Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-01-14
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III woman peculiar to New York. She
always suggests iargeness and square,
hess. And squareness lie not virtue
Mn a woman. The feminine figure, to
be correct. should be described by
1curves Then. this woman invariably
HAS a pronounced aouiline nose, ex-
'tremey thin, and rather blue looking.
Ia big mouth. that, when it opens, shows
9arge teeth that are set far apart. And
|Iher clothes, while decidedly in the
Fashion, seem to be put on her with
'elamping irons or hinges, but they GER
|hainly are not held together by the or
binary hooks and eyes. She is topped
by bonnet of the hearse like order
fhe plumes of which wave in fashion
Shat says: "all men are flesh"
a have never been able to understand
why this woman lived. Amiabiity is
seertainiy not her excuse for existence,
Tor she is invariably positive and posi-.
dtive to the last degree. Usually, she 10
||bpoken Of as having small income and
Belonging to an old family. She is to
Hoe found,, however, among the newly
jriGn who have come TO this big city,
Ahave plenty of money to spend and long
IIto get in with and be counted among
the famous -four hundred. :"
4 lnty ptiitNo that Snh hcip
them to get whers they want TO be.
She accepts their invitations to dinner;
she sits 10 their opera boxes; she bor-
rows their carriages; and she does not
Z hesitate to hint for and get from them
valuable presents bust she never in
PRODUCES them to the people they would
like to meet. She will announce with
pride last night my cousin, Sallie
Bluebluod, dined informally with us
and her husband, who belongs to the
real old Bluebood family, was so full
of fun ~ but she never tries to mix
water and oil by bringing together the
new friend on whom she is sponging,
and the old ones among whom she is
counted bad form but still as zone of
us " Sometimes, Madame, the newly
rich iB clever enough to read her char
acter and in very short time drops
her: being certain that she can alone
more easily obtain her object in life
than if she were hampered by lot OF
undesirable hangers-on This type of
woman is invariably the one who will
undertake arranging Christmas tree,
or festival of any sort for some
society she says, with certain
amount of truth, but she says 1T to her.
self alone, that che has right, since
sho has worked 10 hard, to take few
special toys that she wishes to send
away for gifts, as sort OF wage, but
she isn't honest enough to mention
this to the committee, and so she may
he numbered among the polite thieves.
She wants TO belong TO no society un-
less she has charge of the funds. Oh,
of course, her accounts are invariably
correct, but, still she manages to get,
IA Afrnn, TIM nj N
with whom she spends the money, or
10 some roundabout way, what the
darkies call "pickings and stealings."
Apropos of stealing, there is great
deal of that done about which the
world at large doesn't hear. All New
York, however. has heard of the latest
theit--the sable cape. AT a very fash
lonable luncheon not long ago, the
bride, in whose honor it was given, was
the last to leave. Her hostess went up
IN the dressing room with her and to
their horror, instead of the superb
sable cape which she had worn, and
which WAS one of her wedding presents,
she found tattered mink one. having
inside it the name of cheap furrier.
The hoteas, who had not lost her be.
lief in humanity then, suggested that
there must be mistake. A note was
written to each lady present asking hei
il, by mistake, she had taken cape
which had in it the name of famous
English furrier. An answer came from
each one; in every instance the writer
stated the sort of cape she wore; and
10 many cases there had been worr
capes of fur, capes of velvet, coats Of
cloth trimmed with fur, or fur coats.
The next afternoon the pretty bride,
wearing a coat of cloth and carrying in
her hand very simple muif was walk
ing down the avenue with her mother.
She suddenly clutched her parent b,
the arm and said in a husky voice:
"There's my cape. :"
The two ladies' quickly walked up t.
the wearer of the sables. She was
girl of good standing who had beer
present at the luncheon, but who's,
people we're not wealthy enough to hav;
bought her such cape as the one sht
was wearing. The mother said TO hel
with much tact: ..
Miss Highbred did you not by mis-
take take my daughters cape yester
day."
Miss IIighbred drew herself up yer!
stitfly and said:
II answered your daughters note
and l know nothing whatever abou
her cape.
The little bride, losing all control o
herself, said:
.'Why you have it on! -
The young woman gave her on
naughty look, and announcedv
'You are crazy; the cape that an
wearing was sent to me by cousin il
England.
What can they do? There is nobod
who saw her take the cape. She wen
upstairs with the others, and mai
helped her assume whatever she picKe
up as belonging to herself. Nobod
iu willing to swear to the sort of cap
she came in, though every woman i
convinced that the sabes which sh
wears with such eifrontery were de
liberate theft.
curious case came immediatel
under my own eyes. A bairdresser
who had been brushing my hair 70
many years, also brushed the hair of
friend. One Gay when she was brush
ing this friends hair, young gil
called who was intimate enough I
come into her hostess dressing room
soon after her arrival superb bracelet
set with diamonds and rubies wa
shown, a present from loving hus
band to his pretty young wife. Tn
hairdresser left the room once or twic
to get hot water, or fresh towels. bu
was never alone with the bracelet.