, 1889-01-03

waist symmetricalB, and, considering JheiI
valuable aid to some actresses. their cost
10 comparatively slight. When girl re.
auires symmetricals her leg is measured
its entire length, all its deficiencies are
marked and the padding 10 placed where
it will do the most good Svmmetricals
in cotton cost from $40 to Sl2, those in
silk are as high as $l5 to S25
MANY girls wear undertights in place
OF sym metricals. made Of heavy woolen
stuff, with silk feet and knees. The silks
are drawn over them, and the result Is
somewhat improved shape"
"How can this Improvement on nature
be detected by h laymany"
.'Noth,nQ easier than that. Any |
heavier covering of the limb than deli.
cate silk will partly conceal the dimples
aud the natural motion OF the tesh. SO |
when two pairs are worn, especially when |
one is woolen, the quivering and depres'
siops in the leg are entirely lost to sight.
The piece of silk inserted in the under
tights is for the purpose OF disclosing tne
action of the knee as much as possible, out |
even this slight covering cannot make nat
ural the artificial improvement When
the leg is perfectly smooth and when
there is no quiver OF the flesh in moving, |
and when wrinkle Is noticeable benesth
the knt g, you may be very sure there IA
padding under the tights. When wrin-
kle is noticeable at the toes and at the
ankle it is very certain that naturally
Hat instep is improved by the addition OF
pad"
calf and instep?"
80 far as the symmetricals are con.
cerned, those two are practically all, ana
yet there are thiRhpads, hippads and arm.
pads that may be bought, suppose, and
frequently are. In fact, every portion or
the body has its pad il 1t be called for.
The symmetricals are made from selected
lambs wool, and their shape is positive
pertection-in fact, too much perfection.
AMATEUR ExTRAvAGANCE.
"None but the amateur elements affords
the needless expense of hip, thigh or bust
| developers. Your real. hard working ac-
tress relies upon chance for such emer-
! gencies, and when they arise utilize hotel
towels, surplus stockings and other ec-
| centrcities of female attire. | tell you |
| pity the country hotel proprietors when
once girls in the variety line strike their
town"
Are tights ever worn beneath long
clothes?"
"Seldom. In the Greek costume they
are usually worn, because there is an. en-
| tire absence of underclothes. Then there
are few over-stout actresses who have
had the habit of substituting tights for
petticoats. There ire certain instances
when this is desirable-for example, where
a slender form is TO be portrayed. as the
Italienne in La Tosca, or the bedroom
scene in Margaret Mather's Juliet. where
| the actress IL supposed to bs in her night
robe, with no other protection around her.
Little Minnie Palmer always wears silken
tights over her stockings andsthe fluffy,
| tarlatan skirts as well, as they fall in more
graceful folds over the SILK than they
would be likely to over cottou."
''Of course you must pay for your own
symmetricals?" ventured. hardly know
ing my way out of the delicate subject,
'Yes. those who wear them do. 1t IL
clearly not the fault of the management
| that the form is not perfect. Every girl Ia
supposed to provide u good shape, just AS
she is supposed to provide one pair of
| tights, the heshings, TO display it in. All
divergence from this necessity the man
aaement provides, such as fancy tights,
| those in colors other than flesh"
How much is pair OF fieshinRs?'
"Oh, about 9S or Sl0-sometimes more,
accordinging to the quality Of the silk.
''How are tue fairies fitted to tiRhts?'
"For those that are padded and those
that are natural the proceeding is widely
| different. In the first the 1ostumcr re-
quires the extent in inches around the
waist, the hips, the thigh, the calf, the
ankle, length of the foot and of the
limb entire. On this information he-or
rather she--constructs perfect girl. You
understand that the he and the she are
not one and the same person. The 'she'
very properly makes the measurement;
the he contents himself with doing the
less interesting work of making tue silken
covering. Now 10 the natural tights
there is a very easy and simple way of de-
termininR the proper length and width.
The distance between the extended hands,
the arms being stretched to their full limit
directly across the brenst, is the length OF
tue legs--that is, the length required for
the tights. Then. as to width. A prop
erlv propOrtioned woman will wear a 1-2
or u 3 tight, the q for one who is short
and stont. and 8 for one who is Of medium
size and stout or piutnp.'
ASSISTED BosOMs.
'Those artificial busts displayed so un.
blushingly on the streets and such mag
net to the cigarette devouring dude, are
they at all conspicuous in the happiness or
the wardrobe OF a fairy?"
mo, not much; the relative coat be-
tween those manufactured arrangements
and the hotel towel is 80 largely in favor of
the towel that competition is quite out of
the question. Besides, it necessitates
nlHn'neCK dresses, anu you KNOW thOse are
not popular. Men suffer as often as do
women from hat.chested disability, and
such men. ] am told, often wear an under
shirt OF heavy sheepskin and wool to rem
edy the deficiency"
At this knock at the door called my
communicative companion to the servant,
who announced the perruquier, and
handed in newly brushed wig at the
same moment.
"Iet him wait" said Leila, II will call
him presently" and then turning to me,
she continues: THAT is a fortunate in
terruutinn. IL rami nda me of one item |