New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-15

GETTING INTO THE SWIM "-QUEER NEW
FAsHIoNs-DELICIoUs ORANGE
DIsnEs-MENS CLOTHES.
AT dinner the other evening every one asked
IN state truthully what his her pet economies
and the result was amusing. each person being
,onytcted OF some small meanness which cOntrasted
oddly enough with his or her style OF living. must
confess can never resist hatplns." said one grande
dame IL simply hate to buy them. and ALWAYS
fe.l n disposition to take one whenever see we'll
carn!shed pincushon at a friends house"
Il am thankful to hear you say So" exclaimed
anotber magnate OF society who enertains charmingy
IN her lovely house Murray I'm. " for | am
ver,atle rlcptomanlac about rubber bands. When
ever I attend OF my charitable meetings l al
vavs feel an almost Irresistible temptation to put
several more than need around my papers for home
use"
al think the only thing am really stingy about"
admitted a rich bachelor who Is renowned for his
bospi,alities. "are matches. l always light
old match II possible. and Invariably the servants
II they buy too many"
Half dozen people who spend their tens Of thou.
sands every year acknowledged reluctance TO light
fresh candles. and lady who is noted for her
arniHcent toilets confessed 10 being angry with
her maid II she bought English pins instead OF Ameri
eau--whch piece OF economy Melted u saving of
cents on every paper.
There are many and devious and means OF
getting into society pracsed nowadays. and 1t wond
ho Interesting to know of al the wrcpung that has
heen done by this and that one before the ac-
ou,rement of a recognized position in the world OF
fashion, A curious combination OF circumstances Oc-
Cured not long ago. Mr.. A., who was out OF IT,"
,sased a "palatia mansion in Fifth-ave. at an eX-
orh,tant rent which he subleased to Mrs. B.-who
vas well established In the swih"-with the under
standing that she should Introduce his young daugh-
srs TO society and thereby throw open the portals OF
tho beau monde' to the rest of the family. Certain
Sne ladies' however, had been told Of the transaction.
end forming caba made 1t known to Mrs. b. In
rorndabout manner that II useless TO try to force
athose people" upon the Four Hundred The mortify
ing discussion the subject coming. as 1t was sure
~ do TO the ears OF Mr.. A.. made him perfectly
furious and as. unlucklly. the lease had not been
signed. he withdrew from the arrangement. and Mrs.
b. rather than encounter the comments which wouid
10 made about change OF plans concluded to pass
her winter In the south OF France
aTh,s IS one of the handsomest hats that have
In the establishment and II suits you wonderfully,
s.,d n ladylike milliner at LIS establishment as
she placed an purple trimmed affair. heavy
with plumes. the head OF redhalred customer
who was seated before mirror looking at herself
complacently.
@would It not be the part Of good Samaritan,
wonder" said an onlooker TO herself. ito tell the
woman that she looks too ugly for anything in that
hat, But no. convcnonaty forbids. and she Will
huv n and will never. know how dishguring
It Isl"
II has been said-but surely It cannot be trne-that
certain Young men have actually been paid for their
attentions girls who would otherwise be parhefsS
at the biz balls.
violet girl pretty sight in ballroom the
other evening Her white silk gown had sleeves OF
violet velvet with the upper part OF the corsaee com
posed entirely OF viOlets cunningly scented WIN
the verabe violet odor that the Illusion was very
effective
The question o, English French in the dinner
menu will always be veAinG one. Sir iiehrS
Thompson condemns all attempts TO nse English III
the makeup OF bills OF fare for the reason that the
introduction Of certain indispensable French words
would result In sort OF "mongre patois' but THIS
reasoning Is hardly logical French Is the language
Of cookery, as Italian IS that OF music, yet no one
expects programmes 10 be translated Dody
Into Italian lie; US rather regard the Indispensable
foreign words as children by adoption Of our mother
tongue, and tleat them as II our own. IL would De
boon TO many people whose Knowledge OF french
Is OF a limited kind to have the menu written chiefly
In English, especially when the writing Is indisuhct
ard when gilt lettering Is used. The individual VINO
sees ride veau" his menu card and allows the
dish to pass not knowing that 1t Is sweetbreads,
feels dlsgustcd when he discovers that interesting
fact too late. The only French words that must
absolutely remain In bills Of fare are
those for which there IS no English equivalent, such
os "entreen "puree" "chaud-froid' and the like.
Nevertheless, II must be confessed that menu
never sounds well in any language but French. and
when the Emperor of Germany, actuated by an over
veenng access OF patriotism, gave orders to the
effect that all court menus should be written IN
German he found TO his cost that the plan did not
work very well This idea OF his sent all aistocntic
Europe into fits OF uncomfortable laughter. for the
menu did look very silly when translated into Teuton
and the Young monarch seeing the error OF his ways,
repealed his edct with the gratifying result that the
menus OF the Berlin court have ceased to be EuropeS
aughlng- stock.
The old-world spinnng-wheel IS now almost a ne
cessity in fashionable drawingrooms abroad. In
good many cases it only toy, introduced because
1t Is the right thing 70 count it among the furni
ture, and there is, OF course no harm In such toy,
though it is slightly ridiculous to make ornament,
and an ornament only, Of what preomnently
destined for USE little ludcrous Is 1t to see
the spinning stool without the wheel, for IL Is like
keeping an ornamental cage in a without any
bird in IT, But one is glad 10 that good MANY
ladies' have taken the trouble Of learning TO spin.
Lessons in spinning be had in almost all great
fancy workshops abroad There is something delight
fully homelike and soothing In the very sound of the
wheel, and II makes a charming picture to see a
at work twisting the fax wool for the socks
OF all her male kth and kin There Is On the other
side Of the water young Scotch peeress who exces
In spinning and the meodous hum OF whose wheel Is
heard many evenings in her northern home. Every
where old spinning. wheels are slll sold almost for
song but the value OF the wheel IS nevertheless, RI
ing, as IL becomes and more stylish" to own
one. Two or three months ago. in the hall Of
hrta II, Nnr4l fprn N IL hec1C n