New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-01
HOME AND SOCIETY.
CHAT OF THE SEASON.

ma. Won ask what would be considered a small
80 said a pretty shopgirl in big establishment,
" rreeling before customer, she deity fitted on a
Is, :, 1rdia-rubbers. ewell, l should cali No. 3 a
PSI size, and 31-2 even. The average is about
80 Is large, although l have seen very nice
,,ns feet that were sevens. j have one customer
~ uears mines and another who wears ones Qnlte
,ontrast isn't III The smallest foot on grown
-,rscu ever belongs to one of our customers
- x,ars thirteens childs size, but it isn't pretty
~. II looks so lettering"
The LADY upon whom she had been whiting IooSeu
=, ber own shapely feet slender threes with great
ssa,action al do not care for excessively small
,rt- she remarked TO her companion but one VNins
!. certain feet are much larger than they useo 10 NC
-s-n was a arl. Whether It is because we wear
,.-O,r shoes or because we walk much more ooh'
,now: bat twenty years ago quite nunper Vi i'
t-sends ones, and now do not know q soui WI"
v~ars a shoe smaller than threes." IL j. inc "iNs
,hauks said her companion. ain those DAYS NO ol'o
,oot any exercise Yes. and then, 100, IL - i"
,onrer the fashion to wear short boots dare say
roth reasons hold good, but the American ioo' ]"
certainly larger than IL used TO be-
ayop know said lively compatriot VINO re
,,x arrved from tie other SIDE" tkot the thins
a, rneland Is for man 10 be quiet and monosy llaDlc
a, arawingroom and for the women TO be lively ana
Amusing; that Is why our women are suoh sueoeSs
cver there They talk about all sorts OF thihss
.na amuse people on the other hand, however, the
average American man is not much cared for An
American at his best is witty, entertaining Ner
.a,le-s eonversatlonanst, in fine and that Is Just
what the smart set in England do not Ike for
voupc man 10 be an intelligent talker is conadeNu
almost bad form. There may be certain PRIV
cged individuals that hold the place OF licensed court
testers a. IL were but IL is an unwrtten law thae
the fashionable young should be deadly quiet uh
less he is among his intimates when he seems TO EMO!
SORT of horseplay with Test that strikes al Amer
lean as almost artless not 10 say mbecile But IN
troduee the same lively youth to stranger anu no
freezes into a solid politeness that is almost crnss'
30 our clever young countrymen are really 100 cieVer
and too naturally chivalrous 10 wOHon TO nave '"e
.eaehet that belongs 70 really fas donaoie youth
This however Is not the OF the mlodle-aeeu
American An London, particularly lie be OF hoIe
An his own country He, like the American GIRL II
expected TO show his PAGES and the Engush worm
Is ready to applaud him, dine him, and hnd MN
vastly entertaining In short, he can he no ehd OF
a success If ne is an artist, poet or literary man
of any kind he has the open sesame to deiSht1ui
set Of people English people simply adore an oddlty
of any description like the Athenians OF Old, they are
ever on the lookout for some new thing, something
that will entertain them and an American In London
Is continually surprised by seeing people crop up In
society there who would not be tolerated here. Par
adoxioal as seem, II is nevertheless true that
good w-York society h really much more exclusive
than the fashionable set in London.