New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08

body IL Is safe to say that there here who
| could possibly get away To be sure. the Bots Is
crowded at night, but there hardy "elegantes'
enough II hd the "swagger" cafes and restaurants,
although the cheaper suburbs a.ong the river front
arc nightly and daily crowded with the gay grset'e
| and blcycle-rdlng model and Latin Quarter stu
dents They defy heat and consume FIXTURE de
Seine and books.
They show great dea, Of dantness. but very IT.
| tie originality In their toettes. The CIR. who
doesn't ride blcycle-and she is in the minority
any kind Of a skirt she chance to have.
but always white muslin blouse trimmed with
yellow lace and a very fluffy trimmed white hat.
She pays 81 ~ for the hat at place Mont
martre and 81 for the waist and she Is quite happy.
because she doesn't know that blouses and much
trimmed hats have gone out. and that she is
the correct copy she fondy imagines she Is OF the
'grande dame" at Trouvile and Dinard. II she is
d model with aspirations TO fashion she wears a
shiny black sailor. with embroidered white veil
drawn about II. scarf fashion. This style OF sailor
was introduced into New-York several years ago
/ by English actress and the hat Is to-day the
/ peculiar and unmlstakabe badge OF the Boulevard
ST. Michel mode.
/ The bicycle girl. however Is 10 the fore beyond
al others Her costumes consist OF light brown
| boomers which they sell at the Bon Marche for
four dolars-and in which they do an enormous
/ business-black silk stockings and tan shoes. She
wears white sailor hat with heavily embroidered
white veil and may have either blue or a pink
! shirtwalst.
By o'clock they all at the Chalet du Cycle
near the surennes bridge and a pettlcoated woman
! there II strange and nice 20 see
| The cyclste rolls In through the wide gateway
under the glaring e.ectrc lights and chafrs the
| lverled attendants who run forward relieve her
| Of her machine and place 1t in the rack with a
hundred others She takes her check and strides to
table, where she crosses her legs and rcfreshes
] the inner woman
/
charm Whatever her faIlings she has always been
feminine and dainty to an astonishing degree
/ To be chic and companion 10 her friends
she has step too far; and # Is probable that
the adoption OF the bicycle en- sse by this class OF
Parisienne will prove IT'S death blow in other circles
/ Women Of the other class are already putting on
skirts. and should be surprised II they were
forced into adopting them entirely another season.
There is certainly no aesthetic reason for the
! bloomer
How charming a woman horseback looks now,
| How delightfully."- cool. reposeful and feminine,
remember a young French girl I saw riding in the
forest Of Fontaneb,eau with young brother
either eide She tabac brown skirt with
a short JACKIE, OF pque with linen blouse.
She had a black bow her throat and a black
cocks feather side Of her ecru straw sailor.
II was not the conventional English habit even for
country .anes. but 1t suited the delicate French
demolseie and quite the proper thing from a
French standpoint.
| After her came a crowd OF blcyclsts with a
number OF In the party. They had evil
IDENTIFY ridden from Paris and they gave a dying
but vivid impression OF bent backs ungainy legs
p.oughing the air. red faces. and dusty garments.
II engaging vision.
Even there is sayly dressed crowd In the
Bos at the cafe near the Cascade and some pretty
tolettes and dainty faces may always be seen at
the expensive caferestaurants near the entrance
hardly far enough away from the city to escape
the heat fog that hangs over II.
There Is a certain kind o. prettness that shows
| up we'll In warm weather: there Is another kind
that does not. The blonde. II her features and
| complexion will stand plain style OF har-dressng.
! Is favored above her darker sisters The light
coloring and dry skin look cool and do suggest
| the necessity Of frequent application OF a powder
! pun. and dainty summer mu.ins suit her ad-
mrably
Everyone was admir.ng blond girl with a group
| OF friends at the Cafe Chinoise the other night.
She may not have been particularly beautiful orii-
nariy, but she possessed a round face. with cool.
colorless skin and delicately pencilled eyebrows
and lashes. Her hair thick and was softly
parted and loosely held with garnet-studded side
combs Uhese combs by the way, are fashionable
! here just now and are charming In gray hair) She
wore al airy little hat OF cream lace and cool