Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13

that it is not at your shabby dress or
the hat that you have fixed over, but |
that she sees in you something that is |
pretty, and she will tell YOU of it. She |
never flurries. She does not jar upon |
your nerves as do many women, getting |
them in such condition that they are
like the strings of violin that needs
tuning. She manages to make for you q
pleasant life music, and after she has
gone she leaves with you a certain sense
of repose that lasts until, alas a jarring
element comes in, and life goes all
wrong again" Everybody nodded in
appreciation, for everybody enjoyed this
type of woman.
LACE, ROSES AND JEWELS
Suddenly, the question was asked,
"What is dressy woman ?" A very
nervous voice answered to this, "She is
the woman who makes you conscious
of every bit of lace on her frock, of every
rose in her hat, and of every jewel that
than anybody else's, and she looks all
the time as if she wanted to pat her
ribbons in approval of her own appear
ance. If she is asked to listen to some
music, she thinks of nothing but the
gown she is going to wear. She objects
to outdoor sports, because they do not
| permit frills of various kinds, and she
judges everybody By the quantity,
rather than the quality of their toilettes.
She is the woman who goes to the
summer watering-places with
ONE HUNDRED DRESSES
in her trunk, and after that she is hidden
away all during the winter, for she re-
quires that time to attend to her gowns
for the next season. She is seldom a
well-dressed woman. She looks for
effect, and does not think much Of the
material used to gain this. Real lace
possesses no value in her eyes, for she
can get twice the quantity of the imita-
ton for less money. She wouldn't hest
tate to wear imitation diamonds, but she
knows that there is no difficulty nova
days in their discovery. She is very con-
scious of her clothes, and she impresses
them on everybody else. They remem.
| Der the frocks, but not the woman. Of
; her | must repeat that, while she is a
} dressy, she is nota well-dressed woman. =
"What about the slangy woman 7?
$ ooh, she is too vulgar to be considered.
: When sailor hats became common and
9 could be bought at cheap shops as vel
A as at expensive matters, slang went out
t and fashionable women refused to recog
e nize its existence. A much more inter
c esting woman as study is the fascina
5 ting one. She seldom cares for othe
8 women, and is
4 FLOWER THAT BLOOMS AT NIGHT
i rather than in the daytime.
8 She initiates somebody, may be Sari
IS Bernhardt, it may be her idea of Madam
e Pompadour. Then she dresses up to tn
: character, and, in the words OF a move
d OF the day, "lures her victims" lie
e victims seldom suffer; they are usual,
y young, and enjoy the play as much u
d she does. They like her poses, he
II sentiments, and they attempt to live "
u to them, at least while they are wit
IN her. She is apt to be II great reader c
poetry, and her conversation is heayil
TX weighted with quotations that she be
10 lieyes are counted as original. Sh
keeps up this little comedy.
UNTIL SHE FALLS IN LOVE,
re and then she becomes like most othe
M women, only to discover to her surpris
Il that, in her own character she has
IL particular fascination for men. This
no perfectly right and proper, and as Ion
be as she doesn't do anything that's wron
n. it is just as well that she recognizes i
+ She can't help it; and that it is true
n proven by the fact that her grandson
n. would rather go out with her than wit
. e young women. think her really ia
mi cinating.
nd had listened quietly to everybody
ev opinion. | had been interested in a
ri the types OF women, and wondered
an it wouldn't be well to compile boo
"a, and put them in regular order, markir
We them Desirable" or dangerous"
nd "Very Good" or whatever might be Il
on judgment passed upon the special kin
nd Yet believe all women start out goo
he But as they are capable OF great goo
ct ness, so they are capable OF gre
if wickedness. Woman always reaches I
~ the extreme. Which are you going
il try for? The good, | hope, For o.
ng stretched to that are the hands of h
IN whom you know as BAB