, 1877-08-05

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LOT invitations IN New YORK, that city ot severe
Republican simplicity In manners and-still
| more-in morals. You would not believe, for
| examu}e that l,dv r;ch and ,ro1] koo,rn In
sonc sert;nns ~ 91nr ~ soeiatr ". nv sonn
| for there are nanyIro,ld rc}l Iady Waide~raye
n hrr face that eha 1rontn5 TX ho osi.cd to one
Of those SUNDAY evrn;nr dinners for which
Strawhnrrv EI;ii j. tomans IN orior r. stranot r..
| on hrr on:n social ras;.;o,, Va, na,, scnre.ir
;mcrine hosr 1 na,pf,,i i''2 - ,n,,st have heen
TO i.adr Wa,de1r...a ~ 1Ine,;no. ,,leaJ-
~, ~ 1es+ o1is aa aie 10 oeetie, IA phcan
orranoc1i at tbc har;n,,;nr 1r nf the
scasoH. and fiat # was too iate to add to Tie
n1,ufrr nf her u..t ~ ~ Xiii ss fat vo con-
ao;u'. tb;s I,av rhns tf,', Ir;vinn down If
<s tas h,,sa ~ TrEen-
n,n, ",,t;cr nretcnsa " ns,,in". with inrret1.
i,a i.r n'aco NJ IaIv ,va,d."raEa,s v;s;tinr iist
nGt p,ieS ,,et;1, ~ AIur t " Sbe n1s .he
nad thera hnfona W. 80. aro -, ;on ttat ay.,,;oa,
GU ee"ts n',t IN ,,n,.;,1;n1 nostnss. she r.
Minds hcr nf hor farn,er ren,mst: size
1,aar. onrc n,orc t,ot ths taI,ic - f,,ii.
i,gyo 'n a3a cha;rs ~ 10 t1', 1i;,,;',nronn'
W., ,nnr sh. rat;ros d;scnmf1tn1 e. ti,;si
1ne. ~ haoo7'.o ~. ~. 1e, tto u.,,,nan
,n 10. :. i;ta 10 Rr;t;sh ,3n,+r1 ,c,, dnos ,,nt
,'o,E - Wien - ,s heata, She ohsnrvcs nlaciv
- ,g" o1, Wa1Scgrova tL.+ noss;hlv eo,ne nnn ~
~. ~ '4,,oc+. uar ~ ets tx 1;,,,,or. IF M sha
hcr quests may not stay 1or ulnlicr, uot, sne
s,a;; 81, ta v.rant n5sce ~ M f,arI;nngord,s
wiz wiz is too wcll-bred to betray disgust; She is.
lear, not WILLY unuseu " LUIS Solt u II't'S;
be the case she should. al course. be nappy to
offer her the vacant chair. Armed with this ex-
tortcd assurance, OF goes this aspfrant for social
dlstlnetlon' MAKES tne round o. tnc parry, puts
~ ~ stav tn i1;nnnFtn nn!i !. ~ vo;, ..n;nr ~
10 SLY ~ ul''',er: =. anu Ale 5ou EoanE 10
stay. 1lesentis tnese vlctlns o. LUIS 1ie" Ill,
qn1s'tlnn bee1n TO stray up to Their hostess, and
ask, fray, why Is Mrs: - so ANXIOUS should
9sot stay To olnncf: Inc story cTculates; the
lauSn goes Win II; and aias no guest departs,
no ena1r u empty, apu Inc woman, whose
auuaclty WY pcrhaps, ~outny - oetter late'
iias to drive back and dine alone in London.
You tnink thls Is mere gossip, ana malicious
at 1hat: L assure you IL Is true, anu II !
named the heroine OF my story, which l
vii not 40, you would neither doubt its
story can have fur al American audience. ! may ]
aoo tlsat sne Is woman WHO, on the Whote,
may oe saio 10 nave succeeded and not tailed IN J
her amoltlon; That sue goes to many 1lne
mouse, ana mas crowds OIL smart people az hef's
-" smart" pcoplc meaning, in the dialect Of
London society fashionable people, and not at
ati fmpiyiiS the possession o. exceptional meh-
tai powers. cont KNOW that tnls little anec-
aotc IS n;ueh more Icmarkable tnan the shor1cr
one, wnlcn accounts LOT tue presence o. Inc
l,cr thlrd pctllon lor a caEd haF4n57 "earicd out
Inc patience o. tue glfef, VINO haa sent t"o re-
1usals to two 1orncf requests.
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OUR WOMEN GROWING PLUMP.
Hurper's Ba=ar.
Europeans generally conccdc that our Amer
iran women nre handsome. thn,rph t,,ev sar
49,. .ra - f.,,.1, 49, 49,
.ley ut ~ 1'sSne taa1 eae5 curry 1ose thc'r
[reshness' ana Win 1t l1iuch OF t1lelE beatty.
they particularly remark the tendency Of our
women to grow thin with wears. white We rcmar.z
},a tendance ,f their ,ron,o ~ tha .,,<.,,,,,,a
-. ~ f 49,, ~ ~ A "esA .,.n w. sle "sea.ul .
'ion " Aesn as soon " 1nes no'e Plsseo tAclr
Touth, aud often even before that period. While
ye must allow that our women are, for the
n,st mart lacking in roun7ness thcro orc faw
= ~, ~ t,,o,r'7a ,.,,, ,,.>,,,1,1 ~. ,sos;.e,
u u.s. VIC i14ast'e' WY "ouio not 'nAn1Lely
'refer the New-"orld slcnderness to the Old
World stoutncss. 4 medium between the two
night be the standard Of the becoming, and this
,n,,;,,, ra eoa,n to he o,,rooch;nr s1o,r,r
'r.A x..s 80. ~. ~ -, s'u'
'eruaps, out s'cau'l!' Ing opil'on VI LUG 1n'n-
less OF the feminine part of the nation is based
ather on what has been than OIL what is. The
nuioritv OF our women are still too lean for
enuty Int are far less lean than they were !