Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24

have, as q Nation
With big an" survived them. Their,
Is faint relation between the lat,
Wilde craze and the Del Sarte craze
Both diseases have an affinity for the softe
sex. That is to say, the Oscar Wilde sun
flower had-for who hears any reverent re
marks about it now? That satirical operetta
"Patience," wiped out the sunfower racket
Even its lackadaisical founder was forced tc
throw up his hand and finally sbjured hi,
own scheme, cut his hair. got married and
began to dress and act like other people
Not, however, before he had inoculated two
continents with the virus of his tomfoolery
Who will relieve us of this new socia
craze?
Henceforth we are to have two extreme
rules of fashionable social conduct. One
much affected by New York gentlemen Of
fashion, the London society rules Of perfect
repose; The other, the French cafe panto
mimic, almost exclusively thus far the priv.
ilege OF the ladies.
What the English Style Was.
For The last few years the English don't
you-know' and "don
style Of department has prevailed in New
York. This English school presupposes an
appearance of perpetual boredom-a look Of
excessive stupidity, stolid Indifference to
everybody and everything, q calmness Of
eountenance that de6es surprise or excite.
nent and betrays no human interest-in
short, an absolutely idealistic draw poker
face. 1t may be aptly described as the In
dian tobacco sign sty lie. In comparatively
brief course of time we have succeeded in
turning out On article of home manufacture
quite equal if not superior in quality to the
foreign importations- In fact, we may
safely say that in numerous instances we
have carried the tobacco sign style to such
perfection that the real wooden-headed In
dian Of commerce assumes certain degree
Of intellectually.
Every student of human affairs has looked
upon this remarkable development aud mar
veled. Nor is the English system confined
70 facial appearznces-it permenates the
whole being. In its most perfect state one
OF these things is mere automaton as to
muscular movement. The shoulders are
stopped, the elbows stick out and the knees
knock in, while the feet seem to be wander
ing off deiectedlr alone somewhere to die
Il walks as though il were rheumatic and
might fall down if you jostled it. Its
clothes were made for something else. Not
a CLEAN of intelligence is visible to the
naked eye. 1t can talk, but you wouldn't
understand il. As a purely. scientific
question it is something very interesting
nay, wonderful
And Now Comes the Awakening.
After having reached by laborious de-
Crees this extraordinary human develop
ment it is a little rough on our civilization
for the spirit Of dead Frenchman to come
along and tell us we are ali dead wrong.
That is exactly what the Del Sarte school
teaches This Information naturally strikes
New York society all OF a heap. What are
we going TO do about it? Are we to con-
time TO trot along Picadilly way? Or,
shall we turn in for French monkey-shines?
This is really embarrassing And we were
getting on SO nice and comfortable like, too.
The English tobacco sign style is the
furthest thing on earth removed from the
French monkey-shine style. Imagine the
two meeting in good society-any societyl
But that is just what is going to happen
unless the bottom is kicked cut of Del Sarte
The latter is being embraced by the women
OF New York, who haven't much else to do
Schools have been established. Training
the expression of an eyebrow, bringing
out the intelligence of a toenaii, teaching
the full Significance of the funnybone
intoxicating the aesthetic gesture of the ears,
unfolding the latent utility of woman's
Jaw, developing the muscles, eIongating
and limbering the backbone, teaching the
graces of the high kick. All of these and
more, too Madame Del Sarte has demon
strated the power of a wink, or a blow,
placed where it will do the most good.
Society Is putting on gloves and trying that
magic wink. The Frenchwoman has shown
what can be accomplished by the subtle
~ 1f n i
are working it for all it is worth. The
Partisan kick-how to kick a man down
stairs gEacetully-deligh:s feminine multi
tudes.
ae English System Is Easier.
AT present there appears to be no break
In the ranks Of the English tobacco sign
school because of Delsarteism. The latter
appeals to the more volatile sex It will
never prevail among men against the fas
Gina alons Of the English wooden Indian
style OF social department.. The English
system has firm foundation of fools 1t is
so easy and natural for most society
men TO appear stupid and bored. 1t is more
becoming. 1t saves deal of trouble. Peo-
PIE don ask lnconvenient questions By
constantly avoiding thought you soon get SO
You don think And if you don't think
you re not worried about ANYTHING. The
lines don't come in your forehead and
orows-feet never threaten your ewes. The
man who thinks dies early from overwork
or dissipation, or both.
Your grand cue is Indifference. Cultivate
indifference. If you should have ideas that |
actually force their company upon Won.
conceal them-under the bed, or in words
Or anywhere. Don't laugh at anything. |
mat is the very worst of bad form. To |
laugh-actually laugh right out-will ruin |
you quicker in good society than ANYTHING. |
Ihis Is the tobacco sign style, originally |
Drought over from London. And this is
what the Del Sarteans desire to supplant ,
with French monkey-shines
Meeting to Startle the Gods
When the unmarried male exponent of
the English Indian tobacco sign school
meets the unmarried female exponent of tba
new French monkey-shine school of denort1
ment the effect is tremendous The inter
national tug OF war is nowhere. The maie
victim retires against the first wall and sats
jts teeth hard and gazes into vacancy. The
female disciple OF Del Sarte advances in two
parallel columns, throwing out the eve
brows to the right and left as fankers. and
hesviHg in few feeling shots from under
cover Of weIl-trained lashes calculated to
harass the enemy.
The Siga recognizes the presence of the
Del SSrtean by slowly and deliberately fix-
ing round BIT of plate glass in it's left eve.
Del SaTteau describes semi-circie with the