New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-21
NEW YORK WOMEN.
WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

New York letter TO The Argonau
The stranger especially if he he Western stranger,
simplicity Of vomcas dress, the other tla the men
arr. 30 superior in Iool, to tie girls western man
bin.. he had noticed in York and that in most
of the Wcst-c~pecially the Pacihc SIope- ue ~ohrn
New. York for every pretty girl you saw. You met
dozen -pendid-loolnG fellows, athletic Intelligent ana
There /, no doubt about tin the last ten years the
New York type has undergone radical 'laHEe % o.
suit an old inhabitant If YOU want t. vory ms we
used to be Just like any other American city. bed up
with pretty and sadly deficient in good looking
sacrificed a great deal Of her beauty for the higher
development OF that cold elegance. that Trproachnle
sly he which distinguishes her from any other WOMAN
gone on improving Each generation has given up
LITTLE more tine To athletics, TO freedom from that
terrible bu,inc,, strain which made their progenltoIs
old before their me pale a. plants grown III ce"f
wcedy and iDreless.
Tle,e men you see at the horse show mag
nGccnt looa"g lot. They have lost the pInched ana
Americans were always I'LL and they nave Ie'alNeu ut'
?Dpoarucn Of intellectually. Of incWcpt. 81 thoHsht
iH.'~, Vhrh married. them with crrtah n,'I.,,. o
i"'f; air which spoil, &, many good looldng Hnion'
~ lcga zee nd Eeat cSs. The e no NOR o spl u
Oh, 10 their dressing than the women mere wa, loe
ore ducc the,c the seem, 10 have dcd-and there
were very f." anGlomaHlacN There were no cNa-ScI-
alton, IN style. such used 10 bc - common no
undulT aggressive bell crowned or Alpine hats no
happmgN vide or surprisingly narrow trousers, ne
@ac Gse~on Of angloman snyiving from the Gld
one and all Of these naughty six oocrS FOR most OF
them six footHr turned mp their trousers round
n anle, no ml"r what WI, the state Of The weather
winter.
The women. who We're the fowNr Of the -Four Hun
irrd ar. getting to have a mingled look Of French
ana Ea-Ii women. which, if you remember. i, what
ono or other ~aid American women really are.
They have the calm and superb Indifference and re
pose 4 their English sister, and III" decacy and ex
qus'tc trmuc-, Of The French They are all wonder
lu.ly fine I'm their finish they have a suggestion If
mingled completeness, and decacy which makes them
perfect .n detail IL q line engraving. And they one
would maj" them striking 4 they were dressed in rag,
y, for clohe-. YOU have never seen anything simpler
tls,n their costume, The word just IS every
Ting a. neat a., quietly rch and a m'onspcuous as
p'sihe. But oh. my how that simplicity does cost /!
tho intimate friend q a woman to know that the,c
chilly aud soOery Earbed creatures. looking demurc
number Of hundred dollar bill to achieve that ngulary
iucon-pc nous air The drc~~es all are slim and mar
ro~ ard dark; tailor made. and very close
rtlHs some II them have little far about
them, coming ont round the edges ia n4rrcw rims.
Their are small close hai, citing tight round their
head some punched up lu n" back with hr>'lc Of
bird wing others end snug on tie smooth drawn.
lr,-y n'ir They wear thin wells over their cream
oompi. Mons. gene els no bang a. all, Al Odd curl
or rDu. end Of hair th".r tempt and long. com
terribly sensible low Hat heels, Judging by these
i"''' i' r,r who zen y'arS ago wore lumber three
shoe viii =" d1N wear number five. NOu rarely
now thc lurncstma feet which have - get chil-
tr'n's >le- They went ont with sopng shoulders
AMI ,e. p waists
All these women have -he most ricidIy erect car
riac,-th' shoulders squared and held well back tho
cl uu 90, haco perfectly fiat aud ,;f. and the hands
Ersand. where the ~ ,tif and straight
BILLIARD cue, y "a not PARTICULARS graceful bur il is
Tho oy t,in about it {, That e Is unbcudng They
r.,ar lounge or l,ll nc.lccntv You SEQ one Of Them
sitting mp a. Il she we're built on poker. and YOU
c,tn.' u1rin" lcr 600 other attitude. lou picture
erect Il -" lad booked al Nelu-a and been turned
wharc thor. con 30 no question about the good looks
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