Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-15

This peculiar corner OF photography Is con-
trolled by one man, and ne has flooded the
market with hundreds OF beautiful charac-
teristic hands. Usually they belong to pri-
vate individuals who remain profoundly
incog. We may be sdrniring the hand of our
''sister, cousin or aunt," Of a society belle, or
of the pretty young person who sells US mus
lin over a counter. But isn't a beautiful
hand worth a special photograph. 1t has
been called ''the second face" A woman s
dimpled hand is tae loveliest thing in the
world.
This particular photograph st which am
now looking shows half an inch Of snowy
cuff, round doway wrist, and the delicate
fingers encircle glass of wine held lightly
up. No doubt you know the picture I refer
to, it has been SO extensively sold. See the
soft shadows over the articulations OF the
fingers which taper TO their e1trenlities, the
dimples above the knuckles, the little hicks
in the wrist Haven't you seen just such a
hand and longed to hold it7
The woman whose hand is large, bony, or
heavily veined may comfort herself with the
Thought that dimplss do not suggest capabil-
ity Tor manual work, nor character, nor Ell
| dursnce as her own does She of the dimpled
haIsd is rarely strong minded and apt to be
more or less a creature of impulse; but
don't believe shed change her pretty, pre-
sumably useless paw for one more strongly
| characteristic. With such a hand to play an
| instrument, wave q ian, or by it's soft, mys-
terious pressure charm away headache she
cannot say Nature has forgotten to be kind.
! Eleven o'clock! Broadway was brilliant as
! daylight under the electric lights. There was
/ a tangle Of cabs at the curb, scurrying of
! masked figures into a wide, lighted doorway
! and crash of distaut music.
/ This was my first impression of one of the
most rapid of etropolitan balls really
went in search of new impressions, as a stu
dent of the streets who learns more from life
| than books, for l had heard the great bal
! masque whispered Of, hinred at, had seen
people shrug their shoulders and lift their
eyebrows whenever it was discussed. Be
sides, why should not l, being a woman with
good deal of that inherent commodity which
spoiled the future of our first mother, see fer
myself il only for once? So | went
The band was playing one of Waldteufels
dreamy watzes as we passed into world Of
light, warmth and color, with such an abund-
ance Of cut flowers hanging over the edges OF
the boxes and fading on the hare shoulders
Of pretty women that the place smeIed like
q a
poured downward from the highest gallery
| through a haze of dust and gaslight, how
shall describe it, There was something hl-
man in the pealing of the vioiins, and the
throb of a hundred heavier instruments was
like the heating of an oyercharged heart and
. filed one with rapture.
It was new sensation 70 look around at
the floor thronged with masters, and at the
- Il -. @I,
women were in pale tinted evening gowns
with small nose masks. A sprinSling wore
complete disguise. consisting Of black domino,
hood and mask, like myself Chh- acteristic
costumes were few.
found it TO be ball Of unlimited cham
pagne, ladies' first names, bare shoulders,
treSses of loosened hair and slang; vhirl
pool of music, flowers, laughter, tipsiness
As the night progressed the dancing grew
wilder. aud unsteady couples crashed against
each other with loud exclamations; the sound
of broken glasses was oft recurring, and
women screaming with laughter hung heavily
on their companions arms
Maybe you are wondering IL nv sensi0ili-
ties were shocked at every turni Not 80
much as they would have been II had not
come wrapped IN an invisible armor, pre-
pared 20 be shocked. But III tell Tou of a
couple Of incidents I couldn't forget.
As I stood in one Of the corridors rocking
down a. the dancers, a young woman came
toward me Sue EHs very much intoxicated
Probably from a perveYSe spirit Of humor
she had adopted tie character tsast suitable
e her. f0r she was dressed as an angel
could not iauEa a. her, although she trIpPsd
on her gauzv draperv with every step while
her broken Wings knocked diS>o1SolatsiE
against each other. Sae kept mp a running
commentary with dozen base cizo men who
lounged after her and surrounded her when
she sat lowe
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she wore To mas Al, Z you could have
seen her face. ne mss Of straight, silky,
bro1ze hair. snoota foTsaAad; soft, coiorful
eyes and her smiling. baovish mouth, yog
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