The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-23

Miss Hooper, although signed 10y the familiar name
Of Mrs. Lucy Hamilton Hooper, wife OF Colonel Rob-
CIT &. Hoorce, Vice Consul OF the United states Mt
fatls Tor the last zen years Residents ot the
American colony and many visitors know wen the
short stout little lady with gold-bowed spectacies
who Is to be at every art exhibition and social
gathering Of her couutrymcn. Mrs. Hooper has
hord complexion bright blue eyes and tie mertie-t
laugh Imaginable, and In rcro'N appearance bears q
most striking tc-.m'ouco to Mrs. Senator Conger of
NEhlSab. Her pleasant apartment on the Rue
Neuvc dos rciits Champs just OIL the Rue de Ia Paix
Is perfect museum Of artistic treasures aud rartios
Every inch Of the drawing. room walls Is covered
with the paintings aquarolcs studlcs and sketches
OF ustlous artists aud the shelves ani cabinets are
loaded with brjc-o.br0c. Arriving at rais last
after the Siege, Mrs. Hooper found any number OF
treasures thrown In her way and tho fided and
tapesltyacovctod furniture, tho mdrductrle tables
aud cabinets wlad With tlorcutinc mosaics would
dttea collector wild, Each Thursday the wits and
brilliant company Of the colony assemble In her salon
and there Is delightful soircc Mrs. Hooper enter-
ans elegantly during the season, and Is assisted by
her daughter, Miss Nette Hooper, q brilliant and
vvacious blonde, whose talents IN the dramatic line
are far beyond The amateur range. \ giown son,
engaged In commercial rutsnlt6 ON tic continent
completes the fam' gtoHp, presided over by the
rollrking Cultucl. Reidcts Of her novel, entitled
"Undcr the Trlcolor, are anxlUusly awaiting a
Hooper and those charlocrizotions OF our country
men abroad win again set people to guessing the
originals. So much for the Mss Hooper who Is to
enllvcn our contemporary columns,
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soMn onc has beeh comparing male and
female attire In summer to the dis,dvan tage Of the
fotmer, and draws picture of a man on hot day
wearing high hat cloth coat, and boots. II rs true
that male attire Is not equal to that which Is feminine
II La 4RtNR I.N -
| concerned, but we hope man now fvBis obliged to
dtess In the manner Indicated abcve, when The weather
| Is tee warm ~ make 1t BeatAUc In fact there has
been stcady advance OF late years IN the common
sense qualities of summer apparel fof men, and even
| Ingenuity displayed. II began good while back In
dscardlng boots and Congress gaites for
shoes and pumps Thcn white hats and vests grew
universal, no longer subieCting the wearcrr TO the
imputatlon OF being either old fashioned or eccentric.
| Then foreign fabrics Hike secrsuckcr and PONCE
came TO be introduced aud passabe limitations brought
them within the teach OF all. At the present time,
| gentleman Of fashion with netled nudprrothlnC d
Madras or Penang shirt seersuuker OF white nlnrc
suit straw hat OF ph helmet low shoes and open wutl
stoc6ings and sunhmbtea ovet his head Is as abou
as coolly and tightly dressed as he could be with
| out drawing On himself the attentions Of tn,
police Foor men can ut themselves out /,
| equivalent style, with coirser materials, at tn
| cost of lew dollars, The only decldet
difference remaining, therefore, " that the scrawn
| ness of most masculine necAs and arms TorhIls tbei
belng barred go extensively hni delightful In tn
fair sex. This Is limitation set by nature or 10y on
ways OF life. But surely some better device may We
be found than the present starChed collars and cuffs
civilization, madlcnng to the victim both in thel
heating qualities AMI their tendency to icit down Jus
when he wishes to tc rresentablc. Some bold limo
yators have ceen observed going about on extra he
days IN lawn tennis or negligG shirts OF thin flannel