Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-13
PLEASE, GIRLS, DoNTl

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Don't Wear the Single Eyeglass as Some
English Girls Have Done.
It is rather depressing to learn that
even one or two New York women of
fashion have adopted the recent affecta-
zion Of the smart London girls, and are
appearing in public wearing monocles,
or single eyeglasses. Within the past
year the masculine monopoly Of these
toys has been disputed by the other sex
in England, but it did not seem probable
that any ladies on this side of the sea
could add this to their many manifesto
tions Of Anglomania But at least two
Of them have done so
They were pretty girls on horseback,
and they rode with groom in the park
in the morning when all was silent and
lonely there. It was very difficult for
the promenader who witnessed their
weakness to believe that the tender young
creatures were actually sporting the sin
gle glass, but at close range the fact was
clearly apparent, and the groom riding
behind looked slightly embarrassed at
finding the extreme eccentricity of his
charges noticed. One of the very ad-
vanced young women in society spoke
her opinion on the subject when it was
afterward put before her by the prom
enader.
II knew" said she, ''that some Of the
girls had taken up that English fashion
to . mild extent, but it has not found
favor with me, and shall do my best to
sneer it down. When was in England
, few months ago noticed that young
women were to be seen here and there
wearing the monocle.
I'm London you might see half a
dozen on the drive in Hyde park Of an
afternoon, and at the smart watering
places they were somewhat more COM
mon. But saw that the women wear
ing them were not admirable women.
won't say they were necessarily fast or
vulgar, but they were not just what you
and like. They were either too mas
culine, too bizarre or too something. !
don't know just what, and became
convinced that it would be impossible
for me to follow their lead. lpreferred
to emulate the really great ladies of Eng
land, and abjured the eyeglass. The
fashion will have to run here.
Even the men have hard time of it
in New York in trying to wear the glass,
and the women will certainly be scoffed
out of doing so. Now, the English GUS
tom Of lady carrying a walking stick
when she goes on regular walk is
good one. and it ought to be more gen.
orally adopted here For city use a girl
does not require q cane, perhaps, but in
the country she should always have one.
The best women in England carry sticks,
you know, when they go for good
walk, and you see them very plentifully
even in London. But the monocle-oh,
nop'-New York Sun.
A lady Of Campello said recently: ''Tll
tell you an interesting thing if you'll
promise not to use names. 1t is about
the way four ladies propose to spend va
cations this summer One of the ladies
is teacher of French and German in
this city. The other is teacher, too,
but of the blind, and the other is per-
son Of wealth, and I'm the fourth, and
never mind me. Well, we've been
abroad several times, and we've been to
the mountains and to the seashore and
all that sort of thing. So we've got
new idea. It isn't very startling one,
but it's rather new. Our idea is to get
a canal boat and fit it up as suits our
minds, and only our minds. Then we are
poin0 IN Nevv York and make a canal
boat trip from New York to Albany.
That will occupy from about o'clock
Saturday until nearly the same time Mon
day evening.
"We are going to have lots Of COM
pany, because we'll be in tow with other
boats, and there will be tugs, but on
our boat there won't be anybody but a
boatman and his family. There will be
two sleeping apartments, a sitting room
and room for toilet arrangements.
The windows will be hung with lace
curtains, and mosquito netting will
cover the entrance to the gangway.
There will be closet and bureau and
several small cupboards. The food will
be served on china plates and the tea
will be served in china cups. From
Albany we will go to Buffalo. That
voyage will occupy nine days The trip
has been made by steam yachts, but
only once before by a canalboat. Don't
you think it's a jolly vacation? And il
costs hardly anything."-Boston Cor.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.