The herald., 1895-04-07

CITY CAMEOS

n priSht youuS qua was hcaru TO re-
mark beween dances the other night at a
hop. just as particularly fascinating
| gentleman left her side, ''What an exquis-
ite dancer Mr.. So-and-so is! Charming
man, too" Then adding, in a more
Thoughtful mood, "wonder if he's
married? Really, it seems just too pro-
voking for anything that woman has
not the same way Of knowing that inter-
esting fact as has a man." Then she
| ioated off in the arms of an admirer to
the soft strains of the delightful Comus
waltz.
Her words, though carelessly spoken,
started in the reporters busy brain
train OF thought which cry stallized itself
into the following question: Why should
not man s title indicate his matrimonial
status? Now when a gentleman glances
over the society news in the paper and
reads that the charming Miss Van r. of
Swelldom Villa, N. y, is spending the
winter with Mrs M. Of Figueroa street. or
Mrs. So-and-so of Snob Hill is on a visit
to this city, his curiosity is not aroused
as when one of the gentler sex learns that
Mr.. Kent Blackstone, brilliant legal
/ light of the San Francisco bar, is spending
Fiesta week in the city as the guest of
Judge So-and-so. The feminine mind
! Immediately begins to mentally debate the
! all important question il single or bene-
dict Particularly is this the case should
they be thrown together frequently dur
makes such a difference and would SIM
phfy matters greatly, to say nothing OF
! being positive convenience.
| Now, though the bette noir OF the Sacra-
mento solons, the,woman s rights bill. has
been killed for this session. | have no
doubt that, like Banquo's ghost, it will
not down" Though from now until the
next session lis long time between
drinks for the weary legislators, who
are anxiously looking forward to the
enacting of wise laws for the good of the
dear people. l would suggest to those
to insert the following clause. 1t will
tend to make the bill popular with, the
''antis, as we'll as with the out and out
woman's rights woman:
That it be hereby enacted that all
married and unmarried men be compelled
gushing prefix by which, on being heard
or read. it shall be known by said prefix
whether said man is married or single.
Isn't that practcalP For what is more
exasperating tnan for young lady to
speak of Mr.. So-and-so as charming, etc.,
low-but he's married, don't you know;
wife's charming woman"
Now shall lovely woman plead in vain
with our chivalrous Legislators Tor relief,
or will she-an esteemed contemporary
has been so ungallant as to hint that she
has already done so-have to enlist the
services of Colonel Montezuma in her be-
half? l wot not but that some of the
lawmakers esteem him generous old fell
low. if they do say hard things about
him.
''In the spring young mans fancy
lightly turns to thoughts OF love and IL
turns, too, to buzzsaw hats, russell SHOES
an light spring or ice cream suits in the
soft grays, light lilacs and creams.
dainty bunch of violets, lilies OF the val
lev or some equally modest flower graces
the lapel of the coat, thus completing the
tout ensemble of the summer young man.
Apropos of violets, did any one ever see
anything like the rage for that modest lit
tie flower, both natural and rtificial;
really every other man one meets S wear
ing them as boutonniere, and the women
wear them pinned in the bonnet strings
in fact wherever a bunch can be put to
look pretty.
In La Belle France during the time OF
the great Napoleon's exile, violets were
as much in evidence as on the streets OF
Los Angeles today, and one wearing them
would be asked: ''Is that your favorite
flower? Do you like its fragrance"
meaning "Are you friend OF the eXlled
| emperor Do you favor his return to
France?" So the present fashion can no
doubt be traced to the Napoleohic revival
which divides with Trilby the attention
of the faddists and general reading pub
| lie. Scientists say that two epoemics CAN
not exist at the same time, according
| ly one must succumb to the inevitable.
| Thank heavens we have thus far escaped
| the Trilby fever in its most acute stage,
| and that much lauded creature. the
! Trilby girl, has not made her appearance
among us yet, though the sweet summer
| girl is here in all her glory. We see her
at the matinee, on the street, and drink
| ing soda water at the various drug stores.
The big hats and big sleeves are GER
tainly the bette noir of theater-goers.
| woman or man can carry whim to as
far an extreme as they like just so long as
| it does not interfere with the comfort of
others, otherwise there is registered in
the slang paIlance of the day very de-
cided kick.
Tell it not in Gath nor whisper it at the
| gates of Aschelon, verify we are nearing
the millennium, for the other night at the
theater fashionably dressed lady enter ed
wearing large hat with the Usual
amount OF plumes, etc. After she was
seated the usher came and politely re-
ouested her to remove it, which she did,
much to the satisfaction of those directly
back of her who had of course bought
| tickets expecting to see the play, not to
sit and stare at millinery m monstrosity.
! 1t was an object lesson to the woman
seated near and severe one to the
wearer. That women are sometimes
| thoughtless and show want of consid-
Grafton has often and justly been re-
proach. ea
To the press belongs the honor, for
after all they are the real refoi m ers, of
suppressing that hideous CONFERENCE.-The
| hoop skirt, which fashion has relegated
to state of innocuous desuetude by the
ridicule heaped upon it sad libitum But
the big hat has oefed so far all scriticism
aimed at it, and the long suffering public
was compelled to invoke in many of the
states the aid of helegislature,
Here in the metropolitan city of Los
Angeles we are rather inclined to think
that nothing good can come out of Naza-
reth. but the San Berhardino ladies at
least have recently set an example in a
reform in this respect, that the larger and
more cultured cities would do well to fol-
low, especially as the powers that be have
decreed that hats are to be Bigger than
| ever.
1t remains for the cyclone sweeper and
| crank plagued state of Kansas to take the
initiative in this all important question.
| / quote the last lines of the resolution as
published in the Inter Ocean: Resolved,
That we will hereafter remove our hats
at divine worship and at all indoor meet
ings." To which the rest of the world in
general and the masculine world in par
ticular heartily echo amen.