Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-07
WAYS OF MODERN WOMEN
New York Life as Pictured
BY "Bab."
THE CARRIAGES OF MILLIONAIRES
Driving Outfit of the Women
of Fashion.
Feminine Locks Must Shine Like satin--
"Mr. wiikinson's widows"--Pen Pic
lures of the Man Who is a "Cad."


time when anything in the shape of a
carriage was gladly welcomed by a
woman-when TO drive in buggy, to
sit high up on dog cart, to be low in
q phaeton, to be shut up tight in q
brougham, or to feel like small pea in
a large pod in an enormous landau
gratitied every desire. But, bless you,
that won't do nowadays.
THE MODERN WOMAN ON WHEELS.
Madame now sits at home and pouts
on a clear, sunshiny day and will not 90
out In her victoria because it is swung
too low and hasn't the necessary thirty
two springs, which makes driving so
easy that it seems like being rocked in a
cradle. She declines to drive out on
rainy day because her brougham is too
high, the windows too large and the
color dull green instead of the fayoritc
bright blue. She prefers to walk rather
than go in an old-fashioned equipage.
The fashionable victoria is high, broad,
with number of springs, and should
have a pair of horses that contrast in
color, a grey and bay being given the
preference. No chains must Jingle, but
the harness must glitter from the amount
Of elbow grease given II, and the horses
must look as il they had satin skins.
The gloves of the coachman and foot
man must be carefully pipe-clayed, but
they must so thoroughly understand
how TO mix vinegar with the white that
it does not rub OFF on the carriage rugs,
or on the sleeves of my lady's coat if
she need to be helped out.
THE SMART CARRIAGE OF TO-DAY.
The smart brougham is Of rather
light blue, swung low, shaped like
sedan chair, and should have four panes
of glass in its tiny windows. | wonder
if you know what the bullying out at
the back means? II is revival of an
ancient custom. The long, narrow
place that comes just at the back of the
seat, and which shows from the outside,
was, in years gone by, used to hold the
pistols, the swords, or whatever weapons
il was thought would be necessary on
the road. Now, you know its not real
place in the brougham of to-day, though
in the past the cushion of the seat was
raised, lid lifted up, and there were
the instruments of warfare.
A woMAN's DRIVING BELONGINGS.
In her brougham my lady has every.
thing that she may need-hand- glass,
card-case, two or three bottles to hold
scents or salts, n tiny clock, a place for
the book that will amuse her while she
waits for something, and fan in case
she should be little warm. This Is her
carriage for cold or stormy DAYS. In the
sunshine, if she is not in victoria, she
S in a cabriolet. This carriage is fancied
by French women. II is swung higher
chan the victoria, lacks its breadth, has
very high back, and is usually lined
with a light cloth. In front il has
high dashboard such as is not seen on
the victoria. II forces one to sit up as if
an extra dose of ramrod tea had added
stiffness to ones back, and 1t may be
cited as carriage of caprice rather than
one of comfort. To drive oneself the
high curricle with its broad dashboard,
Its brass bar, Its clock strapped just in
the centre of the dashboard, and show
ing against the highly vanished leather
is fancied. So far, only a few have been
seen in the park, and these have been
driven by men, but undoubtedly they
Will become women's carriages when 1t
is known that one of the prettiest of
curricles is driven by the daughters of
the Prince of Wales, all of whom are
like their mother, very good whips.
CARRIAGES OF THE vANDERBILTs.
Mrs. William Vanderbilt drives in a
quiet, refined looking victoria, and so
does Mrs. Willie X. Vanderbilt; but
Mrs. Seward Webb. goes through the
park in huge landau that seems like
the one that Queen Victoria uses when
she wishes to delight the eyes of the
multitude. 1t is huge, it is awkward
looking, and it is pretentious. The sort
OF woman who is seen in such carriage
requires age, and the most positive
social recognition. If Mrs. August Bel
mont, Mrs. Aston or Mrs. William II. |
Vanderbilt were in such turnout il |
would be considered right and proper,
but when younger woman looks like a |
dotlet on the ii" in it, only laughter
and rldloule are provoked. Can't an
American woman have what she wantsp |
asks somebody, who is very patriotic.
Certainly. She can put on a Worth
trock and ride on an ash-cart if she likes
10, but just as certainly will she make |
herself ridiculous, and that no woman,
American or otherwise, can afford TO do. |
MORNING IN CENTRAL PARK.
In the early morning the park is filled
with riders and women who are driving
out with the little folk from the nursery,
and with the sunshine and the green |
framing, 1t looks somehow as if paradise |
had opened its gates, and. all the nice
little churubs had tumbled down. The
proudest woman is the young good
looking one, who can have four small |
people crowded into her due, and who
charges the footman in the rumble to
Keep an eye on them and see that none
OF them fall out, while she watches the
horses and sees that they behaved them
selves. The little people usually have
elong with them their own special pets;
ana dolls, kittens, and small and biz
dogs are noted as their chosen friends.
One wee bit of a girl, who goes out
every morning with her proud mamma,
has white kitten, dressed in a long
white slip, which wears pink sunbon-
net tied under its chin. 1t sits in her
lap in a most placid manner, and as the
long white skirts hide the four feet, it is
difficult to believe that it is not one
baby carrying another, In another
establishment where they rejoice in
triplets, two dogs, one fox terrier, the
other King Charles (and do not think
Tor minute that this not the TRUTH,
an A a tiny alligator in a glass box 90
out driving in the morning. And really,
] do think the proud possessor of the
alligator finds it less troublesome than
90 the owners of the dogs the fox ter
Iler having a never-ending desire to bite
the ears OF the King Charles. 1t is
most beautiful thing in the springtime
to see how thoroughly and entirely
babies are in fashion.
woMAN's HAIR MUST SHINE.
II doesn't make much difference
whether your locks are golden or brown.