Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
GIRLS IN KNICKERBoCKERs.

Fair Femininity Insists on Wearing Its
Brothers' CIothes-Mrs. Brown Invites
the Gay Young Social World to Her
House-Paragraphs Mentioning Many
People.
Ever since Eve put women into subjec-
tfen and petticoats they have been kicking.
Some of their kicks the world has heard Of,
such as Miss Joan of Arc, who insisted upon
being Mr.. Joan of Arc and wearing the
trousers, which women think are the materi-
ailzed form of a mans privileges. Several
OF these cases the world knows Of and others
IL suspects. 1t knows very well, though
OF course it doesn't introduce the subject,
when drinking cup of tea with Mercury or
venus, or any OF their sister planets, that girls
often dress in their brothers clothes. In
the ninteenth century to dress in ones
Drotner's clothes is to be a dress reformer
anu where Maiden Auntie used to "pooh,
pooh" and blush in her 6x4 handkerchief,
she now seeks the privacy OF her maiden
apartments and revels in the freedom Of
she calls them knickerbockers. Eva is Eve
nineteenth centuryfied, is up to date, and
has all the modern improvements. She, of
course, added the wearing OF trousers to
the repertoire of her fads, and when
called the other morning she told me all
about it. Ellis mistress was in," said the
lackey, with smile made up of the recol-
lection of past tips and the anticipation of
tips to come
My DEAR" said Eva, rushing up until the
scent OF the white lilac upon me mingled
with that of the violet upon her. IL was
just thinking about YOU Eva has such an
orderly way of thinking), "and want to tell
you something-How do you like my dress?"
A Lovely Girl in Pretty Gown.
Eva was gowned very becomingly. She
knew the trick. just learnt by us women the
other day of expending all the dressmaker's s
art upon the skirt, and letting the bodice
take care of itself. The lines of beauty below
the waist revealed themselves equally in
action or repose, and Eva was just such n
sentient being as the correct costumer
loves to turn out. An edge of fur
round the skirt rested bewitchingly
in ps o osr Ky sh1es ths
poet talked about. A dainty pink silk
blouse waist, that fell low at the throat
though slightly bound in by linen collar
completed the toilet. Linen cuffs stood
out from the wrist and showed a
warm, rounded arm. Eva had lost her hair,
either by love or fever, and it had come in,
with every hair having contrary" opin-
ion of its own.
"Now," said this charming young damsel,
"rest you my love and drink cup of choco-
late; I'll be with you in a minute" "Halloo,"
where did Eva get the new buttons! and
withr'
The.new buttons was crossing the drawing
room. Such a buttons! Such boy! "What
card for Eva; all her girl friends will die
to visit her often, and how that boy will be
made love to-" thought as be came nearer.
He was arrayed in the richest of coffee
brown plush knickerbockers embroidered
up the sides with bright colored silks and
finished at the knees with bows of ribbons.
Brown silk stockings continued from there
down, and were finished with daintily-made
shoes that somehow looked a bit effeminate.
Travelling up again there was an exceed
ingly girlish waist of plush silk and finished
with white linen cuffs and collars and
brown velvet toque crowning a mass Of
shades of our grandmothers, it was Eva's
self.
crossing her knees, as though she had done
so from time immemorial, don't get hyster-
ical.
Pretty Eva Explains Herself
You see, dearest, I always liked boys
clothes and came to the conclusion some
time ago that there was no reason why I
shouldn't enjoy myself by myself in the
way myself most enjoyed If the Lord had
intended rs to be dressed in one piece as we
have been enormously ever since
the creation he wouldn't have made us in
two pieces-don't you see. 1 read loaf,
receive my girl friends, live in the bosom
knickerbockers, and when somebody comes
in whom / don't know or whom 1 don't
trust that skirt you saw is put on in an in
stant. and am once more "cabined, ,cribbed,
But Eva" said I, weakly, "what about
"Good gracious" she screamed, there is
Let get oh out of hsre 6eiore ne
that he should know about this"-and out
dashed the pretty boy. coming back
almost instantly. arrayed in the becoming
privacy of her skirts and with no traces of
the late outburst, except a lovely, guilty
blush upon her cheeks. Harry vas snnoun-
ced Immediately. As Eva sat down she
tip Poor Harry never guessed what a rev.
olution that little skirt concealed. Feeling
was in the third person, plural number,
objective case, governed by the imperative
necessity of the hour, said adieu.
Mrs. JOSEPH STOCKTON BROWN gave a
dance last night for her niece, Miss Maidie
one of the seasons pretty debu-
tantes, at the same time making Miss Clara
Childs. another lovely young bud, ,conjointly
with her niece, guest of honor. Mrs. Brown
received with the Two yonng ladies. The
parlors on one side of the hall of the old
house on Stockton avenue were
crashed for dancing, and those
across from them used as dining
decorated with ferns and flowers, and
the whole lower part of the
house at intervals were artistic groups of
plants. The hostess wore lavender and
white lace, and the two young ladies we're in
girlish dresses of white silk and chiffon
ruffies. Miss Siebeneck, who is the eldest
daughter of j. G. Siebeneck, Esq, is q tall girl
Of graceful carriage, pronounced brunette
Miss Childs, who is the daughter of Mrs.
Albert H. Childs, accompanied Mrs. Brown
upon her European travels last summer;
Mrs. Brown is warmly attached to her. In
were only sent out to those of the
younger set; more especially the seasons
Many regrets we're received
owing to the recent bereavements in the
Chalfant and Laughlin connections. Among
the guests were Miss Maidie Forsyth, the
Misses Hussey, Misses Amelia, Rebecca and
Nora Oliver, Miss Pugesiev, Miss Daisy
Brown, Miss Sallie Kennedy, Miss Julia
Watson, Miss Stella Hays, Miss Sem
Pile and Miss Jordan. Miss Lyon,
Mr. AgassiZ, Mr.. Frederick X. Albree
Mr. Augustus Burgwin, Mr. Charles Brown,
Mr. Frank Guthrie, Norman and Walter Nc
Mr.. Tom. Jones, Mr.. Samuel Moor
head, MI. Harry Oliver, Mr.. John Oliver. Mr..
Mr.. William Robinson, Mr.. William
Singer, nv j. d. Lyon, Mr; Henry Graham
Brown Mr.. Augustus Phillips, Mr.. Bowman
AMONG the guests at the cotillion at the
Linden Club on Monday evening were: Mr..
W. A. Magee, Mr.. and Mrs. William N. Frew,