The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-09-11

than Mrs. Potter. II Miss De Wolfe had
become professional she might have sue
ceeded III good stock company playing
minor parts, but having neither the beauty
nor audacity of her co-laborer, she GER
tainly would not have become star.
The number of coaches about here make
the learning how to get upon one with
grace question of importance, and every
girl who has not a small foot educates her.
self 10 hide the size of the one she really
does possess by graceful disposition of
her draperies. The very full skirts are
given rather the cold shoulder for the
women of Lenox evidently think, as does
Monsieur Worth, that their general as
sumption, would reduce ladies and
chambermaids to the same level" No
one can claim that there is much variety
in plain, full skirt, though touch may
be given it by the border about the bot
tom, or the arrangement of the girdle.
However, fet women do not look well
in them, and they cannot be
said to make round the angles of
the thin ones. The only women who can
wear them successfully are those who are
medium in size and in amount of flesh
Just fancy short woman, who weighs
175 pounds, arrayed in an accordion skirt
and full, round baby bodice, with belt
and buckle She looks like q silk meal-bag
with a string tied too near the middle
Equally ridiculous is great, tall girl,
whose bones are covered with skin rather
than flesh, in a scanty, plain skirt and an
Empire coat with long tails. She looks
exactly like an umbrella with case on,
and whep she tops this off with an enor-
nous hat you don't know whether she is
going 10 fancy ball as a mushroom, or
what her intentions are. But from her
appearance you are sure that, though they
are misplaced, they are honorable.
How ought these two women 10 dress ?
This way. The stout one should have n
skirt that in some parts describes long
lines, light straight plated panels, or soft
draperies, but slightly looped. Then IL
seems as II the size was as much due 10
the skirt as 20 herself, and there are no
lines encircling her like the bands about
barrel. Her basque should be after
Worth's latest devico-a tolerably long
position In the back with n rich fringe
trimming, and IL should be drapod little
across tho front, but with It's trimming
running down rather than across. A
jabot OF black lace Is permissible, and n
black lace irill may be the neck finish, but
II you care anything for your appearance
and have full, round, plump neck, don't
look as II you were trying 20 choke your.
self by wearing string OF beads.
The slender woman may have tho plain
skirt but there must be plenty OF material
In II, and the border about the edge, whilo
II may bo deep, must have u broadening
rather than narrowing effect. She can
put on tho round fall bodice and n great
wide girdlo. but from under tho grdle
and down on the skirt must fall two broad
ends OF ribbon, 30 that the flat look 70.
aulting from no reeds and no hustle In
done away with. Stout or thin women
look best In long wraps, for In ono 10 hides
the bones, and In the othor u gives length
and concoala tho rayages Of flesh. / say
the rayngos of flesh and moan II, for 10 Is
what tho American women OF to-day are
grieving over.
Here, whore women live we'll and easily,
where worries are not many and where
life In a continual question OF "what pleas
IRE comes next there are more stout
women women who are unbecomingly
stout nj thirty-hve--than have ever seen.
They lack the wisdom OF the English wo.
man In dressing this flesh. II IL true that
In the daytime she will wear red and she
does look as she drives out as II she lived
for her dinner and nothing else, but when
that dinner time comes she knows how 10
robe herself for IL. She knows that tulles
and soft crepes and muslins are out OF her
province, ami she puts on instead the
stately silk, or velvet with it's long train,
her most gorgeous jewels, and the flesh
that in the daytime made her almost O
monstrosity, in the evening makes heI
majestic. The American woman clings 10
her white tulles, her many colored silk
muslins, and / am sorry TO say, too often
forgets that dancing and the l75 pounds
are not in harmony and that perspiring
beauty is not particularly refined look.
ing object.
One talks of dress, because here il is
much discussed as a fine art, and in time
the robing o. he fat woman will reach
that degree. One talks of books and
wonders why it is that the men who write
good English cannot write good stories
and then somebody means that Saltus
last book is ''nastily realistic" and then
somebody else suggests as an antidote that
they 60 in town and see Sothern, as il
Sothern were healthy enough 10 be an an,
tidote against Saltus. This even strikes
troop OF girls as being amusing and has
such an effect on them that luncheon al
an antidote for hunger is spoken Oft il
proposed, accepted and the whole gossip
ing group adjourn. And with them goe!
Bah.