Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-17

SCENE ON SPORTING ROW.
and fitted to women who know how to
wear them. Fittingly to characterize
the gowns and the millinery of Broad
way l shall have to employ the express
sion which ! heard woman use, "They
are dreamsr
Broadway gowns and millinery are
worth going miles to see. Broadway
women are worth travelling the world
round to behold. Who are they, what
are they, why are they here2 These are
the queries that come intuitively to ones
mind. But l know not. One-half Of
them at least appear to be honest. Many
are actresses. Many more are unclassi-
fied-not living by their wits, as large
proportion of the men of Broadway do,
but living somehow. No matter what
or who they are, they form passing
show of beauty They make up van
ity fair which one never tires of study
ing
The more you study Broadway beauty,
however, the greater Is your admira-
ton for modern art, for this beauty,
much Of it, Is the product of art That
the gowns and the millinery are artistic
| have already noted, but this Is only
half the story. The corset maker, work
ing by measurement like an architect
solving problem, has made the form.
The bootmaker has contrived to make
pretty an ugly foot. 1t is in the face
that art has lavished her greatest
genius. Noses have been Strengthened,
thoir pug ends elongated, their humps
reduced. Moles and wrinkles have been
eradicated or smoothed. The complex.
ions, through long courses of treatment,
have been beautified almost Incredibly.
Powder and tints are used, burt with
such delicate art that nature Is success
fully simulated.
All these things were pointed out to
me by woman who described the proc
esses, who told me that hundreds OF
women are earning small fortunes in
New York identifying other women.
The rooms of the cosmetic artists are
crowded. "Any woman with fairly
decent features and hundred dollars
can become beautiful in New York" Sc
said my guide.
A case in point. Along Broadway
walked marvelously stylish, fascinat-
ingly beautiful woman. 81 know that
girl said friend of mine; ''she is the
wife of a theatrical manager. Five
years ago she was country girl i'll Penn.
sylvania. She drove the cows for her
mother, and l have seen her out bare
footed on frosty morning, stepping In
the place where cow had just been ly-
ing to warm her feet. She had red hair,
freckles, q pug nose. Now look at herr
Such are the triumphs of art along
Broadway. WALTER WELLMAN.
A New York man committed suicide
because his wife refused to support him.
The first time boy gets ten miles away
from home he thinks the world is whop
| per.
In ordinary English writing ~" only OK
ours twenty-two times, while "e" occnr
| 1000.
In twelve months 2,203 British seameI
were drowned ont of registered total
2l4,427
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be apt TO give the complexion slight ting
of color.
To make leather alright, and yet not in
jure it's lexibility, soak 1t thoroughly il
sweet oil.
The first postofilce opened its doors il
Paris in 1462; in England in 1881; in Amer
lea in l7l0.
Ribbon will be used more than ever thi
season not only on gowns, but on hats an'
wraps Us we'll
The total value of matches made yearl,
throughout the world represents valu
of $ls5, 0O0, 900
II there are no falling stars to be seen OF
bright summers evening you may lool
for fine weather,
An ancient proverb says "a eros
grained woman and a snappish dog tax
good care of the house."
The first Italian Methodist Episcopa
church in the United States was recent
dedicated at New Orleans