The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-02-02
RlaE OF TIE ELuFEY GIRL


fhs raAlsr 0ato Has Dangerous 8lvnl In
~ --latest lavssstss.
It u Thought that the great French
dre.s-maksrs originated the hnffy girl
for pvrsly commercial purposes. She
is the tailor maids most dangerous RE
val: In fant. feminine types of the end
of this nineteenth century have mar
rowed down 10 just these two. There
ere few people SO oid-fashioned nowa-
days ~ to describe young woman as
tall or short, piump or thin; there are
simply two kinds. the 1ufiies and the
tailor maids.
The French modistes are responsible
for the tailor-maid girl also. They
put her upon the earth trim. triY. and
swnRger, but she proved far too popu-
lar. Every woman wanted To wear a
tailor gown. ard she wore it every
where. IL was suitable for shopping.
for . luncheon. aud when Of fine cloth
and silk. lined it did dnty as theater
frock, or with bunch of violets ie
could BE- worn to church wedding.
The demand for trimmings and furbe-
lows had died \ short and complete
death. Women no longer ordered
spanglsd banda and embroidered lsces
at many dollars yard. They demand
ed plain welted seams aud a perfect
cut. In vain did the Paris modist~s
bring ont their most exquisite crea-
tioux. The tailor-fnade epidemic wss
raging and trimmings were bad form.
The great dressmakers were in de-
SPAR. They racksd their brains for
some plan by which they might rein
~ Fl ~
used. to bring NJ many dollars to their
coHers. but il seemed on impossible
task. The women who set the fashions
refused 10 be dictated tn, and the or
ders for, taiior-mads dresses came in
faster than they conld be filled.
1t was about this time that the fluffy
girl appeared upon the scene. There
was no ressou for her coming: She wss
anheraldsj and unwanted. She WAS
dresssd in . manner In direct contra
dictiou 10 the prevailing mode. She
WAS 'artistic,r and the autipodes of
the stid. correct. taiior-frocked girl.
She was not ut all aggressive. She
simply. stsid. BY and by people began
20 ask who that very pretty feminine
looking young woman was, and then
few dxring oues Initiated her. She had
/, couie TO remain.
| The aufPy girl did not brush and
| band her hair in the sleek English
She waved L. and Auffed il out over
her ears and let q STRAY curl escape up
on her temples Perhaps she tied IL
!. with velvet knot at the back oi her
neck, but. At all events, she obtained
the eject she was striving for. Her
dresses did not cling To her form with
the ungiving sxsctress cf the close-cut
cloth fr0ek, but t-draped her body in
graceful liuex She wore dainty lit
tle. baby waist and frills and frivols of
4, all sorts. Sometimes she tied her waist
about with = sash or wore Ridiculous
(, little white apron with Impossible
pocksts. She did not GO in for politics
or athletics, but waxed enthusiastic
over babies and violets aud new now
,'els. Her feet one might notice with
out much trouble were clAa in silk
stockings ana high heeled siippers.and
there was quite = quantity. OF white
lace frilling sisplayed when she took
her mandolin across her knee or step
ped into cab, for the huffy girl dis
likes walking. !;
In short while she becs me. the rnge
and had hosts Of imitators, But You
can always tell the original fluffy girl
from the converted tailor maid ~
course, she II q desperate dirt. . At par
i ties you may detect her spooning On
the stairs with the most desirable man
there. or lingering in the conservatory
with the football hero Of the hour.
I, She likes to talk about sfiinities and
things. and while her railor-maid sister
| in the next room 10 astounding every
one by her Knowledge of the game she
carries the champion of captive by
her sublime ignorance Of creations
| entire scheme. .<
The auny girl has been u great sue
cess. The object Of the Paris Inodistes
has been attained. The trim tailor
maid is giving way tn the Gibson girl,
| with her shoulder frills an,i her big
| sleeves. The bottle mas been almost
uunoticed, hut the defeat has been
! sweeping. Over the past world of
fashion the fluffy girl at present reigns
supreme by the divine right of her
wOsnsnly charm and her old-tsshioned
horror of a mouse. Her love dor bon
ovue - diuoAt cFhhndl. pui she can
give the woman politician the su utfra-
! yisr. and the female athlete cGrds and
spades and beat them In the contest
for snocess ANA popularity. NJ Y. sun.
Lang aass ssAsastics.
Almost one-third of all humanity, or
! about +0o, 900, 900 people, speak the Chi.
nese language. The eHindoolsnguzse
and its various dialects are spoken by,
I! perhaps, I25oo0, wv, the third place be-
ing accorded the English language,
which is now used by not lees than
iiae0o, 600 people. The Russian Ian
guaes comes fourth, ~. oo0, 900 persons
daily usiaS IL 10 the exclusion of all
Others The German language. Is the
audible expression OF 5000 ooo human
beings, and the spanish Of about As
90, 900. Among European languages
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