The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-24
GOSSIP OF THE GIRLS.
Alice Conhdes 10 Dear Louise the
Goings On in Washington.

0Ott1S VII III EHdSntUuIOUs
My DEAR LOUISE: The spring season is
wearing away, and in week or so the great
hegira to the summer resorts or Europe will
be IN full tide. The only society event of any
magnitude during the week was the Country
Club tea. Next Wednesday will see the last
meeting of this kind for the season. There
have been many excursions to Mount Vernon
during the annual meeting of the Regents,
which always occurs at this time of the year.
The members of the Presidential house
hold are in the enjoyment OF the rest from
social duties which the papers are constantly
assuring US they so greatly need-poor vic
Tins And yet compare their mode of travel
now with what they had to endure four years
ago, and what they will have to put up with
in a couple Of years hence. When trip is in
contemplation by the White House family
how delightfully."- simple it is for them. No fuss
or bother of any kind, only numerous fam
lily stepping into comfortable carriages and
being whirled to the depot, where magnif-
cent train of cars with ''all the comforts of a
homen bears them on their journey. And
when once started none OF your slow stop
pages and weary waits, but swift progress In
the wake of pilot engine, every luxury at
their elbow, from the coup that cheers to
politicians wife wants to be Mrs. President.
What would George and Martha say II their
eyes were opened again and they could con-
template the royal progresses and gilt collect
ing expeditions of their successors? And, by
the way, we are promised a look at Mrs. Har-
risou's numerous and valuable souvenirs by
having them on exhibition at the National
Museum.
In some random reading 1 have lately In
dulged in ! was much astonished to find that
fl hr,h hnxy unC In
in the sixteenth century On the morning OF
the assassination Of the Duke of Guise, In 1888,
-Guizot relates that the Duke OF Guise went
early to the council chamber, and shortly
after "gave orders to his secretary, Pericard,
to go and fetch the silyer-gilt-shell he was in
the habit of carrying about him with damsons
or other conserves. Pericard passed hiebon-bon
box to him. The Duke took few plums from
it, and threw the rest on the table, saying, Gen
tlemen, who will have any p" Who shall say
there is anything new under the sun after
this?
Another curious piece of information |
cleaned the other day from an old book full
of complexion recipes was that ''patches on
the face, associated as they are in modern
days with fashion and frivolity, were once
symbol of religion. They originated with
Etheldra, the Saxon queen and saint in the
seventh century, who, quite late in life, be-
came an abbess. In the monastery she gave
herselfup to fasting and severe penances of
out in blotches. Her nuns besought her to
cover these blotches with patches, which
thereby became evidences of a truly religious
life. We all know how initiative human
nature is, and those among the nuns who had
not blotches adopted the patches without
them. The complexion fad of this
fin de steele period is to color
the cheeks by means of beautifying matter
put under the skin by the agency of hypo-
dermic needle. Just fancy the penalty of a
fauy hn 1Qav ms
puncture on the cheeks, and the woman who
uses it is always compelled to go heavily
yelled in daytime, or her punctured face, in
the clear, true light of day, will reveal the
secret of her evening bloom. l have been
told OF two society women of this city who
owe the carDation tint of their cheeks to the
coloring matter inserted by the hypodermic
needle. 1t is paying big price for beauty, is
itnot, Louise9 Youth has it's own loveliness,
and usually that ''fine conceit of itself" that
will not brook the idea Of borrowed roses. So,
really, in this dangerous practice harm Is
only done to back numbers and married
women, both of which classes ought to know
better.
must tell you of a fad of different kind
that is going to be greatly in vogue next sea-
son. Hereafter sealing wax is to- have a
language of it's own. Like all the tfads that
have a run here, this one is of transatlantic
origin. letter containing marriage pro-
posal must be sealed with white wax, missiyes
between accepted lovers with ruby-colored
wax; blue denotes constancy, and yellow
jealousy while green wax is the emblem of
hope, and brown Indicates melancholy. All
this is for lovers. For business purposes the
common red sealilg wax serves; gray is the
tint for ordinary correspondence between
friends Dinner invitations must have seals
of chocolate tint, while confidential letters
between girl friends should be sealed with
pink. Do you think you'll remember all
this The Indication by color of the nature
of the letter will be a great help to the in
vestigatingly inclined domestics who receive
the mail at the front and expend considerable
time and attention in coming over the super
scriptions,
In the way of engagement gossip 1 have
heard OF nothing so interesting as that re-
ported between Miss Hattie Blaine and the
new consul general to Persia, Mr.. 'Truxton
Beale. Miss Hattie Blaine is the only one of
the daughters of the Secretary of State with
the slightest pretensions to beauty. She is
really handsome girl, but has never acquired
the reputation for beauty and accomplish
nents that she deserves owing to the semi
mourning of the Blaine family ever since her
debut. After the storm of weddings in April
the usual May quiet in such matters followed
but June is favorite marriage month and
no doubt you will hear of some spectacular
ceremonies from your friend, ALICE.
Consumption Surely Cured.
To the Editor: Please inform your readers
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