, 1884-08-03
A DETACHED EYE.
1t Strangely Leaves a Re
porter's Physiognomy.
Visits Scenes Where Angels
Fear to Tread
Some Peculiar and Startling
Discoveries There Made.


the person OF the fashion reporter Of the
Post Dispoteh it secured surreptitious
entry into a West End boudoir, and so
disposed itself that its visual angle was
substended by the bureau, the pier glass,
the wardrobe and the bed.
Then the eye waited.
Presently a vision of loneliness hoated
into the room. This was at 4:l0 p. m.
The vision was clothed in a calico wrapper,
and its long. yellow hair lay dimply mat
ted along its back. There was not much
effort to be beautiful in tho vision. it's
prettiness being of the natural and I'M
adorned order. suggestive of brown wind
sor, Turkish towels and cold water. When
the vision sat down, it was evident that
no silken or other hose was between the
little pink heel and tho kid slipper. No
cuffs were On the wrists, and, indeed, the
wrapper chung damply to shoulder and
arm, and suggested all manner of Thoughts
to the eye-ofnaiads and the rolling surf
and Bougureau's pictures. MY
ious goodness exclaimed the apparition;
tits after 4 O'Clock. l must hurry" 1t
hurried thus: Taking a couple of good
stiff brushes from the dressing case, it
disposed a towel about its shoulders and
brushed the yellow hair, and brushed and
brushed, and brushed and brushed. The
little toy clock on the mantel licked for
the half hour, and then for three
quarters past four, and still that tire
less arm weaponed with the brush
continued its task. While the eve
had been mesmerized by the m%onotonous
cadence of bristle upon bristle, and had
been soothed into drowsiness that passed
into sleep, an interval of which no note
could be taken, and when the eye stared
vigilently into the room again a lightning
change act had occurred. Instead of the
blue calico wrap, the form upon the chair
was now incased in snowy dimity, with
abbreviated, lace edged sleeves, and with
abbreviated. lace-edged skirt, the loose
hair had been knotted into a figure eight,
and the hands of the toy clock pointed to
$40. After so much exertion of course
must come a rest, and the vision toyed
with a manicure while the eye busted it
s@lf with a dimple on the vision elbow
and an inventory of the little toes, each
armed, as the Harolds say, with a little
sea shell nail. The vision finished its
nails at SOS p. m, yawned and stretched
dangerously as though every detail of the
toilet was being enjoyed, and then leaned
sideways to an adjacent chair upon which
hung pendant several pairs of stockings.
A blue pair and a whitish lace looking
pair were closely inspected, the inspection
consisting chiefly in putting the fabric
stretched out over the instep. 1t took
minutes to decide this momentous ques-
ton, which was finally adjudged in favor
of the blue, and ten more to adjust the
hosiery in stu. A half a dozen APP
predatory pats were bestowed upon the
garments, and a little crease which in
sisted on appearing Just over the toes
was carefully smoothed out, her
the vision went before the
pier glass humming a strain from
THE Chimes of Normandy" and taking
the pose of ~Serpolette, passed judgment
upon herself and found herself good. A
pair of shoes next went on, an unsuccess-
full search for u shoe buttoner ending in
the use of a hair pin, and the vision at
5:55 was completed as to her foundation.
When the clock struck 6 she was in the
middle of heated controversy with a cor
set, which had to be taken off and tight
ened. taken off and loosened, taken off
and frightened again before she was entire
ly suited. Following the corset came an
avalanche of white skirt that few balloon
like into position and then nestled loving
ly, beginning its evening work at exactly
6;l0 p. NJ.
Thevision now began the serious work
of the evening; it took a damp towel and
dabbled the face and neck there withsl,
dried by pressure, not by rubbing. and
with a soft fluff of swansdown busted the
fair skin with powder-rather heavily the
eye thought. Next the powder was as
carefully rubbed off as it had been put on;
the front hair was taken out of the curl
papers in which it had been reposing, and
a few careless passes of the comb clustered
the yellow ringlets into a most artistic
bang upon the fair forehead, all of which
was accomplished at Gao p. m.
Another white skirt this time of lawn,
went over the pretty head and down the
supple wais,, where it was fastened adroit-
ly and shaken two or three times until it
hit Just that golden mean between too
near and too far. which the ideal skirt
upon the ideal girl should occupy. OF
course this was not done without constant
reference to the glass, and one or two lift
ings of the lower edge, so that the wearer
might with judicial accuracy calculate the
effect ola great blue upholstered ankle
beneath that maze of white upon the
masculine intellect. So the time passed
until 6:30 p. m. Then the waist. also of
diaphanous lawn, went on, the vision
seeing to it that through its thin texture
CLEANS from the pale. rosy shoulders and
bosom should properly pass. Shrugs of
the aforesaid shoulders and afectionafa