The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-03-23

ladies of the demi-monde who have bleached,
reddened, whitened, and blackened their hair,
in seeking for something new, concluded to
have one thick curling lock of snow-white hair !
just above their foreheads. The result is start |
ling-indeed, it is almost demoniacal. The |
young woman who first appeared with this |
satanic curl in New York is girl who never |
lets what she considers novelty pass her by, |
and the consequence is even the men who like |
her do not care to be seen with her, as her ap- |
pearance is so bizarre that they will select in
preference the more quietly dressed girl with |
whom to take walk or to ask to go to the theatre
or the opera About six months ago, when
making-up was greater novelty than it is now
this young woman had properly filled make
up box with the contents of which she made her
checks pink using hare's foot mounted on
silver, her eyebrows blacked with some creamy
stuff applied with small brush, her lashes
BACKED with tiny comb, while her veins were
made bluer than if the blood of Adam and Eve
did not run in them, with crayons of the correct
hue She was asked one night to a supper party
at Dels, and the man who gave it went to the
chaperone and said: II am sure you will quite
understand the spirit in which l speak, for |
really like Miss Folly, but as she is so remarlla-
bly, pretty Chats the nice way he put it) and
people tCiU stare at her so, can't you persuade
her to wear a dark, or at least quiet dress this
evening - The chaperone promised, and gave
to the host the glad news that Miss Folly would
wear all black, but when he saw her he wished
that he had asked her to wear red or flaming
yellow in preference. The black lace frock and
black lace hat brought out and intensified the
very red hair, the very pink cheeks, the very
blue veins, and the very black brows and lashes
so much that everybody in the theatre and at
Del's turned and stared at the young woman
who was dressed $50 quietly" in black
A LITTLE woNAN's IDEA OF COMFORT.
A small woman who had been educated in an
atmosphere of art went, not very long ago, to
tea given in very gorgeous house where thou
sands of dollars had been spent upon the fur
nishings When she came home she was
asked 'Wel didn't you think it was beauti-
full house ?" Primly the little maid answered,
''It may have been very beautiful, but it wasn't
comfy, for never saw single cushion, except
one with so much gold on it that it would have
scratched your face" The wee woman's idea
of comfort was appreciated by her own family,
and the listener could not but think that of the
making Of many pillows there was no end.
And best of all that they were really expected
to be of use to fill in corners of chair that it
| might be more comfortable; to put back of your
| head or for your shoulders to rest against, or,
| indeed wherever you wanted one.
| DcwNY PILLOWS FOR woMAN's HEAD.
Old-fashioned brocade is greatly liked for
| these comforts, and it is quite the thing for
| hostess to hold up some special pillow and an
nounce that it was made out of piece of her
-grandmother's petticoat Sometimes this
is true-much oftener it is an artistic fib. ORR
| entail silks in faint, dull shades make nice pill
lows, and so do the printed English ones. A
yellow pillow brightens up an entire establish
ment, and one filled with pine-needles should be
small enough to rest right under the face, sc
that the slumber-invoking perfume may be in,
hailed. But no pillow must be too elaborate fol
USE and none must be stuffed so hard that it is
suggestive of discomfort White satin pillows
with tiny sprigs embroidered upon them in con
ventonal fashion are liked, but the satin mus
not look too new, nor as if its owner had an,
desire whatever to let it exist with any othe
purpose in view than supporting weary back
or letting a tired head rest upon it. The pillow
fad is by no means a bad one, as it has mad
possible the sitting in chairs that were designe,
either for people that had ramrods in place o
, spinal columns or who could adapt themselve
to any shape as might a snake.
WHAT Is A NICE WOMAN?
: one who was charmed with what he said, an
paid very little attention to the things he did.
A nice woman is one who says good-mornin
with a smile and goodnight with blessing.
A nice woman is one who doesn't make yo
: suffer, at second hand. with her aches, nor e1
: pect you to think there is but doctor in til
, world, and that he is the one of her choice.
:, A nice woman is one who is evenly please
with the weather-that is, the temperature doe
q not affect her temper, and when the skies raj
water she does not shower tears and groa1
n everywhere.
a A nice woman is one who can eat what is 81
before her, wear the clothes she possesses, an
>, do both with amiability and without envy.
q A nice woman is one who sees the niceness
p you and me and all the rest of the world, and
n she oblitcrates faults she makes us try to 4
RI it too.
That's the nice woman. BAB.