Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-04
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LoNooNs PAINTED DANples.
Effeminate Creatures who Ape the Gentle
Ser In Their Manners.

Effeminste Creatures who Ape the Gentle
Ser In Their Manners.
They exist. They are to be seen In
London. They are the newest freaks In
melancholy. They have exhausted other
forms Of beauty and would now enter
tain the world with their frescoed Wis
ages.
The first of this species that encoun-
tered diffused soft scents. He sat oppo-
site me, toying with soup spoon and
murmuring the platitudes Of Piccadiily
to an amazed spinster at his right. Be-
fore the dinner was finished he had
whipped out silver mounted fan and
was waving it gently before his orna-
mental brow. Over the coffee he pro-
duced perfumed cigarettes, and the at
mosphere became like that Of Rimmel's
shop on hot day in August. His fin
gers were covered with Jewels, and he
wore a dainty bracelet on his left wrist.
He was a creature of most exquisite dec
grafton, and watched him throughout
the courses in silent wonder. Once in
the clamor of general talk / whispered
to my host a question as to the identity
of this marvel, and the answer came
that the painted being was the son Of
Scotch peer.
That anything so frail could be Scotch
made amazement greater. The creature
was ineffable, and he purred at the COM
pany, never openly addressing 1t. He
had perhaps three ideas in his head, but
he adroitly concealed them. His finest
accomplishment was in looking at the
ladies. He fancied that he made captive
every fair heart at the table, but learned
afterward that the sex mimicked him in
the drawing room while we were smok-
ing, and that their laughter. which rip
pied down the stairs, was at the cost of
this decorative person who was boring
us over the walnuts and the wine.
Soon after this saw another specimen
Of this new fashion in trousered human
ity. Strangely enough, the second paint.
ed man was encountered at an oratorio.
They were doing Gounod's "Redemp-
ton" at the Albert hall, and The Thing
was in the box adjoining ours. What It
wanted there; what satisfaction 1t could
capture from an oratorio I can never
guess. 1t did not listen once in the three
hours. 1t gabbled. It was for all the
world like hybrid of turkey and pea
cock. Itgabbled and chuckled; 1t spread
its superb tailoring; It extended its
ringed hands; It admired itself in
pocket mirror; 1t posed; It languished;
It never smiled, and It was 80 years old,
If a day-and fat.
Having encountered two Of these
creatures, kept vigil for others of
their kidney. Was it possible that new
fashion in man had been projected? Evi-
IDENTIFY yes, because my watch has re-
vealed companions to the primary pair.
At reception the other night espied
being more wonderful than either of the
two who started my quest. He was
made up" like a second rate prima
donna. His cheeks had an even pink
ness most delicately laid on. His neither
eyelids were penciled, his hands were
lined. He was a pattern in
rouge, and he looked for all the world
Like one of Nine. Tussaud's wax images,
except that he was much better dressed
than any doll in Marylebone road. He
is, am informed man of wealth and
40 summers. 1t is alleged that he has
culture, and that he shows it in his writ
ings about art and music. Wherefore |
the wonder increases that any cultured |
being can paint himself!
But it is to this that the dandified are
coming. I have seen a dozen painted
men Of an evening at the play, and they i
were not on the stage. Strolling in Pic
cadilly Of an afternoon these gentlemen
disport themselves. 1t is, in the language
Of the time, quite the proper caper for
dandy men to paint themselves. Lon
don Cor. Boston Herald.