The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-05

sing It. During her school days Al, Melbourne,
where she attended a very staid institution
known as the Presbyterian Ladies' College. she
w would dh Ser afsph n w ri t9G s0T tSo pSpS SHISHp airs 'e %
the day whenever she was out in the corridors
or grounds.
Here Ia a good story OF n passage at arms be-
tween n well-known Englishwoman and the
late Sergeant Parry:
You are Mrs. Georgiana Weldon 2" asked
the distinguished lawyer.
You don't understnpd me. !, asked you.
are you Mrs. G~eorgiana Weldon 2"
But haP you y SSs G the % %ns q tx H.. W. %o RHSir"
Then surely yoH1 are Mrs. Weldon"
And is not your name Georsiana"
What Is It, then :"
Then why could you not say, SO at FIRST"
Because you didn't ask me-"
The following comment on the Girls Club In
Paris will make a good many New York girls
smile. 1t appears in an English paper:
The American girls. who are prominently
birds Of passage and less dependent than their
E IinG Isl , s ms t b6 Tppn + ssHSrrop mSts 50 treat n,asm the ns.
to create a homelike effect by decorating their
rooms with personal t%rifes. books. pictures.
almost to the ceiling, for the Americans have a
HeelisSS aee onlg i With Saf nesessar Fssh the FS0@ onI y
feature Of Interest being the use OF q divan in
This will appeal especially to anybody who
has been entertained time and again In some
of those very rooms: rooms which are almost
markets and at the fairs rooms Where homee
likeness is the one aim OF these girl exiles.
English CORRESPONDENT allowed those stove;
pipes to reach only almost to the ceiling"
may be stated that the stoSepipes do really 60
the rest OF the way and safely land in a flue.
Mime. WI, the wife Of the Chinese Minister at
Washington. is a great favorite at the capital.
She and her husband are very punctilious about
returning visits, but when. at one at-home day
this winter, 1.35O persons came. they were Ia. a
e Go S5o aea four Sl a f aean talIyo wn sho 14 aoi NEE hee t @%
are so tiny that she leans, on her husbands
arm when she walks. She has splendid Jewels
and an especially fine assortment OF headgear.
she, speaks English and is q welcome visitor
A memorial chapel is being built in honor OF
the late Empress Elizabeth Of Austria. 1t is to
be paid for by public subscription. The site
selected Is as extraordinary as was the person
atty Of the woman whose memory will be hon
the Schneeb berg. which is said to be always
capped with snow. 1t is not difficult Of access
i momnt n1ien eiimb eSweV Il is a Rop Is 0 thae t H5eif b%il q
ing will be finished by the 10th ofneXt Septem-
Der. the first anniversary. OF the En- press's
death. or which day the first mass will be said.
Church parade is a London custom which is
OF more or less interest. according to the
weather. When Sunday is a reasonably pleas
ant day. the swells go to the park after church
Is over and walk up and down for the space of
half an hour or 50. while they gossip about
one another and the rabble look on. in wonder
and the reporters prepare minute descriptions
OF costumes. the same to be printed in large
type in the engaging fashion OF English Jour
Pals n1 ;ts Anyf5 p0m G sHn see S by r%sa tbnt t the G fGpllow,
Church parade. though not crowded in the
senGed. T Tsdy Hood 81 s %ofe y l Tas s satin eIoa AZ.
which almosttouchedt the ground. with large re-
yers Of white satin: her ornaments were opals.
ble-breasted jacket over a limp pink shirt with
a white linen collar. a black satin skirt. a red
hat and a very, prominent watch chain. There
pillar box partially swathed in a white sheet;
also an extraordinary cloak which gave the
MweereE the appsearaanGee Ct a sheep walking on
ulster and an eyeglass."
The EEL skirts' are literally clinging moro
and more fondly to womankind as the days go
by. Not long ago. at a musicale in Paris. it
was a subject Of remark among the less pro-
nounoed devotees Of fashion that there seemed
to be o strange desire among the women
present to stand about, leaning against pillars
and doorways and chair backs and almost any
thing IN the line Of support. No matter how
woman languidly declined and continu led to
do the statuesque act until peoples backs
truth finally came out. however. 1t wasn'ts
case OF standing up Just for the fun OF It, but
because the new gowns ut Sc, snugly around
the hips that 1t Is ruinous to sit down in them.