summoned, and they
allow her just ten minutes to get ready
in. Of course, she can't set ready in
ten minutes, 10 woman ever did, should
or will, unless she happens to be ready,
which is the case with the tailor-made
girl. The flimsy girl puts on a muslin
gown with ribbons flying, and a hat
with a good deal of sail to it, and what
with her trailing draperies and con-
stantly Topping hat, her walk is not
exactly a success. She is constantly
catching on some thing and gets home
damaged.
Now the tailor-made girl is ready for
any emergency, from an Arctic eXpedi-
ion to a yachting trip on the sound.
She doesn't care about your poiture
hats and flying ribbons and trailing
draperies. A trim suit with a neat,
manniSh shirt and tie, boots that have
been well made for her active feet, and
dogskin gloves that don't pinch her
hands, a hat that is firmly pinned on,
and Will keep on, ven in a hurricane;
and there she is, complete for anything
and anybody. You could not have a
prettier companion or a p%leasanter he.
Although the horse-cloth waistcoat is
slngularly becoming and stylish, | hear
that it is to be exchanged by all but the
most hOrSey women for an accordion
pleated one, which will end at the neck
in q brightly-hued neckband of satin
antique or velvet with the coquettish
knot at the back. This will have a more
artistic and negligee appearance, and
will no doubt be becoming to the ma
jOrity of women. 1t will not, however.
have that smart appearance of the
horse-cloth one. The d~resSmaker is as
siStiHg the tailor pretty often Just now,
and the results are not half bad.
Blue is the new color of a very bright
and intense shade, but II that is, hap
PLY, generally becoming.