New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD.
THE CONSTANT ALLUSION THAT is MADE
TO THE COST OF EVERYTHING.
GOING INTO sECLUsIoN DURING LENT. TABLE
SETTING. DENUNCIATIoN OF AMERICAN
SOCIETY AND A NEW WAY OF

SETTING. DENUNcIATIoN OF AMERICAN
SOCIETY AND NEW WAY OF
KEEPING YOUNG.
There is one pronounced bourgeois trait that
s,rikes me very disagreeably in American So
oety" remarked a foreigner Of distinction. and
that Is the constant allusion that is made 10 the
cost of everything. 1t never seems sufhcient 10
praise an entertainment, dress, picture, Jewel
for isef-its moneys worth is sure to be men,
toned: and II is that alone which seems 10 give IL
value in the eyes of this eminently commercial Ma
ton Perhaps we, the other side of the Atlantic
are quite mercenary in reality, but II is not con-
sdered good form 10 show 1t so openly.
I'm other respects l md American smart society
quito cosmopolitan differing very little from the
corresponding sets in London and Paris; but this
everlasting talk of what everything is worth from
q beautiful woman down to some article OF attire is
wearisome.
II went 10 largo function called dinner
dance tho other evening. and 1t would have been
delightful If II had not been for the constant talk
about money. Ny host told me the cost OF his cher'
and his wines and all but the very food was eat
ing Ny hostess enlightened mo TO the probable
cost OF many of the gowns worn by the women who
were present and the estimated value of the differ
ent Jewels. Even the daughters compared the
prices of their pretty fresh olettes with those Of
i very curious that Americans do bD5 mot see%
This habit of discussing prices is much more
HS Seen requent UPON by from
other cities. 1t seems odd that society so charm-
ing in other respects and so up TO date shouid com
nit the solecism OF bringing an atmosphere of trade
into the drawing-room.
DENUNCIATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.
sweeping denunciation of American society like
that Of Mr.. Labouchere's IN The London Truth.
lately. calling it vulgar provincial and commercial.
would a decade or so ago, have ELECTED storm OF
Indignation. and ii is sign of the times that II was
not with one two exceptions, ever quoted in our
newspapers and provoked no comment whatever
This indifference 10 English public opinion shows
more conclusvely than anything else that we are
socially grown up IL were and have become inde-
pendent. II they like us well and sood; and that
they do the scores of young Englishmen VINO nave
found bonny brides in America will testify. If they
do not give their liking or approval 1t Is imma-
terial 10 us We can live and be happy without
either.
4 provincial Englishwoman who, full OF her old
time insular prejudices had come 10 London for the
sea son. and was dining day, to her great graft
fication with number of titled guests at the mousse
Of one of the grandees of her country began after
dinner when the ladies were alone in the drawing
room 10 nvelgh against American women Ihis
was favorite topic by-the-way, with BRUSH
matrons of her class
Pardon me-" said pretty Lady NJ, 10 whom
she had addressed her remarks. although the
others had been listening with amused attention,
but ! am sure YOU do not know that we are all
Americans here except the Duchess" Gheir. host
ess).
II Is greatly TO the credit oe our transplanted
country women who fill the highest positions
abroad with inherent grace and ease. That they 40
not seek or desire 10 become Anslcized being con-
tent. as they may well be, TO retain the natural
charm which insured their success.
II should lose half my popularity II became
English" said the charming Duchess OF --. and
her friends all remarked on her first homecoming
how totally unspOiled and unaffected she was For
some curious reason in London just now u Is
deemed far less provincial to be American han
either Irish or Scotch and. despite Mr.. Labou-
chere's soured comments. American women to-day
lead the world in attractiveness.
THE LATEST "ON DIT"
Have YOU heard the latest on dit?'" said a
fashionable woman 10 the cynical old bachelor, to
whom every latest development of the opposite
sex was a curious psychological study.
Mrs Fin de Steele is going into a Lenten re-
treat
We'll. | not often surprised. returned hef
companion. lat anything a woman does but in
this case l say you amaze me. had no
idea she was devote. What do you suppose Is
the solution? Has she lost her pet DOG OF does
she want to economize?'
81 have been told the true reason. giggled MS
fair interlocutor 1T is that she is going to have
her epdermis removed and that is the real cause
Of her retirement from tne world
What exclaimed the old bachelor for once
.,ar,Ied by a woman's vagary, and with visions
of the alive-sort of penance5 of the Middle
Ages. but Mrs. Fin de Steele is Protestant.
Surely ritualism has not brought her TO such d
pass that 80
A burst of laughter showed him 'hat ne h"'
made a mistake ,,,
How quite too decious,' she gasped why
Won dear old silly. she means to be skinned IN or
der 10 be beautiful no. for penance: but as IL VIII
take several weeks for the new skin TO grow she
has adopted this method Of going into temporary
What will these women do next" eTc lsdn1sd
the o T.. thanking Heaven 'hat ne hsu s'eeieu
This removing Of the outer cutice wherein a1d
oanara hlemshes In the way OF Ilechlts anu
brown patches as well as the wrinkles anu i ngo
Of 9G% of SO%%9n whe6 enrSg
moves the upper skin without injuring me , nnGer
twin one over wfn bn new mask made for the
nurpose is Il is claimed. deposited smooth ana
sPotess and waen ae m %er m,de over
with a skin free from d!shsuremcnts OF ali KINDS
tell us that the cutice epdermis is the seat Of
color of the skin The difference 2, cOlor lies
IN 1,0 the deep newly formed layers of the cutcle
he true skin ana which cxuded in the shape of
thin, transparent fluid by me biooo OF me
"cuus vera or TUE skin and thus distributed IN
This dries and another layer IS formed. ana so
on The outside layer breaks up into tiny scales,
which are removed by washing contact with I'm, tne
air. etc. The waste is continually being supPHnGdd
Games from he body, or rather the true permanent
SKIN the coloring matter is as nature ordains ana
csnnot be changed but the effect OF disease which
has heen cured, an accidental birthmark the wear
and tear OF life showing itself IN wrinkles, and sun
biotcbes. commonly called frecllles. ali these i'm
nediments 10 beauty may now. 1t is said. be done
suav viii and every woman may be youthful
looking until she dies II she will only undergo the
trouble necessary. -,
unrtant subject came up under discussion, and II
was funny 10 see the eagerness with which the
mjddle-aged ladies discussed the possibilities of
their rejuvenation
ii shall Just have a little patch done in the
rer of nv eyes" said one land IL that succeeds in
taking away the wrinkles l will boldly go in for
the whole face.
''''If nv doctor would only indorse the process"
said another, 81 should be happy but he only
oJ,o hat ~ hins