Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-12

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lasnlsnabla womsu 81 haE honns haa9af-
inR saelf be4ins - KsmsmbeE TIE dfe1aea
q tneiE acq ualnz&nees. We worked all
day % have s1e article ready for The
eEenin9 edilious and 3 ina fEnlia no
mzde % the TAX Oftsn. hoasysF, 10
ane eoald FemsmbaR ths daam Of some
neted woman q buddlaz bells whom We
Wished 90 aessffhe. Iha hoaea wsa as
fhe center Of The fashionahIs part Of
Neg York e. tie tine. and Hrs. Brooks
sent out eseFs ssrvant she had WITH
notea - her asquaiatAneea, al % and
down Eifrh asenne and On the erass
gffe6ta - far a. GramaEuY ark and
WaahinRinn Square, ard nat 8 lady 81
them Al Fsl1ssa % aid. Thsy Described
saeiF own lHoe8 and diamonds, End
aSnucea sad feathers. and fhs anly
kronbie was 10 cut down their KepoFta.
And this waa n th1 mast exclusive 60
aie&g d Mss York. There were neaFly
no PAGES 81 she Exprsss devoted %
TIE ball, bat no coIamna were read lika
tksse thai described the gowns. The
demand for The paper vas prediRioua.
and q special editiea Has FepEiEtsd, for
these delicate creatures all wanted extra
eopiess and doubtless some Of the bellies,
gfandmothsrs noW, have tbs EepsFt put
carefully away that tells what they woRe
e ths Princes ball. 1 wonder what
else | have writes that has lived 80
isnRf
ieft Of newspaper writing when
vent into the army, and vas asEupaiouB
II sustaining e l0n9 aA hald q public
0fase. SIN, once n Z while allowed
myself little amusemenf, and Ia this
way discovered that haman uatara u
ahe same ia Washington Is in New
York. a year Or two after the var q
fancy dress ball vas given By q fashion
able woman Is the capital. OF this /
wrists little aooount for q uowspapoF,
giving 40 names, describing only few
Of the dresses and trying 10 be very eIe-
giant ard dignided in mg sorupuloas re-
gard fer pFopfielF, 30 that no enc who
Was a he bail shoaid recognise the Dc
scxiption ef "a individual But the
ladies found great fault with the sara
pui0sity. al the Senators wives and
Foreign Minister'S wives. the bellies AID
blossoms, wanted 10 read their names
IL fulf, and were net &c al sAtis6ed with
my QinReEig ala .iansiko kheir elaborate
t0iiala and fAncifui costumes. AZ for
shose whom ! left out altogether. they
w0uldnit aDeak 70 me for rnonfhs.
Now an tod, the ladies send lists Of
theiF guests n advance TO the news
papers, Not long aeo 4 famous critic /
tald me 8 story abont q Journal with
which be vas connected The editor
sent q little Girl, who vas writing for
him, % the opera Oh "a opening niaht, |
10 describe she dresses OF the famous
w0men as only 3 w0man could. This,
yon will remember, was not az court |
bail in L0ndon Or the Elysee 10 Paris. |
but ct fhs Metropolitan Opera House In |
New York. fha poor little thing vas /
shy and unused 10 her trade. She |
knocked 20 timidly at the doors Of the
boxes that no one heard hegs and |
IN great distress she turned away, ALSO /
lately crying, ae ahs vent 20 her impof- |
tAnt eoileaeue and declared she dared /
mes as The ladies about their gowns. |
Bias she told her not 20 be sfraid the |
Qraadesl dance only dressed 20 Be adj |
mifed they all wanted 70 be N pFint, /
and W0uld oorrect her notes themselves, /
II necessary. / dOn't know h0w many |
doors were opened, bat she descriptions /
we're minuta aud, was tald, extremely /
aooarate, and nobody found any fault. /
The fashion has sway aafully In AmaE- |
los as ii England OF IN France, where /
Madame Adams paints the Paris salons |
as faithfully as tbs lords ana ladies Of !
London describe thelK own drawing /
raoms. II i, psEhaps, . sign Of the /
times; it's q democratic fashion, though |
L originated Ia z monarchy; for Il takes /
al the world into the life Of the pfomi- |
nenf and The exclusive. Il tells q svery /
body what vas once kept for the few. |
SAGA talk and gossip end Wit as are |
pginted nov have always been earrent |
IN important circles. Walpole ADD De |
Gramont aud Lard heFvey once did the |
work q The correspondents Who are 20 |
popular today. Nos even royalty tells |
The story e the public queens &c veil |
e. actresses write their own lives and
courtesy 20 the csowd. Democracy may
enter palaces and sic IL adeneat on the
manner Of s0verelRns.