Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-11-08
The Tailor.madc Girl 10 Date.

This fall the tailor-made woman ad-
vanced TO q point of masculine imita-
ton which has never been equalled be-
fore. There have been women. who in
their eagerness to get rid of the hamp-
ering OF skirts and gowns, have gone
over to male attire pronounced and un-
disguised. But the women, like the
particular case herein described, have
retained the female garments, but have
50 skillfully managed them that it
would be hard to say just why one
should call them women's garments.
This woman was first seen and eX-
amined in connection with Twenty
third street car. She was standing, ap-
parently waiting for the car to stop and
let her on. But before the driver had
a chance to slacken his speed, she
swung herself on to the step in manly
way and strodein To begin at the be-
ginning, she had on a brown Fedora
hat, with the least possible change of
trimming from the style worn by men.
Her hair was combed smoothly back
and fastened in a close coil Of small
plaits. As her face was round and rosy
and her features rather large, the
smoothness Of her hair gave her front
look in no way different from the look
Of man.
She had on sacque cut exactly like
a mans coat, buttons and all. Then
there was plaid double-breasted waist
coat and a genuine made-to-order shirt,
the bosom colored, the collar high and
stiff and white. OF course, she wore o
four-in-hand tie AT her wrists were
cuffs of the same color as the bosom of
her shirt, and hanging so loosely that
one could not doubt the whole shirt
was there. In the cuffs were link but
tons. The dress skirt was made plain
" of the same blue material as the coat
and was so cut that side view of it
gave one the impression Of trousers.
On her feet were q pair of narrow
patent-leather shoes, much too large for
her feet, by the way. They were cut in
the Blucher fashion and were patent
leather clear to the tops 1t is proba-
bic, but this is not stated as fact, that
there were socks under the shoes. This
elabOrately manly toilet was perfected
by certain most artistic details. both in
the dress and in the manners Of the
wearer. For instance, she had key
chain that came from q pair of sup
posititious braces under the waist
coat and after showing itself for few inches
across her right hip. disappeared in very
manly pocket On her hands were pair OF
dogskin gloves, and she carried tightly roll
ed mans umbrella with a huge handle.
When the conductor paused opposite her,
she thrust one hand into her pocket, just as a
man does, and drew forth small handful of
change From the several coins she slid q
liye-cent piece to the ends of her fingers, and
with manly gesture dropped it into the ou;-
stretched hand of the amazed conductor
Presently she pulled out q handkerchief not
a trivial cobweb but large, mans handker-
chief, aud wiped her face with the careless
sweep OF a masculine hand, not afraid of dis
turbing cosmetics. At the middle Of the
block between Broadway and Madison ave
nue., she arose, strobe down the car out upon
the platform, and leaped OFT before the con-
ductor had recovered himself 10 pull the bell.
Everyone leaned to look after her, and saw
that as she dashed along the throngs scpar-
ated and looked after her also.-N. y. Sim.