The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-04-19
GENTlLITYS CARRIAGE.
The Latest Tads In Traps and Liyeries for
80 Wsll-to-Do People.

The Latest Tads In Traps and Liyeries for
30 c WelI-to-D DO People.
The people who ride In chaises, and
who have plenty Of money 10 keep the
right sort OF trap. have become con-
scious that the rcd and black. green
and gold and black and yellow that
have formerly been the cOlOrs liked for
carriages arc superannuated, and must
give way 10 "A blue that |. not deeply,
darkly beautiful" but very decidedly
light. That the silver mountings are
no longer correct, and that wherever a
pice OF metal Is put IL must be brass.
The fashionable brougham (neyer make
mistake and pronounce IL any thing
else but as II 1t were spelled "broom'D }
looks very much like an idealized sedan
chair The great glass window that
used 10 be In front, as well as the some-
what large ones at the sides, have been
succeeded by very small ones. and the
brougham itself is much higher than
before, thus permitting my lady 10
drive in absolute seclu5iOn, for, once
she leans back, no inquisitiye passor-
by can see who the occupant Is. The
satln-lincd coach OF our grandiath-
ers is decidedly bad form, and
nothing but leather obtains and
makes the inside OF "A travelling resi-
dence look like "A bonbonniere. The
handsomest trap Of the day-it belongs
TO the Baroness Blanc-i5 Of the favor
ito blue shade. the received shape, lin
cd with leather, and having daintily
placed in it box for the hand-glass,
an ebony case for visiting cards, crys-
tai clock so that one may time just how
long one may stay even at the most fas-
cinating tea. while the horses are a
very light chestnut, closely clipped and
kept in wondrous order. The harness
Is brass mounted and has brass chains,
but they are pulled so tight they do not
do that most vulgar OF all things
jangle, The flank covers arc OF leath-
or, with the monogram and n crest in
brass upon them, while tho coachman
and footman have bluooliveries with
brass buttons showing similar decora-
tion.
The etiquette OF liyerics is most care
fully considered, and "a smart tailor h 10
told mo the latest, which is worn, by
tho by. on this blue brougham. Tho
men will wear their brceches, white
tops and white gloves; the top coats, Of
course, hide the rest Of their get-up. 50
that it is necessary for them TO be very
erect; they are double-breasted,
have velvet cuffs, and the footman's
coat is not only much longer than that
worn by the coachman, but il has no
pockct-laps, which arc omitted to make
him look taller Eighteen buttons are
rcqtired to each coat, sixteen being
down the front and two at tho back.
Only on very cold days are the furs
permissible, but then they should be OF
black bearskin, the capes having very
high collars, while the rug must be
sufficiently large TO cover the men very
well. a skilled footman can manage
the furs TO perfection, and does not
need TO make the people who are driv-
ing feel that household is being
turned upside down every time he opens
the door and arrange for them to got
out. The folly OF cockades on servants
hats stamps itself as the result not only
Of folly, but of ignorance; the cockadc
is permitted TO those holding commits
sions in the army and navy, to Minis
ters of State, and, OF course, TO the
Presidents but on anybody clse's turn
out it suggests ignorance and pretense
combined. A big single horse may be
driven in n brougham, but my lady will
insist upon having two men on the box,
and after all one can not blame her for
this. as pleasing rccollections of
watches and purses stolen from car
riages when no footmen were about
has made either their existence ne
necessity, or the great truth that
woman is always careless needs to be
told a few more times every day. Cor
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.