Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-21
FASHION a HARD MISTRESS.


Like the Actresses on the stage.
'Yon may think il an easy thing
: be II fashionable girl" commented
one of them recently, but | can as
sure you II is "A greatness which has its
penalties. Fashion is memorable and
omniprsenL There is a rule for al
most every moment OF existence a Ia
node.
Take the afternoon drive, for in
stance. The fashionable girl conforms
constantly To accepted customs in such
exercise. Having taken her position
and adjusted her toilet with great care,
she lilts her ~parasol at the proper angle
and is driven off. This attitude OF
studied languor must not be disturbed.
4 is not good form 10 turn your head
or look aOoul you en- route. A runa.
way dashhng by your carriage would
hardly justify a look behind. Stlthy
stolid is the watch word Of polite so
ciety on wheels. and the fashionable
coachman ably aids and abets his mis-.
tress 10 preserve the correc. demeamor.
When she has driven enough a touch
OF her carriage bell signifies her desire
to return, ~whereupon the statue on the
box holds his whip straight up like a
musket and wheels his horses about
leveling the lash again when they
are headedhomeward.
And ofcourse there lisa fashionable
way to leave the carriage, You must
never lean forward. getting your head
out inst The properly trained wo-
man retains her seat till one foot Is
above the carriage step, then, slightly
rising, sinks her weight upon It and
glides easily and gracefully TO the
curb.
And besides the fixed laws" went
on the tailor made, there are q thou.
sand and one little ways TO do things,
from thrustine your gloves into youi
glass at dinner when you don't want
wine TO using your lorgnette with Just
the proper ease when you are not a bit
nearsighted, which change constantly.
The fashionable walk is different every
season. | can tell in a moment just
how much a girl is in the swim by
her gait. You remember the Alex.
andra limp Of a few seasons agoi
was not out then, but know my elder
sister had one Of her boot heels made
considerably higher than the other tc
give her the proper lop as she stepped
There is a varying and distinct fash
able intonation TO your voice. the way
you carry your muff, your parasol, OF
your umbrella, the tilt of the head in
recognizing an acquaintance-why ]
believe there is a fashionable way tc
sleep.
You wouldn't believe il, but this
and one pretty plump hand crept a lit
tie up the forearm Of its fellow,
hiding the tips of the tapering fingers
under the lace of the slightly flowing
sleeve. lust now is the swell way &C
hold your hands while talking, you
know, and they are ungloved. A littlt
while ago we clasped them loosely in
our laps a Ia Evangeline, and a LITTLE
before that il was swell TO finger one
button OF your corsage with the left
hand.
You would be surprised, too. at the
way these little caprices are started
Not lorg ago half the girls at tn,
opera were holding one hand, th'
right up TO their heads as if 10 shad,
theireyes, That came about ip thi
wise. A rich girl and quite a Leader
has a defective right hand. She wa!
injured when a child. Ungloved sh,
always keeps her hand out Of sight
out gloved the defect is not only hid
den, but rather heightens the slim,
pretty look, and she used To sit in hel
box al the opera with her hand on ex'
hibition up, lightly touching her fore
head. Other girls discovered and imi
tated her example, and soon il was {
widespread custom. Oh, we really arr
dr~eadfully absurd-but then we arr
fashionable.
"What is really exhausting, how
ever, is what | call the mental fash
ion. Such belong to the changeabl
ones, too. Fashionable knowledge i
quite unlike any other-don't smile
please-it is so spasmodic. Sometime
II is art that you have 10 know al
} about, orenough about to conceal you
ignorance; sometimes it is orchids
sometimes il is old bronzes; Away
something different You have ;
skim through the last novel; be up il
J every fresh collection of paintings ex
hibited. Oh, | tell you It Is fatiguing ;
keep up with the procession."-Ne '
} York Sun.