Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-05-26


wonderful melody lie understands the
technique. lie knows his work 10 ner
lection, but he doesn know how close
to each other are heaven and music.
The plRywriter takes his pencil, that
dreadful blue one, and KS out some
thing, not BECAUSE it lacks wit, not
because il does not fit well in TINT
particular place, hut hecause the
women wouldn't like it. The novelist,
pen in hand, or, wiser still, debating
to stenographer, for manuscript
stands a better chance of acceptance il
it is typewrittep, looks at a uhapter
and applauds himself for his bright
ness ana then hesitatus Consequently
he is lost il be allows il to remain. Ii
lie chapter that will displeass the
average woman, and everything 10 art,
books, music and plays to succeed IN lust
| please the Women, with canital W.
You take the chosen ons to the
theatre. You are a generous, pleasant
fellow. You have been through good
college md have seen something Of
life, but there is line in the play
that to you seems as nothing, and the
iittIe woman with You whispers, IAN
the play hinges on that line" After
She basn { your brain, she hasnt your
experience, but she has a wonderful
something, God given, which in dogs
we call instinct. II is better than
all learning, than all the experience
ever gained 10 great universities or 10
travelling over the world.
But, there. intended to tell you
about the new linen suits, for. being a
smart little woman, you want to be-
properly dressed for the summer. You
run 10 from Larchmont or Tuxedo or
some other handy place to go to a roof
garden with Jack or Tom or that other
dear boy-what ia his name? You can't
bring dress suit case this time, and
you mustn't be overdTessed at a roof
garden or when dining at French
table d'hote. Consequently you put
on the QUICKEST of duck gowns, and
when the special man sees you he
thinks, WAS there eyer?" and forpets
bow old the world ia.
You wear duck gown which is OF
salmon pink. Ths skirt is laid in close
plalts' 90 That as you move svery curve
OF your beautiful body shows. Each
group OF plalts is lined with black
braid. and each braid terminates about
one quarter Of yard above the edge Of
the skirt under black gutta percha
button, 50 that there is Just flare
enough to make. your properly shod
1887 uance 10 and out in fascinating
fashion. Your bodice has a blouse
front LAID in pIaits and trimmed with
braid and buttons, while a square
opsning just in the centre shows a
cunning little white marseilles plastrop.
soA -.
OF cardinal velvet, and under your chin
above the high collar fares the usual
French bow, which ia this case is OF
red chiffon.
II anybody thinks that this charm
ing giri went to the roof garden and
the French table d'hote with the
dearest fellow in the world without n |
chaperon, he IL mistaken. Ii is true
that the chaperon was two wears
younger than she, but still her visiting |
cards had Mrs. = on them. The nretty |
chaperOn wore a duck gown made Of |
gray piqus aud trimmed with narrow
rows of black braid, the front width |
buttoning on the side ones in the usual |
reserved manner. The budice had n
fetching little jacket front and smart |
plastron that buttoned over il, while !
the fitted belt was of green velvet. Ths
hat had a soft crown, and il soemed a
mi xture of ribbon and velvet ali coyered |
by very thin veil that brought out
the beauty Of the skin ana hid lts i'm
psrfections. This gown, having come
from Paris, had hariug collar and
smart bow, or, rather, the smart bow,
the belt, just under the chin,
There was another girl in the marty
whose gown was so absolutely fetching
that for a little while the other two
women were rather nasty to her.
but after something to fetch up their
appetites they grew civil. Strangely
enough, it was the simplest gown of
the three. 1t had a perfectly nlain
skirt of ecru linen, but that skirt had
the wonderful French fit and the won.
derful French hang that can only be
got ny an artist in dressmaking. She
may live in bnck street and charge
almoPt nothing or live 10 an EXPENSIVE
nelghborhood and demand more than
your ilfe or liberty, provided she gets
your entire pOcketbook. The plated
blouse bad close. fitting sleeves tucked
~ intervals and was Of pale blue tatfeta.
over it came fitted jacket Of the
pique, cut out at the neck to show the
nnderbody aud lacking slesves. This
Jacket was trimmed with black braid
and buttons, while the double Iooped
DOW under the chin above the high
collar was of black taffeta ribbon. The
nat was the sort of thing tho angels
dream Of. By the-by, did you ever sea
40 angel wearing hat? 1t was Of
black neapolitan decorated with yards
upon yards Of blue silk muslin and
cocksd up at one side in a way that
made you realize that first it was
necessary to be a genius befure one
could become a milliner.
You probably think, IL you bappep
to bs man, that the dresses OF these
women had no effect on the men of tbe
party. My dear friend, man knows
by some CURIOUS intuition when n
woman is well dressed, and he in.
Variably likes to accompany that one
whose gown is perfectly fitting, whose
hat IL smart and whose gloves are i'm
fact, whose costume is a
SUCCESS.
Oh, l know, none better than |, that
when man cares for woman he will
lake her out, no matter how ehabby
sue looks, but in society shabbiness is
2 thing frowned on. That you NAV he
ienying yourself smart gown for some
one else's sake is considered 10 society
perfect folly. If your heart is breaking
and you are in society, you must laugh.
drink and be merry. since this world
desires from its votariss no tears and
no sad looks, but always a lest and
always laugh.
a nd how many laughs conceal sorrow
tnl hearts? How many smiles ara
masks for sadness untold? An, nv
friend, you will see that the hardest
part to play is that of the Jester, the
one who must always laugh! Yet ".
can't 90 around with tears in 80. -.