New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-02
HOME AND SOCIETY.
.ovr CHIC AND QUEER FASHIONS.


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-. sareoyles IL Is amazing to see how
spea, suggestion they can be for woman
!r'h'u' 20 look pretty. OF course. she must be
who ahwoman An American or an English
S fre",,raly turns for her standard TO the
woman ,,,o or some such deal of heathful
venus M, In Paris everything Is fish that comes
peau'. clever woman's net ana the erect she
into '' ,u, the erotesque ornaments OF medieval
borro"S oves IT, Suppose she is tall. angular
ehufen. s,oresting' rather than lovely. She wraps
and ,,cht gown Of dark stuffs. turns over
herseh " ~ her Jacket and makes them into huge
the co' ,.ced with white silk these are more than
lape' ond give her at once the basis Tor the
stHh'"e ~ her head No one knows what she
trea'men her features to make them look like
does va" to black and white. full Of strange lights
ske'cn contrasts of outline. That's womahs
and s"', o., ANYBODY can where the gargoyle
ahair' row this clever person has built up a
comes .n' curl over each temple so that the
great nosses OF the grnnng Notre Dame mon
buloous de,cate.y suggested: how she has placed
ster ~ ~. ~ flower or jewel or tiny bonnet
a iea'' combination of all three between the az
'nS' -. masses OF hair. There never was any
slrore fantastic. more artistic or more apso-
tnms original Nc woman ever looked more enc
Nap nersonage who did all this and loomed
p' azure out OF NJ. Huysmans's Dreams IN one
o. "o - the theatres that these new lights on
are most often discovered. Take Mile de
cos'" - the OPERA The means whereby she
Me'01 .r,sd all Paris are being copied here ana
naS America by many young women VINO
, ''e.. know when a style is unbecoming 10 'hen''
w. vsrode style is only suitable lot Mile NC
iH THAT agile young lady Is a danseuse at
W. onsra She can't dance; she not only ISM
INC Sasra but she never will be. She hasn't even
hor
PIC usr face is oval and her expression Is one
hsr' osrsveness. So far as features go. and
VI $50, atmosphere OF her regard. Mile de
Wv makes YOU think sometimes or a fre-
lite cherub and sometimes or buyer Oh
.,,g afternoon. She Is aware OF her poss'o"-
..,as so she draws her hair down across elther
.hssk and over and under her ears, ana pinos i"
...oss her forehead with a golden fllet Ihen she
a. a. dancing. or she rides around Paris In 'he
MARQUIS de Somebody's carriage and the 'euheSSe
ao,ee o. the town go quite raving mad
Nile de Microbes success is due to her sagac''y
d. sseins her strong point and emphasizing IL u
~. utmost Frenchwomen always do that' except
- they take to bicycle riding. Then all their
.,sverness deserts them and they make themselves
-. b,deous than words can describe. You see
.,,,, in the Bois in trousers sometimes very ugh'
IA sometimes so loose that zouave's seem IKE
dealings in comparison. Their waists are reu"0eu
"a diameter that would leave an hour-giass co'
80. before n second of its sand had begun to
all They wear hats. huge and small iasnio"-
,Ns and unutterably crazy. Their costumes arc
,hut as graceful and refined as the women are
,,,msslves when they go careering through the
po,. or I'D the bouevards like a Mapping io' Oh
dsbevel,ed tailor's images. And lest you won
60. how very silly and undignhed they can make
,hsmssves these energetic people OF no particular
cay get of their wheels and promenade up ana
aown the leafy paths on foot. There never was
,,,rc more obnoxious and ugly In all this
world
r,,s ha,naned at the Fair Women Exhibition at
Tho Academy. There were three ladies looking TOT
Inc nor,rait OF Lady Hamilton in the north gaery'
Beside II hangs a portrait OF Mrs. Weiis py NOM
nev and Mrs Wells In her big bonnet appears the
sweetest most harmless creature In the "oI'u'
She's obviously as Innocent as clotted cream pu'
the visitors were looking for the lady VINO was
the owner OF Nelson's heart and when they fouhd
Mrs Wells they thought they had her' no"
pdd." remarked one OF the three. Il didn't 'hihh
LADY Hamilton looked like that. Well-you never
can tell"
A question In social ethics that Ia now good
deal discussed by fashionable mothers Is as 10
vh.ber bovs shall be admitted to or excluded from
the eirls' dancing classes and parties Inc u.'"
f,sAIonable people have apparently decreeo ina
i not good form to bring youngsters vi oo'
xses together until they have been 1orma"y 'nio
an..d into society The advocates OF this lashio"
eontend that dancing should be Regarded s'i'p''
IN the light OF a school exercise. ana "ea'eu "
such while other mothers land these are ee"e'""'
the matrcns with sons to be cohsoeic'
that dancing and childrens entertainments shouio
\. considered az recreations, and that II Is ap-
surd $50 nut ideas into their heads by emphas'@
IN, s,v r,ore separation than their schools ana les
sons naturally bring about. -.
Whatever may be the merits or ue"e'i'
either point OF view. however. II seems tha' ~ 10
more fashionable nowadays to exclude 'he ooy
from their sisters classes and II remains W NC
seen whether this will encourage independence
on the part OF the girls or induce tmiui'y anu
deyelop the ingenue Neither condition Is qui'e
dssrsh,e az a frank. unconscious good comraoe-
shin between children OF both sexes seems more
natural and consequently more UNAFFECTED sahu III
better taste
People with plain cooks make great mls'ahe
when they attempt the usual conventional ois"e'
at their modest little feasts." remarked woman
Of the world She has small possessions put her
little dinners are always popular. although eh-
tremely simple and she entertains VIII" '"
simplicity the smartest people In town.
III one really dared TO have the courage OF her
convictions" she went on, II think a porter
house steak smothered In onions wouid meet
with popular approval, but OF course 'ha' 10
rather an extreme statement. But for instance.
every one likes a good turkey properly roas'e'
and stuffed and served with CRANBERRY saul
Wei. had that carved on side-taDie 'he o'"e.
day and served "a a course with actual roast
potatoes with their skins on. and with great sue
ces Now this winter I expect to make my o'i-
ntn quite delicious for I have got hoio Oh a"
eh'time colored auntie' who cooks ike oreA"''
and intend giving fried chicken Win eIeA"'
sauce ian impossible Northern dish) and corn
dodgers and all the regular old Southern dainties
that one never sees in these days OF 'timbaies'
and 'rissoies' and other elaborate things.
Have all the confectioners OF New-York gone
mad at once?' asked a charming girl whose taste
IN bonbons is dainty and refined and particularly
well cultivated. ~ shall simply be Obliged 10 give
up sweets altogether. can't even hnd choco.A'e
creams anywhere that consider nj 10 eat i"e!
make you think Of husks and leave queer soI
OF acrid taste in vour mouth All the New lorh