The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-04
SOME GIRLS ARE SIMPLY
THE FEMININE WORLD UNDER
STANDS THE TERM
But Its Delicate Shade, of Meaning Is
Beyond the Comprehension Of the
Average Masculine Mind-Minne-
sofa Women Who Know Nothing Of
Minnesota.

ing commonly used which is a subject
of much amusement to men; the word
is "snippy." So often one will hear
girl say of another. "she is so SIMPLY"
and all the other girls present under
stand at once just what she means.
One man got up courage enough the
other day to ask one of the girls what
it meant and she endeavored to en-
tighten his as follows:
Simply is word that is commonly
used by women and denotes a quality
that is hard to put into words, and yet
every woman can recognize snippy
girl when she meets one. A girl Is
snippy when she is not pleasant to
every one; when she is in other words,
pleasant where she thinks it pays. She
is on the make, very anxious to please
a few persons whom she thinks will
advance her socially. Oh, I can't tell
you exactly what 1t means, but I know
and SO does every woman. There are
girls who are always doing snippy lit
tie things to other girls, things one can
hardly put a finger on, things not
worth mentioning, but taken as
whole, they constitute snippineSS! You
will never hear man say snippy, be-
cause he doesn't know exactly what 1t
means, and yet he recognizes the eff
feet of it and calls it by a harder name.
There are certain 'snippyS girls in st.
Paul; they are not over polite to older
persons, they never return their calls
and never call upon their mothers
friends or even try to remember their
faces. One of these girls came out
year or two ago and after the tea her
mother gave for her, those who went
and met her naturally expected to
know her again. But she met them all
with the exception of a few young
people-with a blank stare. That girl
is decidedly snippy. / can't explain it
any better, in fact. don't know that
have explained 1t at all, for it is diff
cult to explain, but every woman knows
it when she sees 1t and If she says so
and so is snippy,' all other women will
| understand"
The man sighed, for he did not ex-
actly understand and being a bit old
fashioned, he thought girl who did
those things was merely nl-mannered,
but women know that she is snippy
and also that just now 1t is rather
fad to be snippy.
There is one girl in this city who
| intends to take course in Minnesota
| history. She went to visit in Albany.
| N. Y, not long ago. and when her un-
Gle began to question her about the
| state in which she lives, It's history
and resources, she found that she
| knew very little about 1t. He asked
| her how many people there are here.
what it's chief products are. besides
| desiring information about the size of
st. Paul, and whether 1t is on the
east or west bank of the Mississippi.
| She hemmed and hawed, grew red and
Stammered over her answers, while II
| he had wanted to know about Paris
or New York she could really have
answered. The worst Of all was when
| he asked her who the governor of Min
nesota was, and she couldn't think of
| his name. She said she never was as
| embarrassed in her life. It Is well
once in a while to have a lesson of
| this kind, for we are all prone to In
! form ourselves better Of places at
| distance than those at our door. Par
| ticularly is this true OF New Workers,
| who know ,Constantinople and Paris,
but are utterly ignorant of their own
country outside Of New York itself.
OF the West they know nothing. and
seem proud of it. This girl. who real
| lied her ignorance of Minnesota, said
| her host asked her one question which
reused her and made her resolve never
| to go away again without a mind
| stocked with information about her
home state-he inquired If Minneap-
| oils wasn't the capital. Il knew
enough to deny that" she said indig-
nant1y, and then he laughed because
that was the only question I could an
swer with absolute assurance"
In the East the photograph is rap
| idly taking the place of the stenog-
| rapher. and what was but a few
years ago one of the most lucrative
| professions, has, by the march Of
| progress, been relegated to the back
| ground. Once in great demand. wom-
en- stenographers have been losing
have been largely taken by men in
until about the only place where ex-
was as court reporters. which is work
demanding great accuracy. While the
majority of these positions are held by
men. there are a few women so skill
ed that they are employed in this way
notably in st. Paul, where a clever
woman has been doing some of the
court work for years. But now phono-
graphs are found to be even better for
accuracy. and are being introduced
into the courts in the East. It is a
comparatively easy matter to set the
thing going and copy the proceedings
while the machine reproduces the
voice exactly. So women are thus
gradually losing their hold in the
business world and, being forced back
into the purely feminine avocations
which have been given up In many in
stances for a career more lucrative.
II you meet girl who gives you a