New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-31
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD.
WALLETS INSTEAD OF MAIDS FOR FASH
IONABLE WOMEN.
DIFFERENCES IN THE SMART sETs"-GolF Al
HOUSE GAMr-BEAUTFuL wiNDo"
ORNAMENTS AND HOW TO
THEN
MAKE THEM


An up-to.date fashionable woman has lately even
succeeded in astonishing her set that. as RUE IL
surprised at no eccentrclty the part OF any one
OF its members She mas olsfhibseu "ei i'" ~
engaged a valet.
II have never been well taken care OF IN my
life " she asserts "My clothes are most beauulu'-
" kept: my boots shoes and slippers are IKE new
and have never had my hair so well dressed III
travelling he is invaluable ne ioreets n0'"'"e' W
his packing Is perfect.
NO he does nothing FOR my husband. Jim has
his own man. mine simply Wallets me- took nm
I'D with me to my sisters last week she hau
house party her country place NOME saiu u
was 30 queer to have man unpack my traps anu
Law out my dinner gown. but don't see why IL
men are better dressmakers and better mi!iheis
do not see why they should not be better personal
attendants Adolph can trim hat or chahge t'e
character OF gown far better than any ih'Aiu
ever had Mind having him about? why OF course
I don't / would not be vulgar as to thinK OF
such a thing The individual means nothing IN
such a case Il is tho service you want. IL Is IKE
Pauline Bonaparte when one OF her friends won
dcred that she should let her lackey come into her
bedroom. Mails ma chere," she said; "appelle tu
ca un homme?" My valet is ga; VOLTA tout
SUBURBAN DIFFERENCES.
T. 10 rather Interesting to try to define the con
d!tons that influence tha manners OF the women
IN the fashionable suburbs where the smart sets
in the same way The Hudson River SET ths
..u.mnstead set" the Tuxedo and other country
club sets all differ in their form" For instance
the Hudson River aristocrats are noticeapy suHer
and more formal than their prototypes IN o'he.
places but on the other hand. they are more civil
10 outsiders or strangers the consciousness Oh ions
descent and Of the noblesse oblige doctrine, Is not
-houv obuterated by modern snobbishness; but
6asnite their undeniable breeding there is certain
circumstances that In these days OF almost
brutal frankness seems rather old-fashiohco ana
somewhat affected. 49,, e..
A typical North River girl OF the OLD schooi IS
generally a little naughty although always polite
She bears the impress received In her hIe l" III.
summer home isolated by reason OF the extent Va
tie acreage and which, until the last few years
which have introduced golf and other sports was
decidedly dull and formal few dinners al heish-
boring country houses. a dance or two IN the sea-
son more or less and ceremonious visiting coH-
Dr,s. all ,ha eaveties the rest Of her time hang
ing heavy on her hands The heat and the lifelong
habit OF inertia prevent her from leading the pussy
useful life of the young English gentiewoman OF
her class.
Her younger sister. however. under more 1aNo'-
able conditions. has much more go In her' ana re-
talns lust enough Of the family graciousness 10
make her charming; but even she has dist'nc'
traces OF the family manner" With the newer
sets there are no traditions to influence them they
are frankly and entirely modern In the latest ac-
ceptaton OF the term, and are absolutely without
arectation. because, perhaps. they won't take 100
much trouble to assume anything Moreover why
should they? They good enough Tor then'-
selves and each other they are, and that means
Of course they are good enough for any one 10
Others than their intimates they seem decidedly
rude although doubtless It Is indifference that
makes them appear so. not unklndness; the iac'
of the matter being that they are TOO occupied
with pleasing themselves to try and please others
These are general characteristics that belong 10
the class the various sets having minor dnerences
that distinguish them from each other
There is the dressy. smart set that congreeates
together at one suburb and cares more for clothes
perhaps than for sport. Another set goes IN ior
hunting and farming and lives the life Of Eng
ush souires Another Is afflicted with the golf
mania Another is or less OF a business COM
munl,y. ana the members thereof are IN conse-
auence rather duer and quieter than some OF thelf
neighbors and so on: all with difference all
good citizens OF Vanity Fair. and coming uhdei
the definition OF the adjective smart
MODEL HOSTESS
Mrs s. is certainly model hostess" said ar
up-to-date girl who had recently returned from
visit 10 country house in the Berkshires III
stormed during three Of the days we were there
and vet we did not find the time hang heavily OF
our hands moment
What did you do?'
"Oh. we played golf most of the time"
"In the rain?"
why. OF course not YOU silly! 1t was pouring
cats and dogs, and blowing hurricane. w
PLAYED II In the house. naturally. The links wer
laid all over from garnet cellar, and 1t was tn
greatest fun imaginable, Reggie S won III
Championship. because he plays billiards so wei
and II was q system of carroms against the wall
10 reach the holes. Some of the drives wer
great, The longest up TWO pairs OF stair
into the nursery and the putting green was N
baby's crib with a saucer in the middle. TIL
bunkers were made with the pillows from the beds
made one beautiful shot. which they all sal
was wonderful. My ball was under grea' four
poster bedstead in of the spare rooms. and
had to crawl under and hit it out with my nibhcr