The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

would have been snapped up long ago
| in the grab for heiresscs.
Miss Fairs California dressing bic
has top OF mother o, pearl. II is ore
OF those old-fashioncd tables that grand
| mother bad In her parlor and would
never allow us children to touch. A fin
J er-mark shows upon IL, unless the nm
\ gers are the pnk-unted ones OF woman
| hood.
Miss Fairs table is a very long one
and shallow, as so many fashionable
| dressing-tables are. Women who want TO
make them at home bring about the same
result by placing a five or six foot plank
upon iron brackets, making IT secure TO
/ the wall and afterwards draping II. MISS
Fairs mirror is az wide as her dressing
! table and Is fastened, as all mirrors
! should be, fiat against the wall III rcacn-
| cs well towards the ceiling, ard ~ drap-
cd at the top with an abundance of pink
silk and satin. laid in alternate folds.
MISS FAIRS PEARL-TOP.
The brushes. combs. etc, that occupy
1 one portion OF this long shelf are backed
with mother-of-pearl, ana are laid upon
small pink matk There is cheap imi-
tation Of this pearl in a material that
may be papiermache. II Is pearl gray,
little streakod, but quite clear when
polished. This is used by several young
ladies. who have seen the wonderful Fair
dressing-tablc and want one like il
The advantage Of a table long and
narrow as this one, with the broad mir
ror running in front OF 1t, Is that sew
eral chairs can be placed along its front
for the different operations OF the toilet.
The manicuring has its corner The hair
dressing occupies one entire end. The
cosmetics necessary in windy weather as
In. I..xs tl4ff~ Cd
for them. and in the centre may be left
a long vacant space with only the toilet
waters extracts, understanding spices.
and highly comfortable things enjoying
the place of honor
Although dressing-tabies Of the city are
very fine, the ladies who occupy country
places until Christmas for the purpose OF
riding 10 hounds are the ones who alb
solutely revel in fine toilet appointments,
and what is more, they boast of them.
They want their guests and their friends
TO know how luxuriously they have APP
pointed themselves. and they make no
secret Of the fact that the dressing table
went up into the hundreds of dollars be-
fore 1t was complete
Mrs. Adolph Ladenburg. "the new wo-
man." as she Is called since she left her
two-months-old baby for an hour to ride
10 hounds. has perhaps the most magni-
fcently equipped dressing table OF any
OF the famous Meadow Brook set. Mrs.
Ladenburg is a society beauty. million
aires wife, a most charitable woman,
and the coming typical hostess OF New
York-according TO those who judge So
ciety from the charmed inner circle OF
"the know
This thrice-bessed young beauty Of
matron owns a dressing that would
have been the envy Of the best girl of
Paris's time. II is sectional table. The
mirror in the middle rises from the floor
10 the ceiling, like a cheval glass. Upon
each sido are low shelves under which
the dresser can seat herself while she
presses her feet close to the glass for an
Impartial view of self over these side
shelves are two more mirrors. The glass,
a fine plate, is all in one piece being cut
off at each side and running down TO the
floor in the centre.
MRS. LADENBURG'S WINGS.
The difficulty with most dressing-tables
is that you can get only view Of your
face, but this one has large side wings
that stretch out and extend back of ones
head so that you see yourself on all sides
at once. When the two side ends are I'M
folded they meet back OF your head in
complete circle. The minor appointments
of the table are blue the backs of the
brushes and the solid pieces are OF sill
Yer.
The Marquise LAMA, daughter of DR..
William A. Hammond. of Washington,
and herself writer of books, is always
an exquisitely dressed woman. She is
large and blonde with very creamy COM
plexion Like all society women of
beauty the Marquise owns dressing
table, and hers IL both marvel and
novelty. 1t is in the shape of semi
circle in the middle of which the dresser
sits. Maid or hair-dresser can take a
stand behind her and pick up the imple-
ments as wanted. Back Of the semi-circle
Tits a round glass OF large size. The
colors of table and ornaments are pale
green. The table is delicately tinted I'm
green. and even the glass looks green,
rejecting the hues of the table. The