The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-02
Bab's Bright Babble
Gobyrirht. 1903, by I. A. Auilnn.

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Whoever comes to New York, if she
is woman. finds her greatest pleasure
i'll the shop windows. She sees the Quaint
and beautiful of all lands, and it soes
without saying that she wants everything
She sees: However, we are growing
little older hBw and are beginning to DIP
preciate the reality and to scofh the imita=
tim. Whdt 4 tfsat iio;s is d shop win;
1bW filled with bits 6f btic=a-bfae, odd
table cbrers that eatr1e ff6m JAPAN Of
Pefsla, odd eutidelabfa picked up In SOME
hamiet i'll England, and all those pretty
pits, queer, it is true, but which, placed
here and there. make one feel certain
richfless Of possession that never comics
with imitation joys. The pretty girl. whp
mas sayeu her money to come to the city
to get her winter hat; goes frem miliiner
TO milliner and wonders what she shall
set. Each thapeati Is So mitch more d.
lightfiil than the other one that she
stands wondering; hopping and wishing
est i hais es sees ef snx oBbe But IT tt fe #
velvet It might, have beet w6rii by d
lady Of Venice. 1t is gorgeous Purple,
set back SO THAT it seems to fraItte the
mouse-cblofed hair; while the trimming
is nothing but a high quill spangied with
steel This seems the most attractive;
then: there is an6tlief: There, alwa5s is
nothet-anbthef womah, anbther b6hhet
or another ff6ck; and when foii have gpt
one one you always want the 5ther: That is
There was a bonnet made IF white kid,
shaped like: a square Ditch Bohfiet; With
frill of the kid spangled with gold all
around it and a gold aigret at DIE side:
The woman who wore it was fitted to 1t,
or it to her, That is the aim nowadays.
i Every girl wishes it to be known that
she studies our types and that no dress
maker ever designs her frocks or any of
her belongings. She is particular to get
her bat SO that it is absolutely suited to
her face as well as to. the century to
which she seems best suited. 1t is lit
tie odd that England furnishes few pict-
uressqtie, costumes. At least if you look
at the picture of Anne Hathaway you are
certain that, she was seold, while the
MG%s at ad the s eeqt were It once sst mag
France taught us god ii1ahnefs taught
US to be dainty and made dis fully Under
stand: the charm Of d Wt5man. She (fUr
one always speaks. IF France as she) and
Germahy are as different as Scotch ,aiid
rye whisky. The Germah style of dfess
is essentially heavy, p0ndefous and
bought with an idea that it will last for
centuries. The: Frenchwomah, buys for
chic and wears her furs 6r bel. laees for d
year, day or an hour and then f5rgets
them Or losses them to her maid.
= Her great devotion this season is Civ
en- to furs. and. by the bye, my young
trend. it takes a woman with a peculiar
~ good shape to wear a cape well. One
which is deep. with high medici collar,
Is OF black fur, the kind called caracal.
with a border-quite broad one-of fine
chlnchiila. The fluffy collar comes far up
about the throat, giving a soft look to the
skin. Another wrap. which only
the look of the cape worn by some CO.
qucttc who is posing as a gentle Puri-
tau. is of a dark fur with cape com
ing to the shoulders. the long ends cross
ing in front and hanging at the back The
high collar is open in front, and long
lace jabot hangs far down and contrasts
we'll with the fur. while the turned-over
collar shows it's lining of er1nine
Mademoiselle, who stops at the tearoom
on the boulevard at O'Clock to get a
cup of chocolate and some of those dainty
little cakes. wears Il short. close-ftting
sealskin jacket. double breasted and closed
with tortoise shell buttons. The big re-
veis arc of white silk overIaid with green
and outlined in a fine pattern with black
sontache, braid. Everybody looks at this
body. whose carriage is the handsomest
that drives around the lake. Another coat
is of sealskin fitted in the back and having
Just down the front one strange band of a
lighter fur that ends in an animals head
while beyond on the left side is puck
cred r,1ffie of the same. The collar. high
up to the ears. is lined with fancy bro
cade. The muf is seal. with lighter
fur puckered on each side and the head
nf animal that tooI-c
parrot perched on one side
There are such things as intelligent p,r-
rots. l met one once r!on Il time who
died an carly and plous death. He knew
how to say his prayers. but he sang them
to the tune of 1.-The Star Spangled Ban
! Eer" He was taken OF visit to Paris.
got the consumption. was attended by two
monkey doctors and is buried in Pere Ii
ChaiSe. His mistress went into white
mourning for him. for he had always pre-
ferred white ribbons and white wine.
For intelligence that parrot was what is
vulgarly known as a ''corker." He had
his likes and dislikes. and his dislikes suf-
fered. His vocabulary was enormous.
The young woman who owned him had an
atnt-Frenchwomen run to aunts Tou
Tou did not like her. One evening large
dinner party was given-that kind of ii
dinner party that costs man lot of
money. but does not trouble a woman.
Tou Tou came in to greet the guests. and.
! meeting the aged aunt. refused to speak to
her. His mistress slapped him. The
guests pleaded for him. but he suddenly
disappeared. Alas for Tou Tou! Alas
for the aunt, She gave one yell and
jumped from her chair while Tou Tou
yelled. Amt her legs thin?' That night
the aunt told the niece that either she or
Tou Tou would leave the house at once.
The niece said it would not be Tou Tou
As they had frst-ciass chef. and the
wines were good and she wasn't asked to
get up early, both Tou Tou and the aunt
staid Both were in their own genera
ton, and on the tombstone of little Tou
Tou, who died of the govt, is engraved: