Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-06
LONDON'S PAINTED DANDIES.
Men NJ. Openly of th- Unspeakable Class
Wi,a .;oucri a-;I PeEciied Faces.

Wi,i ssJugrS a:;i PeEciied Faces.
frorr tle Bosom ..er&ll-
TIey exiss. The are 70 be seen in London.
rnsy are the newes: frs4ks OF melancholy.
They have exhausted other forms OF beauty
and wOLid now entertain tue world with their
tre-cOed viSacss.
The nrst o. jhI~ species that L encountered
difil-ed -Oft scents lie sat opposite me toy
in. WIN n sr1p sUCOn and murmurlrg the
pia;itCdss OF P.ccaG.!iv 10 amazed spinster
Al his ri-l-. Before the dinner was finished
ne had whipped OCJ a sasysr-moln ed fan and
WagiGs II gently before his ornamental
brow. over The coffee he produced pe-fUmed
eiCa-e ties ard the atmosphere became Ike
that oE ,:imucis shop hot Cay IN August.
His fingers were covered WIKI Jewels and he
wore "a dainty Bracelet on his lett wrist He
was q creature Of most exquisite decoration,
and watched him Throughout. the courses in
silen: wonder. Once in the ciamor of general
talk whispered 30 my host u question as to
the identity OF this marvel and the answer
came tina: the painted beiDg was the son OF a
Scotch peer.
That anvshing so frail could be Scotch made
smazerert greater. The creature was ineffa-
bic and he pIrred ut the company. never
openly addressing il. He had. perhaps. three
IDEAS In his head, but he ad-oltly concealed
them. HIS hless accomplishment was IN look
ing At the ladies. He falcIed that be made
captive every fair heart at the table. but /
learned afterwa-d that the sex mimicked him in
the drawing room while We were smoking, and
that their Isughter. which rippled down the
stairs. the cost Of this decOratl !e person,
who was boring us over the wainuts and the
VINE.
Soon after this i saw another specimen ef
this new fashion in trousered humanity.
strangely enough, the second painted man was
encountered al az oratOrlo- Iney were dong
Gounods Redemption at the Albert Hal,
and The Thing was in the box adjoining ours.
|. VI "a. sat
could capture from Oratorlo l can never
guess. IL did not listen once in the three hours.
Ii gsbbied. 1t for all the world like a
hybrid OF turkey and peacock 1t gaboled and
,huckled; IL spread it's superb tailoring: 1t ex-
tended Its ringed hands: 1t admired itself in a
pocket mirror; II posed; 1t lanGuished: Ii
never smiled, and 1t was thirty years old. If a
iav-aEd tat.
Having encountered two of these creatures,
kept vigil for others of their kidney. Was
10 possible that a new fashion In man had been
projected? Evidently YES, because nv watch
has revealed companions to the primary pair.
At q reception the other night / espied a being
more wonderful than either of the two who
started my quest He made up like a
secOnd-rate prlma donna His cheeks had an
sven pinkness most delicately laid on. His
neither eyelis were penciled. his hands were
;undeniably lined. He was a pattern in rouge.
end he looked for all the world like one of
Mime. Tusssud's wax images. except that he
u
UehApe road He Is. L am informed. a man of
~ Nod forty summers. IL is alleged that
plture. and that ne shows il in his
- nut art and music. Wherefore the
r. eases that any cultured being
fnseif.
is 20 this that the dandified are COM
lave seen dozen painted men of an
Il st the play. and they not on the
setroliing IN Piccadilly of an afternoon
be entlemen disport themselves. 1t is get
fn9to be- IN the language OF the time. quite
De proper cauer fo- dandy men to paint them
te.yes. \ rev horror waits on metropolitan
We. And the worst of IL Is that these be-
fizened ma es are now numerous that thev
are tolerated In what is called the smart
set they will soon cease TO be conspicuous,
because they threaten to become general.
Two years ago half the women In London
society were painting themselves out of all
semblance to res9ec ability. But thew seem
be gI'inS up thai trick, now that alleged men
are &C !uIrirS it.