St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-05
much as any tattling, Cabling old dame at a

much as any tattling, gabbling old dame at a
country sewing society.
Another weakness OF the stronger was
made manifest last week at the model doll
show at Sherry's. l scarcely know by what
term to call this fin de steele Miss Naneyisni.
Certain 1t Is that l saw several able bodied
men, who not only drank tea, but in the most
effeminate of voices praised this and criti-
cised that dolls raiment. ''I think more OF
boGffant effect in the sleeves would be
sweeter," said one. "You know 1 design all
my wifes sleeves, so l consider myself some
what of an authority" Now, did you ever
hear anything worse than that? l must say
l wanted to hit him:
What is the mater with the fashionable
young men of today? They are so wretch
edly ladylike they are positively nauseating.
Is this one of the results of woman's grow
ing more independent and manly?
Apropos there was lively row in a prom
fnent newspaper Office not so long ago when
spunky newspaper woman gave the city
editor, very effeminate mana good piece of
her mind. The managing editor CHANGING to
hear of this memorable conflict asked an
other woman on the staff, What was the
fight between Miss So-and-so and Mr.. This
and-that?"
"Oh, she told him that something he had
done was mean low, dirty trick"
Dear me-" said the editor "of course Mr..
would naturally be shocked at such Ian
guage"
The Appletons are bringing out Johanna
Stats new novel, Green Gates.' But little
is known of the personality of this clever
writer, whose quaint and pathetic story,
/ "Drumsticks,' created such sensation last
season. The writer can assure the public
that no more admirable type of womanhood
| exists than that of Katherine Mary Cheever
Meredith, as Johanna Stats is known in
private life. Mrs. Meredith is the wife of
wealthy Scotchman, who is somewhat of an
invalid, and the mother of four interesting
children. The Meredith family live at Cedar
| hurst, N. Y, in an old-fashoned country
house formerly owned by prominent Quakers.
| Their hospitality is boundless and proverbial.
| Mrs. Meredith is a tall, stately blond, with
| large, serious dark eyes and small hands and
feet. Her distinguishing characteristic is
| womanliness, trait rather rare in literary
! ladies these days.
| 1t is seldom that women can get hint Of
! tasteful dressing from mems attire, as the
| latter's garments notoriously ugly as a
| rule. But on Sixth avenue quite recently I
| saw a man whose eye for color effects would
| have made him leader among artistic dress
| reformers. He was a candy peddler, but he
was displaying only pink and white candy,
and he was dressed, to match his sweets, in
! pure white duck, with white canvas shoes,
and wearing a pale pink flower in his coat.
! He and his candy were in symphony, and he
made the gaudily gowned, i'll costumed
| women about him look. in their frightful
! color combinations, more cheap and hideous
| than ever. doubt not the candy man re-
allied his success. Most men dress reformers
do. I am glad to state he had not bieached
| his hair, as has a certain famous man dress
! reformer, Delsartean lecturer and poseur.
! From the indiscriminate wearing of dia-
monds on the street. to market shopping,
ETC., by extremely commonplace and frowzy
females has come the result that women Of
| good taste and elegant living are discarding
| the gems for others not so popular with the
vulgar herd Nowadays a we'll dressed
woman never wears diamond on the street
in the daytime. unless it may be a small
jeweled hatpin. All this talk of diamond
earrings being worn again is rubbish
Diamonds big as hazel nuts will, I sup
pose. always fash from the ears Of some
women, but the eegantes do not wear them
and will not in the near future.
Edith Sessions Tupper.