The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-17

walking in the street with lady. and
any accident occurs to her costume
whereby her neck. her leg. or her ankle
is exposed, she will be mortified beyond
expression; yet the night previous you
might have sat in the box with her at
the opera, when her decollete gown had
made her the mark for hundreds Of lorg-
nettes. Again, this lady the next morn
ing might battle with me at the beach and
lie on the sand basking in the sun like
a siren in costume that would arrest
the attention Of st. Anthony
Let me describe such a costume: A
pair Of skin tight black stockings, then a
peir of tights of black silk. and a ffimsy
black skirt that comes just to the knee;
a black silk waist armless, and as low
In the neck as the moral law permits, be-
meath which, to preserve her contour, is
a water proof corset. Limbs, to expose
which an inch on the street were crime,
are blazoned to the world at Newport,
Cape May. Atlantic City, and other re-
sorts. and often photographed and shown
In the papers. To explain this manifest
contradiction would be beyond the pow
ers of an Oriental. had he the precedence
Of the immortal Confucius and the divina-
ton of a Mahomet and Hilliel combined"
The American Doctor
One chapter is devoted to "The Amer
| lean Doctor, with whom the Chinese
gentleman evidently had some experience.
| In one place he says:
| Some are of the old and regular
| school of medicine, but others are called
| homeopathic, which means that they give
small doses of the more powerful medi-
cines. Then there are those who practice
| In both schools. Indeed in no other field
does ignorance, superstition. credulity
| and lack of real education display Itself
| as among the American doctors or heal
| ers believe l could fill a volume by the
mere enumeration of the diabolical an6
absurd nostrums offered by knaves tt
heal men who profess to hold them ir
| ridicule.
The "sIaney' Girl
In the course of his studies our critic
met the young woman who uses slang
His reference to her is most amusing
/ though it will undoubtedly impress ma
Jorlty is being considerably exaggerated
| He writes:
Her father was man of good family
an official, and she was an attendant a
| fashionable school. The following oc
CURED in the conversation:
i Heather Chinee-It is very dull thi
/ week, Miss -.
Young Lady (sententionsly)- Bum.
Heather Chinee-I hope it will be les
bum soon.
/. young Lady-Its all off with me al
| right, If it don't change soon, and don.
4 you forget i'll
Heather Chinee-I wish could d,
something.
/ Young Lady-WeIl, you'll have to ge
move on you. as I go back to schoo
/ tomorrow; then thereH be something do
| ing
Heather chinee-Have you seen
/ lately?
Young Lady-Yes, and isn't he
peach? All. he's a peacherina, and dom
you forget it!''
Balls are a feature of life In Wash
ington- The women appear in full dress
which means that the arms and neck ar
exposed. and the men wear evening dress
The dances are mostly round. The mai
takes a lady to the ball, and when h
/ dances. seizes her in an embrace whicl
would be considered highly improper I'm
der ordinary circumstances. but the eti
quette of the dance makes it permissible
He places his right arm around her waist
takes her left hand in his, holds her clos
to him, and both begin to move around t
/ the special music designed for this pc
culiar motion.
Dancing parties. in fact all functions
are seized upon By young men and WON