St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-29

wv nina ion to
w have things
" just right. Her
~ fancy at pres
ent is for the bodice without seams, eX-
cepting, of course, those under the
arms. and the material has to be almost
moulded to her, unless, indeed, she is
statuesque in her outlines. And to
gain properly-ftted bodice of this sort
she will endure standing for hours at a
time, and feel that she has her reward
when man friend pronounces her ap-
pearance CONNIE il fault.
If French woman is Informed that
| the Duchesse dUZeS or PrinceSSe de
Sagan has had a costume like this, and
| that they stood without complaint
while they were pinned ana basted,
| then she feels that she has made sue
cess. These two women, more than any
others in society, set the stamp on spe-
cial fashions, and each is as eccentric
as possible. The Duchesse d'UZes is
| said to be direct descendant OF Louis
| XIV, and Madame de Montespan,
| and this may account for some
| of her eccentricities. She is devoted to
hunting, and is said to possess the finest
| pack of stag hounds in France, While 1t
| is announced that she can drive four
| finland with as much art as any man.
Princesse de Sagan is little different,
| being essentially a woman OF the world,
| and what is more, most charming
hostess. Her costumes are the delight
| of Paris. for, when she is driving, the
smallest shopkeeper, out for holiday,
| feels personal pride in her and her ap-
pearance that is as odd as it is admlra-
BILE.
The French women, more than any
others in the world, know how to dress,
| to drive and to make themselves things
| of most exquisite beauty. Tile rage for
heliotrope still continues. and conse-
quently madame, out for the purpose OF
seeing and being seen, is gowned in
velvet and wool combination of this eX-
quisite shade, has silk stockings
and low shoes to match, her
| gloves are of the same pale color,
and on her head is crown
less bennett formed of heliotrope and
crepe, and with jet crescent standing
above knot of the crepe just in front.
Her paraSol is formed of frills OF hello
trope crepe, and the fan ID her lap IS
sheer one of beliotrope gauZe with
sticks of amber. 1t is just such sym
phony in costume as is only seen IN
Paris, and only worn perfectly by
French woman. Although hundreds OF
eyes are looking at her. she is utterly
and absolutely unconscious. Her
bow to an acquaintance just passing
means the giving p smile, which IN
itself is perfect salutation. Do
you suppose that madame has paid for
that frock what an American would?
Certainly not. And in getting every
adjunct to it not only the color, but the
cost has been carefully considered. The
French woman is the queen of finan-
ciers, and, though she may love dress.
| she does not commit the frightful
eXtravaganceS which are credited to
her. Those she leaves to the members
of the demi-monde-those ladies OF
whose existence she is always beautl-
fully Ignorant. except when She is dis
cnssing their gowns with her most in
innate friends.
could always sympathize with the
woman who sold her shoes that she
| might buy French bonnet. for it you
| have ever had any doubt Oh the subject
| before. you know now that millinerS are
| born and not made, and that they can
| only come from this country of sun
| shine. An English or an American bon
| net is too often overturned, but the
French ones seem to have been thought
out for you, and you begin to wonder if
the milliner had some sort of out
look into the future, knew you
were coming, and knew just
what you would want. Delightful
chapeaux of soft crepe, decorated with
flowers or jets of gold, are most in
vogue; typical one is OF pale yellow
crepe, without a crown, and just in
front is golden butterfly poised as If
for flight, and having eyes of tiny en-
eralds l never knew butterflies had
ewes before, at least. | didn't know just
where they carried them, and even now
don't know whether these are prop
erJy placed. The ties are of black vel
vet, and the bonnet is worn very far for
ward, so that little of the bang shows.
The French woman is the power in
France in the business as well as in the
social world. In the middle classes she
really directs how the money shall be
invested, she looks after the in and out
going of the francs, and she is always
deferentially treated by all the people
in her husbands employ. In the higher
classes she hears the secrets OF the
bourse, or of the ministry, and she
knows whose influence is worth gaining
to assist her husband in his schemes.
She usually obtains what she wishes
In the literary world she is queen. and,
differing in this from the English
woman of the same type, she is well
dressed and prides herself on being a
good hostess.
Among this set is the writer known
as "Gyp," really the Viscountess de
Martel, most charming and brilliant
woman, while Madame Edmond Adam
is so we'll known that one can say moth
ing 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 children, the condition of the poor
and the rights of the working people
all being discussed by them and theil
opinions expressed in the boldest way
Among them the younger Dumas is
specially praised, and when one thinks
of the plays he has written, those will
a motive. that are SO little appreciated
in the United States, the reason fol
their admiration is easily understood.
Americans? Yes. they are here
Some seeking social recognition, other:
seeking whom they may marry. 1t i: