Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-16
Pschutt and Pschuttists.

deIuge Of newly coined and fashionable
slang has come suddenly upon US. That express
sive word chic" which fitted 80 much that is
Partisan. is in danger Of being swept away by
the horrible "pschutt" This term is of German
origin, and was, the rumor runs. put in cIrcula-
toni by the Princess Llse Troubetskoy. She hat:
1t from Bismarck, who jestingly laid wager
that If she introduced it into lie hagh life de Paris
it would at once be accepted as current lingual
coin. He did this to give an example of the
levity OF mOndaine society here. The Princess
on arriving from Berlin, told an infatuated
dandy. bearing an old name, ana engaged in
squandering large fortune. how she had read
In the German papers that he was tres pSch,it
He at once asked her the meaning of the term
why. a mirror of tasbion-nothing more nor
less" So the fine gentleman went round the
petits salons which are open at the end of win
ter. declaring that such a picture. such a beauty
such an equipage, such toilet was awfuy
'pschutt." 1t is not yet decided whether the
new word Is to have one or two IS at the end
Fashionable moths and butterflies converse only
about what is ''pschutt''
We associated "chic" with cleverness and
some taste "Pschutt'' is a flower of brains
sOftened by dissipation. The word already has
got to mean that there can be nothing pschut-
fish without plenty of money and that one can
IN making guy OF ones self at great expense
be tout fat psc',,dt. It's very ''pschutt' to
nave ones coat -Ol-armS emDiaZ0ncu or en-
brodered on the back of white Swedish gloves
The morbideZza that simultaneous Injections of
morphine gives enters into the domain of the
ugly neOlOgism. if, however. it is accompanied
with external signs Of wealth and a disposition
to spend money frivoIousy. Pie dandy who is
"pschutt now wears square-t0ed shoes very
much cut down at the instep. and thin black
silk stockings His street paletOt is short in the
waist and long in the skirts; angles are rounded
OF the collar. His trousers are tight and short,
with large pocket-faps. and his hands are I'M
gloved. but tres sOigHees and giitterino with
rings Dumas ifs predicted, in our time. the
advent of thonrae femme [ really think that
prophecy is accomplished 1t is ''pschutt'' to
wear in the evening white wastcoat but
toned with jewel that accords with the field of
ones coat OF arms. Pschuttists were very much
looked for at the Gymnase on Saturday night
but they had not the courage to appear in what
they have among themselves resolved is the
right thing for man of style and rank to
wear. The word 'pschutt" breaks out like a
zymotlc eruption in the Vanity Fair columns of
the Boulevard gazettes. TailOrs, jewelers.
vanity OF the wealthy have got it on the tips of
their tongues. It's 'pschutt' to 90 to the cir
Gus on Saturdays, and to the Francois on Tues
days and on Thursdays, to have bourbon at
ones parties, and to engage Madame Judic to
sing for him. Japanese sources are the ne Mus
ultra OF the genre for so has willed the Duchesse
de Bisaccia. The gO,aneuJ must abandon
starch and cosmetics. Instead of looking as
though he came out of a handbook, he owes it
to himself to be limp from the waist up From
the waist down he should be creaseless, and in
short bOudine. This word has supplied him
with second nickname