New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06
HOME AND SOCIETY.
rRENcHwoMANs ENTHUSIASM.
COUNTRY AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
N THE CITy-HoT BREAD-soMETHiNd
.yor-r TEA-wINTER FASH

THE COUNTRY AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
~ THE CITY-HoT BREAD-soMETHiNG
ABOUT rEA-wINTER FASH
IONS IN rARIs.
,or,ar,acs have been widely discussed ana are
,,orsal,v known but an Americoman'ac II w
s,asd novelty Nevertheless our day IL 'o"','.s
and we are beginning to have our aui' '"ass 81,
.o,v,sts A French countess. whose o -,
fairs bring her over to this country no" hr,nIrg
although her home Is near PARIS Ut - a,,,.s
x..v ten, IN In the best style), f~hky au'"''
s.rself an enthusiast about everythins
60 ,rys her underwear in New-fork aVo"'ns
,ha, she gets II better and cheaper NO, 49, ,s
,,ssr She buys for her chez VINO s'e -. al
"ranole" over American innoVa.iohs ~, and on
,ha Yankee contrivances for the hi'0e, ~
. ,r,,, s,o takes back presents quah'.S Vi
,,r.nus ,,,,lo household and toilet novei'ies rom
~. IN Mo American shops Of which she declares sue
can never have enough to sa'is's ~
"On me les arrache!" she exeia'i"S' -, ,, MR.
uer last achievement she says VIII si'ip'' 20
~ - a,ghborhood and required all the cour-
~ ., her convictions. and OF her hew-iaheie'
American ideas to accomplish FOR ee"el ''N,Sas
hack after the customs Of the country INC =,
90 the chateau have been washed once d nio"'a ,,'
u,,,e stream which runs through the estate ms
cream the enterprsing countess. sumuia'eu ~ Wv
..,orces which she has seen in Ahleli0."
- hos now brought into her house ps '"e
Means Of pipes and her last importation rom eh'
,aDa Of her admiration is set OF stationary ""''
.uhs and an American puhoe'' -, 10 ox
,Non Dieu, How | shall amaze them sue
~ sueh,fulIv "when l have my clothes
.noa once a week in those beautiful clean wh''e
tubs
Those who have made their arrangements TO s.as
- ,ho country and who fondly imagine that
,bev are about TO enjoy period OF peace anu e''"i
before taking up the cares ana Responsiveness -
the winter are apt TO encounter d"
ond serious difficulty servants IKE al o'"ei I'M
gratorv creatures seem to fee the instinct io'
change more strongly developed at this season 'ha,
y. n, o,her lanes TeIerpluck is bored to death
- ,ral ouiat. the desolate little village which he
tou,d amusing enough with TWO .or 'hree choioe
associates during the summer Expresses HIS sf
:, lie autumnal beakness. The MAIDS qudIIe' !"
the kitchen The cook. VINO mas ooine 'ne 'u.Sen
ga best Of the day during the hot weather Wheh
49, ho-sa 1vos full Of visitors and her work was
,o,,ad turns suddenly sulky when she has com
,arativelv little 10 do and gives warning "i'hou'
xhvre or reason A domestic upheaVal is geheiais
49, 81, and the end Of the poor house mistress
s.aS for season of rest She finds the old adase
nat satan finds mischief stiil for IDLE hahos
=. Al il exemplifed in the case of her pampered
,nsnials who unless they are Kept busy are apt
10 become intoleraD!e
"Fancy and pity poor little mother" exclaimed
n fashionable girl at Newport the other day. she
"a coming back tonight from New-fork Win 81
new servants What kind? Why. my DEAR per
meet menagerie, Cook, kitchenmaid. butler seconu
man lady's maid and laundress. And just al'er
abe left our old standby, Jane. came TO me anu
,old mo that she and the under housemald thouell
that they would like a change too; ana couiu
,nv keen them until mamma returned by heaNN
bribery Meanwhile we are having lot OF ahoos
in the house temporarily and they are SMASHING
everything and making our lives miserable
The suburbanite also finds the problem OF EXIST
ance q irving one at this season. her domesucs
whom she imagined contented and happy. suddenly
announcing day or two before the expiration oil
their months hat they must leave immeula'eN l"
find places IN the city. -,
For those who have managed 10 get rld OF 'he
burden of housekeeping during the summer '"e
ordeal Of opeliing a closed house ana comnlehclhs
with a series of experiments is most trying one
N, tho majority of women the problem or domestic
serv,ce is serious one and is growing more serl-
ous. and those with small incomes may TAKE COM
fort In the fact that the larger the househou s'a'
nj servants the more 1t requires.
II commenced housekeeping with ten Servants
said q phiiosophc woman, whose husband hau eA-
perienced a series of pecunary msfortunes' anu
have cut down my establishment little by niue
until now | have only two maids. and declare
never knew what comfort was before. leel as
froa az air and can do everything that | want TO-
! am like the Chinaman in Lambs essay, VINO had
+, burn his house down to discover the dehgh's OF
roast pig"
There is a German fo.k-son when says t"a'
courting should be done in summer: