Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-10
THE STYLES in UMBRELLAS
Parasols of Dalnty-hued Silk
Decorated With Frills.
OUTLINED WITH NARROW VELVET
Largo Ones Veritable Things
of Beauty.
Nothing Too Fine For thu HandIes-Hand-
painted Porcelain, Jade, amber, Rock
Crystat ana Even Minor Gems Mounted
In Chased Gold or Silver Allowed.

New YORK. March Alt this time OF
year the well-dressed woman, having chosen
her cotton frocks selects her rarasos. I'm
like the English woman, the American
doesn't long for very big umbrella with a
solid stem and an assertiye handle; but, like
the French woman, she realizes the value
of her movable background. and even Us q
protection against rain her umbrella is
feminine in appearance, although abso.
lutely useful. The big parasol that protects
her from the sunbeams is veritable thing
of beauty, with its elaborately decorated
handle, its chic trimming and It's beautiful
material. silk in specially dainty shades,
decorated with frills, outlined with very
narrow velvet ribbon. makes the preferred
parasol. But tho handles For them nothing
Is too fine. Hand-painted porcelain, jade.
mber, rock crystal, even some OF the minor
gems. mounted In chased gold or silver, all
of these are allowed to make beautiful that
part Of the parasol which is held IN the
hand of beauty. Oddities are of course
much to the fore. and my dearest friend,
writing me from Paris says THE ducks
head. of which ] have drawn you tiny
sketch, is specially liked II is reproduced
In wood. gold. silver or crystal, with jeweled
eyes and gold collar, and it has for its only
rival the rabbits head, which is, however
not nearly so chic. Another very smart
handle (you see, as ] nm something OF an
artist, am sketching these for YOU is OF
natural wood, with the natural cherry
leaves and cherries wrought out in some
substance that looks like the real thing aud
which Is properly coored. Dresden china
handes-somc long, some showing the
crutcll shape and some showing the always
fashionable round knob-are in vogue mud
greatly liked, for they harmonic paricu.
larry well with the always useful parasol OF
white trimmed with black. Speaking of the
ctutrh handle, that is still in vogue for
mems sticks or umbrellas, the materials for
them being either natural wood, tipped with
gold or silver, or, as in the case OF one
which show YOU, of tortoise she'll with u
band and point OF gold. There must be
very little gold or decoration OF any kind
upon mans stick or umbrella.
mo well bred man would have such a
thing as a jewel in the handle OF his um-
breila or stick, for then he would look like
those overdrcssed South Americans, who
are in the slang of the boulevard called
'Rastaqueres.' Don't be deluded, when
choosing your umbrella, into getting that
abominntiun, which. am told, appeared on
the streets of New York during heavy rain
storms. the plaid silk one. II Is absolutely
bad form. and certainly did not have its
birth either in France or England, Paris
woald laugh at its unsuitability; England
ut the fact that IL would not wear we'll. To
the red umbrella there is not attached SO
much indignation. hut, after all, the well
dressed woman prefers to carry in the storm
an umbrella Of dark green, dark blue or
black silk. The umbrellas having watches
or pencils concealed in their handles are
desirable as a caprice but certainly not for
much wear. By-the.by, IL you can only
get one parasol, let that be a fluffy looking
one OF BLACK chiffon or black muslin. II
YOU Can add two to your wardrobe let the
second one be Of white silk, trimmed with
rutIles of the same decorated with lines of
black velvet. and only choose colors when
your parasols are many in number. Apro-
pos OF trimmings, it is horribly bad form to
tie knot of ribbon or cluster of artificial
Anwara IN nnraqpl If fancy
wearing chou Of velvet on the side of your
bodice with glittering brooch Just in the
centre, then u similar chou may be put on
the stick of your parasOl but not IL it is a
very elaborate one; Few women. realize
how becoming yellow parasol is And yet
all women should understand 1t, since sun
shine is becoming To everything feminine.
The old idea that yellow was only adapted
to brunettes has died away since Worth
proved that Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen
Terry, both blends, but each of different
type, could look exquisite in toilets of clear,
pure yellow"
Ii was Frenchman who said, 1.-THE
woman who wears yellow thinks and talks
of love-" SO possibly that was the reason
why, at q luncheon the other day. bright
woman who wore a yellow chiffon bodice
started this question, In love, who are
more constant-men or women" The argI
inent, which grew very warm, was carriec
on between a young girl, matron and I
WluOWs g1hiu tue lltlindTEltu OuCs MUS
first announce that don't believe in such
thing as love. Affection? Yes, Pleasan
comradeship2 Yes. But when il comes Il
question of constancy, think the thing
are about even, Love, my friend, is gan'
OF toss and go, and the one who goes thu
soonest is the one who has got the mos
pleasure out of it,
A round OF applause met this sentiment
and then the matron had her say. She an
nounced II am on the side of the woman
Once we love, we love forever, and we sticl
to u man through thick and thin; we bea
with his faults, we exaggerate his virtues
we nurse him when he is i'll, we are con
siderate of him when he is well, we wan
him always by Our sdc We turn to him il
our sorrows and our Joys and
And" continued the widow, 1--WE le
him pay our dressmaker's bills. For M.
part, think that causes half the troubl
i'll life. Not dressmaker's bills; / don
meen that; but the women who are eternal.
constant. This sticking by u man through
thick and thin makes him horribly weary
anu he would be much better satisfied IL b
were occasionally allowed q little rope
Women are utterly lacking in sentiment
and the cleverest of them can only assum
it. Whereas man will choke up and hi
eyes will be full of tears, and when 20
ask him what's the matter, he may say h
would rather not tell YOU; but eventual
lie will let you know that he thought 1t III
utterahly sweet of you TO put on the froc
he liked. to pin flower IN his buttonhol'
or TO have had some special dish that please
him for dinner. Now, you only put on tn
frock because is was becoming without
thought of him. You pinned the rose j
his buttonhole because you had it in you
hand, and didn't know what else to do wit
it, and you had that special dish ordered b,
cause you liked it yourself. Men are faitl
full 10 memories even. And woman, lovel
woman, who has every virtue in the di
tionary given to her, forgets as quickly as
cat"
Somebody said "Oh, Constance, how ca
you say such thing? Didn't you love yot
husband?'
And Constance, with truthfulness tn,
was charming. because it was unusual, al
swcred. Yes, suppose | did, but | reall
have forgotten what it was like, and, thong
he was always very we'll satisfied, don
think ever put myself ont particularly
please him." Somebody said this WASH t
suitable question to discuss before your
girls: so il stopped Just there. and to ill Il
gap told story ! had heard the nigl
before-a story told after dinner by
pleasant Englishman. And pleasal
Englishman who has good fund of stori
Is the most delightful dinner companC
ever created. But here's the story: The
Is very learned magazine published in th
country-we'll cali it THE South America
Record" 1t is owned by n dignifed gent
man of great wealth and much fashiO
ono night this gentleman was Boosting til
in this day OF disrespect, in this day
punning and ieering and testing, no Of
had ever yet been able to make a pun OH b
name, and in his stately way he was thankf
for il. The pleasant Englishmnn had 0
cepted an invitation to dine with him Il
next night, but something happened to pi
vent, and he was forced to stay at HON