Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-04

neckSs Iuey beiiOm nuNe pretty Hechbt
but they display them With remarkable
freedom. and YET they bring out their
best puints and conceal their worst. "
Ii French woman has great hollows
below her throat and happens to have
good back. her modiste cuts her
bodice very low in the hack, showing
its smooth surface. while in the front
the hollows ore hidden with strings of |
pearls or innumerable gold chains. to
which are attached quaint diamond |
pendants. The French woman sees the |
great advantage Of the stock. She ar
ranges ths ribbon IN very soft foldS-l |
say ribbon, but it may be silk or mule |
or silk or muslin or whatever Rhe |
pleaBes-Hnd then she has tiarlpg |
bow just under her chin that gives
breadth to her shoulders and brings
out the dimple in the shin and the
whiteness of her teeth. You know how
thin Sarah Bernhardt used to be?
Well, abe always went decoilete, but
she knew how to manage it all so that
the homes were entirely forgotten.
The saddest sight ever saw in the
way Of necks was that of the thin,
soraggy oldsladies at the queens draw
ing room. You know they must go
decollete. In her young days the
queen had a beautiful neck and
| shoulders, and she presumes that all
English womun follow her example in
| this as in every other respect. AS the
queen is short Hha wears feathers to
add to her hight, and these she forces
every other woman to wear. Hence If
a woman is seven feet high she is
forced by order of the queen to mike
herself look eight feet BY the stiff
plumes on the top of her couture.
Many a mother who bushes to think
that her own baby sees her homes has
| to exhibit them in all their awfulness
to the British public or else not he
| presented, but no self respecting Eng
lish woman wants to omit this honor.
DO you remember the story OF the
old Scotch woman who got the better
Of tho queen? She belonged to tbs
Douglas family, aud they are credited
with having wills quite as strong as
the tiuelphs. Sha wrote personal
letter to the queen, telling her that the
suffered 80 with the rheumatism in her
shoulders and had the quinsy SO bad
that shs begged to be allowed to wear
q high bodice, as she wished person
ally to present her granddaughter. An
answer came from tho lord chamberlain
announcing that it was impossible.
After that two letters were written to
him stating the case. The "NO" was
positive.
The Scotch wouldna daun. The
horror of the assembly can be imagined
when Lady Sarah Douglas appeared
gowned superbly in white brocade,
wearing all the magnificent family
Jewels and having her bodice cut more
decollete than that of any other
woman. However, there arose above
, the low bodice in stern comfort and
there came way down to the wrists a
fiery red flannel shirt that told how for
once Scotch wit had got the better of
German stubbornness.
There are several girls at Tuxedo
whose aweethearts, like Jean. are off to
the wars. but this way they are bound
is beautiful. Some OF the letters are
ordinary gold rings set with sapphire
: and diamonds, turquoise and diamonds
or, as in one case, a glowing ruby. A
Southern girl who is here is, as far as
chains are concerned, very much en-
gagged to young man who means to gel
as near to Leo as he can and who ex'
poets to vots for him when he is put uI
. for President. On the third finger o.
. her left hand-that finger that has q
| vein WHICH CUuI0Cb6 Win thC hphtb-
she wears q beautiful pink pearl ge
a about with diamonds. That means i
shs sheds single tear--and pearls sig
Q nifty tears-they are to be tears of glad
= ness. Around her neck is a very thiI
gold chain, and on this is hung hear
Of diamondH OF course this opens
p and on the inside are-well. you nigh
! eussH--a photograph and lock of hair
y On her wrist ia a chain bracelet il
y which are set small rubies, and on
y prayed about them in curious letters !
. the wise warning, Fool. not to know
y love endures no tie!" In return TO
y these pretty trinkets she fsttsrs he
u sweetheart with the heavy chain brace
y let, worn on the upper part Of his arm
y aud sufficiently tight not to fall beloy
q the elbow. With cunning taste she ha
70 chosen that it shall be without iewe
70 except the decoration found by thes
~ words engraved upon it in the dupicat
Of her handwriting my love is a
y deep as the sea and as pure as it
y FOAM.
10 That was put on when he started TO
u the war, and now, while the rest of u
u are wildly enthusiastic, she's homes
y enough to say she hopes every Twin
D Spauiard will soon be dead one an
y that, while she would prefer the mer
~ , leans tn be saved, still they can all G
II to -, Spain or SONS other place pre-
le vided one particular man is preserve
~ for her. It's fact that women ar
y selfish, but their selfishness ia Away
Y in favor Of a man. I've no doubt tina
" they we're made that way in the begin
s. ming, and there has been no partieuia
u change from Eve to Bah.