New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16

A BINGHAM GOWN AND NULL NECKP1ECE.
library that It would her so much time II che
down in the L.
"cMy dear Miss T. she exclaimed. would
not go into these slums for the world without John
and Thomas to protect me- a remark which showed
how hopelessly ignorant she was of the real mean
Ing and scope of our work"
RIDES IN THE OPEN sTREETCARs
Apart from the ethical side of the question, one
loses an immense amount of interest and amuse-
ment by keeping ones self aloof from ones fell
low-creatures.
There are three ways Of taking an airing In
New-York that I consider perfectly delightful"
said an Independent woman OF good social stand
ing. zone is a hanson another is on top of a
Fifth-ave. bus, and the last, which l must admit
has sometimes its drawbacks in the way of COM
partnership. though {, is the most amusing of the
three IS open tram"
ooh, mamma" exclaimed a society girl TO her
mother who had just signalled of these last
named open cars. you surely would be seen In
one of those things"
You may do as you please Elizabeth said the
stronzer-Ininded parent. but for me- consider
nv social position Is sufficiently good TO allow OF
my riding in an open car if ! choose" whereupon
She mounted the tram, and left her more arsto-
cratic daughter standing on the pavement.
To the student of human nature trip on one Of
these essentially democratic public conveyances on
one OF the great side avenues, which, running par
alel and only a few blocks off from Fifth-ave..
teen with life that is totally different and I'M
familiar is most interesting.
In these early spring days. especially before the
heat Of the gives that ineXpressibie air OF
dreariness to the baked streets "the sidewalks OF
New-York" have all the interest of scenes on the
stage. particularly the apshalted streets, where
the queer types of cyclists add rot little TO the
variety OF the spectacle. An organ grinder starts
up a waltz and suddenly the block is filled with
dancers. who dispense as rapidly they gather to-
gether on the cessation OF the music. Shopkeepers
lounge at their doors, exchanging remarks with
their neighbors and the passers-by. Suddenly a
fight seems imminent. A crowd gathers. Perhaps
II IS the sweet spring air the inherent good
nature OF the street folk. but the erstwhle COM
batants end the affair with laugh and the on
lockers move on. There fashion, too is TO be seen
startlingly exaggerated hats and the latest cuts
carried out In cheap material All this may be seen.
and much more from an open Eighth-ave. car. the
serio-comic pathetic tumble of the life of the crowd
ed parts Of the great city life that is and
yet so UNNECESSARILY far from the fashionable quar-
tiers in the immediate neighborhood
MATINEES AND BREAKFAST JACKETS
Breakfast Jackets for hot weather delight
fully comfortable as well as pretty and dainty
looking and some charming models have been
recently sent over from Paris. One cool-ookng
little affair Is OF thin nainsook both the front and
back being composed OF five box pleats from the
shoulders and IN front The pleats are laid fiat
as far as the bust, the intervening space being
nled In with tiny tucks
AT the bust five rosettes of blue satin ribbon
mold the pleats In place placed on the intervening
spaces between. below which they hang loose 10
''o mem. Each pleat is covered with fine en-
pio''e'' ana mas tiny ruf1e on either side. This
ARRANGEMENT Is the back and front the rest
% VIZ Jacnet Delhs loose sacque. The sleeve Is