The sun., 1883-12-23
FAsHION4BLE FOLLIEs IN LONDON.

FASHIONABLE FOLLIES IN LONDON
TIE Mania 10 See the Sum Rise-The Revival
ofAImack's-GossipC Concs rniug Two Lord
IL Observation-Disclosures 'Tints In Dress.
LONDON, Dec. 3.--Sunrises and sunsets have
suddenly sprung into fashion. unexpectedly
but most resolutely. 1t is positive. II incredi-
bic. that nature is either la mode or out OF II.
1t was very much tho latter for some time past.
and when poor imprudent lovers Of the pictur-
esaue tried TO describe or praise scenery. land
scapes, or forests they were ut once voted. In
the pregnant vernaculsr Of our best circles. as
lawfully Slow and "beastly affected" But
the wheel has turned. and instead Of lounging
in the Row or shooting like meteors through
the drawing rooms at o'clock. It Ia "muchly
tho thing" to be. or pretend to have boon. on
London Bridge. Hampstead Heath. or the top
OF st. Paul's between and 7 A. NJ. so as to gaze
on the wonderful ceremony OF the suns getting
up ut all in November and selecting London for
that purpose. The levee OF his Solar Majesty
Is the best attended fashionable entertainments
In very earnest SALONS the respective propa-
billties OF the somewhat % stale because ein IN
clysms, or the existence at a high altitude OF
travelling glass gobues. offshoo,s of the Java
bold uso Of scientific terms There is nothing
which profoundly ignorant. supremely vnrid
prefers to airing a stock OF ready made opin-
Ions on science. politics. literature. and art.
remaining utterly unconscious when commit
ting the most egreEious biunders. For the
present. the elito contend with no little acri-
mony about the respective superiority of the
tacuiar display Of the quotidan marvel. 1t is
n proud boast to aver that you own sixteen win
PsSk ownns ls on its side Park ans
with, fearful odds but Regents. Park, unmis-
where the display takes place. its Inhabitants
refuse to be- So, aside n hs OF sm
longer greets you with the national wall about
the weather She rushes at you in the glare Of
ssss svn ana Gsy IS Il
not 2" which. to say the oast. is composing to
tn; uninitia,od: but it does not take long to
be vaporous on that subject than to understand
the Soudan question. One of the charming
nOncntities who had u certain clique remarked
with a heavy. compassionate sigh: It seems
almost impious turn from the higher glorics
2i such nrmament to tho tnWdriness M ,s ,,, OF
story Of the Nativity was dwarfed TO the gross
commemoration OF the day in the English life
Of the nineteenth century. even if before iisten-
ing to tho transcendental philosophers speech
yon had been % lea on to see a link 3 nntwoen ihe
and and following T the sivery crescent "i tie young
moon they framed. and the Star that rose in
the East Q ighteen hundred yenrs ago and
shOne on the rcd fires of the eXpectant shep-
Bnhl What matters? No hollow pretenre OF
of gossip or the craving Tor excitement and nov-
city. The canvassing is eager and ardent for
the formation Of the new club. The committee
| is to bo u mixed ono as TO sexes. but most un.
| mixed as to the qualifications of both men and
women. Members 1t is possible to be now Il
presented by vouchers of sufficient social
status; later on even that secondary privilege
win be beyond your reach. But Butte to be , on
SALISBURY is to be elected. and Lady
| Burdett-Coutts. but other countesscs and
| apnin ha1 haap m Npn m 4.
| lies are excudad in anticIpation-one because
she has run through her recent widowhood at
lie; ION one because @ SO too notorious: another be-
| cause too low: fourth because too last. and.
the shem al
to have their names in everybodys mouth. The
club Is 70 % resuscita,s and improve improve, on the u,
mansion IN Grosvenor place is to be taken at a
rental Of 81 900 year. 4 private theatre Is to
hirtriopic talents There are to be suites oi
| private dining and reception rooms. In fact
eTerythins is planned tn t9 make the Grosyenol ~ ,S
scheme loudly aver that beyond the fifteen
guineas entrance fee and the annual suhscrip.
funds are al in hand. Still. some Of the keen
est supporters of the enterprise-in In words
the snss s
and some who have openly committed them
in Of iii To6st
putting their all important social names to {
social failure.
The gossip. i'll -natured. OF course. harps OF
the probable COLLAPSE OF the two most talked o
matches Of the year. In both cases the heav!
fathers refuse refuse supplies. One OF the hancfes Tss
take the expense Of supporting n disiEheritet
bridegroom. equally cxtraynGant as herself. ol
SO Lady Il. prefers spending II on herself alone
The other bride elect. playfully mentioned a.
OF the constant ALTERATION OF coronet and Goa
applied to her approaching nuptials. finds IN
inclination Of her future family to welcom
her., In. vain hnd the paternal tenderness o
her lordIy lovers father been discounted and
by tho official announcement that the photo
graph Of the eectric-starred peri WAS with
Ra m"d Rs
and the world il rather pleased than otherwise
In honor q the same sunrises ,, ana ,t. sunsets
therefore unreasonable days. Lonaod wears
festive 9ir. Despits the prolonged absence 9
the park well attended. the shops full. the win
dows alluring. and the costumesof women NOR
graceful, tight often ill-Gttin9 masculine Goa
which at its best never suited the somewha
, angular British build. tho best dressed ladiee
heavy embossed plush. trimmed wit
broad feather bands that & look ,, like ~
, ers. The Inonstrous ,ecccentricites lateI
! in vogue have vanished beiore NOR
bred woman should C, conntenancs nee When % seen no
J foot In IL public thoroughiare. pnwieldy hat,
offensive coiors /" that nowl to ind hemselve
together" useless, senseles trimmings. Gu
. minating In the heluOus absurdity OF counties
: | buttons without respective button holes al
discarded. uniformity of tone IL de liguetr. nn
q deep gratitude prevails for the dictum OF tn
day which Ordains that every shade OF Quaker
I ish gray or demure brown shall outshino th
whole gamut Of the rainbow. Are We approach
, | ing that millennium Of dress when every W,
man will reali2. perfection by wearing the pr'
verbally undesirable costume which is III
: criterion OF an nnerrlng taste But do NJ
I conclude too hastily that simplicity implit
economy. Every costly detail is scrupulous
/, attended to. from the perfectly fitting Ion
glove and splder-weblike silk stock ing to I'll
: hselled buttons. every one OF which is
! trnket; from tho close, thicky beaded bonn
I to tho tiny earring which, should bs an unpr
I tending priceless pearl. but which. regret
: soc, too often flashes back the midday su
. with the facets Of a diamond-a solecis
, Of which N many Englishwomen ,,, arc 4, a,
0 they could afford TO hang kings RAJ
!. | som on their pretty ears rs early Hs brea
. fast time. but they expose themselves whe
appearing by daylight adorned with Oyermut
. jewelry to have the stock phrase of All Lol
t don was there" Transmitted into Al Jerus
Q lem was present" Quite as questionable as Il
4 inopportuns scintilntion of precious stones
the bodily or rather tho hodyless presence of Il
y heads of decapitated birds and beasts, who
4 a frn,