Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-14
rIyANcI.L RESULTS.
LONDON'S PAINTED DANolES.
4 New Kind Of Den with Rouged ana
Pencilied Faces.
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They exist. They are to be seen in Lon
don. They are tho newest freaks OF melan-
cholv. They have exhausted other forms
Of beauty and would now entertain the
world with their frescOed ylsages.
The first of this species that 1 encoun-
tered difused soft scents. lie sat oppo,
site me toying with sOup-spoOn ana
murmuring the platitudes Of Plccadllly 10
an amazed spinster 1t bis right. Before
tho dInuer was finished he had whipped
out a silver-mounted fan and was waving
il gently before his ornamental brow.
Over the coffee he produced pertumed
cigarettes and the atmosphere became ilKe
that Of Rimmeps shop on a hot day In Au-
gust. His fingers were covered with
Jewels and he wore q dainty bracelet on
his lef. wrist. He was creature or most
exquisite decoration, and watched him
throughout the courses in silent wonder.
Once in the clamor Of general talk whls-
pcred 10 my host question IA to helden-
tity OF this marvel and the answer came
that the painted being was the son OF a
Scotch peer.
That ANYTHING so frail could be Scotch
made amozement greater. The creature
was ineffabie aud ne purred az the COM
pany. never openly addressing 1t. lie
bad, perhaps. three ideas IN lis head. but
he adroitly concealed them. His first ac-
cOmplishment was IN looking at tie ladies'.
n fancIed that he made captive every TAR
heart at the table. but learned afterwnrd
that the sex mlmlcked him ia the drawing
room while we were smoking, and that
their laughter which, rlppled down the
stairs. was at the cost of this decorative
person, who was boring US over the wal
nuts and the vine.
Soon after this saw another specimen
of this new fashion in trousared humanity
Strangely enough. the second painted man
was encountered at an oratorio. Ihey
were doing Gouuod's Redemption" at
the Albert Hall, and The Thing was in the
box adjoining ours. What IL wanted
there: what satisfaction 1t could capture
from an oratorio | can never guess. IL did
not listen once in the three hours. 1t
gabbled. 1t was for all the world like q
hybrid OF turkey and peacock. 1t gabblcd
and chuckled; 1t spread Its superb tailor
mired Itself IN pocKet-mlrror; IL posed {;
II languished; 1t never smiled. and Ii was
80 years old. If day-and tat.
Having encountered two or these crea-
lures, | kept "a vigil Tor Others of their
kidney. Was itpossible that new fashion
in man had been prolected2 Evidently
yes. because my watch has revealed COM
panions to the primary pair. At recep-
ton the other night | sspied a being moro
WOUQft4ut IMAM "a AAo wv
started my quest. He was made
upn like a second-rate prima donna.
His cheeks had an even pinkness
most dehcately laid on. His neither
eyelids were penciIled, his hands were
undenlably lined. He was pattern IN
rouge, and he looked for al the world like
one of Nine. Tussaud's wax images. except
that he was much better dressed than any
doh IN MarylebOne road. He Is. am IN
formed, man Of wealth and forty sum
mers. 1t is alleged that he has culture,
| and that he shows j in his writings about
art and music Wherefore the wonder
increases that any cultured being can
paint himself.
But 1t is 10 this that the dandlfied are
coming. have seen dozen painted men,
of an evening at the play, and they were
| not on the stage. StTolling III PIccadilly
of an afternoon these gentlemen disport
themselves. IL is getting 10 be, IN the
| language Of the time, quite the proper
| caper tor dandy men TO paint themselves.
A new horror waits on metropolitan ire;
And the worst Of II is thac these bediZened
males are now so numerous that thew are
! tolerated. In what Is called the smart
set " they will soon cease to be colspicu-
Gus. because they threaten to become
general.
Two years ago half the women in Lon
don society were painting themselves out
of all semblance TO respectablllty. But
they seem 10 be giving mp that trick, now
that alleged men are acquiring 1t.