The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-31

content II Is doubtful however. IL this
fashion viii ind favor among the men
Of Gotham.
Has II struck you. I wonder. that our
clever illustrator OF Life is becoming a
trife morotonous7 II seems 20 me he has
rather fallen into rut OF late and. hav-
ing created the typical American girl,
he introduces this one type into each and
all OF his iliCstratio OF course We all
know there is nothing quite like the
Gibson girl. and yet a whole room fun
OF Gibson girls. as much alike as two
peas in a pod. talking or dancing with
an equal number who pose as Dick Davis
and bearing quite similar resemblance
TO each other. Is a bit wearisome- Bad as
nu Maurier's drawings are they certainly
furnish more variety than GihSon's end
less repetitions.
Crepon is the fabric Of the hour. the
latest sort being so creased as 70 look alb
solu.ely futed- Black crepon skirts are
worn with fancy waists for the derni-
toilet. II also comes IN beautiful golden
browns and grays for street wear. and
in all the light shades for the evening
function There has been a decided i'm
provement in the weave of these stuffs.
the result being they can stand almost
as much wear and pull in a bodice as any
other material
In thin goods linen will take the place
OF duck for outing suits Light green is
the most fashionable color. The latest
designs in these suits show the Eaton
jacket.
II you wish to he strictly up 20 date
you must do your hair in an English
knot. 1t really is a frightfully trying
style. unless one is blessed with a long.
slender face, and IL actually makes one
shu0der To see the old faces. young faces.
long faces and short faces that are adopt
ing II simply because it happens 10 be
becoming TO the Princess OF Wales. The
knot Is fastened in this way: Fasten the
hair low down in the neck. as though be-
ginning French twist. Divide the hair
into two strands. The upper one coil into
the figure eight. Do the under one in
the same way, building one coil almost
over the other. Then place the hands on
the top and bottom OF the con. pushing
IL out IN the center. In order TO be strict
ly correct, the knot should stand out at
least four inches from the back OF the
head.
Another style that obtains in England
is couture of puffs. This style OF hair
dressing requires a wealth of hair. and
If a woman has not generous supply OF
her own. she must resort to a switch
IL is accomplished by fastening the locks
as before. Divide the ends. Roll each
over the fingers. Pull 1t out the proper
length and fastea one down below the
other till the back OF the head Is covered
from the parting 10 the nape OF the neck
Chauncey N. Depew has a new story
one which he won't tell the next time he
goes to Chicago. Here 1t is:
There was once a prominent man I'm
Chicago, who, like all others out there.
had a very exalted opinion of his town.
He died, and when he reached his eternal
home he looked about him with much
surprise, and said to the attendant who
had opened the gate for him: Really.
this does great credit TO Chicago. I ex-
pected some change in heaven" The at
tendant eyed the Chicagoan a second. and
then observed: This isn't heaven
New York TelegrG m.
Many OF the wraps displayed during
the recent opera season quite equalled In
beauty the gowns which they covered
One that was pronounced a dream OF
loneliness by all who saw II was OF
pompadour brocade, lined with pale
pink liberty satin, the upper cape ard
collar being edged with ermine, Another
attractive cape was of cerise velvet. with
an over cape of black guipure.
Those who are still skeptieal en- the
subject OF hypnotic singing. and feel that
In the scene which represents Trilby a6
being hypnotized by Svengali till she was
able to initiate the sounds OF his fiageo-
let, Mr.. Du Maurier has been guilty OF a
flight of poetice license, may be inter-
ested In the following quotation. which I
found IN Braid's observations on
Trance:
A case which In all essential points
covers that or Du Maurier's IS reported
as long ago as 1850 by James Braid. the
first successor OF Mesmer TO approach
the hypnotic sleep from the side OK sci
ence. rather than charlantanism. After
speaking Of the heightened sense of hear
ing under meSmeric influence. he says:
"Feats OF phoric imitation which are
truly astonishing are then possible
Many patients will thus repeat accu-
rstely what is spoken in any language,
and they may be also able TO sing cor
rectly and simultaneously both words and
music OF songs in any language they
never heard before. I. e. they catch the
words as well as the music so i1stan-
taneously as to accompany the other
singer, as II both had been previously
equally familiar with both words and
music. In this manner a patient OF mine
who when awake knew not the grammar
Of even her own language. and absolute
ly no music, was enabled to follow Mile
Jenny Lind correctly In songs in differ
eut languages giving both words and
music so simultaneously with Jenny Ind
that two parties in the same room could
not imagine there were two voices, SO
perfectly did they accord. both I'm friusi-
cal tone and verbal pronunciation Of
Swiss, German and Italian songs She
was equally successful in accompanying
Mile. Lind in one OF her extemporaneous
illusions, which was long and extremely
difficult elaborate dramatic exercise
which the celebrated cantatrics tried by
way of taxing the powers of the somnam-
girl does not even attempt TO do anything
OF the sort; and. after all, wonderful as IL
was, IL was only phonic imitation, for
she did not understand the meaning of a
single word of the foreign language she
had uttered so correctly"
DOROTHY DEAN