The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-05
WOMAN'S PASSING WHTMS.
ONE OF THEM IN THAT WHICH
MAKES HER CHANGE HER FIGURE.

SHoet OF tno popularity OF the NS
rfanEie' the Rage A~Esin-Hird' On ths Hs's
-eieVea. stechinEs, and ssHsls'e -.
Fiaid Umbrellas Are nere-Ne"
Now York ,troots foir,v team. not with now
. Aols sstee.e iairiS IN. 50 eanrea A
man could no moro change his shape according
to fashion than he could sprout wings, but
woman hnds not tho slightest difficulty In 40
complishing this feat. Tho new corset 10 respon'
siblo for the new figure. 1t has an exceedingly
the average woman tho appearance OF ooinR
physically deformed. Furthermore, as she TRIPS
along Fifth avenue or Broadway she looks very
much as IL she had been put into o plaster
cast to cure her OF her deformity.
When tho new figure fret made Its appear
ance the mon stared at 1t and wondered II It's
owner had broken her ribs or twisted hor spine.
Then they saw 80 many new figures thai they
laid 1t to the Russian blouse and declared with
one voice that they hated this garment. The
truth OF tho business IL that the Russian blouse
Is not at all to blame for the queer-looking
figures In evidence these days, and is most DO
coming to slender. trinity built people. The new
corsots arc at fault.
They sell as fast as we can import Them
said an intellisont s%aloswOman. and American
but 1 can't believe that they win gain a long
Nv Hvo sa popularity. Tho arc ro'p "s.,
DIG ior tnis craze. ior they dubbed the new corset
women. Tho stay throws the bust down very low.
gives the waist a very aim eppearance and sends
1 ppsp n,pS S%,s1n %s out a t h. s nsw In nnt q most sow gn,
part, when / see a woman wearing one Of them
apparently physically deformed, she must be
really and truly mentally deformed. but. of
coraets = 40 not WAY now hnnnu S"piy seh 'he ne"
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Woman Is o veritable walking jewelry shop.
Her latest craEe 10 the bangle. Girls. look into
your jewel cases and dive down into the little
boxes where you've slowed trinkets that you
oouio y oeAr = tnro" away or dispose OF ana
e eot t tSsy your our G % v bangles SSo";a F ha Dn n . mem up r and
are In stvIe again, and promise 70 he worn 70 IN
aron aro .st ss,ont tt tho p' tbex w =" oe so worn or 70 e an
Sesrs ako. CON SanR'es wore tne tnihg then'
your men friends to give you silver
-,,S .ha,. ' N"u uoi
W.. 10 n,anU 81 ha " %a sn :: ~ '"ns
uas.u. De ~ W. anu
w. ~. 80. -, - yus
i 90 al her ana Zeal that to nnssess y on . IL 70 II
would be as near the promised land as you
ever wished 10 get. snake bangles, souvenir
iocte fvisted rones NJ ao,S y = aiirar W" ~
heavy embossed gold or silver rings to
slip over the hand are also worn. Every
banpIes on her arms and lots of tbem Tbs We ars
uncomfo table things, because women always
This is a fad that Will affect mankind as we'll as
womankind. for q bangle is considered to be
utterly valueleSS unless it is the gift of a man.
no hat . pins s, were re-. never entan SO gorgeous re- ona as they are
The favorite style has a round, oval, or oblonR
head. usually a mock gem or a precious stone.
This Is encireied oy smaller stones. and even in
cheap pins the erect 10 beautiful. Very largo
aansTar' I psssrl1i o ses In v sFiliiq banss aTS especially ny
nsed' All s sorts Of o"f ihse vssveI b,F nass s $40 much 1sn.
in. jewelry. Butterflies. bees. beetles. flies.
ladybugs,. and even mosquitoes are fighting
Women would scream. faint, and throw forty
KINDS or conniption nus ~ they encountered
prize Them In precious metals and atones y anu
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The wearing of winged creatures is not con.
nned TO ]eweiry. Never In the history OF hats
have they been so adorned with birds as they
are this season. 1t seems that small birds have
ABOUT had their DAY as headgear AT
any rate sea swaiio"s' terms Ruils. birds OF
paradise parr U.s. and' most remarkable OF all.
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are sometimes worn Inc great yellow eyes
Eiare IKE searchlien.s' ana from each side
OF inc ooay Oh inc oird great wings
spreaa out III In9st uIstoSteo, unoignlned way
fish Society for the Protection of Rirds. reuorted
recently to the New York Audubon Society the
result OF one bird auction she attended In Lon.
don last Anril. These are the figures: Aigrette
plumes. 1852 ounces, representing 10000
herons; peecock feathers. 216.05l bundles. mum
birds, 1852; parrots. 22s. 9 humming birds,
1l6.49O: kingfshers. AZ. 759; owls and hawks,
1888: That represents the slaughter of more
than half a million birds. Mrs. Lemon added:
THAT came kind Of sale is taking place
month by month at many another auction, for i
have only described one out of dozens and dozens
of dozens"
The large blackbirds seen in such profusion on
hats are generally believed by the average wo,
man to be the ordinary blackb!rds. popularity
supposed to be destructive to grain crops. They
are in reality parrots dyed black. "
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Fashionable shoes leave no excuse for women
to sn1er w,th th.,r f.ot Tho LID" .n"n
w uii wv .neif .ee- ING waiting shoe
heel, and O round toe, "BulldoR." by tho way