The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-06

Being In Fact the Latest society Dou0.
The Evolution OF the Same
N. Y. Post
When q foreign term Is suddenly natu-
rallied we may be sure that there is some.
thing in the atmosphere Of the place Of
adoption which makes 1t convenient and
useful. Dude Is said to be originally q
London music hall term, but It has been
transplanted here, and its constant use
shows that It is for some reason well fitted
larry Of fashion. Many Of our readers may
not know what dude is, and some Of
them, perhaps, do not even suspect his ex'
istence. The illusions to him in the press
are OF that sort which seem to imply con.
tempt. We shall, therefore, to guard
against all misconception and suspicion Of
unfairness, describe what we understand q
dude to be.
A dude, then, is young man, not over
twenty-five, who may be seen Zen Fifth
avenue between the hours Of threeand six,
and may be recognized by the following
distinguishing marks and signs: He is
dressed in clothes which are not calculated
to attract much attention, because they are
fashionable without being ostentatious. 1t
is, in fact, only to the close observer that
the completeness and care Of the costume OF
the dude reveals itself. His trousers are
tight; his shirt collar, which must beclerical
in cut, encircles his neck 80 as to suggest
that a sudden motion OF the head in any
direction will cause pain; he wears a tall
black hat, pointed shoes, and cane mot a
Stick, which would, We believe, proper
ly have a silver handle, is carried by him
under his right arm, projecting forward at
an acute angle. somewhat in the manner
that sword Ia carried by general at re-
view, but with civilian mildness that never
Bug sests a military origin for the custom.
When the dude takes off his hat, or when
he Is seen In the evening at the theatre, ii
appears that he parts his hair in the mid
die and "bangs" 1t. There is believed to
be difference OF opinion among dudes as
to whether they ought to wear white
CATERS. For reasons we shall presently
give, the better opinion Is that 1t is wiser
and safer not to do 80.
The dude must not be conioupded with
the Anglomaniac, for though dude may
be an Anglomaniac, an Anglomaniac is not
necessarily dude. 1t must be admitted,
however, that there is in any adolescent
Anglomaniac the germ OF a dude.
A dude cannot be recognized by his con-
versation, for he has none; and in society,
as at present organized, this negative mark
Is not distinguishing, because the number
OF people Of any kind who have any is ad.
mitted to be small and steadily decreasing.
The dude Is evidently the social success
sor OF the swell, the Top, and the dandy,
but the type Is very different one, and 1t
Is In this fact that the social interest in him
mainly centres TIE fashionable types
which precede him-the tops and dandies
Of our fathers and grandfather time, and
the swells OF our own-were evolved in an
environment" which does not any longer
exist. They devoted themselves to fashion,
but 1t was In a different spirit from that
shown by the dude. They regarded exag.
geration and extravaganza as q legitimate
fashionable aim; they brought buoyant ami.
NAL spirits to the task. Any one who looks
at picture Of q fop or dandy Of fifty years
ago, will see that OVERRIDING the fashions
was his ambition. II clothes were import
ant, the more display they made, the
brighter the colors, the more numerous the
Jewels, the more picturesque the whole, the
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