The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-18
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this winter. after q dance or q dinner OF
the evening before. to find that she has
become d beauty overnight may expert
ence some delicious thrills OF satisfaction
as she looks about her room at the aoral
onerings Of her admirers n sees the
pile OF invitations awaiting her. but it
will be the bliss Of ignorance" said q girl
when interviewed on the subject of
bellies"
1T has always heen a hard task to live
up to the reputation of a profession beau
~. but 1t Is more dificult now than ever
bsfore. X 4 cost more time. money
and endur this winter than it has
ever done. he fads and friyols of this
ever. and the Beauty Girl must go in
for all of them.
twenty-five years ago a slim waist
readily were all that was required of a
belle. Today she must be .faddy.' FASH
ionable. athletic, intellectual. musical.
nlany sided as a kaleidoscope. and must
keep up her reputation as a beauty. while
at the same time possessing few physical
attractions.
VERY few beauties so-called, are
really beauties in a physical sense II
is some charm of manner or conversation
some trick or pose or costume, that
makes the benaty of today. 1t is the
charm of popularity that wins the title,
especially of popularity With the men,
says the New York Tribune, The
Beauty Girl goes to some dance or other
function soon after her debut, perhaps.
She is prettIly gownsd, but no more pref
thy thar half a dozen other GIRLS in the
room. But before the evening is over
TO her has been awarded the invisible
blue ribbon of feminine supremacy.
In older parlanee she would be called
a belle The men crowd around her. de-
sorting the other girls. They want her
TO dance with them, to walk or talk with
them. and her own surprise makes them
radiant. while others look on in hushed
wonder. The Beauty Girl knows tina
she has not half the pink and white and
gold that marks little Miss Blue Eyes
over IN the corner. but she does not
question her supremacy. She accepts it
W4tn the condescension of a queen, and
her oesutyship is assured.
The next day she will wake from
her prolonged rest to find boxes of yio-
lets and roses at her feet, besides invita-
lions by the score. for, while women do
not exactly love the professional beauty.
they cannot afford to neglect her. She
soon becomes Indispensable to a fashion,
abe function.
But this winters beauty girl has a hard
contract on her hands. Besides the atten-
ton which she must bestow on her person
az appearance, which will take hours of
her time each day, her clubs and charities.
nef teas and parties, fads and frivols win
De legion Were she ten girls instead of
one she could hardly keep up with the
calls upon her time. A day IN the life of
a beauty girl hoes net begin until nearly
noon. Into the hours between then and
two or three in the morning she must
crowd engagements with her doctor. her
dressnaaker, her tailor and her friends. She
must write notes and answer them, unless
she has a secretary. whom the really up
to-dane sirl row has during a season. She
must attend luncheons and teas and din
ners to such an extent that the sight of
food becomes unpleasant TO her, and she
must dress and dress and redress from the
moment cf her rising unta she finally sinks
TO siuraber in the morning.
Her breakfast. just a bunch of grapes
or an q with a cup of tea and a roll
without butter. Meager it must be. no
matter how hearty Miss Beauty's afpe-
tite, for are there not two breakfast star
ing her In the face, With a club luncheon
later "? After breakfast she rests ON a
cushioned couch, drawn up by a asunshiny
window, and looks througtkher daily mail.
debating acceptarces or regrets, and,
perhaps-but not oftea-there may be a
letter in a daSheng masculine hand. which
she puts aside to answer herself when the
others are done. But the beauty girl who
Wishes to be a success must keep her SEN
tments in training. Even a very little
love affair Will prove a detrimental OBJ
stacle which will cause her popularity to
var early Ia the game.
She will start with a sigh when her
mad tells her that it is one o'clock, and
she will hastily don a tailor gown and
rush off to her dressmaker's in a brough-
am; then a cafI at some shop. perhaps.
and back to dress in a hurry for a three
o'clock breakfast. In the same gown
she will frequently get through a lunch
con and a couple of teas or calls, as the
case may be, and then she has an hour of
delicious rest, after twenty minutes mas
sage at the hands of her maid.
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1T is always as late as six before she
can begin the ordeal of dressing for din
ner and the dance or the. opera which
is to follow. First her hair is arranged
In some simple fashion, for elaborate
coiffures are no longer the vogue for
the unmarried belle. Perhaps it is parted
and drawn back with a little fullness
over the ears, a La Merode, the back
hair knottedain the plainest sort of style.
Or if she be of the statuesque type, it
is brushed away from the face and
cooled on the top of her head, with a
diamond cleaning in its dark masses.
Then the evening gown is put on with
all its dainty accessories of lace and
linen. The gorgeous silk pettieoat ruffled
with lace and knotted with tiny bows of
ribbons is hidden beneath the outer skirt,
n the bodice is adjusted with all its
numerous hooks and fastenipgs. The
Beauty Girl draws on her gloves, takes
her fan and her bouquet, after one
last look III the long pier mirror she
draws a fur-iined cloak about her
shoulders and steps down to the waiting
carriage that is to bear her to another
triumphant evening.
This evening will, perhaps, last until
the small hours of the morning, and the
Beauty Girl VIII be very tired indeed
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