The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-22
WHIMS OF FAIR WOMEN



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The social system Of the metropolis
uids fair to be overturned By 20 tr1ding
. thing - = wosn2u's hat, unless NE
JexisIzture or some ctber august ~
srmbiaxe comes 20 the fssrse vish an
enactment p.sriaK . limit upon the
hixhs 10 which this wonderful creation
msy be reared For years has this
rses,aslfer crsser Of millinery thrust
~ towering head In the face of an In
dixnanf yet admiring male puhair- II
hss given % short women . dignity Of
rsrYisxr which should BELONG only 70
Ne tai. and 70 tall women . superior
~ which no mere six hat conid hope
"a reach. II has led 10 . revolution in
me manufacture OF hat boxes. TO esn-
basrzssment and profanity IN the the
oter. and % sandFy other evil results
which reflected not NJ all on the wearer
n the bonnet. bat considerably on
those by whom she might he sur
rounded. Al length, however, The
Nemesis Of millinery II overtaking the
women Of fashion themselves. and,
since they suffer, there Is faint hope Of
delivery next season.
The fact Of the matter il that ladies'
hat. with the accompanying pIumege
and decoration, have reached such 4
hight that the roof Of the ordinary
broaghanf IL no longer able 20 accom-
MEDIATE them. and damaged headgesf
has resulted In number 81 instances.
OuIy last week three ladies. one oi
them the Baroness Blanc, gave orders
10 have the tops OF their broughams
raised for this reason alone. As the
abuse has arrived II the pockets OF the
offending wesrers. the milliners are
appealed 70 10 lower the standard II
Is noticeable. too. that the open ba-
roueie il more in favor for driving than
Il has been for years, and II i under
stood the styles To hats have much 70
do with H.
With the bursting OF the bads and
The caroiing Of the birds. the nurse
e;ris OF city are vigorously putting
forth Gas they do annually their claim
10 be regarded "a the @ole rightfni own.
ers OF the public square and the shady
side of the street. They are an i'm.
porfant part OF the population, and
acarcely receive from the public that
recognition which il their due, and
which they themselves most fully ap
preciaic. They arc with Us. OF course
throughout the winter, but remain
dormant until spring draws them out
The heart OF the policeman whether
II palisades beneath the blue or fhs
gray-beats faster upon his beat as hs
looks forward to the eonqucsts which
the season may bring forth
Two uninsportant adjuncts OF ths
city nurse girl, by the way. are the
baby and baby carriage. As a rule
she knows that she saiiles forth with
them, and that they return home in
her company; bat Fist hos they get
ON between thee periods Is something
with which she cannot undertake T.
burden her mind. Not that her entirs
attention |. given to the policeman IL
the square; she il far too numerous
and he not sufficiently so, for that.
But there are hundred other nurss
girls In the same square whose ac
quaintanee must I've cultivated. and
with whom the fashions aud the ten
der episodes Of the day must be dis
cussed, 10 the neglect OF such minor
matters a. Infants lives and limbs, Ia
say nothing % the rights of way sup
posed 10 attach t. the ordinary pedes
TITAN.
The other afternoon | was passin.
Madison square, when upon the Dor
dering Sidewalk epied tSo very swell
nurse girls. each with carriage II
charge. They were French mails from
TipIerary-~ in fact. ''bonnes -anC
we're engaged In animated converse
ton, the while Their tender charge
stood neglected several feet away
Suddenly one OF the carriages, started
BY the breeze. began 10 descend III,
slightly declining sidewalk toward tn,
Filth avenue gutter unohseryei hi
either of the yoang ladies' At tiis
same moment "A coupe was dashing M
the avenue. and the two vehicles mus
Inevitably have met--doabtiess to tn,
dctriment Of somebody's baby--hao
not gentleman hurried forward n
the opportane moment and suatehet
the little carriage from the very carb
stone.
But The nurse girl didn't tarn hair
possibly because the incident was NO
u novel one to her.
The bellies of New York have startes
In pretty lively at baseball this season
aud at the games already PLAYED il
tesn they have been present ia unn
sual numbers. Their toilets for thes,
occasions are apt So be Of an Eaglisl
style, aud the one who was watched
by the writer mamie tel genuine in
terest in the sport, and closely watchet
II white her dainty Escort posed ans
parafled more palpably for admiration
Oi course. IL may be said that the cir
was simply the more skillfnl In hidin.
her sanity. and that she was quite vel
aware of the fine figure she was cut
ting Rider Haggard Is scarcely com
plincn.ary 81 the sex. Upon heinj
questioned as h the reasons why h,
chose 50 curious "A title for his notabl,
work. She" he replied that the hes
explanation was that women are vain
"Aycshan was vain She liked to daz
ale men with her charms, and finali,
her vanity was the cause OF her death.
After reading Mr.. Haggard's unchiy
alrous remarks, | no longer wonde
that he remains bachelor. il woui,
be only inStiiiah,e revenge il said al
old bachelor. However, this girl az Ia
ball ground wore white cloth tailor
made jacket, sitting her to perfection
These White waits are becoming plen
~. and ~ are losing the distinction
which they had al trst, They vii
hardly become common, however. b,
cause they are easily soilei. and IA
east OF having them cleaned BIZ
French dyer is coas i,ierahle. lie
skirts Mere striped wide in black an,
white, and dFaVest a; happy medium
ns g. snuznsss. Her bonnet was a neA
thing in millinery; lis peculiar Tea
tnre being a wrapping which extend
ei trom the back neatly around be
throat u il safe T. take her a.
specimen ri what We viii have i
this region at The horse races mex
summer
A novel sight in the streets i. a mes.
fashioned mourner. Severalexamrlo
oi that sort ci tking have been SEEN 4
upper Broadway. The usaec tOrlneri
among the ladies was u leave oil dee
mourning by degrees, merging a.
hsck into gray. and 80 on until N
cclors az ordinary attire wcTv intr,
daoed Bas this new Stylr Is 10 depai
from entire black in sections. That
e. Say. a lady in the later stage. 81 b
reaVeiaent VII cover herself With COZ
Trusting hack and hight culors. On
Of these figures has q hoslice nearly
but NOT quite, composed ~ tlacS
which color rtsas down the irnn, an
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