The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-07
lONDON'S PAINTED DANDlES.
Men Not Openly of the Unspeakable Class
With ROuged and Penciled Faces.

lONDON'S PAINTED DANDlES.
Men Not Openly of the Unspeakable Glass
With Rouged and Penciled Faces.
'sThey exist. They are to be seen in
London. They are the newest freaks
of melancholy. They have exhausted
other forms of beauty, and would now
entertain the world. with their frescoed
visages.
1.-The first of this species that en-
countered diffused soft scents. He sat
opposite me toying with a soup-spoon,
and nllrmuring the platitudes of Pieca-
dilly to an amazed spinster at his right.
Before 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 persumed 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 dainty bracelet on his left wrist.
He was 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 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
purred at the company, never openly
addressing it. lie had, perhaps, three
ideas in his head but he adroitly con-
cealed them. His finest accomplish
ment was in looking at the ladies. He
fancied that he made captive every fair
heart at the table, but learned after
ward that the sex mimicked him in the
drawing room while we We're 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 now fashion in trousered
humanity. Strangely enough, the Sec
ond painted man was encountered at
an oratorio They were doing Gounod's
Redemption" at the Albert hall. and
The Thing was in the box adjoining
ours. What 1t wanted there: what sat
isfaction 1t could capture from an ora
torio l can never guess. 1t did not
listen once in the three hours. 1t CAB
bled. 1t was for all the world like
hybrid of turkey and peacock. 1t CAB
bled and chuckled; 1t spread its superb
tailoring; It extended its ringed hands;
1t admired itself in pocket mirror: 1t
posed; 1t languished 1t never smiled,
and 1t was thirty years old, if day
and fat.
Having encountered two of these
creatures kept 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 reception the other night |
espied being more wonderful than
either of the two who started my quest.
He was made up like second-rate
prima dpnna. His cheeks had an even
pinkness most delicatelv 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
that he was much better dressed than
any doll in 3Iarylcbone road. He is, ]
am informed man of wealth and for
ty summers II is alleged that ne 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 to this that the dandified
are coming. | have seen dozen paint
ed men of an evening at the play. and
in Piccadilly of an afternoon these gen
tlenen disport themselves II 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 Il is that these bedizened males
are now so numerous that they are toll
Grated In what i, called the smart
set" they viii soon cease % 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 20 respecta-
hiiitr. Bat they seem ~ be giving up
that trick, now that alleged men are
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