, 1889-02-28
LIE BEAU MONDE.
Good Reading by the Brightest OF
GOssips.

GOsSips.
Cousin Madge writes in London
Truth:
We have just come back from the
private view at the Grosvenor Gal
lery, where there was tremendous
crush and intense heat. 1t was in
tsrssting, however, because SO many
pretty faces were there, also few
good gowns. There were four very
tall women, all Of whom were hand
some, while three of them were we'll
dressed. One. splendid blonde, of
whom every susceptible man in En-
gland possesses photograph, was
in almond colored cloth, braided with
gold across the front of the bodice.
A short sealskin jacket was thrown
open, go that this braiding was visi-
bic. The small toque had touches
of scarlet in it. The complexion was
dazzling and the wine-colored eyes
brighter than ever. How do rome
women retain their youthful looks
so longf Another daughter of the
gods, scarcely out of her teens, with
lovely blonde coloring showed pair
of soft dark eyes, a contrast that is
always effective. 1t Is to this fact,
I believe, that we owe the pretty
fair hair of certain beautiful act"
ress of whom we wot. A third very
tall lady was garbed In green and
wore q string of pearls round her
neck. a curious circumstance for
which we found it difficult to ac-
coynt. Why pearls before dinner?
Even that unciviiized enchantress
Cleopatra kept hers till after that
important meal. have often Won
dered if that famous drink of hers
tasted OF oysters.
AMONG THE GOOD GOWNS.
Among the good gowns noticed
a very pretty gray silk, excruciating.
iy tight and trimmed with dull pas
sementerie in way that invited, or
rather commanded, attention to a
very long and fashionable waist. A
bright red gown was artisticRlly soft.
ened nesr the face by long boa OF
silver fox. A very graceful woman
wore silver gray cloth trimmed with
chinchilla aRd an Alsatian bow bon
net in cardinal ribbon. One of the
most refned-looking of our beauties
appeared in an uncommon looking
gown of black, with white and black
borderings, The Zouaye bodice show
cd beneath it a blouse in poppy
colored silk. Both Maud and 1 ad-
mired extremely a beaver.colored
dress, with lines of braiding in q
paler tone OF the same color; these
ran straight down the front, and
from the shoulders down the back as
well. The merest line of beaver ap.
peared at the inner edge of each,
and ali along the outer there was a
wide band of the fur. Green plush
and velvet are much in favor with
artists wives, daughters and sisters;
so are lank locks. suggestive of Meg
Merrilies.
REDINGoTEs AND DoWDINEss.
Long mantles arc worn by few
but Englishwomen never take very
kindly to these. They are cumbrous
and inconvenient, while they often
lack the valuble quality of smartness.
A long redinSote can be extremely
smart, but anything that is both long
and loose incliDes to doWdiness IN
less it is what the French call tres
bien porte, which it seldom is. A
Frenchwoman makes more of her
elbows, somehow, than our country
women do, and mantle that reaches
to the hem of the gown needs some
relief about the arms to make it look
a little different from what it would
be upon a dress stand in shop.
Cousin Madge turns another leaf
and goes on; The present fashionable
idea at balls OF an oyster bar is. ] be.