The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01

gers and bells on her toes had come
to town and taken possession OF II. Inc
belt is largely responsible for the popu-
larity of the chatelaine. a white leather
belt. with a gold serpent for its buckle,
has nude look unless there hangs from
IFS left side a gold chatelaine shaped
like the half of a devilfsh, with the
long gold chains from each of his points
timed by some gold toy. There's the
key in gold of my lady's jewel case and
the key, also in gold, of my lady's trav-
cling bag; there's a golden set of tablets
and a golden pencil, with a star sapphire
set in the end, that doesn't write; there's
a tiny gold walnut that opens and shows
wee little powder puff; there's pair
of gold scissors, a gold penknife, a gold
scent bottle, some odd gold coins, indeed
any little trifie that costs a lot of money
and that may come in a basket of roses
with somebody's compliments for some
body else's chatelaine In addition to the
chatelaine, there is. tucked away in the
belt, small purse of knitted gold. but
it is on the end of the long thin chain
that is about the neck And then there's
the other belongings. or it may absolute
~ contrast with them, but as time means
much to the summer girl, since she has
trains to catch it must be watch that
goes. In Paris every gold chatelaine
has all its tiny belongings studded with
the gem that my lady has selected for
special wear this season. Perhaps she
has chosen the ruby, the gem that signi-
fies intense love- perhaps she has select
ed emeralds. because they will bring her
good health; perhaps the gittering, ever
changing catseye is her choice. for it will
fetch her good luck. or. prettiest of all,
she may take the turquoise. that perfect
blue. cool looking gem. because it will
make her friends true to her. but which
ever has been her choice it must appear
IN the handle of her. parasol, the brooch
at her neck, the rings on her fingers, the
buckles on her shoes, the comb in her
hair as well as the necklace that encir-
cles her pretty neck. The Frenchwoman
is nothing if not consistent. and when
she. chooses color or a gem it reigns
triumphant until another caprice causes
her to cast it aside and forget it.
The most severe critic of the belongings
of womankind is the laundress. She
gauges ones social position as well as the
length of ones purse by the kind of un-
derwear she has it in her power to make
beautiful or otherwise. Too often she
prefers that they shall be otherwise. and
rags and rips and bits of torn lace are
all that represent much money and the
laundress' strength of hand. One bit of
machine sewing on fine underwear, and
your laundress disapproves of you. The
young woman who has decorated Der be-
lodgings with tucks done by the sewing
machine had better do her own washing
and develop the muscles of her arms If
she wishes to retain in the eyes of her
laundress the position which is hers by
right. The wise maiden has but few
pieces of each kind of underwear. but
her lingerie is fine of its kind. and
whether she chooses to wear linen cam
brio. silk. nainsook or lawn the sewing
must he Of that wonderful kind which is
done in the convent or else, being equal
" fine. the work of some decayed gentle
woman who is paid very good price
for it. While the silk petticoat has re-
nained its vogue. fine materials that
wash better than silk are chosen for
garments that must touch the skin. But,
Il
latest. which is as carefully fitted as if
it were a glove, being smooth about the
hips and faring below the knees. is OF
pale gray and lavender changeable silk,
with its front and sides hand embrold-
cred in fiower-de-luce in white, silver and
gold thread Every stitch of the EN-
broidery is done by hand, and the flow
ers are so close together that 1t seems
as if they must be brocaded in the SIX
rather than worked on it. Its cost
Well. it costs more than many diamond
ring though nothing like as much as a
political position. 1t may be bought for
$3.50.
PITY it's, it's true, but at the seaside
or in the mountains there is really the
most perfectly open and general use OF
powder and rouge imaginable. There
was a time when the women who IN
dulged in such doubtful Injuries did il
very secretly and trusted that nobody
knew about it, but all that has been
changed. Nowadays mademoiselle's best
young man does not hesitate to tell hel
that she looks a little tagged out ana
that he thinks ''just a touch of rouge
would improve her appearance, or, II ne
decides she has too much on he Will
walk her off to some quiet corner, tell
her so. and, taking out his imma cnlate
linen handkerchief, daigtily shade il
off for her Some girls are adopting a
fashion peculiar to English women and
rouging themselves quite up to theil
ewes. 1t is fashion that is neither
nretty nor refined The English CIR
lacks the American girls ability to make
ND her face artistically, and the Ameri
can girl. believing herself clever, copies
stupidity. Some of the so-called beau
ties are made to have such burning rec
compilations that they look as if al
apoplectic stroke were imminent and re
mind one of the ladies in the heather
lands who refused to receive any article
of civilized wearing apparel except tn
STAYS. Then each required the service
Of two strong warriors to pull them SUI
ficiently tight to suit them, and the gioI
they got in their faces and the size thel
waists proclaimed answered exactly I
those of smart girl well known anon
the Four Hundred.
Missionaries attempt to say that tigl
lacing women are dying out, but don
believe women die from overlacins
They grow ugly-they certainly DO
their noses get red, their skins have,
muddy look, and their eyes lose the
luster, but they don't die. Proyidenc
keeps them ON earth as horrible exam
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