The evening world., 1889-09-28

reasons. as she very soon discovered, for its an
nlic't on. Here is a verbatim report Of some o
tne talk with which the artitt accompanied the
trca'ment,as the Christian ~cientists would say,
"hlch l must confess shocked me d little when
IL was de'crlDoi to me bv the recipient:
DO You know, Blanchette. - The began,
mat yon American women are the brightest
and the most foolish creatures in the world ?
We'll, you are. You can win men, bewitch them,
fascinate them, but you cant keep them. You
marry them and don't know vhat to do with
them. All yonr training and schooling and
coaching IL Tor conquest, but for government
YOU do not understand the simplest clements.
lou can discuss the political affairs Of two con-
tihents. but You don't know how to have your
feet fitted with a pair of pretty boots. You arc
a" ydt in the field of labor. politics, literature,
aud the beautiful and industrial arts, but You
don't understand the value of n la~ce-trimmed,
clean white pettcoat. You have marvellous
hair, and you won't spend the money to keep il
clean, clean, clean! Think of ii. You are pretty
women, but you arc untidy, unscentei and I'M
attractive to the senses. You jewel your hands
alid forget to train your fnger-nails. Now,
Blanchette. don't make the mistake OF thinking
that men are Indifferent, that they don't mind,
or that they are unobserving. They do mind
everything about the woman they love. What
Is more, they make comparisons. and once the
difference is i'll favor of the other girl then
good-by to marital felicity. Men are like chill
dren in the kindergarten. They love color.
bright things. gay effects, novelt c., sweet odors
and sweet sounds. They like anything that IL
puzzling that has a knot in il, or the sucges-
tion of a mystery. You can ensnare them with a
yard OF lace and shAckle them with q bow of blue
ribbon. So, ii you want to succeed. look pretty
all the time. The first step Ia neatness."
Madame then made a declaration that must be
condemned as unjustifiabie, and yet, exagger-
ated as it il, j give it as n curious criticism Of
our sex. She raid:
do you know that l wouldn't sleep with an
American woman? Ugh. she is n nightmare !
A perfect porcupine with pins and curl papers;
oleaginous and rancid with the cheap creams
that she fmears over her face and hands,; and
as frighttully ugly in her thick. stiff cotton
nightGown az it Ia possible for a woman to be.
when her forehead is bare and her hair knobbed
at the nape Of her neck. My dear. don't go to
bed with curl papers. tea leads, crimpers. or
Montague foils. Rather curl your hair to 60
to bed. And don't put groase on your lace
nor gloves OIL your hands. You must attend to
your couture and complexion. but do 20 during
the day. Lead your hair like an arsenal and
wear your hat; soak your face in grease paint
aud wear IL veil from breakfast until dinner
time, but don't d~istigure your pillow. Every
woman can't be beautiful in the daylight. but
with a dollars worth of toilet goods. o %culliug-
iron, q French nightrobe,a pretty handkerchief
and a bed dressed in clean linen / can make a
nag Ms lovely az the creatures that people your
dreams. Don't buy a muslin nightgown. Pay
a little extra and get cambria. or null, and have
it trimmed with lace. Embroidery is too hard
and clumsy. 1t will last longer, but there is
none of the poetry Of taste about it that makes
lace dreamy. Instead of a row Of china buttons
tie up the corsage with butterfly bows OF narrow
ribbon and lace your sleeves from shoulder to
wrist in the same way. Keep these ribbons
fresh and the lace new, ald then no fire OF
burglary will disclose you to observers On an un.
slightly object" CLARA BELLE.