The morning times., 1895-12-08

| mother bad in her parlor and would never
, allow us to touch, as finger-marks show
| upon 1t, unless the fingers are tue pink
| tinted ones of womanhood.
| Miss Fairs table is a very long one and
| shallow. as so many fashionable dressing
l tables are. Women who want to make
| tifem at home bring about the same result
| by placing five OF six foot plank upon
| iron brackets, making it secure 10 the
| wall, and afterwards draping 1t. Miss
Fairs mirror is as wide as her dressing
table. and is fastened, as all mirrors
| should be, fiat against the wall. 1t
reaches well toward The ceiling. and is
/ draped 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
| one portion OF this long shelf are backed
| with mother-of-pearl, and are laid upon
small pink mats. There is a cheap imi-
tation of this pearl in a material that
may be papier-mache. 1t is pearl gray,
a little streaked, but quite clear when
polished. This is used by several young
ladies, who have seen the wonderful
Fair dressing table and want one like IL.
The advantage of a table as long and
narrow as this one, with the broad mir
Tor running iu front of it, is that sew
eral chairs can be placed along its
front for the different operations OF
the toilet. The manicuring has its cor
ner. The Embarrassing occupies one en-
tire end The cosmetics, necessary in
windy weather as well as in sun, have
their spot fitted out for them, and in
the center may be left a long vacant
space with only The toilet waters. eX-
tracts, sweet-smelling spices, and highly
comfortable things enjoying the place OF
honor.
are very fine, the ladies who occupy
country places until Christmas for the
purpose OF riding to hounds are the
ones who absolutely revel in fine toilet
appointments, and what is more, they
boast of them. They want their guests
and their friends to know bow Iuxuri-
ously they have appointed themselves.
and they make no secret OF the fact
that the dressing-table went up into the
hundreds OF dollars before it was COM
plete.
Mrs. Adolph Ladenburg 1.-THE new woman"
as she is called since she left her two
months-old baby for an hour TO ride 10
hounds, has perhaps the most mag gnificcntly
equipped dressing table of any of the famous
Meadow Brook set. Mrs Ladenburg is
society beauty, a millionaire's wife, most
charitable woman, and the coming typical
hostess in New YOrk-according to those
who judge society from the charmed inner
circle of 1.-The know"
This thriceblessed young beauty of a
matron owns a dresSiHg-table that would
have been the envy of the best girl of Paris
time. 1t is a sectional table. Tire mirror
in the middle rises from the floor to the
ceiling. like cheval glass. Upon each side
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. fine plate, is all in
one piece. being cut Off at each side and
running down to the floor in the center.
MRS. LADENBuRG's WINGS
The difficulty with most dressing tables
is that you can get only a 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 unlOlded 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 silver.
The Marquise LAMA, daughter OF DR..
William A. Hammond IF Washington, and
herself writer of bnoks, is always an
eXquisitely dressed woman. She is large
and blonde, with a very creamy CUM
plexion. Like all suciety women of beauty,
the marquise owns a dressing-ta bic, and
hers is both marvel and u novelty. II is
in the shape of a semi-circie. in the middle
of which the dresser sits. Maid ur hair
dresser can take a stand behind her and
pick up the implements as wanted Back
of the senli-circle tilts a round glass OF
large size. The colnrs OF table and crna-
ments are pale green The table is
deicately tinted in green, and even the
glass looks green, reflectiDg the hues OF
the table. TIE other trimmings are not
prominent, bat there is an impression Of
brightest gold in bits here and there.
An English gentleman visiting this coun-
try. and learning somethi ing uf the beauty
and cost of the dressing-tables OF our
bellies, commented upon them rather sar-
casticaIly, by saying the fact of there
being so many professional beauties here
was more than explained in the existence
of the wonderful beautifying tables.
But to this his scuffed-at hearers replied
that the dTessing-tables were only for the
setting Off and the preservation OF beauty,
as window gardens set off plants and
conservaturies preserve them. But their
argument was OF no avail, when, little
later, i'll walked a beautiful matron, known
from ocean to ocean, who began at once
table, with jewels pressed into the top and
upon which were thousand dollars worth
of cosmetics that were unpacked that day
and placed ready for use at evening, when
there was to be great ball.
.
His Almost Fatal Error.