Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-23

the 0tner "felians AZ the cluD where ne ana MS
chums congregate, as BERTHE vsnalstyns, in
"Henrietta," would say, just to ''sit."
TIE CONVERSATIONAL "YAD."
"To be chic in conversation IL an attribute
much admired" says Kate Catherwood, sin
either the man or the woman in society" A
generous sprinkling Of slang Is admissible
nowadays 70 enliven the small talk of the hour
and new phrase that is suggestive is welcomed
with positive delight But the latest, In the
soup" falls upon the ear with somewhat Of an
odd effect-though it is simply an elongated
form of the old popular and much-afused
left" The non-suited suitor, the annihilated
political candidate, the hindmost horse in a
race, the unfortunate investor in bank stock, OF
the faro kind especially; in fact, mishaps Of all
sorts are referred to technically as being "in
the SOUP" Possibly il arises from the fact
that most people under trying circumstances
are looked upon as being in hot water. The
expression passes of for a novelty, but 10
doubtless the same old-timey pickle" into
which our grandames used to get when they
flew of at a tangent or our grandsires fell into
occasionally when out on a lark.
There is a growing tendency toward the
introduction of a slight French or German
accent into common Capitalization now. Girls
who indulge in this craze" are called Amer
ico-foreigners." and sometimes they have to
hesitate to recall word of the poor old mother
tongue. The only trouble in the world with
this fad is that the owner is apt to forget
how to speak English as she is spoked," and
is not likely to think foreign as she il
thinked."
Chestnut" has been frozen completely out,
and the word dusty" which is almost as
meaningless, substituted. II you want to ex-
press admiration for anything, from a stylish
equipage to gilded hair-pin, you need only to
say: There is nothing dusty about that. !"
just how chestnut" was significant it ID hard
to say. There seems to be something quite
dusty" about this.
THE COMPLEXION ''FAp."
With the close of the outing season went the
brown. healthy complexion those girls acquired
who rus:icated in the country or lolled about
on the sands of the seashore. The stay-at-
homes had to have a color. too, and invented
the tennis skin" Nor did the fad" stop
there, the artistic sense of nature had to be
out done. II the hue of the hair could be changed
by chemical means-a fad" of long standing
and numerous devotees-why not the skin? We
read Of q Minneapolis artist who Is doing q
thriving business now by touching up skins to
order" He advertises freely, and his ads
read simply, Handy will paint your skin" and
this he does with great artistic skill to match a
certain tint or costume. 1t is no new fact that
some women, slaves to variety, chose to be and
appear as a brunette one night and a blonde
the next. The skill of the hair hairdresser
lends itself easily to this vagary, and the art of
the skin-colorer puts on the finishing touches
sS-WAas hlSAt We Cdlltu-tue plCtuEes
NUMEROUS OTHER "FADs."
There are "fads' innumerable--large" fads.
small ''fads" and ''fads" that have grown gray
in harness. The wearing of rings on the
thumb, which failed to fully materialize-the
fad" Of having live pets which domestlcate
themselves about the house and make life to
others a burden: the literary fad" which in
wolves strolling lazily about with a large cloth
bound book clasped in hand, never a word OF
which is read-the Derby fad" which i'm
parts severity to the face-and the hundred
and one Others which go to make up good
portion of the ultra society girls stock in trade.
Perhaps, after all, these feminine fancies COM
pose the poetry of life. and life would indeed
be dull did not a scrap of poetical sentiment
atty creep in between the prose paragraphs
here and there.
THE MEN ARE GIVEN TO IT, TOO.
Not all the fads in the catalogue are the out
come of women's whims-the men have theirs
as well-if not more so. Stroll along Pennsyl-
vania avenue afternoons, or up Connecticut
avenue Sunday, and watch them closely, or see
them standing about the theater and hotel
fronts. or cast an eye upon them as they leave
the play between acts-take them anywhere
you find them. and ascertain the proportion
upon whose backs you can chalk .'Fad-inquire
within" Men with ''fads" are as common as
trees; and later chapter will be given on the
..fads' of men