Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-30
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THB LATEST PADS OF NKW YORK WOMEN
AND SOCIETY.
The Crazs for Everything Russian -Amsrica1 and
Russian Womsn-A Novelty in Night Dresses
Handed Down From Austrian C,urs-
1 Hint for Winter Costume.
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in everything Russian. Tea is handed
one in thin finely engraved glasses that
stand in silver holders, and it is made as
clear as amber, so that the ons lump of
sugar and the one slics of lemon show
most beautifully through it. Tie woman
with the Russo mania will offer YOU in
addition two small teaepoonfuls of rum as
tue mcss proper adjunct to the tea; this is
immensely suggestive Of the gin and tea
avo: ed by the Eoglish chsrwomau, buf, Of
course, one is good form and the other Is
bad. Sandwiches made of caviare must
accompany the te', if you eat anything at
all. A hostess, instead Of exclsiming,
when bit of gossip or a rcse.colored
story is told her, as she did a year sg,.
"Fawucy" Now languidly says, "Da"
Exactly what this means she doesn't
know, but after course of Russian nos-
elists she has concluded tina. it means
something Ike "Ahw STE no longer
cIlls her intimate friend by her nsme, but
instead has adopted a lsnguorous way Of
addressing her az "DOuSchinska." which
when pronounced Ia Ru&Se is ''DoIshka,"
and means darling.
AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN WOMEN.
The AM -ican woman is the most adapt
able in the world. In shape and COM
| pleZion she is not unlike the Russisn
woman, so the sipuous movements affected
| by Anna and Fedora are becoming az well
! IS possible to her. Like the Russian, she
adores a warm room, the admiration Of
men, plenty of swees and che also has
the Russian wonan's ability for quickly
! learning the languages OF other countries,
That she has not her exquisite accent is to
! be regretted. Since the Russian speaks in
low tone and sibilartly, the hope
! Of the American nation may, because
of her desire to be correct, learn
/ the value of low voice. One can't be
/ Russian and rot have skins about her. 1t
isn't the vogue to cay furs, so fIom the
fJOtrasn on the box to my lady's pet ter
Tier, the warmth of the skin is given. This
sounds rather odd, but it's the swaggef
way of expressing it. The furs for the
| bed ere those of white mandarin lamb,
ard crinkly; the cover must be Tired with
satin aud on it have the monogram Of the
sleeper embroidered in gold. The fluffy
skin produces most beautiful effect,
but women who want to spend more
money choose for their touches the
dead white fox skins. or a cover Of sable.
By the by, the finest Russian sables in New
| York are in the possession Of Mrs G. P.
Huntington. The liking for black silk
night-dressea has caused few women to
use black bear or fox skins for their btds,
bat it must be confessed that they are not
as dainty looking as the pure white ones.
TIE mandarin lamb no. being a dead
wbite is not as trying az the white fox,
which demands that a woman shall have
beautiful skin and be capable of waking
up with smile on be flee in the morn
morning.
ABOUT BLACK IGHT-DRHSSEs.
There is a great deal of nonsense about
womeDt of to-day being the first to wear
black night-dres:es-so many, many yea's
ago when Anne ofAUstTis wanted her lover,
the Duke of Buckingham, to realize the ex
! quisite beauty of her skin and the small
ness and whiteness Of her hands, ehe
| feigned illness, and gave him reception
at which the entire court attended, sEd
she, fair as lily, rested against black
velvet pillows, wore a black silk
night.dress, aud had spread over her
a black velvet cover upon which yas en-
broideTe1 in silver the royal lilies of
France. The Russian woman can tesCh
the American one how to dress for cold
weather; she does not make the mistake Of
wearing great quantity of underclothipg
and then q very heavy gown, topping it al
by an equally heavy wrap, bat instead she
wears very few pieces lingerie, her gown is
ordinary weight, but her outside wraps are
extremely heavy. Her looms are kept al
summer heat, as are ours, 20 why should
thicker clothes be pat en- TO- them; it 10
only in the outer air thst the extra wrap
is required.
HINT IN WINTER COSTUME.
Here is what she has on: Her fancy for
color and her god taste make Ter select
either mauve or rose silk, and so Felix has
sent her what seems like an accordion
plested skirt OF silk trimmed with frills of
white lace, but inside the skirt fastened,
though, 10 the same belt, are drawers of
the silS, also pleated, and made very short
and wide. This garment Is the apotheosis
of the divided skirt as conceived by
Freedman. 4 silk vest of the same color
is then put on, and after this the satin CDR.
set is assumed. The stockings are black
silk, very long, and held up by jewel
led carriers. If madame is going 10
be 10 the house and ''at home" for those
delightful hours just before dinner, she
chooses that most coquettish of gowns, the
one dedicated to tea. 1t is probably of
very rich brocsde, plested at the neck, and
with high gold belt confining it at the
waist-thst is, where the fashionable waist
is Just row-very high up; the sleeves are
long and are also p!ested, the inner sleeye
being of gold net. Then the Russian
woman, or her imitato!, seats herself on a
low diyau, has a background of many
cushions, permitting her head to rest
against the highest. A maid waits on the
tea service, go that
Ny LADY OF LANGCOR
need not move. She makes picture that
is good to look upon, and be sure the
mother wit that has taught her this has
taught her this has educated her TO be at
once amusing and coquettish, a bit of a
qrande dame and bit of an intrigdnte.
Apropos CT the lace frills, 1t is curious what
vogue has been given to them. Some
bo6y said thst no woman who had not blue
blood in her could appreciate fine lace, but
I think he did not know the American
woman, who can learn the value Of an ex-
quisite rose point just as she has gotten
over her dislike for the smell of sable and
now vows that there is something absc.
H. e, Il oh
dancers in the Gaysty CompaDy-pro-
nounce it ''Guyety-" Lefty Lind aud
Silvia Grey, reslize the value OF lace frillP,
for do believe that they have nine hun
d1ed and ninety-nine ruffies on THUR pet
ticoats, and each one is separately trimmed
with q frill of lace Talk about the power
of the pes! The power of the petticoat is
far beyond it.
WOMEN IN DIFFERENT LANDS.
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