Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-11
THE FLERTING SHOW.
Some of Its Facts and Fancies.
Written for the JOURNAL AND CoURIKR.l

have some money left when the pocket
book is paid for, these purses made en-
tirely of gold chain work, studded with
jewels, and with pendants of emeralds or
garnets Then there are little pocket mir
rors which have q sliding cover to pro-
tect the glass, and these frames are
of gold or silver In sort of frost-work de-
sign, with perhaps jewel set in the oen-
ter. Then there are umbrella handles,
also of the precious metals, made In ball
desire to make pleasing and useful little
gift he might buy, :, .fer instance, case
containing one Of these jewel -orusted balls
for the handle, set of gold points, alec
jewel tipped for the ribs, a gold fsrrule
and an ornament of gold for the center
after that, buying the rest of the umbrella
would be easy.
Bonnet pins are no longer mere CON-
veniences, more or less ornamental, but
is expended upon the pretty things. A
single, oone-shapsd stone, set round with
br.lliants, q bit of Malschite or lapis-lazuli
encircled with diamonds, are among the
newest designs, and probably for the kind
of bonnets with which they would hsr-
monize they would not be one bit too good
for there is no use in spelling jewel of a
bonnet with brass pins very much zen
evidence"
Jewelled hairpins are also very much in
vogue. They take on fanciful forms; one
is dagger, the hilt of which is encrusted
with precious stones, another displays a
gorgeous bug with opal wings and emer-
aid body; another warriors crest with
q lion rampant regardant, or two dragons
affrontee, all ablaze with brilliants. Bios
soms in enamel, exquisitely truthful in
form and color. form tho heads of others,
and knots and loops of gold and silver are
still favorite device. Combs of flsgree
work in thsse metals show very beautiful
and intricate designs, and the tortoise shell
hsirpins are carven in very graceful forms.
The immense "chsir-back" combs, such
as our grandmothers and great grand
mothers used to wear on state occasions,
will be worn again with the Empire gown
and the new old fashioned way of arrang-
ing the hair. Fortunate Is the girl who
owns q genuine tortoise shell comb.
time in tho eighteenth century by sea-
faring ancestor, and "handed down" from
| mother to daughter with pious care and
pardonable pride. With her hair parted
| in the middls-s'one moonbeam from the
forehead to the CROWN gown in the
quaint style of 1880, or earlier, and the
great comb overtopping the whole, she
will have the novel pleasure of fancying
herself her own reincarnated greatgrand-
| mother. Such . comb would do very we'll
for sscrest," If any of us desire to carry
out tho ideas of recent writer upon this
subject, whs seems to consider that, like
| cockatoos, we are to wesr OUT crests upon
| our heads.
| As for the girl who does not possess
such an heirloom, she is in no evil case for
such "round and top of sovereignty" can
be procured at any of the stores where
fashionable belongings are sold.
"Tne old fashion changes, giving place
| to new," but 1t is not 80 new after all, only
the old revived, remodeled and rejuvsnat'
ed. The doctrine of Ieincarnation, If we
may apply it to the fashions, seems very
genuine and worthy of adoption, as the
various styles that passed away and were
forgotten long ago, come slyly back, not as
ghosts, but as up-to-date and all-the- mode
novelties. Even the old hoop skirts, that,
like the martyrs ashes, were
| Or on tho waters cast
have returned, in youthful guise, and are
even now prsnking about as If delighted
to find themselves once more upon the
field of their former activities. It may be
that in apite of ''leagues," resolutions,
laws, dress reform, and all the rest, that
women are really going to be caught and
Gagged again! And what comfort is there
in thinking. with the philosophical Eastern
monarch, "Even this shall pass away"
when we know It Is bound to come back
two or three times in . life timer
SOME WOMEN AND THEIR WORK.
One of our American seulptors, and that
one Of the gentler sex. has recently re-
ceived special honors from foreign brothers
in Art, the Academy of Fine Arts Of
Perugia, Italy, having conferred upon her
q diploma and medal. They have also
hung her portrait in the gallery of the
Academy, as q remarkable distinction, she
being the first woman 80 honored.
The lady il Miss Louise Lawson, who
was selectsd by the letter carriers of the
United States to model their statue of Hon.
8. s. Cex. Perhaps the most beautiful of
the marble busts which abe has designed
and worked out is ''The Rhodian Boy. y
This was one Of the attractions Of the
Columbian Bazaar held not long ago at the
home of Mrs. Potter Palmer. Other
statues of her chiseling that have received
much praise are "Ayacanovs," s'The ORR
, gin of the Harp" and "Hermea."
DR.. Anna Kuhnow OF Lsipsic, who spent
some time as inferno and instructor In the
New York Infirmsry for Women, consid-
ers America paradise for women, espe-
| cially for those engaged In business OF the
duties of profession. Although she took
her DOCTORS degree at the University of
Zurich, and has . large practice in Leipsic,
she is not allowed by law to use her title
of N. D and is subjected to many annoy
| | ing restrictions in giving out prescriptions.
One thing that che mentions in connection
; In surgsrS of it's women physicians; an
other fs the general good health of The attn