Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-10
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Women For the worlds Fair,
n IL stated that The steamship Paris,
from Southampton for New York, car.
fied . most interesting group Of ladies
on the way 70 Chicago, who afs described
o. the living representatives and types
Of the various countries Of the earth clad
In their distinctive dress or costume.
The young ladies from France are TO sp-
pear "in true Partisan STYLE" while there
are 10 be other damsels representing Eng
lish maidens, highland iassies and Irish
colleens.
The peasant class is not TO be forgot
ten. Indeed the same care shown In
the fashionable toilets will be extended
to that of the "contadine," and thus IL Is
hoped that q thoroughly graphic and
veracious life picture of female human
ity up 10 date will be obtained. There
are ladies from China, japan, the South
American republics, from Mexico and
Cuba, as well as from the continent.
The Tyrolese girls, II Is reported, are
"very picturesque" and with the Hun
garian contingent sailed complete or
chestra Of musicians. The agents en-
ployed in getting together this company
Of fair women have interviewed. 1t Is
said, no fewer than 1900 persons who
applied in answer to the various adver-
tisements.
This is truly the largest Of large or
ders in the way Of living chronological
exhibition, and the very magnitude of
the enterprise cannot fail to suggest the
difficulties with which the promoters Of
this astonishing. show Of fair women
have had to contend. In some cases,
perhaps, the dispatch Of this cargo of
femininity to New York en- route to Chi
cago may be instanced as closely ap-
preaching the sending Of Goals to New
castle. Chicago is within direct and
reasonably rapid railway communication
with Mexico, and it would be easy
enough to procure the consignment to
the shores of Lake Michigan Of any num-
Der Of dark eyed senoritas in "ribosos"
from Tenochtitlan, to say nothing Of
stunted little Indian squaws. with ropy
black hair and compilations approximate
ing in hue to that of a hot roast turkey.
Then again the Pearl Of the Antilles
is only some three days steaming from
New York, and Cuban bellies in very
large straw hats and black lace scarfs
riding in the Havana volante, drawn by
weedy horse, with negro position
with silver earrings, white calico
breeches and bare legs, with feet girt
with silver spurs, and thereby present
ing a colorado imitation of jackboots,
would form desirable addition to the
attractions Of the Worlds fair. San
Francisco, moreover, which is only four
days distant by rail from Chicago, would
furnish an adequate supply of celestial
ladies with golden lilies" or small feet
It il even. questionable whether there
was any appreciable need to send out a
convoy of French young ladies to appear
in "true Partisan style" at Chicago.
The true Partisan style has long since
been acclimatized on the other side Of
the Atlantic, and we should say that a
far larger number of fascinating Co.'S
tunes from the ateliers of Worth, Felix
and their competitors are purchased by
American ladies during their visits to
Europe than are bought by English Gus
toners. Paris in the halcyon days of the
second empire was defined as the place
where good Americans went to when
they died, but our transatlantic kinsmen
have not ceased to flock to the gay city
since France has been under the sway Of
the third republic, and fashionable fe-
male society in the great cities Of the
States is certainly as radiantly attired as
are any Of the danes in the equipages
which embellish the Bois de Boulogne in
fine weather or who are to be met with
at official receptions and diplomatic sol
rees. To great extent likewise the Pa
risian fashions are set by the leading act
resses ON the French stage, and Nine.
Sarah Bernhardt has already shown
transatlantic audiences to what a pitch
of perfection theatrical dress for the fair
sex can be brought.-London Telegraph.