The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-20
"BAB" IN GAY PARIS.
HOW FRBNCHWOMsN DRESS-
WHAT THEY AIRS LIKE.

Chic of a French Bonne:-The
Frenchwomen in Business-HoW
Frenchmen Regard Women -Ameri-
can Husband Hunters in Paris
"Bab' Scores American Matchmak-
ing Mammas-In the Dressmakers'
5hops-Frencn Ignorance About
America-What American Women
Car Learn From Their Foreign sis
tiers.
THE GRAND HOTEL, PARIS, July "a
French Soman will suffer any torture if
only she can bs beautiful. A four hours
seancs at Partisan modiste, watching the
draping of bodice on a pretty woman. has
proved how great is the Frenchwomau's
patience and her determination to have
things just right. Her fancy at present is
for the bodice without seams, excepting, of
course, those under the arms, and the ma
terial has to be almost moulded TO her,
unless, indeed. she is statuesque in her out
lines. And to gain properly fitted bodice
of this sort she will endure standing for
hours at time and feel that she has her
reward when a MAJ friend pronounces her
appearance CONNIE IL fdut.
TWO LEADERS OF PARTISAN FASHIONS.
If a Frenchwoman is informed that the
Duchesse d. yes or Princesse de S lgan has
had costumes like this. aid that they stood
without a complaint while they we're pi med
and basted, then she feels that she has made
a success. These two worne /, more than
any others in society, sot the stamp on
special fashions, aud each is as eccentric as
possible The Duchesss dues is said to
be direct descendant of Louis NV. and
Madame de MonteSpan, and this may
account for some of her eccentricities. She
is devoted TO huntlny, aud is said to possess
the finest pack of stag hounds IN France,
while it Is announce that she can drive a
four-in-hand with as much art as any man.
Prncesse de Sagan is a little different be-
ing essentially woman of the world, aud,
what is more, a most charming hostess
Her costumes are the delight Of Paris. for
when she is out driving the smallest shop
keeper, out for holiday, feels a personal
pride in Ler and her appearance that is as
odd as it is admirable.
HOW FRENCHwoMEN DRESS.
The Frenchwomen, more than any others
in the world, know how to dress, to drive,
and to make themselves things of most ex-
Quisite beauty. The rage for hellOtrope
still continues, aud, consequently, madame,
out for tie purpose of seeing and being
seen, is gowned i'll a velvet aud wool com
binati N of this exquisite shade, has silk
stockings and low shoes to match. her
gloves are of the same pale color, and on
her head is a Gro wnleSs bonnet formed of
helotrope and crepe, and with a jet crescent
standing above a knot of the crepe Just in
front. Her parasol is for ned of frills of
heliotrope crepe, and the fan in her lap
is sheer one of heliotrope gauze
with sticks of amber. It is just
such a symphony in costume as is
only seen in Paris, and only worn perfectly
by q Frenchwoman. Although hundreds
of eyes are looking at her, she is utterly
and absolutely unconscious Her bow t. an
acquaintance just passing means the giving
q smile which in itself is a perfeco saluta-
ton. Do you suppose that madame has
paid for that frock what an American
woman would! Certainly not And in
getting every adjunct to it not only the
color but the cost has been carefully consid-
cred. The Frenchwoman is the queen of
financiers, and, though she may love dress,
she does not CO unit the frightful extrav-
agances which are credited to her. Those
sue leaves to the members of the demi
monde-those ladies of whose existence sne
is always beautifully ignorant, except when
she is discussing their gowns with her most
intimate friend
THE CHIC OF A FRENCH BONNET
| could always sympathize with the wo-
man WHO sold her shoes that she might buy
a Ere lch bonnet, for if you have ever had
any doubt Oh the subject before. you know
now that millners are born and not made,
and that they can only come from this
country of sunshine An English or an
American bonnet is too often overturned,
but the French one seems to have been
thought out for you and you begin to won
der if the milliner had some sort Of outlook
into the future. knew you were coming, and
knew just what you wOuli want. Delight
full chdpeduC of soft crepe. decorated with
flowers or jets or G Id, are most in vogue; a
typical one IS OF pnie yellow crepe, without
a crown, and just in front is a golden
butterfly poised as if for flight, and having
eyes of tiny emoralds. | never knew butter
flies had eyes before at least | didn't know
just where they carried them. and even now
| don't kno y whether these are properly
placed. The ties are of black velvet, and
the bonnet is worn very far forward, SO that
little of the bang shows.
THE FRENCHwoMEN IN BUSINESS.
The F.en ;hwomen is the powe: in France
in the business as we'll as in the social world :
in the middle classes she really directs how
the money shall be invested, she looks after
the in ami outgoing of the f'aucs, and she is
always defere TALLY treated by all the peo-
pie in her husbands employ In the higher
classes she hears the secrets OF the bourse,
Or OIL ING INDUSTRY, d III SIG KNOWS whose lu-
fluence is worth gaining to assist her hus-
band in his schemes. She usually obtains
what she wishes. In tne literary world she
is queen, and, differing in this from the
Englishwomal of the same typo, she is well
dressed aud IrIdes herself on being a good
hostess.
FRENCH WIELDERS OF THE PEN.
Among this set is the writer known as
"Gyp," really the Viscountess de Martel, a
most charming and brilliant woman, while
Madame Edmond Adam is SO we'll known
that one can say nothing of her except that
with the years she seems to have grown
younger and more attractive. French
women write about subjects seldom touched
by those of other nations; they give positive
opinions about vital questions of the day,
marriage, divorce, the education of chill
dren, the condition Of uhe poor, and the
rights OF the working people, all Icing dis
cussed by them and Their opinions expressed
i'll the boldest way. Among the younger
Dumas is specially praised, and when one
thinks of the plays he has written, those
with a motive, that are 50 little appreciated
in the United States the reason for their
admiration is easily understood.
HOW FRENCHMEN REGARD WOMEN.
The Frenchman is openly and honestly
proud of "the other wcman.h Where an
Englishman gloats over his horses, the
Frenchman does over his chere annie. That