The herald., 1896-03-22
NEW YORK SOCIETY MANS FAN.

| and sleeves which bear all sorts Of odd
decorations.
There are vests Of richly embroidered
white satin in heavy gold work. or laid In
a succession Of tiny mousseline de sole frills
running parallel across. There are en-
broidered frills Of the goods or Of pink
edged India silk to match, used on the
bodice as shoulder decoration. The sleeves
OF the mousquetaire sort are all befrilled
and made unusually long to hide the hand
to the knuckles.
Very many of the new gowns show a
sort Of tablin decoration coming below the
belt A smart frock Of nut brown crepon is
fecked with leaf green and silver. The
skirt is extremely plain and smArtly stiff
fened about the feet. The bodice fits snug
ly, and Is overlaid with flchu-like arrange
ment Of nut brown mousseline de sole edged
with double frills Of the stuff. Frllls OF the
same decorate the edge Of the sleeves.
plain stock Of deep violet velvet is
built high about the neck, and a narrow
belt OF the same is set of by lot of broad
loops across the front. A tiny, perked UP
hat OF green satin braid, faced with twists
OF violet, has a trimming Of oddly fecked
nut brown ribbon.
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Little folks are coming into fashion, and
they can thank the free-and-easiness of
the times for their busy mammals newest
fad. 1t seems to be the thing just now to
be quite frank and natural, both In speech
ana manners, even to be little freer than
is quite natural. Smart people in their own
set however Arctic to those who are out,
are familiarly Mrs. Tom, Dick or Harry,
exceedingly enthusiastic about everything,
charmed with everybody, profuse in their
thanks, heartbroken at being obliged to re-
fuse friends invitation. sld quite cans
gene in their attitude toward each other
and the p0Ovaptto1s Thoir oil
almost an argo all their own, full of the
golf and horsey terms that are the fashion
for the nonce. all about what he
said. what she said, what the world
said. and the consequences thereof-per-
fectly uninteligible to stranger.
Even kindly courtesy to stranger, Is
too stiited and conventional to be a char
acteristic of modern society, though they
do not extend to him in its place the bon
camaraderie Of their own set. letter Of
hospitality it's writer would have received
But open-handed hospitality Is as old-fash-
ioned as are the stately elegances of the
old Knickerbocker and colonial days. A
stranger has suspicion. reserve, indiffer-
ence to brush away before society's frigidity
will turn 10 gushing familiarity.
4 Z T.
One Of the results OF this general in
formality Is the appearance Of children
with their mothers oftener than WAS
thought good form during the Angloma mia
of a few years ago. A daintily dressed
little daughter often enters the parlor at
tea-time. makes a courtesy at the door, and
then, hugging her knees with her bare
arms, gazes, open-eyed, at the company"
from the stool beside her mammals knee
She is taught to answer people nicely, to
shake hands with them when they CO. and
to courtesy ut the door when she leaves
the room. Her mother takes her driving
10 picture galleries. to opera or a very
occasional theater matinee; to the symphony
rehearsal. to the shops. In fact she makes
companion Of the little one as much as
possible without intruding the child upon
other grown-up folks. and gives her per-
sonal supervision to many educational mat
ters once left to the governeEs.
This is certainly step In the right d.
rection. 1t is so common to hear people
say, "Oh. Dorothy has really not the slight
est ear for music. and I have stopped her
lessons" Or. MY little daughter hasn't