New-York tribune., 1896-06-21
WOMEN ARE WEARING.

l., nothing SO absolutely foolish and unre-
s,,vs as the false pride which attempts a
, -, living beyond the means of the individual
sly orlv incentive thereto is that Others in her
WI - thus and so, and therefore 1t is incumbent
se.' .sr 70 do likewise. TO strive to keep up to a
up p~.a,r standard without the means to do so com
.ahv or successfully, is of all things most wear
io''.,- Aispriting Many woman at the end OF the
i"7 -, asks herself what it is all worth. and thinks
" ,,ol,sh she has been TO waste time. energy and
~, 70 gain the favor OF certain people VINO nave
",b themselves that they count for nothing the
vs. made to please them, and consider that they
W " oo,f4rring a favor by accepting invt0tions.
~ -" dss,if. her experience OF the vanity and hol-
~ nan, Of II all the chances are ten to one that
- q woman Will begin her poor. p'tiful wcridIy
',o,gn the nest season with renewed vigor ana
-. sbe Will again sacrifice herself and FAMILY 10
% $780, voloch OF modern society called Public opinion
lh' ms. r,,or hard-workne. weary dcnizens OF Van
j usI r,lv realized that such striving IS not only
l3 sss but dorogatory. that the very people
Iu o,ouaintance and friendship they are most
N"N,.,s 10 secure would like and respect them far
s.v they were simple and honest and hosp'tao.e
H"s 10 their means. ii would save them no end
-, .-upbe and disbursement
On. T. dired at Mrs. AS the other evening" said
'sns,l,e wife of one of mu,ti-m"honaires.
n' ,~,,,vo1 il so much. She lives in tiny apart
- - has only two maids. and she gave us the
',l.ot little dinner, but SO good. and such re-
w., o,ter the elaborate affairs one generally has TO
"s .brough Just soup, fish, filet of beef. an en-
"a. anil sweet everything in such excellent taste,
"" va o,lv eight at table. but just the people one
,od N see. DO ask me aga.n my husband
S",s - her as we were leaving. I have not en-
- ,,vser 5, much this winter-and he really
-. 4, We took dinner with some enc else. VINO
nou he nameless. a couple of evenings atter"aro
s,ob tiresome experience as II was! the dlnner
,s moor and yet very elaborate. and everything
Gas on a scale too big for the house what mis-
,.rA these people make. said as we were driving
Name, and how anxious and faggei MIS- -
i,okear I expect they are living beyond their
ms.ns was my husbands manlike conclusion
= came 10 me the other day 10 get me 10 go into
.or4 new enterprise In which ne Is interested Dut
I russs I'll keep out OF It,
}. "How tired and disconnected Mrs Cly1noer looks
remarked one OF her acquantances. and yet she
h.s made d success Of it this winter. every one
says
.,,s ona who present. She has spent more than
abe ran afford She has offended her old frienoS
,rs What has sae gained? liberation only from the
40. she has set her heart upon belonging TO- NO
ronHer that she finds the apples OF Sodom dust and
sshes-yet she will continue 10 reach after them
With the same eagerness next season.
,,,,s even worse 10 be ahead Of the fashion than
4, Re behind H. and II IS better TO be considered
doHdy than eccentric.
"wha. an odd girl that Miss must be" said
summer res dent OF little village In the Berksh'res
"She rides everywhere even over 20 Lemon III
white dessing Jacket"
"My dear" said her more enlightened friend
,aughinr. that is the latest and smartest English
fashion In habits; they wearing those straight
white tque Jackets even in Rotten Row this
spring
Tbs h,es. Amazonian fad may be smart, but
ord ia .,sNs
tina; Il, garment should have been taken for
ars..rns Jacket which at a distance It decidedly
resembles
rAsr. are certain sets Of people who delight In
sambob that In children OF a larger growth seem
to BE- say the least somewhat siephantine. Ihey
cause outsiders 10 wonder whether they are lack
inz In Animal spirits or are so much more ancient
than neir contemporaries that they feel out OF
touch" with 10 all whether. II seems TO them.
that tits rather unseemy for people Of mature age
and psition 10 indulge IN such antics. With Bo-
hemiarB so-called, who by virtue Of the artistic
tenpearnent are eternally young any such &C.
centridt,es appear more or less natural and are
certa!Ily allowable but when people of formal So
cety who 10 the world al large are somewhat un-
approachable and stiff. relax among their IN
timats and act like lot or cnildren, the
merrtnent ltte forced. Poor little
Mrs. b. OF Philadelphia who had been brought up
and who by virtue OF her family. wealth and per-
soma attraction. had been welcomed into GER
tain inner circle known as decidedly smart. was
yer. anxious 10 do at Rome as the Romans do,
ans 20 show herself novice in fashionable Ire.
although it was all incognita to the simple
'nsle lady who had passed forty Innocent years
TAR from the madding crowd" Brought sud
denly into the bew.ldering rush Of fashionable so
Nety she struggled valiantly. and as she thought.
Successfully, 10 appear a finished woman or the
world II happened that one Of the first dinners
she attended given by a Philadelphia. who.
married 10 a New-York man. had become a social
power In a certain SET and who had asked her
own especial gang 10 meet her townsWoman.
whose family connection she was. and who, che
prophesied would get on" To little Mrs. b. ac-
c,stomed TO the stiTest Of stif entertainments and
ore 70 whom dinner party" was solemn and
moentous occas sion. the mirh and POPULARITY OF the
party which was composed only OF intimate friends.
seemed almost ndecorous; but accepting it as a
part Of the manners and customs Of the strange
new world which her ambitious little soul longed
70 colquer she herself 70 study the entertain
ment as type Of a fashionable dinner II turned
ou, - bo what might be called a very jolly affair
indeel Popular airs started and sung with
the Dessert. and the climax was reached when one
o. ,hs men contrived 10 get into giant lampshade
which he pretended the skirt OF a ballet
caacer. and executed very clever pas seul
Al these. 70 her new and curious customs Mrs
o saded with tho seriousness which was one or
n1 tharac eristics. and when che herself gave
og cnner not long afterward. dinner which she
ih'en1ed should be the starting point Of her new
career, she resolved that she. too. would Introduce
these free and easy manners which were evidently
.tne stest style and which would show concusively
'aai she up 70 date. Just how. however. TO
set tie ball Of hilarity rolling sho could not de-
terrnfe she took wicked man OF the world
INTO ler confidence.
ihw do people manage about such things?" she
akel ingenuously Does the hostess start the
songs or tho guests?"
oh. the hostess" he answered promptly, for he
was bdden the feast. and he longed to the
little Quakeress inaugurate n dinner la cafe chan
tan.s
Mrs b. gave gasp OF CONSERVATION. but resolved
70 DO whatever was incumbent upon her TO make
her dinner a success. while tho wicked man chuckled
70 himself over the antcipat.on OF what ho thought