Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-01-28

s5scialC orrespondenc OF Gazette and journal
New York. Jan. 90. in the New
York count there comes blue Monday,
black Friday and various other dis
agreeable days, but Saturday is the
special day OF all the weak dedicated
to the girl. No hostess is so stupid as
to give tea on Saturday: she knows
that few girls would be present and
those who appeared would be there not
by courtesy, but by compulsion. The
New York girl always has her Satur-
days arranged for not later than the
Tuesday before. This is the day of all
others that she dedicates to her kind,
and she certainly does prove the falla;y
of tho statement that girls can't enjoy
themselves unless men are along. What
does she do? Well, here's description
of how one special New York girl, anu
there are hundreds like her, spent her
Saturday.
After her morning bath, Der coffee
and her roll, she gowned herself in a
we'll made. smart looking cloth frOck
that needed no wrap over it, not be
cause she was counting pneumonia, but
because, under the glove fitting bodice.
was worn much closer fitting chamois
Jacket. About her neck went her sable
collar, elaborate with many sable tails,
while on her head was small cloth
tooue, with sable head in front and
two sable tails standing up in pompon
fashion against a fan of. white lace
Her muff is trimmed with sable tails
and is big enough to hold her pretty
card. case, tiny pair of opera glasses,
and dainty handkerchief. AT her
waist is a quaint.iooking chateiaine
watch. for she times herself to-day,
and beside it hangs a purse of netted
gold intended to hold small coin.
Usually sbe meets the other girls at
the house that is most convenient to
all, but to-day they are TO be found at
IL o'clock sharp at the glove store.
Mark that. Not at the glove counter
of one of the big shops, but at small
store kept by little Frenchman, where
speciality ia made of gloves. wells and
handkerchiefs Here the New York
girl knows she can get gloves suited to
her hand; here gloves are sold accord
ing to their fit and not according to
numbers, and the clever French girl
behind the counter thinks nothing Of
trying on 10 or ~ pairs until Made-
moiselle is perfectly gloved.
The three girls who Join this New
York girl are each as we'll gowned as
she; their skirts hang SO perfectly that
one knows they were cut by an artist
in skirts; their bodices are exact IN
their fit, and every part of the costume
Of each has been considered, 80 that.
while it is rich and smart looking, it
| is perfectly adapted to any hour of the
| day up to 6 o'clock and TO walking.
The gloves are bought, visit is paid
to a photograph shop, and an engage
ment is made for the coming week. A
stop is made at book store and some
books are sent home by one of the
girls. who says she always reads when
her hair is being brushed. A halt is
in order at chemists and another
girl orders some fine soap and some per-
fume that is as exquisite as it is faint.
| By this time, my girl, we will call her
| Angela. announces that it's II. 80 and
| Joy TO her husband. for she apple
ciates, with the keenness Of an old
gourmet, good dish. So she saws
"Girls, we are not lunching for show
we are not lunching simply to be seen,
but we are going where there is rest,
| full room, beautifully furnished table,
set SO it pleases our eyes, and where we
can get the best cooking 10 New York. -
| And Angela leads the way into the
Holland House. Although this outing
is managed after the fashion of Dutch
treat, still first one and then another
of this quartet of friends takes charge
of the day and makes it matter Of
pride that it Is SUCCESS. This does
away with any discussion as TO the
luncheon.
Gloves are removed, furs laid aside,
and with the head waiter listening t
her order with respect, Angela speaks
distinctly. She says: First We viii
have some caviare and anchories or
toast; after that, tell the chef to selec
some large smelts, sautee them, anC
serve them whole with plain butter
sauce; after that four plover, roasted,
little UNDERGONE, and fetch with
them some thin slices of bacon, very
little cooked, in fact. dope soft; no, nj
salad with the ploper, simply celery
on branche; or sweet? Oh, an
omeletts souifloai and then Turkish
Coffee" The girls chatted and laughed
until the appetizer in the shape of tn,
caviare appeared, and after that the,
ate. as men love to SEE young womer
eat, with healthy appetites and appre.
citation. Everything was good anc
properly served; they were young ant
healthy. and why shouldn't they enio,
the good things OF life? What did the,
drink? These girls were used to sesinf
plenty of wine, and SO they only carel
for it as a proper adjunct; they wer'
too we'll bred tn drink champagne a
that hour of the day go two of then
took claret merely to color the water
and the other two drank very ligh
white wine. AS they fingered owe
their coffee, and delighted in the per
fume which is, properly enough, giveI
to it at the Holland House. Angeli
said: "Love may be the best thing oil
earth, but who can love we'll whit
does not cat well? And how, can yol
expect woman who chooses lobste
salad, ice cream and tea for he
lunceon ever TO be anything but fool?'
Every body laughed; the girls agreet
that Angela was good caterer, th
bill was paid, tho waiter tipped. an;
five minutes OF 2 found them started
for the theatre.
1t is pretty little theatre, and m.
weil-bred girls smile at the women VIII
have worn big hats and who have t
take them of and show, too often,
musseu head of hair or else retail
them and make Themselves objects o
derision and hatred, The quartet wa
wearing, two of them, small toques
and the other two those little bonnet