New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16
STORIES or DRESS.
SOME EXTRAvAGANT PRINCEssEs


From The Gentlewoman.
danes about the extravaganza in dress o. women
who have not had the command of money from theif
sunh exirayagance comes however. very natural
seeing that In reality 1t is not extravagance. They
os ie'U wera after All his most profitable customers
For the moment there Were no native prncesses In
France so Il boots little nothing 20 speculate whas
the DUCHESS @Sa i Angoulame is capable = vH.n she
returns Paris after the restoration OF her uncle.
Win her cousin the son of the future Charles X she
was practically the prospective Queen or France We
fatcd Marie Anonctte and that the iat,"r had beer
by no means economica in her tastes since her ar
rival IN France. The fancy costumes III Wnlcn sne
played the shepherdess at rranon cos small lort-
at times high tina, even during her reign me pur.
veyors now and again refused 10 go on without
For the PRESENT. e.. at the beginning OF the En-.
plreJosephnes emulatSr5 In ne mater
wife OF Jerome; the Archduchess OF Austria, the
sisters Caroline Elisa and Pauline. Cath
crime of Wprtem6ers Is praGllca liza, new Few
the German woman proper. even a princess,
is not naturally elegant She has few origna.
initiates or les. successfully The fashions OF
other countries. She has qlestionably more stel-
She Is. perhaps. more docle wife. and as a house
keeper is Infinitely superior o as an authority On
dIspiited may be permitted to dgress for a moment.
and really justify my meter OF telling stories; .
sve recital In the 9S S }Ty before
law and guest Nicholas l. Rachel happened 10 be in
mourning and black Is not. or was NOT admitted a.
the time such occasions. The moment she stepped
brother Schneider. who had been an actor himself.
who was afterward promoted {; the dictatorship OF
the Royal Opera House. and who was ,hen private
reader TO the King. drew her attention 10 the fact
Bul there no time 10 return 10 Berlin and change
her dress. and among all the Court ladies' to whom
SUR OF the moment sufficiently c0nspic i0us allera.
ton 10 Overcome the ic%I nS sfnne e, had 20
manta. put rose In her hair. ana give hsr pair
OF white gloves" Simple enough Is IL not! Yet no
When women like these get initiated into the
NJ dress there Is limit to their fancy and their
wants 90 and Catherine of Nuremberg = nc ex
ception to the rule In one month she spends l5.oo
francs. Ball and dinner dresses walking costumes.
English riding coa) and the latter almost entirely
In ligh, colors pink. yellow. canary color. sky blue.
or dazzling white. What think you OF that. Mes
danes? And when add that Catherine is by
means tall or 1.-THE. that her waist is larger than
her life, FOR life IL but a SPAN you viii admit
that my charge against German women In general
IA not altogether unfounded. However. as no ugly
duchess Is downright ugly to bourgeois. there
is dowdy princess or queen to Leroy. lie does
his best In one way. his worst In the other. runs
up a bin on one occaslon--a single occasion-of
400 francs sends one OF his best hands to cassei
and charges $40 francs for the journey.
The best historians are those who pay particular
this In common with them that ne does not forget
the smallest; ITEM for in sddltion 10 the travelling
passport. And Queen Catherine pays the bills with.
out "A murmur.
next paper for they become more Interesting by
themselves and especially Pauline. Josephine. and
after her Marie Louise. dress for others. as we
former. unless the others for whom they dress ere
not their husbands.