Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-15

Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.--Lt is said just
now that all the women are trying to
learn how to walk, and that this is be-
ing done after that pretty French
fashion which demands that bright
scarlet ribbon be stretched straight
across the floor, and that it is walked.
And by walked" is meant that The
toes, or heels, are never allowed 70
touch the carpet on either side OF il 70
me it seems as if this would give rather
mincing step, but the teachers of
walking insist that it will make
women hold in the abdomen, stretch
their shoulders, take good long breatas,
and, in addition, walk daintily. Prft
sonally, | rather doubt all this being
achieved, still, the new method is more
or less interesting. Some women walk
as if they were afraid to do anything
more than tip on their toes; Others
come down on their heels as If theV
thought they would add to their heigh
by doing this, and some others put thu
whole foot down as if they were tread.
ing out a cornted. There is an incll-
nation on the part of tall women 10
take funny little steps that make thpn
look as if they were on stills, while 4
good many short ones seem to knHct,
their feet against the ground, as il thoY
We're clicking ut II trot
WOMEN AS MEN IMITAToRs.
With the talor-made girl, M easy
walk came in, walk that did have i
suggestion of a stride, but still, a. it was
swinging, was perfectly feminine and
easy. 1t was much prettier than the
mincing steps attained by walking the
ribbon. By.the-by, il does seem that
while women are talking so much about
their rights, as if they had left very few
to men. They have taken his loose,
| heaVy.Stitched gloves with the big but.
tons, they have taken his shirt front, his
| tie, his scarf pin, his watch chain, his
cigarettes, his coat pockets, and if some
| of the bicycle riders continue to divide
! their skirts; they will have taken his
| trousers. | have tried my very best to
| be convinced that a woman looks well
| on a bicycle. She does not. The atti.
| tude is an ungraceful, strained one, aud
if the rider happens to be fat woman,
her face gets tiercely red, and she does
look au object! No matter how much
care may have been given to the eet-up,
they all look pretty much alike, and
most Of the riders have an untidy look;
tumbled hair, nigligee cap, and well,
the general loose get up being far from
natty looking, Riding the iron and
steel horse may be popular, but certainly
| it is not pretty. OF course, some of the
fashionable women have learned to ride;
they are continually seeking for some
new distraction. But you can be very
certain that they will ride in private
schools, or on their own private grounds
and not through the streets of New
York, or in tine public parks. They are
too wise to make guys of themselves for
the benefit Of the general public. Oc-
casionally they might do it among their
own crowd, but be very sure that they
are not going to let the hoi poiloi see
them make fools Of themselves.
ABOUT FOOLISH OLD LADIES.
don't think that Greek word is spelt
right, but then am not very well up in
Greek, because l have always been told
they weren't quite proper. One thing |
should like to know, and thai is, what
did the Greeks do with their old ladies ?
When women reached, well, say thirty
years, did some gentle Greeks chloro
form them? Because, in all the pic
lures that ! have ever seen, the drecian
lady is sitting on cold, marble bench,
IN very light and airy toilet, either lis
tcnlng to a new poem or enjoying the
bath. They never seemed to change
their garments for these two occasions,
but il is fair to suppose that when they
were out listening to the work of the
/ nanf1a has . hat 4
dry. would like to resurrect few ot
the Greeks. The gentle ones who did
the sitting act, and get them TO dispose
Of few foolish old women who insist
upon appearing in society when the poor
old dears ought to be at home, and
wearing extremely low cut bodices, quite
as low as those fancied by the Greeks
Some of these old ladies are so scraWny
that one wonders their bones do moi
speak; while some of the others are oil
the red-faced COW type.
THAT SUGGEST THE NEED OF SuBDuINo
Some of these old ladies are not quite
dainty, and it is wished that they might
initiate the Greeks, as long as they vii
live and go out, in their affection for i
scIubbing. Now, If one or two of then
would be really Greek, and go to the
bath, and first get warm, and then gel
old, and then have Il lot of soap scrub
bed on them, anC then cold shower
down their backs to give them courage
and then u cold douche aimed at th4iI
bodlces-well, at least, the part uude
their bodlces, to develop them, althougi
| suppose all that would be deyelopeC
now would be the bOdice-and then the,
be rubbed down with alcohol, and thei
have a brandy and soda, to keep then
from catching cold-l tell you, if thu
were done, these old guys would cont
out, if not younger, at least, cleane
women, and with more sense. And then
possibly, there would be some hope 0
their dressing themselves and conduct
I ing themselves more in accordance witt
their years.
r SILLY GRANDMOTHER.
t | am one Of the advocates of wome
, staying young as long as possible; bu
t | don't see anything funny in great
/ grandmother, gowned up to date, will
7 bodice cut as low as it can be and We
. stay on, smoking cigarettes and telin,
risque stories There is one woman here
j a grandmother, whose face is the red
dest you ever saw, and who is absa
lutely learning to ride the bicycle. Dur
/ ing her first ride she was fairly purple
] and am tempted to think that she /
) being encouraged to take lessons by he
| sons-in.law, in the hope that the irol
steed will be too much for her. But
wont. She is what district messenre
boy would call fluff"
! 1t is announced positively that W
| must all take to the rouge bot. Tia
the Princess of Wales finds She needs
9 little color in her face, and that she
| snnnlrinr what natnre dnns not ~, -