The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-05-23
tOEDONS PAINTED CANDIES.
Men ,,ot Openly of the Un~speakable Glass
with ISouged and PenciIed Faces.

Men SUt Openly of the Inspeakable Cha
with Rouged and PenciIed Faces.
They exist. They are to be seen in
London. They are the newest freak,
of melancholy. They have exhausted
other forms of beauty, and would now
entertain the world with their frescoed
visages.
The first of this species that | en-.
cOunterod diffuscd soft scents. He sat
opposite me toying with a scnp-spOOn.
and murnur:ng the platitudes of Picca-
Gilly to an amazed spinster at his right.
. Before the dinner was finished he had
whipped out a silver-mounted fan, and
was waving it gently before his Orna.
mental brow. Over the coffee he pro
duccd perfumed cigarettes, and the at,
mosphere became like that of Rimmel's
shop on a hot day in August. His fin,
gers were covered with Jewels. and he
wore Il 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 a
scotch peer.
THAT anything so frail could be
scotch made my amazement greater.
The creature was ineffable. and he
purr"d at the company, never openly
addressing it. He had, perhaps, three
ideas in his head but he adrOitlv con
cealed them. His finest accomplish
ment was in looking at the ladies. He
fancicd hat he made captive every fair
heart at the table, but | learned after
ward hat the sex mimicked him in the
drawing room while we were smoking,
and that their laughter. which rippled
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 speci-
men Of this new fashion in trouSered
humanity. Strangely enough, the sec
Ond painted man was encountered at
an OratOriO. They We're doing GOunod'S
Redemption at the Albert hall, and
The Thing was in the box adjoining
ours. What It wanted there: what sat
iSfactiOn 1t could capture from an ora
tOriO | can never guess. 1t did not
listen once in the three hours. 1t CAB
blcd. 1t was for all the world like a
hybrid of turkey and peacock. 1t Cab
blcd and chuckled: 1t spread its superb
tailoring: 1t extended its ringed hands:
1T admired itself in a pocket mirror: 1t
posed: 1t languished; 1t never smiled,
and 1t was thirty years old. if a day
and fat.
~"IIaving encountered two of these
creatures, l kept a vigil for others of
their kidney. Was it possible that a
new fashion in man had been projected?
Evidently yes, because my watch has
revealed companions to the primary
pair. At a reception the other night l
eSpicd a 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
pinkness most d~elicately laid on. His
neither eyelids were penciled. his hands
were undeniably lined. He was a
pattern in rouge, and he looked
for all the world like one of
Nine. Tussaud's wax images, except
hat he was much better dressed than
any doll in MarylebOne road. He is. !
am informed, a nj of wealth and for
ty summers. 1t is alleged that he has
culture. and that he shows it in his
writing about art and music. Where
fore the wonder increases that any cul-
tured being can paint himself.
But it is 10 this that the danditcd
are coming. | nave seen a dozen paint-
ed men of an evening at the play. and
they were not on the stage. Strolling
in Piccadilly of an afternoon these gen
tlemen diSpOrt themselves. 1t is get
ting to be, in the language Of the time.
quite the proper caper for dandy men
to paint themselves. \ new horror
waits on metropolitan life. And the
| worst of it is that these bedizened males
| are o so numerous that they are toll
| Grated. In what is called the smart
| set they will soon cease to be cOnspic-
uOus. because they threaten to become
general.
"TwO years ago half the women in
London society were painting them
selves out of all semblance to respecta-
bility. But they seem to be giving up
that trick, now that alleged men are
acquiring t."-BOston Herald.