New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-04
HOME AND SOCIETY.
4 BEAUTY RARE IN AMERICAN GIRLS.

ACQUIRED DIMPLEs-sHOPPING IN BLoOMERs
N PARIs-soME GLiMPsEs OF AUTUMN
rAsHIoNs-QUEEN VICTORIA AS A
cuuD-soME AMUSING ANECDOTES
:, Is safe to say that not one woman in five hun
Lad carries herself gracefully. and yet next TO
,pal beauty Of feature and coloring there Is moth
49, that adds so much to a womans attractive
"nn,arance as straight. well-posed figure and an
.rsct carriage of the head. Despite her years. her
s.,honpont and her want Of beauty. there is no
..nra Misunderstanding at the English Court
.s.n the little fat old Queen her notable point
t., the way she carries herself; that alone gives
her distlncuon
.,,s matter and the great advantage 1t gives to
onan whether she be plain beautiful. tall
.or fat or thin. 10 hold herself well. very few
srs willing to take the trouble Of acquiring a habit
-,,ch when once mastered. is rarely lost That
.,,. Is a crooked and perverse generation is liter
div true as most mothers know TO their sorrow.
.vbat can | do to straighten my daughter?' Is
.ors,ant query: and one unfortunately that remains
r,answered for there seems TO be really no satis-
,.c,orv way invented yet to correct ugly
.se Braces useless, athletics OF all kinds. al
Tough excellent for the health. not eicacious
~, this trouble, excepting inasmuch they
.,reng,hen the general system. All temporary expe-
,,snts such as carrying book on the head. drill-
,,e ETC. last only for the time being, the chin re-
,oa,njng poked forward and the shoulders rounded
as before. An appeal to vanity seems to be the
ms, potent method of influencing girls to straighen
.,.mselyes up but this also fails with many. 1t
,,,d seem that some specific treatment might be
,ound 10 correc; this growing and unmanageable
rr II physicians would give II more thought. and
"A, some radical remedy might be invented Ger
,,n II is that If such a cure could be found IT
aud be considered a boon of incalcuable value by
xlA Oh 81 n
,rness and self-indulgence of the spoiled daughters
q this generation. They are not willing TO make
a. sxertjons necessary 10 strengthen the waist
,usces and 50 they miss the possession OF what is
.sly an all-conquering charm
q, &c amusing 70 see" said Mrs Van Blank-with
. slnt Of satire in her lovely eyes-"how some Of
he American women who have married abroad
mi who have had little or no position at home con-
dilute themselves authority and decide which
AZ their countrywomen are worthy OF their counter
,oce and support, You know how foreigners ignore
AIR social distinctions and consider them rather
hushabe than otherwise. dear Mrs Van Blank.
unmarked one Of these promoted DANES 10 me- and
here Mrs Van Blank paused to murmur something
about ''presuming creature who would have given
her little finger 10 be recognized by me few years
ago. Then she went on:
"'And so many pushing persons take advantage or
this Indifference. continued our exasperating coUn-
trvwoman that 1t behooves TO be very careful as
representative Americans as to whom We know
among our own people l consider II is true patriot
ISM do not you. for us Ang.o-Americans TO De ex-
clusve-for after all 1t rests with us 10 make the
distinction" AS Mrs. Van Blank had long been
the fashionable leader OF this Anglo Americans "a
tive town her feelings may be more easily mag
ined than described.
did Mrs s used 10 have dimpes?' writes an
American girl from Paris. 81 cannot remember
hut ha has
Deep regular digs in her pretty pink cheeks. Per-
haps she got them over here. for l was told that
now any one can be made all over new II she
wishes to-hair figure, expression, complexion ana
even features Height is the last thing they have
attempted I an advertisement the o'her
day in French paper offering to add couple OF
inches to any ones stature for consideration l
wanted very much TO answer 1t, as i would IN
dergo a great deal of discomfort for the sake OF
belng little taller; but some one suggested 1t
night seriously affect locomotion. concluded that
Il would be much OF an experiment
1T is really a great temptation to see what could
be made Of ones self by improvements in every
direction feel that 1t is quite possible now 10
s,raighten my nose and get rid Of my freckles
Mother declares she is going TO have all her wrn-
kles taken out before going home; and Maud. whose
neck is rather scraggy. you know proposes 10
have q pair Of beautiful plump shoulders to wear
with her pretty new evening frocks.
"By-the-Way, speaking OF recent lnHoNduoHs VIC
saw a woman shopping In boomers the other day.
and as we were the only people who seemed to look
at her. / suppose II is usual sight have not
seen anything particularly new in dresses since
came here. but the hats are much more exag-
gerated than those saw in New-York before we
left They are. all Of them, tremendously huny
Any old straw Will do for foundation as they are
completely covered with chiffon puffs. fuffs rufies
and bows all over. The effect Is very pretty and
bilowy. They are made in every Imaginable
color; sometimes they have flowers or wings but
just often they all chiffon. The hair Is
in great undulating waves, which Is very
picturesque II we'll done. but is not always becom-
Ing You see all kinds OF exaggerated pufs out on
the sides with a little pert Psyche twist at the
back / don't know which funnier the French
women with their fuffs and pufs or the English
women with their knobby bath buns stuck on the
back Of their heads. cannot say feel like copy
ing either"
Since the days OF domestic shirt making there
has been feminine handiwork more appreciated
by the masculine members OF the family than the
knitting Of elaborate golf stockings. In the manu-
facture OF which they are directly concerned
The interest they display in the samples OF I'm
ported woods and the various designs submitted
10 their approval Is most gratifying TO the sisters
and cousins and aunts and sweethearts who vie
with each other in the elaboration OF their patterns
and the number of balls they can carry" at once
from ten TO fifteen balls being no uncommon num-
Der. Oddly enough, the difficulty usually expert
enced by these skiful knitters comes with the foot
and many long. successfully knitted leg is handed
over 10 grandmother" or a German or French
maid 10 turn the heel and finish.
The following directions therefore, for knitting the
loot Of a mans ribbed stocking may be found
useful Having knitted 10 the ankle. place ~
instep stitches on 2 needles and leave them. Rib
~ heel stitches like the rest Of the stocking with
needles; slip the first stitch OF each row. RID
"a inches, then knit the middle stitches together
and mark the middle with loop OF cotton on the
AL row. Knit plain 10 the middle. then Knit slip
D. Knit ], and pass the slip stitch over It, linen
'urn the stocking.
For the "a row, purl to the middle. pun 4,
An't together and then turn the stocking again.
iof the Sd row. increase the number OF stitches
eft ch In no