The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-01-18


z,a1,. we had the horse show, the cattle
Show. Tie flower show, the dog show
AND the iuuunerabe doll shows, but all
- Them meant one thing. You are IN
.ri,.l to think that the horse show is
.-...nr 10 mcIe tie breeding of finer
h,.r-er. the flower show to make orchids
moi. wonderful and cArysahtheihuhS
I...orr. the dog show to induce the DfihS-
.rs Iortn of smarter puppies ana the
l..I SHOW to make popular handWork ana
,.Er~:,v. Lut that's all mistake. Ihfv
ar. for nothing of the sort. Ihey are
49,. f.. one cause.-the encoura cement OF
woman. You get a horsy, OF noWeI!'
,r d0--y. or Il many colored back
.r..,,,l r, I..inc out her and her best
r,,z.u. Nobody can deny that she rules
rna court. the camp, the grove, proDa-
I1v most Of the men below, though
rather doubt her having anything to do
with the saints above. She is the acme
nf saIf-possession and parades around
tho tan bark. the soft dirt or the linen
cn,-ar and invites all the world to come
and look at her. Sometimes she IS Wei
worth it, sometimes she ism t. occasion
aIIv she goes in for being very elaborate
il her get-up and, instead OF looking nke
a gentleWoman, suggests q lady Oh I1le
I,kp. again. she'll aim at picturesque
nns and achieve dOwdiness, but some
t.,nas she is so overfoWeing with pride
+bo+ one wonders that she does not
burst .
1t $ a very funny thing, but there are
l1vs in New York when you see noth-
inc but pretty women, and there are
Gavs when YOU could, with certainty, bet
your luck penny without fear of losing IL
that YOU wouldn't meet single gooi
looking woman on the street. New l Oh
has queer regulations. made by NOBODY
knows who. but obeytd by the world Of
women. One Is. that woman who
aount. herself of any Importance IS
never seen on broadway except as sA
crosses it to go to some other street,
cxcerr on Saturday afternoon. Then she
possesses it.
You see her starting fer the matne
r~avfIiree herself with sweets and WITH
v.oLet~. picking up her chum. and later
nm. when the matinee iH over. YOU So
her out for a walk. You see her, II she
has not been TO the matinee You see
-.r lowing to this man and TO that man
while al the gay world IS surglng up ana
down and ven are being punched II
look at this one ana to stare ut That one
of the many celebrities
First. YOU meet biz. blond, laughing
Nlav Irwin. She 6 dressed lu q han"-
some dark gown. and wearing a huge
.n.nrt.a oaWar and a hat covered with
rFu,u~ She is as magnetic on the street
.s OH the stage. and YOU feel aS If yoa
must stare at her as long as she .S ID
-.r.t Then. looking ike a lady III a PIC
ruru hook or one Of Boucher's nymph
I'm Il Worth frock, comes Lillian Iinssei', Z,
FIN town fer the day and drawn by force
of nah.+ to the matinee Saturday after
noon. Her beautiful blond hair shows
agaiue- a rich toque of purple velvet,
and her gown. n simple one Of cloth,
fits her as if the King Of tailors had made
If. while her feet and hands are beaut.-
fully shod and gIoved.
Behind her. and while YOU are trying
to get over the intcXicatiOn of her good
looks. comes fascinating Sadie Martlnot
(hv the bye. how old is Sadie Martinot!
Has she found the fountain of eternal
youth0 wrapped in some magnificent
saUcs. and your eyes go from her tc
that lIy-ke looking woman. Mrs. Burke
Roche. who rolls by in her fathers car
riage as somebody near you remarks
that she is one of the American girl:
who presented her English husband will
twin sons.
Bowing to this fashionable woman an(
to that one is John Drew-John Drew
who. without single feature, IS counted
the most distinguished man in New
York. Dressed perfectly, he wears hi
clothes as If they were a part of him
and as if to them he never gave ;
thought
\ contrast in appearance is the
Young statesman. Perry BRlmOnt-rath
or small. with keen. dark eyes, a sligh
mustache and dark hair. He looks as i
he ordered his tailor to make his clothe
and after that gave no thought to them
\ slender. quiet looking girl in a darl
brown dress a brown jacket and
brown hat. one at whom you scarcel
look and who passes by quickly as if sh
wished TO pass unobserved, is prett
little Maud Adams. who to-day by he
good acting and wonderful ma agnetism
packing a theater With her and talk
ing in the mast earnest way is the create
of "Galla CHER" that most fascinating o
young pickles, Richard Harding Davis
smooth faced, perfectly dressed, he ha
to perfection that are or Indifferent
which. among a certain set of youn
men, is accounted especially good form.
y tall, dark, slender woman, who's
gown is a marvel Of good taste and per
feet fit, IS Elsie de Wolfe, at once tn
woman Of society and the actress, tn
Witt.Crt talker off the stage and th
best dressed woman on it. Just now, il
the small part she plays in a Marriag
of Convenience" she is doing bit .
fine wurk-fne because she makes tn
character Of Il waiting maid not onl.
perfectly correct, but absolutely Of It
time lin the picture" as the professiona
would say. Following her, and bringin
out her good points by contrast, is
loudly-dressed woman, a we'll know
dancer, who wears across the front o
her jacket her stage name wrought j
briIliants.
Here is Hermann Oelrichs. big blond
ami Won grnomel: MiIlard the Englisl