New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-19


o.. ait Tor tho local express? 1t would be too
obvious and queer If they should see me emerge
from another part Of the train at w ashhs'oh' Inc
whole affair was too ridiculous ana yet reai!
could not make myself rise superior 10 'he si,ua
tion much as I despsed myself for my lack
Of selfrespect and courage. waited IN the Thlia-
6e,nba station for the next train which proved TO
he a slow local accommodation. and when landed
me in Washington hours after the New-iork eN-
press with incpient SICK headache' CONSEQUENT
on the lack of food and fatigue. which kept me
IN nod the following day. ! hope ii is needless to
cav that 7 arose a sadlar and wiser woman. feel
ing that nothing in the world would tempt me
again TO keep up appearances in such a silly
fashion"
"There are good many things SAID lash-
,onabe grande dame. lin which it would be WEI!
a. tho society people who go into trade would copy
their more professional brethren In the first place.
nearly all of these tradespeople have certain
nervousness and self-consciousness that are never
seen in those who are born and bred to their WORK.
and which, although natural enough, are very con-
tarious and affect their customers as we'll as then-
.o,os NOT a little What Is still more detrimental TO
their interests they lack the tact that makes the true
French couturiere and modste so Irresistible Now
7 confess" she continued, that, althsuGH detes'
obvious fattery like TO be soothed and made 10
feel comfortable. and when l went into on. OF
these ouas-professional shops the other day and
were n chatelaine of grand establishment. felt
all rubbed up the wrong way to begin with And
then-although perhaps that was my fapcy-none OF
the hats seemed becoming. while Mrs - kept
saying, oh, no. that vii; not do. That IS not
your style and so on. until felt that something
about me- must be radically wrong: until finally she
canned the climax by saying: i will send FOR some
others: these are too youthful. / am afraid she
must have thought me very difficult' ana perhaps
snobbish; a purchase was beyond me- Then went
TO Nine. IS. and the insinuating forewomah' al
first exclaimng how we'll looked and how my sum-
mer must have benefited me- brought out some mats
and after a glance at them said to her assistant
Mails nom Celeste those too old; Madame
with her air de ieune file can wear the most YOUTH
ful hats. Bring out that model that Miss e.. mann
ing celebrated beauty looked so well IN yester-
day' And she placed a chic little aHair on my
head that / felt to be becoming at once, while
the assistant and the forewoman both broke into lit
t,e excamations OF admiration But that is perfect,
III is charming madame and on until. need
less to say, the hat was bought then and there
Eve had a funny experience at Chicago wrote
Mrs Murray Hill TO friend at home do you
happen to remember Bridget. the COOK that we had
for so long? Well last spring. to my great re-
greet she and l parted. have no fault to ma
with yez at all. at all. men, she was KIND enough
TO say. 'Shure, it's only change that I'm wantin
and this was the only reason that could get out
Of her SO off she went, and after her place hau
been satisfactorily filled l never thought or her
again until few days ago. Then my eldest poy'
who supplements the familys sightseeing by various
and sundry excursions Of his own. burst into my
room as / was dressing for dinner in grea- state
Of excitement. Mamma" he exclaimed, what do
you think. / | old Bridge in the
exhibit of the forty beauties in the Midway Plas-
ance She is the Circassan lady, and she's dressed
I'D In the queerest rig | called out to her, How
do sh m
but pretended not to me- And sure enough
the next day when he dragged me to the place 10
verify his assertion, there Bridget herself In
state decked out in mus1 and gauZe. OF course
We carefully abstained from betrayiny our knowi-
edge Of her identity, but i: evident that she
recognized me, and a broad Irish smile illumined
the countenance of the Eastern lady passed
her. She certainly had had an entire change, If
that was what she wanted!
How little one-half Of the world knows OF the
other half is demonstrated daily; but it is curious
that after many years OF experience OF the Ameri-
can woman so few appreciate her as she really Is
or understand her thoroughly unique position. In
what other country for instance could young girls
OF good social standing visit great Worlds Fan
In parties of two three. unaccompanied by
chaperon or masculine escor, or even alone IL
they desired to do so-and without exciting either
comment or observation? Any number Of intelh
gent Young women did this in peace and comfort
during the last summer. Really. the Western
men are a race OF knights Grant" said yornt
breadwinner who. unattended and alone, had no
only visited Chicago, but had extended heT tour al
far as San Francisco. Never have / met VIII
such courtesy respect and consideration; shai
consider Western men my brothers from this TINE
on as long as / live / feel rampantly patriotic
whenever / think Of the difference between on
country and European lands in chvalry and tru
appreciation of won.e.
Some years ago when Daisy Miller made ne
appearance on the literary horizon. party o
Young Espglishmen, with several Anglomaniacs
were discussing the book, and the question aros
as to whether the very unconventional heroine wa
kissed in the Coliseum. Only one OF the party
woman who knew her West being inlahd pofi
herself refuted Indignantly the insinuaton "
know" she asserted. vchemently. ''that such
thing was impossible; and II is a shame, she con
tinucd turning angrily toward her compatriots
"that YOU American cannot appreciate am
understand your own countrywomen more IMAM L
even Mr. James had his doubts about II. Howell
would have understood that girl better; but u
author I feel sure. with his transatlantic hoaS
did not quite appreciate his CREATION IL
o,,ite true that many OF her countrymen' par
ticularly those who esteem themselves TO be cit
zens of the world, often fail TO appreciate one o
,he most distinguishing characteristics OF III
American grl-namely. that there is spritua
barrier intangible. perhaps but veritable wa
=, dsfence that Is never to be passed, although i