The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-18

One style of dressing quite popular
with women last summer and almost
rs much so this year, is the wearing of
thin waists upon the street, which
fashion shocks men even more than it
does women. Last summer some very
shocking sights were to be seen on the
down town streets; women wearing
shirtwaists so thin that all their un-
derWear was visible, and, of course,
they attracted a great deal of atten-
ton. Now, in some instances, the
waists have been so sheer that the
Wearer might just have we'll gone on
the business streets in evening dress,
for the effect was almost the same
It is surprising that women who are
supposed to be well bred would have
so little sense of the fitness of things
as to dress in this manner. 1t is all
very We'll if a woman who lives up
town in the residence district, wears
q thin waist in the afternoon making
visits in the neighborhood, but il is
quite incredible that a woman with
any sense would be guilty of going on
shopping expedition down town in
q costume which will make every man
she meets turn round and look after
her.
There is as yet only a hint Of a
men ever wore which are now the
rage. Only a few years ago the sleev g
a the top was as large and some
times larger than it is now ar the
bottom. Some of the imported gowns
OF soft crepe have what appears to be
yards of the material hanging from
the elbow to the hand and way be-
low. These sleeves are very tight at
the top and completely transform ones
Idea of the female form divine by
narrowing the shoulders and giving a
broad effect below. They are ugly and
Vet so strong is the habit of following
the fashion, that but few women have
the courage not to wear them. And
the few who have do not look up to
date, and are living examples of the
fact that one is more conspicuous
when cut of style than when conform
ing to present modes. Some of the
best coats that have come this summer
have a sleeve considerably wider at
the top, which shows that in jackets
at least, there is a tendency toward
a revival of the large sleeve. The
very newest Paris sleeves have the
puff at the elbow that has been at
the wrist so long, so that some dress
makers predict that if the fullness fol-
lows its present tendency it may
reach the shoulder in another year.
If you wish to be strictly in it YOU
must ape the English pronunciation as
several of our smart girls are already
doing. All that is necessary it to listen
to some we'll bred English man or wo-
man talk, and remember their pro-
nunciation of certain words and YOU
Will at least, have a start. You must
eliminate all French words from your
conversation, although there are many
times when French word will ex-
press what you mean much better than
anything you can find in your own
tongue, but for the time being it is not
correct to use French unless you give
1t a little English twist For in
stance is in no longer smart to pro-
nounce the word valet in the French
way, you must sound the final t. Then
you must pronounce patent wher
speaking, for instance, of patent
leather, as you would latent, with the
broad a. This is insisted upon if Won
would wish to show an acquaintance
with society usage You must alse
cultivate the rising infection at the
END OF sentences, pronounce girl as il
II was spelled gairl always say stop
when you mean stay, and countless
other words too numerous to mention
One thing that will surely give you
away viii be to say can't in the
English way, and then to forget, and
say after" with the broad a. You
must make your speech uniform Oh
not attempt any affectations. Some
one viii ask if it is not better to be
natural and pronounce as you heard
your father and mother talk, and the
answer is, yes; it is, but it is NOT
swell. Father and mother were fire.
quentIy concerned in matters more i'm
portant than pronunciation and were
LAYING the foundation of the fortune
which allows the daughter and son
10 put on so much style at the present
DAY. 1t is very easy to recognize the
Would-be-English girl when you meet
her, for her affected speech is easily
recognizable, but the men-and there
are few-who are trying to con-
verse in the English manner, are only
add1ng to the gaYety of nations If they
but knew it. An affected girl can. al
times, be tolerated. but an affected
man should be cast into outer dark
ness.
The Fourth of July is hard upor
US and the small boys are planning tC
De more hendish than usual all he
cause some very we'll intentioned Der-
sons attempted to curtaiI their liberty
on their day of days, and frankly said
the noise should be stopped. For this
shall the righteous suffer- In one nj
the chapters of the d. A r. the otheI
day one of The members said she was
awakened at dawn last year on the
Fourth by harmonious sounds and dis.
covered that the children of the neigh.
borhood had come together and were
singing MY. Country, "Tis of Thee
and other patriotic songs that are
used in the public schools Thi!
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