The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-28
ABOUT sMALL THINGS.
Rainy Day Skirts, Perfumed Hair
and EfiqMette.

rainy Day Skirts, Perfumed Hair
and Etiquette.
Philadelphia Enquirer X sia
1T is pretty steep reflected the-gray-
eyed girl. as she looked over her latest
tailor's bill, but 1 would rather spend
the money this way than for doctor
visits I'm expecting my new short skirt
to make me SO healthy there won't be
any call for the latter"
Seems to me you're rather late i6in-
ing the Rainy Daisies" Commented her
visitor. -.
Rainy Daisies, indeed! They're an ol1
story. What I nieans-to; become. and
what this skirt is to make me, is a Sunny
Daisy. 1t struck me the ether day that
l was a. perfect goose to find skirt com
fort only in q rain storm
"Witfr the slightest drizzfe. I get into a
chopped-off garment and streak about at
my ease, do my marketing, shopping, eve
my informal calling it it; but on the
bright. fair days, / tog up in long heel
catcher and wag about all sorts Of heavy
draperies, pretending to take exercise. -
Nearly every girl / know does the
same thing. So got a-lot of my friends
together last week and pledged them to
become Sunny Daisies. We've all strain
ed a point and had new, short skirts
made, not of heavy reversible cloth, but
lightweight goods, lined with soft surah
No danger Of having our hips dragged
down at every step, and we can go abroad
so neatly skirted that we won't fear In
spection. s~@
Now, we mean to- walk, not waddle or
slump along but get over the ground in
good, professional fashion
"As Rainy Daisies we were sensible,
but as Sunny Daisies 1 think we have
taken still rurther stride toward health
and comfort
Good luck TO you," said the visitor,
ferventIy.
When the breezes acoquet with the
summer girls tresses, OF when she
bends toward yeu and you catch d faint
alluring hint Of fragrance about her CLOS
sy locks, don't for an instant credit her.
with possessing individual sweetness.
That does very well for the novelists
fancy, but with the flesh and blood dam
sci you can generally trace such aesthet
ic attributes to practical toilet arts.
And those .perfumed strands of hair!
Perhaps you suspect they have been tuck.
ed into a sachet-lineds1not cap at night?
Nothing of the sort. These little caps
had quite a boom at one time, but when
the hairdressers condemned them as like
~ to cause badness their wearers hus,
tied them off In great fright, concluding
that an unscented coiffure was better
than a skinny ene. -
No, the latest trick is a little Invention
credited to a woman.
Who, indeed. but a woman could have
planned so clever a toilet aid as the par
fume- spraying comb?.a 9r
It is described as. "a miniature. hydro
static van, the idea; being to impart to
the tresses any emoliient, lusteTine Or
slight perfume desired.sf
And the headachys woman is supposed
10 ind q hoo haFs hoo 1Na
tly strelzed with the comb while some re-
freshing cologne is simultaneously ap-
piled. 3Sfzis
ST do wish,'~' sighed a big-heartcd friend
of mine, Il had courage enough to do cer-
tain gracious little acts without fear of
stepping on conventionality's toes.
Just take, for example, stre ct car
courtesies.. Scarcely a day passes that
1 don't have a chance to extend them,
and yet beyond a few ordinary attentions
I dare not go.
IF the car is crowded can huncn
along and make. room for. late conner,
and may perhaps venture to hold a
child on my lap If the mother has to
stand.
Sometimes offer my seat to an older
woman, but I'm pretty wary of this, for
fear Of offending that age sensitiveness
Of my sex.
what I'm thinking of mainly in the
way of street car courtesies is helping
women who must stand by holding their
bundles. With their arms heaped with
packages it makes me miserable to sit
still and see them reaching for a strap.
l often long TO say, to one in front Of
me: Won't you let me hold your pack
ages till you get a seat?
1T would be a simple thing. but real
help, I am sure Of that. Yet If 1 sug-
gested it should feel as uncomfortable
articles. And, what's more, pessimistic
as 1t sounds, I'm afraid / would get a
first-rate snubbing if Bioffered y
advised her to take the risks. howav-
er. And any woman who doesn't appre-
ciate this girls thoughtfulness deserves
to swing from trolley strap for the rest
of her days. ss4}fe
GAS RANGES make contented cooks