Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-22

modest Dut cOBti well, lney might JUST
as we'll be studded with diamonds as
far as cost goes. To have the cape and
parasol match is the fancy. A parasol
that bore the stamp of Paris was of
black chiffon over pale lavender with
a stick Of ebony tipped with china
violets, the flowers, their leaves and
stems being perfectly brought out. The
cape that went with this was of black
lace with black lace capuchin hood
lined with violet. The enormous large
hats are all right for carriage wear on
almost any woman, but when woman
walks she must remember that certain
height is required before large hat
can be assumed unless one wishes to
look as IL one were extinguished.
Women are too prone to simply suit
their hats to their heads and not to
their entire figures. Sarah Bernhard
and Ellen Terry and the tall women
that Du Maurier draws can all wear
huge hats at any time, and yet off the
stage Ellen Terry appeared at an elabo-
ate supper one night in mussy black
Grape bonnet with
sTRlNGY GREEN FEATHER
in front of it, very much to the horror
of the other women present. Certainly
/ oAA1 AAuJ hhOh Whdh BANthAtSJdO ahSn'
| ing is on the stage, but she looks like the
very dickens off it. And the divine
Sarah, to whom the vogue given to
large hats may be credited, was often
est seen when last here in a very di-
lapidated looking poke, which had
nothing to recommend it except that it
WASH t conspicuous. Speaking of things
being conspicuous, when will women
learn that unless they have feet like
| Cinderella they ought not to wear
white shoes? They are not pretty, they
| give the foot shapeless look, and they
invariably make it appear two sizes
larger than it is. A black velvet slip
per is smart, but it also must only be
worn by the woman with slender
foot The black satin and the black
patent leather slipper may be worn by
any one, She whose foot is short
should choose slipper at least one
size too long, and, il she is wise, she
will elect that it shall be two, for then
the point may be stuffed with cotton
and the long, narrow effect counted
aristocratic will be hers. Tiny buckles
Of rhinestones or steel are in better
form than large rosettes, unless, in
deed, ones instep should be very low,
and then the full rosette 10 chosen to
increase, apparently, it's height.
By-the-by. even here, there are mis-
takes made in traps. Once in while,
one absolutely secs cockades worn by
the men on the box! This is a great
mistake. unless the owner of the trap
belongs to the army or navy, and then,
OF course, they are proper. A few
minutes ago there passed us a victoria
that was correct in every respect but
one: the men had their storm coats
folded and laid under them. Why was
this wrongY II storm should come
up, the lady of the carriage would not
be protected from it, so why should
her servant be cared forS
DRESS YOUR GROOM LIKE HIS MASTER.
The only carriage on which it is good
form to display the coats of the men is
the large landau, which. in case of
shower can be so closed that the ladies
are perfectly safe. Then, too, every now
and then one sees, to her horror, a
coaehman whose face is not smooth,
and before anything else it must be re-
membered that men servants should
suggest absolute cleanliness A smart
hanson is ruined by having it's driver
in livery. From a London standpoint,
this is wrong. The driver of hanson
cbOhiNt bC bitbbtl ulllOSt bAdClly like
his master; that is, dark trousers, dark
waistcoat, standing collar and four in
hand tied by himself, and coat that
is between cutaway and a box, dark
of course his hat, in the morning,
should be brown derby, in the after
noon an immaculate silk one, and his
gloves should be heavy tan kid ones,
closing with two large buttons. This
is the get-up of the man who drives
the hanson of the Prince of Wales. A
livery is counted very bad form for
the man who is on but not in the han
som.
The fancy for perfumes is increasing,
and each pretty woman elects special
one of her own, and has her belongings
so saturated with it that, if you pick
up her fan, or her handkerchief, you
know exactly to whom il belongs.
Violet, which has been favorite for
such long time, has given way to that
odd odor, neroli, which requires to be
greatly diluted before it can be used.
To me, it always suggests a mummy,
though l am sure 1 don't know why;
still it is very odd. Edelweiss is deli
cate and many choose it, and jasemine
is liked. Opoponax is strong, but it
has its admirers, though they don't
fancy being told that 1t is the
EXTRACT OF THE PIe's TAIL,
which is the Frenchman's explanation
of it. Perfume is used in the smart
set by pouring quantities of it on those
belongings that will permit it, and so
soaking it in. Personally, l have
always thought that a great quantity
Of perfume was vulgar, and | sympa-
thize with the darkey nanny who
says, "Little white ladies' is SO sweet
anyway, or ought to be, that the only
sweet smell they needs is that guy by
a pretty temper
All the follies and fads of fashion are
here, and the women of the smart set
are continually seeking for something
new in gowns, in fans, in parasols, in
shoes, in perfumes or in any of the
thousand things that go to make up a
toilette. 1t isn't a particularly great
ambition, this continual seeking after
something to add to their personal APP
pearance, but after all there might be
worse one.
LIVE UP TO THESE ouGHTs" AND
YOU WILL BE HAPPY.
Women ought to look pretty. 1t is
their duty in life-part of it.
Men ought to be brave, women ought
to be beautiful
Men ought to be strong, women
ought to be tender.
Men ought to govern by the brain,
women ought to govern by the heart.
Men ought to earn money, women
ought to spend it,
Men ought to love women and women
ought to submit to it.
Men ought TO be charitable, women
ought To be sympathetic
Tach ehould he what the other ien,+