New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-15
HOME AND SOCIETY.
n-ouEN ENJOY FEMININE SOCIETY.
,v.rIrY AT THE oPERA-PERrLExiTr OF A
.xxcH couNrEss-DoINo AZ TIRE ROMANS

,oRNAITTY AT THE oPERA-FShrLSAit' "F
xcu couSrEss-poINo Az THE ROMANS
M OLD SOUTHERN CooKEnf-wHAr
WOMEN ARE WEARING IN PARIS
HOW 10 MAKE PLrM-rUppING.
.~..,a,. no doubt about 1t. the majority of women
80, ar,oy the society OF their own sex much
' ,han the society " men. II they would only
M' ~, confess H." remarked a clever woman re-
h'" md 4. IL only the desire to be thought al
60. and 10 shine among their friends that makes
t" ..ru % prefer the company o. ;he latter a.
w :, the big functions where conven'ionaiity rules
s ,vrsnn,caly, and where they feel that msscu-
..,o-t . necesssry .or their sel'-respect rake
~. ,,,,snce the opera: OF course Il IL much grand
i' =, IN n box IN one's best clothes, and IL re-
,ren visitors but x - really infinitely more
,..,l,nx the enjoyment OF the music eQua) az
.,,nes 10 20 out Independently between 'he
.o visit your friends IN the various boxes, ana
..,l ones self TO be for once free. unirRmmelled
..,u-s Is what l call delightful No wonder the
-, ,rtoy being together, II they can DO that sort
:" ,s,,r all the time. For my part. would rather
,s - q woman any day than 10 Il man, unless he
a.. exceptionally entertaining"
-s.-a !. absence OF Formally about matinee
,-roanoe AT the Metropolitan which ia beconing
~. noticeable each season; and now in the entr se'
~ Corridors outside o. the boxes are as gay
W fashionable tea and. counting out the children
.. ,-e pretty feature OF the scene. resemble not
,,,,a the rash'orable crowd az private entertain
-. Here women certainly seem IN their element
"a sas9iutely their ease-there IS no oorenoh-
:, restrain. everything is natural and easy an"
s.-e,,-a deNshtful When VIII sIca condiuons pre-
- ., all social functions? Ia the day never 10
W zen = woman VIII feel az free 20 seek con
re,,sf .-iends among her own sex and 10 move
-, ,,~stts- lo1 az all evening entertainments "a
.,-,,iv IS n teas and ma;inees2 departure OF
,,,s KIND would be ines;imaole boon 10 ooth
-. No,, ~ whom are greatly Inconvenience by
-. ,,v-r,tten laws. which make woman so alb
,,-dlv helpless al all post-prancia! functions.
r. r-.n,h srstocrats American society IS hope
a.. n-ohlenn The English accept our apparent con-
,-,sic.iors and Inconsistencies with pniosopmc
Indifference. and when this country at least
.sern 10 ind it quite natural that We shouIh nave
opr social distinctions. and "smart set wherein
osr.s,, commercial mAgnates are set apart from
o,h., commercial magnates. for no apparent reason
o.. ofr French visitors. who are apt TO take such
,s,ters an grand serieuX puzzle over our incohsiN-
ora social conditions In way mat Is quite amusing
-, do M. af all comprehend what In AmeriQue
q c.lsd society. and A charming con'ess- %
~. raYbo,rs :, Cermain whose husband visited
ais country not long ago on special mission. !
800 ~ n,vself that ] should find here all on all
Ay,it3 WIN rs in our rspubique. 1t Is dinereht'
~ have our old noblesse. our traditions put
imagined 10 myself that here would De the lneai
! such conditions OF oEothfi-
hood I found myself au contrare transported into
charming monde with is manners. and pursuits.
ara pleasures. its wel-dressed brilliant women -
MN bisn CONNIE il fault and the usual crowd or the
,s,nssse doree WHO drive their 'four-n-hands give
entertainments. and are wha, you call sporty
r'ssr - pas-Quite like our own. Then SEE u II
ss Won say: YOU have a society and class distinc-
ms ike nous autres But suddenly l have
shock and again am all confused. dlhed one
.vsr.ng a. a magn.hque establishment; the most
militant asserlbage taere. Everything was
Sors Il. A manner parfaite. Not in Paris nor Lon
don could there have been an entertainment pet'er
conducted and ! said TO myself, / shall tell my
raople A. home that there Is true arisiocracy III
America after all Mais ma chere' Figure 70
Yourself ny desillusonment. The next day on gong
,r,o an Establishment for the sale Of wines WIN
Nine de - % Legation. who was desrous o.
Nyving he- winters supply FOR Washington "nom
"a see approaching us but Mr. y. our host OF the
evening before, Moi I could have sunk through the
floor with the modification, But he looking quite
rlsased said What can do for YOU ladies' ana
discussed prices and qualities Ike vrai bourgeois
shopkseper
And now know no longer what 10 say why
should his excellent merchant be IN T.. as YOU
"a and other excellent marchands be out OF X
and % What does IL consist-ths soc.ete Amerl-
caine'"