, 1872-10-11
Varieties of Fashionable Womea.--
EaIf-a-Dozen Well Defined
Types.
The Assumption Of Theology,
Literature, and Music.
lrt, BensFolence, and aiiss:a1th:opy in Thin
D;Sgaite.
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Style.

NEv YoEK, Oct 8.
:. AL the types OF fashionable women sre no
Fairly back in toan, and doing thei- utmost t
'stcengle the hours gracefully In this city, IF
have variety Of distinct types, though they q
belong to the same Ereces Of Whist is eonsidere
the character!ess creature given over to soWn:
,gawds, and what ahe considers gea.iuty-
TIE FAsu1oN OF THEOLOGY
a very notable representative Of society her
-as we1la elsewhere, no doubts tie woma
who wishes to combine fashion with theology
and who IS clEays uncertain Thich one Of th
two should be paramount She leads an au.iou
and somewhat uncomfortable life. On the whole
bat~eea twinges of conscience and disappoint
nents OF the dcess-mnker, betEeen discharge o
spiritual obligations and soc;al duties S..
loves God, sae thinks; but, in her moments o
cnnt1ltlon and plocs raptire, sne fears she lore
herself better. She is conscious. ever aDd anon
OF serious defects; end these she atones for b,
purchasing new robes and contributing to Ii
conversion Of the Eea.hen. What sac lacks il
inner grace she strives TO MIKE up in o1twazt
shoT. When the Bible reproyes ha1, she goe
for consolation to the modiste; AMI
when the mndiste vexes her Christian spirit
she looks more closely after the eternal welfers
Of: her sister-in-law; and so, as she fancies
commends herself to Heaven.
GraEe Church and the Avenue ere the ter1nIn
Of her lille world In one she worships, and i1
the other she is worshiped- Here she prays
sins She dreads to be too pious, lest shs b.
thought unfashionable; and she dwells in horror
of fashion lettering The aspirations Of her soul
Her religion, like her drawing ng-room existence,
consists entirely Of forms. Il not altogether .
saint she is at least well dressed; aud fire
Yk1f1eE IN her rraA8 than rhav1t
cover multitude Of Gins.
When she thinks Of The closing scene, she
hopes her disease may not be .prosaic. and that,
though she she be e. not wholly a forgiven, she
sation of looking handsome IN her coffin So
she slips through being, and slips out of it g.
last regrettirg the gayeues she is about to quit,
and resting her hopes Of salvation upoa her reg
u1ar attendance at church, aad the perfect re-
DOSE Of her manners.
TIE FAsE.oV OF LITERATURE.
The literary woman Of fashion is becoming
more .and more conspicuous She claims to bs
81 authority on literary subjects, albeit she has
little understanding, and 10 judgment Of her
OWL She reads eli the books ehe can buy OF
bo.ror, no matter whether she understands
them or not, and then reads c1iticians Of them
IN the newspapers End magazines, and repeats
them to her friends as It they were original
zrship, and bores them immensely, whenever
she has an opportunity. Getting bold Of come
name of 11ze book or another she dives into an
encyclopedias for hints Of the same, and then
claims thorough 2cqualntsnce With the work.
P1otnus, PorPbSry, Giordano Bruno, Schopan-
hauer, S!endEai, and other black svans OF liter
ature. she delights to refer to, though che has
never read line Of anything they have written.
Devoted to fashion, she p1etends to deapise it,
and often declares ahe would rather marry man
OF genius, steeped in poverty, than a millionaire
without culture She tires business men with
literary talk, and tires literary men with her
transparent assumphons. She is usually young,
st least not CID SIS may be imagined and che
moral courage to be genuine The one thing
on which aha pridss herself most -iuteIlect-she
has not particle Of; and this is her bone Per-
haps II Nature had favored her With what she 30
earnestly desires, ene would have set no store tJ
1t, and have been a pre:ender to something
else.
We may value what re possess, but ne worship
what We cannot hare.
She ia SURG che would hsve adcred Dante OF
Shakespeare; and yet it Will be revealed some
morning that che il engaged toni. Simpson Sugar
house, the wholesale grocer, and as Mrs Sugar
house, she Will drop her atfectationa, and become
the mother OF matter -of-fact children.
TIE FASHIoE OF 1IUElu.
The musical wonder of the salons is a bore Of
vast proportions. Now fve-and-twenty. per-
chance, she has had musical instruction drum
med into her ever since she Eas 6. She has
taken lessons, not Only here, bat in Paris, Leio-
VAA%kAAA&t
guitar, and harp correctly, though mechani-
cally, with no more eonl than there is in an ice
berg. ahe can read scores as she can shop
Mgns, and is fluent upon Beetho7en's sonetas,
Gluok's figures, and Nlozart's masses; and get,
If she comprehends the least part OF their spirit
she keeps the eecret to herself.
She claims to have composed number Of
pieces Of music, though her inEimates shrewdly
man, who still gives he- instruction, and who is
quite willing abe should bear the honor OF his
work, in consideration Of liberal payment She
has good taste in dress, and very large ward
robe; but ahe attires herself ehabtilJ, because
ehe fancies that to be doHdyish is to give token
II musical genius
She las thrown away several 4ne chances Of
n1atnmnny by her determination to talk Of
octayes, STATS, and counter points, TO young
men bent On the sentimental who infinitely pre-
fe1red negro minst1els to all Of Beethoven's
symphonies. Let Us lesTe her to time and to
her mamma. who Will not be fsr eTay when she
feels that her daughters eonnuhial hour is
about to strike
Tho art belle is widely prevalent, just nov, m
ctr best eocietJ- a few years ago, Wills IN
Italy, she ca1ght the Infection Of the Old Mas
ters, especially Of the pre-Raphaelite school, and
subject aince. Fra Ange1ico is her special weak
ness, and she raves about his pictures, morning,
noon, aud night The worst Of it is, She paints
herself, and paints SO badly Cafter the medieval
31Hftaru3 OF c0n16e,} l0aL 1ET 8nge46 1ooh Ak6
hIileaian bog-trotters and her Madonnas like
Flemish market-women.
T EN- not at all certain that her Innings are
much more grotesque than those Of Giotto and
Cimabue but che has had so much advantage
Of them ia time that she might hare improved
upon hen models
She has an apartment II her fathers house
fitted up as stndio, and all her acquaintances
are introduced 10 it, with the asseyeration that
she never admits eny save her most private and
confidential friends. There, one is forced to 3D.
mire dozen Of ll-t1Iawn and vilely ycoiored can
vases, and to listen to her endless theories Of
art
aConfound that young woman,' said World
ling the other day, 'sshe talks more rubbish |
Ehan the humorous writer's print. II I we're her
father, would burn down the houset to get nd |
Of thoee internal daubs which she calls pre- |
R2phaelite studies"
TILE EAsmoH OF. F.rEkEgo1ExcE-
The benevolent woman is another animated |
infection Of fashionable circles. Benevolence
With her means driving about in the poor dis |
hicts, end makinga grest ado over it. She has
little generosity and less deicacy; but,
|1v Coma 1ueaua eha has become inspired With |