The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-11-07
THE COMING CONVEYANCE.
Sedan Chairs Are Regarded with Favor
by the Smart Set.

by the Smart Set.
Now that that august parsonage, Ii
Hung Chang, is visiting America, VIC
should be able to see the novel "vs-
hicle"-a sedan chair. While in France
he was presented with one which is an
exact reproduction of the one Mime. de
Maintenon used to take her outings in.
Of beautifully decorated wood, with
perfumed leather seats upholstered II
yellow satin, it is a dream of beauty.
Fortunately, yellow happens to be the
Chinese national color, SO Ii Hung
Chang can repose in the sedan chair,
lined with that gay color, without
SCATTERING any of his country's tradi-
tons, for. not only is China the Elbow
cry Kingdom" but it is quite often
spoken of as the yellow kingdom"
Apropos TO the sedan chair, even be-
fore there was hint of it's being In
troduced here by the distinguished
gentleman from China, it was, now and
again, spoken of by society folk as "thc
coming conveyance" In England, the
subject was agitated a year or SO ago,
and English magazines and papers dis
cussed the subject seriously, with de-
lightful illustrations, in which milady
looked so charmingly picturesque peep
ing forth from the window of her chair
that every maid and matron longcd
to add similar vehicle to her posses
sions. Indeed one grand dame forth
with ordered chaise, poiteur made
in the highest style of the art. She
also ordered two extra lacqueys, broad
of shoulder, great of calf, and gorgeous
in livery, and she sailed forth, first in
the seclusion of her own park, after
wards she ventured abroad, to her
neighbor, Lady IS, for afternoon
tea. From that moment sedan chairs
became popular in that neighborhoo;l
and Lady - ordered one, likewise her
grace, the duchess of -.
When Mrs. Stratus, wife of Hon. Oscar
Stratus, ex-minister to Turkey, resided
in the east, she took her daily outing in
a sedan chair, conveyed by two pictur-
esquely and gorgeously-attired Turks,
and photograph she sent to New
York friend was one of herself seated in
her cheir. 1t is charming picture,
Mrs. Stratus being brilliant beauty II
the brunette type, and the photograph
has the place of honor upon vernis
Martin table in a Fifth avenue draw.
ing-room. Is
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid is another lady
who can discourse eloquently of the
delights of riding in sedan chair
When in Constantinople she often used
this means of locomotion; her sister.
in-law, Mrs. Ogden Mills, is somewhat
enthusiastic on the subject and doubt
less when the sedan chair becomes a
part of the Twentieth century life, she
will be one Of the first to order trul,
magnificent onc-one upholstered III
crimson damask and gold lace, and
leather with gold-headed nails.
Although upon inquiry the writer
cannot discover that any coach builder.
have had orders in this country foI
sedan chairs, in England a number
that is four-have already been made
and more orders are expected. As yet
however, they have not appeared r.
the public streets or parks. 1.-THE Sun
day parade knows them not" SO ar
American girl writes home from Lon
don, "but in the country, in private
parks or lordly estates, perhaps more
flourish than one would suspect
Washington Star.