St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
SHY GIRLS

Marriage may be lottery" re
marked the clear-eyed young matron.
twlrling plump, red berry in a sugar
snowdrift. but was lucky in having
q wide-awake mamma who looked after
my interests,
81 wonder if you girls" she contin-
ued, glancinR at pair of debutantes on
the opposite side of the table, "recog-
nize any of the outward and visible
signs of good or bad husband material
when you see them? Nop Well. then,
while you dawdle over those ices, Gll
give you few quiet tips that are worth
their weight In gold. They are valua-
bic, know, because mamma first put
me onto them, and for years / have
taken notes, compared them, and never
found the results fail by hairs
breadth.
First, my dears, when man gets in
line as a possible parti, you want to
take the most critical and minute obser-
vations upon his dress. 1t tells half the
story. l should add. however. that
these rules apply to Americans only,
foreigners being brought up with such
different ideas. Now, If one of our men
affects SNOWY ring his stock as hus-
band drops a dozen points. The sort
who wear elaborately set caD0chon gems
on their third fingers are no good at all
according to my standard. They may
be moral, but are selfish as pigs. And
there's one thing you may count on; he
will out your bonnet bill to extend his
taiior's account, and insist on having q
valet before you are allowed to have
either victoria or taira. Personally,
/ should refuse to consider the address es
OF any man who decorates his hands,
waistcoat or tie with fancy jewelry.
The sign is fatal and infallIble.
my advice is to choose a man who Is
radiantlY clean and Immediately neat,
without suggestion of dandyism obout
him. The ideal American hHsea nd
should be absorbed In earning money to
dress his wife that he has no time to
study style or detail in his own attire.
Another unfavorable symptom is too
intimate knowledge of the ruffs and
cuffs and farthingales and things we
women wear A man who can distIu-
guish the difference between chiffon
and alpaca or MORE and muslin Is q
risk should hesitate to assume. APP
probation of the tout ensemble is all
we ask. and iuquisitivs fuss mess is the
most deplorable trait can think Of In q
husband.
"rhen, too, there are certain deduc.
tons to By drawn from physiogn0py
that deserve serious consideration. Fer
example, you can set it down IS an
axiom that blue-eyed men are invari-
ably susceptible and sentimental. They
| are simply incapable of resisting fem
inIne fattery, are bowled over by an
ardent glance, and will stand more
| watching than chicken thisf during
the dark OF the moon. For curiosity,
| just observe all of the blus-eyed men Of
your acquaintance, and see IL I'm not
right. or course, don't mean that
they are devoid OF sincerity or tidehty,
contracts to live with pair Of azure
| orbs has her work cut out for her.
Some people may like that sort Of thing
and value possession according to the
| anxiety it entails. but for my part the
effect Is too exhilarating. Therefore. l
give preferences to gray or brown eyes :.
''Other unpromising features are
white hands. small feet, long lashes,
| curly hair and slim waists, and above
all else avoid men with the slightest
approach to stride or q strut. Some
very superior brands OF husbands have
slouohy gait, but q nervous or mine
Ing step speaks volumes, and implies
| either Mysteries or tyranny for the un-
fortunate female forced to keep pace
with 1t through life.
THE best variety, should say, were
medium-slzed. Very little men are apt
to be arbitrary, supersensitive and vain,
while the overgrown species ere char
| acterlsss and morally fabby. Arc those
| all the signs know? Oh, dear me, NO |
Ii you girls drop in about 8 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon I'll read you the ad-
| vance sheets Of pamphlet 1 am pre-
pairing. u is entitled: Husbands in
b the koasA. or Blind LaAAs' G0Varby.