New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-22
NETWORKS MYSTERIES.
THE DEVICES OF TWO FEMALE WOULD-BE
SMELLS.
From The San Francisco Argonaut..

SMELLS.
From The San Francisco Argonaut.
| Any one who has bern a student Of life In the
metropolis, who knows the faces on the avenue aiH ~
the lobby on first nights as well as ne kU KNOW nocd
the RlaO and Wall street. cannot but nave houooA
that new feminine type which has come TO the io.e
IN the last twenty years, but which Is as yet 0n'
classified.
No one seems to know under what head this fyp
should come, what name to call it. Yet every one
knows Of It, and few people have watched It's b,s sa wc
three salient characteristics but none of these arc
as yet prominent enough to warrant one in classify.
i ins 1t as nc" 'p''"'" evolved by metropolitan
The women Of this class to be female prctotypes
during certain hours of the day you may see fhem-
not in large quantities, for they are not numerous
fashonables. The casual waytarer, though he may
have been born and bred between four brick walls
street through cobwcb Of telegraph wires may pass
them by unhinfngly as women OF the patrlcian rich
ment Of elegance and cool taste. IN aocompished
and sharp-eyed nancur will notice that their smooth
there Is too strong suggestion OF rlepowder about
their faces their shoes are worn little ana tho9sn
complacence, their glance is at times restless and
quick. They appear to be neryousy on tn: "a alert
rected toward hem. They expect and desire ddmlra-
ton and though they make good sdeIn 1gan 10 Ne
There generally two Of them-a mother and
daughtcr-and stranger passing them would say to MN
self: There go two typical welidressed afiStocratc
New rk women Of the highest class IL is natural
supp-ltion. They look as if born to every luxury
and comfort In dress they are perect-n0t merely e,
in detail They look healthy and fresh and blooming.
Their hair shines as though maid brushed II by inc
hour every day. Their lips are red and smooth, and
their eyes clear. They wear the newest fashion IN
everyhing-not such new fashions as VIII grow cheap
and soddy, but the new fashions which will only be
adopted by the rich and exclusive. When fashion
falls TO Fourteenth-st, they are done with 1t ior'
ever.
Il, o,, ord onpo,-,pce thav IooI, nc II they were
somebody. They do not appear to notice me paSser
by, but they forge along win sefconident hauShy ,
mouths curved into smiles OF rather blase indierence
The daughter-you may see her almost any wesa a
aud very good form. She is a slender girl, ab9ut
twenty five dressed always win quiet eeg S re er
face which Is delicate, almost sal0w win oark eyes
and few locks OF hair on her temples Is mdTeu y
somewhat arrogant and cross expires SON Se LOOKS
like young lady who was spoiled ana eOu % fucIu
! lous If she were thwared
She appears 10 lead the life OF woman OF means
and fashion In the mrnnc IN her o marin s Ser
suit and rich furs. she goes shopplhg soe,ne1 Iys
mother is with her-a pleasant faced ana reIneu oon
ing woman-bu generally she is alone ors shc and aTsSs
shops in the best and most expensive s'o,G1 anu e
has II asking for what she wants whlch makes
You think she could buy up tine ~G e pN s96 In inc
variably dissatisfied with the wares placed before er
She seems to disdan them. and an air OF sccrltn rri
tation crosses her face as she pushes them aue anu
gees away. When she does make q purchase were ~
but spool Of thread handkerchief, she would not
dream Of carrying IL; IT must be sem. Anu; a. ga
gives the address she leans across the counter anu
speaks IT very low
Al All the openings Of the most expensive places
for hats and wOmen's clothes she Is present; VIE
her lorgnon up. she gOcs pcerlnG ABOUT at ile new
examines them di,paracineiy. They rarely suit her,
When She was in Paris last year, she law Juo t Th
only way to get yonr clothes and have them at az
modiste', taste IS Invariably inclined to be shoddy
When she gets out into the crisp winter sunshine
| she tuclSs her Trim little hands into her SABLE nun
ana wallis hri'Ey up the avenue b toTad a, nog
| comments upon her she swings along-a most
attractive figure. with her neatly hung skirts her
| beautiful smoothbraded hair. her sallow, mghbred
face, with the rice power timex on the bridge Of her
she cets far uptown she turns suddenly TO the left,
| and walking down block. waits on the corner Tor "a
alert and sharp this young womans indifferent eyes
can become They shoot anxious glances up ana GOVT
| the street When the car comes she springs INTO u
with undgnfed speed. and nestled in corner oil H.
her feet buried il the straw. the draughts BLOWING
| her hair about she /, borne across town 10 regions
of and dizzy boarding houses, unKempt
| Children and frowsy maIdso allwork.
She does not stay in this obscurity for long. That
evening. half past She and her mother have Iu;t
ruSted into their seats in the parquet for Bernhadt
some long stemmed Jack roses fastened her corsage
Her pale gray wrap is thrown back to show tnesei Gr
hair IS braided under a little gray galze theatre nat.
She is altoeether as vel dressed as any one IN so
! IS. Nobody knows. however This Is particularly
strange, for she appear. to know every one wh2 !,
Of them with Intimate personal comment. though
they her friends since childhood:
The lady TO the right in the red hat, il Mrs Soand-
| So She has grown fat since she was at LennoX-the
so.and-so women Away inclined 70 ran to iat:
| he getting bald He must be tired, poor fellow; he
was up till all hours last night leading Mrs NOM NJ
tnrncd nm nose is the youngest Of the Marshmalow
crlsToose. They say she !. going 10 MARI, YOU'RE ,pt
| Inc coachman AwfIllv ,ad affair IL neary hlle u
her rnothcr Betty smith IS sitting in the nrst row
III fIa tu-pS
very pretty tonight yellow becomes her-and sd on.
and 50 on all through the evening 70 near n eT oe
itlriu o mi y Then when the lady next her is
Iooinc ot her with curious admiration; she suddenly
feels that the little agree edged comb IS sapps p
Of her back hair ana r. edW in TIE S hand us re-
vealcd is wonderfully ,lin white aG de'ac, az" boy
covered with pretty rnrS-noi magnificent rings; .iy
| rings Of small. gteginc stones.
Half an hour after the performance ~. IS over Sn
| and her mother in the corner OF tlr Ttav
car on the la I stage Of their homewar ourney nis
III close together. for 1t Is bitng tCm' ,pfiy
u, be tyo indie Through the rafting windows cone
in freezing blasts Of air and no mai'er How n
loan t,,n warm When they finally get 20 ne Wr',enc
Soarn. house where they LIVE Il IS Iat Wired tred and
t,y ~ the two tiny rooms. under the leads Wsn -
tcirf home 1t is cold up here tt ths , uI
,n fore thew retire they spread their heavy uSIcss
aud cloahs over the beds TO S Sc da a the ruling
naGsio1 strong even in an atmosphere rhe tnal o ~
lI s,nr,e %, warehouse. dalcs long and Lovingly oScr
S nnttin, away Of her incry, smoohes il out mans
II M nuts IL rto boxes. and fold II no o' .Scs
d,,"rrs dnallv becomes CnCrOSS'f tnat she tdhe
nmt some Of her now costumes stu IN process oi
constructon and. shverng In her nelSre ueSn,g i'm !,
holds them off at arms length rip'urousS s'"''''
on their beauty. l.. A..
| The cr,atlng and wearl.g Ct new dress Is ine
,re,t event OF hnr He. All morning she anu Le.
mother Iii up in their little room their ieet asass
an oil stove. cutting. shipping. and htthg Oh a. d
oamnity of the occasion is such that they 20 VIZ
NILE talking but bend over their work IN ahsoroeo
silence IN observer wouli hardly Tco.mnc o
~ ,n ,ri.tocratic ladies who created qut" seusa
at Fedora" n,t night The mother Is nGM IaS
nnd somewhat blowsy person. Shrouded IN volIl,os
Wo+h"r JJmhh1rd her front hair twined round mar
nims The nymph like daughter ooIS thln ana itS ,
hnrc nrls hAvc zone, ald