St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-14

choice flowers are cut by the Ber-
muda growers just at the Easter
season.
These answer all the purposes of
decoration, and will last almost as
long as the potted plants. They are
shipped in the bud, each one wrapped
carefully in cotton. Just before they
are wanted for use they are set in
water, when they unfold and become
perfect flowers. only little inferior In
size to those grown at much greater
expense in the greenhouses around
the great cities.
Fifteen million blossoms will be in
use all over the land today. In the
churches the affairs will be banked
with cut flowers woven into garlandS,
wreaths and crosses, the chancels will
be screened from sight by the tall pot
ted plants, some rich with a dozen
buds and perfect flowers. In the Sun
day schools and the missions the chill
dren will be taught the beautiful res
direction story, typified by a dark
brown bulb buried deep in the earth,
blossom in white and gold.
In the homes all through the land
the flowers will decorate alike the pal
ace Of the rich and glorify the howell Of
the poor, telling it's beautiful story as
the holly and the mistletoe will bring
the message Of peace and good will at
the Christmastide.
THE EASTER GIFT.
The gift of gifts for friends or loved
ones is the tall green plant, with its
crown of white and gold, in the beau
tiful vase of wonderful pottery.
Thousands of these messengers are
sent every Easter morning, besides
great punches of the cut flowers, which
the maiden will pin on her breast, or
place betwee the lids of her prayer
book as she hurries away to the lily
decked church.
THE LILY GIRL.
some of the maidens who have been
keeping Lent and wearing somber
cloth and colors. They are having the
fronts of their Easter gowns filled in
with violets, valley lilies, sprays of
lilacs or whatever flower best suits
their fancy, and with their blossom
wreathed bonnets and the great nose
gays they will carry they will be Yeri-
table Easter flowers themselves, the
fairest and sweetest of any land or
cline.
The fiaring skirts of the present mode
offer abundant opportunity for the de-
signing of Easter gowns adapted to the
form of the lily. The wide sleeves, the
tiny bonnets and even the prevailing
style of wearing the hair all possess
the same delicate curves of the great
Easter flower, and it is not improbable
that today's parade will contain many
examples of the animated lily.
SPRING FHNCIEs FOR WOMEN.
Small sizes of dressy fans are seen
in the shops.
A new color which is much liked is
the French poppy red.
Blue denim color makes pretty sum-
mer portieres for country houses.
Wide black and colored mohair braid
is used for skirt bindings.
Norfolk jacket suits come in pique,
linen, cheViot, serge, tweed, etc.
Short jacket suits in duck Or cotton
cheviot will be worn this summer.
Picture frames are undergoing a
great change-artiStS do not think for
the better.
A chain of small daisies between two
flexible gold bands composes a new
bracelet Of an admired style.
Empire fans of the most delicate and
elegant designs are now made, and
vie with the old-time ones in beauty. &.
The modern country house for sum-
mer is more and more equipped in a
sort of combined Chinese and Japanese
fashion.
Cashmere coloring, a soft blending
of many colOrS and tendency to the
designs found in old cashmere shawls
is just now popular.
dainty little cape has a heavy pat
tern cut out of black silk, jet edged
and appliqued on to black net, the
whole being mounted over violet silk.
A velvet ribbon, edged with a fine
single row of cut jet spangleS, makes
an effective and becoming fiat garni-
ture for silk or silk and wool gowns.
The latest thing in dress gloves for
women is an exact copy of a mans
dress glove. 1t is of heavy white kid,
and buttons with two big pearl but
tons.
Visiting-card cases made of petunia.
colored satin or pomegranate hues of
MORE silk bound with tiny clasps of
They are lined with pale heliotrope or
tri-colored silk to suit varied tastes.
An entirely new design of capes Is
made to reach to the elbow and flare
straight from the collar. It's founda-
is finished at the edge with thick
rose ruching, the edges of the ruching
being pinked out.
A visiting gown for the spring is of
tan crepon with a silk thread in the
warp. The bodice has short cir
cular yoke of yellow satin with butter
colored lace over it. Three rows of
narrow yellow ribbon velvet are run
through the meshes of the lace to form
the choker or crush.
Spring Costume for Young Girl.
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