Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-18

tips and finishing of the vanished black
leather. The dun-su surfaced OOze caif-skin
is made up in dark brown or black shoes,
and has soft, luxurious appearance. Tan
or gray stockings are worn to match shoes.
but black stockings are worn with any
shoes. whether white, black tan or gray.
But for the promenade ladies are corr ectly
providing themselves with black shoes in
the various current styles.
will take the reader along for a call
which actually made on a New York
woman OF social prominence. A pretty
maid answered the door, showed me into
draWmg-rOOm that was as melancholy in its
gloom as Juliet's tomb ami, after an alb
sence OF forty minutes, that filed my
thoughts with the dismal grandeur Of the
place. returned with madame com pIiments
ana q desire 70 see me IN ner room fol-
lowed the almOn- checked maiden. falling
rather than Walking upstairs in order to
dodge the grim ugl1neSS OF the hRrp1ess
furies, dragons and genif pictured along the
wall. From Che inches in the upper hall
way the fragrance o. Burning lOsS-StickS
sWeetened the air, and on console brackets
were carelessly placed scent-bOttles tan
photographs of famous men and women.
and an enameled hand-giass for
the dimly lighted boudoir. with It's
canopied diyan and soft hangings OF
mandarin silk. and into chamber sump-
for a queen. The afternoon was scarcely
half gone. but the curtains were drawn
about the windows ana a burning lamp Of
3 rnet and carved bronze and a chancsl-
lantern that hung in a corner just above q
Moorish screen threw from their crystals
of amethyst, ruby and carbuRcle those
glorious c0lors that fancy paints about the
heads of hallOWed saints. In brass
bound bedstead, with a canopy of old pink,
firing with silver, lay madame. the most
captivating creature ] had ever seen In my
life either in a ball room, prOscenium box
or amphitheat6F. She wore night frOck !
Of fine white cambria, cut decOlIete with
sleeves of narrow huted lace that reached
to her elbows without covering them. Halt I
Wa7 above her wrists she wore q pair of
narrow gold bands aad two or three iewsled /
pins held the lace frils together in her /
hImy. dreamy co sage In one hand was /
of its wed as the one that ruined the 4
OtheIIo family and in the other was q shell l
fan Of matchless beauty. On the pillow I
supporting her head was Il smaller one filed I
" tn balsam an orrIs powder, and the /
mingled sweetness that came and went 1
gave me the sensation Of mOmentary gid l
diness. 1t OVerpOWeFed my senses, made /
my brain reel. and made me bite my lips TO 1
keep from sWOontng away In the other /
pillow was the o'clock mail containing /
perhaps sixty Iette-s. Over the counter
pane was spread white quilt OF Chinese /
silk finished with border Of rich en-
brOidery and trimmed on two sides with
deep-knottsd inge. The drapery was I
lovely snouz III IN texture and yOrknlans hip I
for a belle or a bride. Madame gave to me 1
her soft little hand In greeting, and babe .
me be- seated In the chair beside her beds 1
but the purpose Of my visit was gone. and I
all ] could do was TO sit and gaze enrep-
tured and eBamoTed by this mGtchIzss
queen OF commerce