Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-08
THE FLEETING SHOW.
Some of Hts Facts and Fancies. Wrjttan for the JOURNAL AND COURIER

THE RETURN OF THE SUNBONNET.
 +'That which was worn some twenty years ago comes into grace again" " and the rolling wheel of fashion has hrought once more to the top the sunbonnet, etherial- ized and glorifed. Not that sunbonnets have ever fallen entirely into disuse. Sam ples of this sort of headgear have been from time to time observed on village streets, and even in back gardens of small cities; isloated specimens constructed of gingham or calico, and quite as unbeeom- ing as inexpensive. the principal outlay required being in the line of needlework.
 Readers of Mrs. Whitney will remember those which excited the admiration of Anstice when she visited at ''the Polisher girlses"-those long, stiffened cylinders, revolving slowly as the wearers turned their heads, and in the darkling depths of which the gazer might after while descry the serious faces of those quaint old ladies. But the sunbonnet of to-day, the beautiful bonnet worn by the summer girl as she strolls along the grass-grown country roads, goes berrying on the rocky slopes, rides to the picnic in the great farm wagon or dreams away an idle hour in the gently swaying hammock, is not at all like these. The 'Heligoland" sunbonnet is its name, and altogether too clumsy a name 1t is for anything so delicate and fanciful The f'fin de siecle'' might be better if it had not already been applied to everything imaginable, whether in dress, furn1- ture or manners. It is made of daintier yet, of chiffon. A deep embroid- | cred cape or fall of lace across the back | protects the wearers neck from the preda- tory mosquito, or the wandering daddy | long-legs, and very full crown looms up above in an overlapping puff. Around ! the face the ruffie, which is double, very I wide in the center, and narrow where it l meets the cape, undulates in billowy folds, and between this and the crown is great bow of soft ribbon. Ribbon strings com plete this confection, which is airy, cool, and quaintly becoming, and being much like an overgrown baby bonnet gives an additional | touch of sweetness to sweet young face. It is, however, an unsqbstan-
 tial fabric, would hardly recover it's beauty
 if exposed to summer shower, and as l freckle preventer is not to be mentioned in the same day as good old, grandmoth-
 erly "slat" sunbonnet, of green and white
 checked gingham. The old-time sunbon-
 net was more practical than pretty, that of
 to-day more beautiful than useful, but it
 would be untrue to make the same dis
 tinction between the wearers. There were
 pretty girls in those days, and there are
 sensible ones now, perhaps more than
 ever of those who unite these advantages
 in one person.
 NOTABLE TRANsLAToRs OF AMERICAN FIG | TON.
 American readers are indebted to botl
 American and English trannlators fol
 much of French literature that would oth
 erwise be unknown to them, since few
 have the time, inclination or sufficient O
 the language to read French works in th'
 original. On the other hand, few realiz'
 that to French translators American writ
 CTS owe the recognition and appreciation
 of an overwhelming circle of admirers
 Perhaps modern authors are most indebt
 ed for the dissemination of their works t
 Madam Blanc, who. under the pen-nam
 of "The Bentzon," has contributed man,
 translations to the Revue d Deux Mondes. Cultured, critical , appreciatiye, and having perfec
 command of English, Madame Blanc write
 careful translations of the more strikin,
 parts of work and thus leads others t. the translation of the whole. Many of he own novels have been rendered into Eng . fish, but so badly that she has never daret to read but one. In American fiction, tn , French, Madame Blanc says, are most in
 terested in that which is characteristic
 hence the great popularity of Bret Harte' sketches, while the characters of Cabl : find appreciation and sympathy becaus : they are, in a measure, French. Edga
 Fawcett's characters are too conversations , and do not bear translation well; the effee : of Mark Twain's idioms are lost; and o 2 Howell's, the most satisfactory renderin , has been made of ''The Lady of the Aroos , took.n Madame Blanc's later translation have been confined to Sarah Orne Jewett'
 stories, which she finds altogether admira
 ble.
 Another lady who has for some year 8 made business of translating America I novels, is the Countsss Dillon of Paris
 better known by the name of Maria /, Darcy" She prefers sensational stories,i i t fact makes speciality of them, and wo D her first great success through a translt Q tion of Anna Katherine Greens "Leaver 2 worth Case.n She has also translate E Miss Green's, ssStrange Disappearance, t some of Sidney Luska's stories, and son + from Bishop and Fawcett, for the "Jou