Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-07
Fashions. Folks and Facts.

know that the men (patient, long suffering creatures) will be delighted to learn that those larboard and starboard protectors the big sleeves, are gradually decreasing. Yea, the doom of their swell dom has been sounded in Paris, and their greatness is on the wane.
 The coming skirt will be a fitted skirt -tight-fittng about the hips and fiaring at the hem. Already the skirts are be- ing lined with hair cloth only half way from the bottom.
 Fancy bodices are losing the blouse effect, and the Marie Antoinette fichu IS in full favor. Black and white contin- ues to be favorite contrast so far as colors go, and black and white striped gauges are very popular. So says Dame Fashion.
 They do say that Richard Harding Davis is to marry an actress, Maude Adams, the leading lady of John Drew'S company. What penchant those liter ary men have for actresses. anyhow!
 The divine Sarah" says that Ham let is unquestonably the greatest role for man, and Lady Macbeth the great est role for a woman.
 The De Reszkes are Jews, and the fam fly is not noble, the de" being a recent prefix Jean De Reszke is 55 or 56 years of age but he has the appearance of be- ing no more than 30 years of age, and will soon marry, so the rumor runs, Parisienne countess. A palace, which will be called the Cottage Americanne, is being constructed in Poland by Chi cago architect for Jean De Reszke The description of this magnificent home really taxes ones imagination, but Jean De Reszke the handsome. much sought for, the toast of two continents-the idol of the ladies, the big game of maneuver- ing mammas the apparently confirmed old bachelor-is victim at last
 I.oie Fuller has danced herself into misfortune in Paris-too ambitious; wanted to manage herself. Umph! that was easy to prophecy. Several men tried that and failed.
 Sipsy's Observations.
 To the Society Editress:
 l would like clear and lucid state ment of what really is expected of the looming woman" From all that can gather the expectations differ so widely that the looming woman" has evidently postponed coming. One writer howls out, "Open all doors to women. Let them adopt all trades and professions! Let them manage theaters, be doctors, bar risters. artists. promote swindles and edit newspapers! CPardon, those two last mentioned are not supposed to be in the least connected) Then we men shall have nothing to do but lie in bed until 12, read two~novels a day, have nice little 5 o'clock teas discuss the latest patterns in trousers and comment on the fit of MT Jones' coat. Yes, how jolly! Eman- cipate the women! Can't you see they are Slaves?"
 believe the women of the south have had enough of emancipation, and if it proves as big a blunder in their case as it did in that other case, they had better remain in servitude.
 Again, another writer cries out that the looming woman of her imagination 'is the old fashioned Una sitting upon the lions back, passing unsmirched through the world" This same writer with the lofty ideals also poeticaly re- marks, That her gorge rises at the books she hears discussed in the modern drawing rooms; she does not approve of girls reading books written by women with a purpose, and she wonders what our girls will come to know or surmise."
 Now there is one thing certain. the coming woman can't be both of these ideals, they differ too widely, and some body is liable to be disappointed
 
 An old-fashioned Una seated on lions s back, running newspaper and knocking about this rough world trying to make living. would find, fear, that for pur- poses of protection an editor undoubt- edly needs a whole menagerel
 
 Then an old-fashioned Una would de- serve and would be looking for a red cross knight, and it Is my candid belief that that particular species of the genus homo is now extinct, so what would the poor girl do?
 I don't believe Una is the kind of girl this nineteenth century needs. All the girls that make the most mistakes and develop into immoral women were in nocent, loving. trusting, clinging girls Gf we are to believe newspaper accounts) Innocent, loving. trusting, clinging