Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
the Russians, she has voice as rasping to
the ear as a saw in the hands Of tiler.

the Russians, she has voice as rasping to
the ear as a saw in the hands Of fler.
STUNNING COSTUMES.
Last Sunday was an absolutely perfect
day. White, cottony clouds foated tran
gully over sky of purest blue, and the
whole city was in broad smile under the
flashing yellow of the April sun. That sun
meant much to New York. It meant q
great day for the people. Fifth avenue
never looked more gorgeous when the
churches let out their crowds at 1890.
What pageant it was, to be sure, and
nothing to pay for it. Girls all over the
sidewalk, marching and counter-marching,
and caught on each tack by men Of every
degree of elegance. There was one costume,
a startler, on a slender girl, girl whom
the French would call "mince." 1t was of
a green as tender as young grass. 1t wa
composed of rich and soft silk. and the un-
derskirt was vertically and broadly striped
in a rougher but not less elegant material,
The girl had poise of chin and stateli-
ness In her walk which proclaimed her of
the most serene order of thoroughbreds.
There is no mistaking these girls who
"know it all" The shyness Of the doubter
is not in them, and is kupplanted by a con-
seriousness of indisputabl supremity, the
graceful serenity of being correct Another
one of these was in the ecstatic stylishness
of Partisan mourning, and supplied an ar
tistic realization of Night caught in the
passionate embrace of Day.
Upon another young woman there was
costume in tint and softneSs as delicate as
doves breast, and the girls pink face
suggesting rose leaves on cream, beamed
divinely from under a crown of golden hair,
and love of a bonnet made of gray gauze
almost as flmy as cobweb. Two girls
who are not English but would like to be,
wore golden brown gowns with lace collars
turned over 10 their shoulders. Flat-heeled
shoes, canary-colored sailor hats, worn on
the back of the head, and tightly-rolled
green umbrellas used as walking sticks,
were peculiarities that these two promenad-
ers seemed satisfied with. At 1:30 the
swells began to surge homeward. At p the
avenue was practically deserted. At it
was swarming with the canaille. This ele-
ment was certainly more crudely ornamental
than those that had gone, yet the same sun
gladdened the scene, aud seemed as well
pleased to shine upon the woolen gowns
from Grand street as it had been when the
air bloomed with the finest importations
from Paris.
LIVING STREET MODELS.
Two young women attracted more atten-
ton on Fourteenth street yesterday after
noon than is usually given to anybody in
that brilliant and crowded thoroughfare.
Their actions were not responsible for this
interest. Neither was their beauty, for one
of the pair was decidedly plain as to her
face, and the other would not have won
prize even at the most lenient of beauty
shows. The attraction was entirely due to
their perfect forms and the startling manner
in which they were clothed. They were
what is known in common parlance 'of
medium height" Their shoulders were not
too wide nor too slender. Their waists
tapered exquisitely to point that might
have been eneompassed by two masculine
hands, and their rounded hips were marvels
of natural perfection. Old men and young
men stopped and looked after them. FASH
iouably dressed ladies forsook the attrac-
tions of the show windows to gaze after
them, and their march from Sixth avenue
to Broadway was q triumph OF feminine
art
Their cloakless gowns fitted like gliding on
a picture frame. They did not have a
wrinkle. A contortionist's tights could not
have been smoother. The sleeves from the
elbow to the shoulder were made of velvet
and were puffed out in ACCORDION creases to /
twice the size of the natural arm. Both
suits were made in the same style, differing
only in the material and shade of color.
While / was standing in the door Of
well-known modiste's establishment on
Fifth avenue an hour later, saw them pass
again and called attention to their presence.
"They created furore on Fourteenth
street." l observed.
mo wonder" replied the dressmaker
'That is what they were intended to do.
Those suits did not cost them cent. They
are being paid for to-day. I mean simply
this: One Of them is an artists model. The
other is employed to show off the cloaks in
a Sixth avenue house. Those dresses were
made for them in the latest Partisan style
simply to show off their forms and attract
public attention to their designers.
"But how can any person know where
they are NADER"
EASY enough. They go into the store |
dozen times during the afternoon and the |
proprietor takes care TO have it known |
where the gowns came from. Then some
times they come in other stores, and in the |
of customers and under pretense of |
giving an order, let it be known where they |
bought their suits. They we're here yester- |
day. It's good scheme, but it's costly, and
[ think that for one can get along without |
circus methods to advertise my |
business CLARA BELLE.