New-York tribune., 1894-10-28
HOME AND SOCIETY.
A CASE OF SMUGGLING.
A TASTE FOR DUTCH FAsHloNs-MIss EprrHs
sIIToR-sPEAKING ENGLISH IN CANADA

.oronos of the feminine tendency 10 eVade Gus
,or, House duties. funny story Is tod OF we'll
,noun Murray Hill dame who took trip TO
".noda last month partly for the pleasure Of the
excursion and partly also to purchase her winter
furs at reduced prices
.r can wear a seaskn coat home in the autumn
citbout exciting comment even If 1t Is little early
tor furs" she remarked to the friends who ac-
,nanied her land as reasonable wearing apparel
c,ually in use is not taxed shall be able TO pay
for nv trip with the difference of cost between the
rrces in New-York and those in Canada. On the
lav appointed for leaving Montreal therefore. Mrs
IS maid laid out her travelling dress, and. ac-
cordnc to her mistress's orders, her new sealskn
coat-a volumnous "dolman." which, conte que
conte milady proposed to wear over the border
For several days previously the nights had been de-
cidedv frosty and Mrs. ---- congratulated herself
upon her luck in having weather that gave GER
tain raison detre for her decidedly arctic garment
As luck would have It, however. the very day Of the
departure of their party, there arrived on a wave
from the heated prairies of the Southwest one OF
those intensely hot terribly enervatng. almost in
tolerable muggy atmospheres that sometimes come
in September. which endurable only because
the sufferers know they cannot last
Good heavens Matilda" exclaimed Mr.. ---,
who in Difference his presumable masculine
prejudice" had not been informed of his wires
plans for smuggling her cloak. You are not going
TO that great fur thing in this weather!
People will think that you out of your senses.
Il have a cold" answered his wife. with calm
assertion, feeling tina. there course open TO
ner but heroic measures. and rising equal to the
occasion. land the weather will probably change
And conceaing her sunerings which really
very great, she her sitting wrap with forti-
tude. soically enduring the amused gances of
number of her fellow travellers who had evidently
caught on to the sitIaton and who wondered
what the result would be. BY the time they had
reached the frontier the heat was intolerable and
Mrs. --- felt as If she should melt away "Ony
cNo cc1l nj
take off this dreadful garment of torture when
10 her dsmay. she caught the glance Of Custom
House officer. who regarding her with an eye
of suspicion, and who approached her with a mill
cious grin
''Your new sealskn is dutiable madam" he
marked, quietly. "Will you kindly take II of
that may appraise it? am sure that you will
be glad to be relieved from II n this weather"
The town has suddenly gone Holand-mad not
as that thrifty little Kingdom did when 1t lost its
heart over tulips. and threatened to bring the
finances of the country to ruin, but wisely, dis
creety mad. NewY Yorkers become. The china
shops are filled with Delft. the siversmith's
with Dutch silver. and the very miners display
little Dutch bonnets fashioned like the quaint
peaked caps worn by the good DANES OF old Am
sterdam. Even Dutch furniture has become craze,
and fashionable shoppers are passing by the gor-
geous Empire styles, decorated with the laurel leaf
10 buy the Dutch sofas and cabinets curiousy in
laid with rare woods and wrought with picturesque
carving.
In far better taste is this Dutch furniture, fash
ioned as it was by hand to meet the domestic
needs OF sincere. honest folk, than the Empire
furniture with its bizarre ornamentations OF gildcd
metal and its mock classic patterns. designed TO
suit a newly created aristocracy. If could but
bring back the simple domestic spirit of the Dutch
with our Dutch fashions. ii would settle many a
vexing social problem; but Dutch fashions as they
now appear costly as the gilded fashions Of
II bac lang Daap
tablished fact that one must pay most eXtrava-
gantly for refined simplicity, so that Delft is often
almost as costly Dresden. There arc pretty
ruit-baskets in Delft "drug-vases." low bedtime
candlesticks shoes. and the most altogether de
lightful tiles Imaginable duplicating in pattern old
tiles, some of which still exist in manor-houses in
New-York and Albany. 1t is now possible TO
get almost all the shapes in this modern Delft.
it is a wise European custom to save all de-
signs used in the china factory
I'D like 10 speak to Miss Edith private" said
a woman who had been a servant in Miss Edith's
family but who took lodgers
Miss Edith" she began. after some preliminary
remarks. I'm told that Mr. Ripley comes here
consd' able. And. Miss Edith. you know what I've
always thought Of your family, and that any one
OF you young ladies is ht for the best in the land
and I'm sayin' but what Mr.. Ripley is a wor-
thy young man. but think owe II 20 you, Miss
Edith 10 tell you that he gets terrible afectionate
letters from young lady named Belle
I've no right interfere with his letters. said
Edith but her voice trembled. And how do you
know anything about ii, Ann? You swOuldht read
his letters
NO indeed Miss Edith; far be il from me 10
read anybody's letters when they're in the whole
sheet and done up proper in envelopes; but "hen
up his letters and scatters them ronnd
his ROOM ! have the right. as nobody can deny
10 piece them together and make what may De
on, Of them: and hold that it's my duty for your
family's sake. and for your sake. Miss Edlth.
A few days later Ann paid another visit, ana this
time she announced. Miss Edith. my NINA at
res, and I hope yours VIII be. too pieced to-
gether letter from his mother last night ana /
found out that Belle is his sister
Some time ago Lady Jephson. writing In The
New Review" on Canadian society, expressed ap-
probation Of the manness Of Canadian men, the
pure-mndedness of Canadian women ana 'he eA-
celence Of Canadian housekeeping, but OF society
she said: The withdrawal OF the lmper!d! uooPS
most unpopular measure Of G.adstoneS' py tne
way gave the death kneh to Canadian society
The constant succession Of English officers 'mahy
o. them men of birth and breeding) was a Iac'o'
in sustaining the Of colonial society ih'Sr
had travelled. were often accompiishe" anu
well read and intercourse with them coud not pu'
give ne,v ideas 70 the s,ay-at-home Canadians
After their withdrawal young generation sPrd"7
up unaccus,oned to hear the fhsIlsh id'sue
spoken in its purity What with irish nurses anu
French and scotch and American servants the
poor young Canadian Of the present moment hiS
little chance Of preserving his English accent in us
beauty. A twang prevails which is unequai!ed an
the world over for ugliness. and the most hopeless
feature in the case is that its victim is UNCONSCIOUS
Of the gravity Of his symptoms. lie !e's "'e
ca; its way without attempt 10 check II. an. ,
even jeers a, an English accent as affected, ai'u
prdes himself on his mongrei pronunciation
Il, is true that. in many cases the vc'in is u',-
conscious OF the gravity Of his symptoms 'noueh
he does not pride himself on ms iho"sl'' ,a,
edged the victim. aware of the iudicrous result
Of GRAFT Of English accent on CahauIan '0''1