The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15
NINE. AUBERNON'S DINNERS.
n FRENCHWOMAN VINO HELPED MANY
YOUNG AUTHORS.
She Got Them Co Her House and There
Made Them Talk-Ernest Ronan's Re.
bellion-DanEerous Hat Pins In Lon.
do IL.

She Got Them TO Her House and There
Made Them Talk-Ernost Romans Re-
bellion-DanEerous Hat Pins In Lon.
don-French Ideas About Hairdrosslng.
Nine Aubernon, who died In Paris the other
day kept around her for years some OF the mos,
distinguished men in France and was known
chiefly rs their associate She was able 10 en-
tertain them at dinner. and II was at her table
that she loved TO assemble tho great lions Of letters
Ernest Rcnan, Jules Simon, Theirs, Alexandra
Dumas Ms. and others as well known in the history
Of French letters, used TO bc her guests As
they wcrc supposed 10 talk for their dinner Nine
Aubornon had unique method OF keeping them
up TO what she considered their duty. BY her
side on the table small silver bell She
hated TO have attractive women at her dinners
because the lions grew interested in them and
refused to talk. So she kept the bell near and
whenever she observed guest Of honor too much
absorbed in his ncighbor, the little bell sounded
Now, Mr.. "" she would say. 1T il your turn
TO talk
Not all Of her guests werc amiable under this
positive way of calling them TO order. one day
IL was Ernest Rcnun whom she reminded in this
fashion.
Since you give me this opportunity 10 speak,
he said to her, IL will impose on your kindness for
another helping Of asparagus"
He never returned to her house again Tho
dinners Cot of quality that compensated
LOT lack Oh ErdClOuSTPSS on ncf part WIN all
her means she was not generous and the French
could not forgive the eccentricitics of her chef
whom she was said to have in only by the day
Her Position became SO powerful, however that
cease visiting her house after they had once got
into the habit Of going there. was her kindness
a theatre in her hofeI in Paris There she would
who were struggling to get them on the stage.
Although she was parsimoniuus with her cook,
mounting these plays Thus authors unable TO
get their works on the stage were able to Judge Of
Xubenons T pysie tSeetre Th fs' was neatly M'H
as large as regular playhouse. by this means
was axle to- T." maintain h"tsc befnfs the w "nd
until the end through her association with men
Of fame and genius And she is said to have been
81 prudent about II that She spent no more Of her
fortune than was absolutely necessary. II was
the thought Of this fortune TO which cynical per
sons attribute her success with the authors, as
she was not 4 woman who could have attracted
them intellectually.
The fondness Of English women for piling I'D
hair on their heads has at last got them into
trouble and there promises TO be some interruption
TO the popularity OF the fashion which has for a
long time been a source of wonder 10 well dressed
American women. The puffs, buns. bangs and
curls with which English women fond Of
adjoining themselves constitute style that they
enjoy exclusively. French women throw UP
their eyes with gesture Of despair when the
English couture is mentioned. Yet the wearers
Of these English fashions imagine that they arc
following Paris when they appear topheavy
with the hair they fond OF pilng on. IL
was from the hospitals of London that the news
first came Of the really dangerous nature OF tho
English woman's infatuauon for false hair. AZ
the beginning of the month high winds prevailed
in London. Womens hats flew of unless they
were fastened with unusual care. Hatpins
were only m did not serya
TO keep the hat on and in tho majority Of cases,
they made the situation worse by flying off with
tho hat and sticking in the faces Of unoffendng
| citizens This accident happened so, frequent
ly that one day a London hospital received five
patients suffering from wounds received in this
way. The danger Of wearing hatpins
discussed aud il was decided that their use
should be abolished that the point should 10
so bluntcd as 10 make penetration unlikely.
One of these accidents was caused by hat
which blew from the top OF an omnibus and rested
lightly over the face of a pedestrian like an UNI
brclla while the hatpn, sunk in his nose, held the
hatpn nearly as facile as it Is sometimes
here in the police courts when this essentially
feminine article Of wear has figured as the weapon
in struggle In one Of the cases the victim got
the pin in his eye and it was thought that he might
share her countrywomen's taste for excessive
declared that the trouble came from the fashion
OF hairdreSslng in London The artificial super.
structure built on every womans head by sue
sible for any hat To remain in place pins or no
pins; and she begged her sisters to follow the ev-
ample Of other countries, take of their super
huous hair and adopt q coIure on which their
hats could rest with serenity American rdcuIe
persuadng the English women that their style 81
hairdressng had no justification in fashion
of humanity has been appealed TO- English women
may consent 10 part with the extra hair. That is
But they are not over confident because they
know how deepseatcd the attachment is TO the
towering headdresS
| Not all OF the French hardressers' views are
| acceptable to tho American woman, and she usu
| ally differs from them sharply on the subject 81
| water as means Of cleansing the hair. The French
hairdreSser does not believe in washing the head
| very frequently with anything and objects 10
| water under all circumstances, OntmcntS
washes, unguents bay rum, oil diluted with al
cohol, anything but water, should according 10
| the French idea, b. used ON the head After tho
: American woman has made herself understood on
| this subject, however, she Is not likely TO have
any further trouble with her Cofcure. Il was
| interested however" said an American woman
| who had Just returned from Europe, TO see tho
number Of women who go about with false fronts
| In place OF their own bangs The undulation
popular now for nearly ten years. and as much
| the STYLE as il ever was has done its work finally
| The hair subjected several times a week 20 tho
| hot irons has naturally been burned until il has
| become lifcless and broken off and the result 81
| this has been the necessity Of providing substi
| tu'e for the hair that has disappeared So the
| false fronts are common now in Paris and think
that it would not BE- an eXaGgeration 70 say that
seven women out Of ten wear them. They are in
way very convenient and desirable. They
| 50 eXpertly made that they can be distinguished
only with difficulty. They be undulated
| and over again without injury. Most women
| have several OF them and in that way can keep
one always ready in curl The HAIR retains tho
! wavy look very much longer than natural hair
| and one does not fc" toward these arrangements
| the prejudice commonly aroused by false hair
! All 81 them are made u have the Gppcara -
| being brushed beck in the prevailing fashion
from the brow individual changes in the STYLE
can BIZ made to suit particular persons, but as a
rule the wave back from the forehead is used Hair
| dye il as much in use as ever. The number -
women with their hair dyed is so great that ore
scarcely notices n woman who follows this prac
tce. 1t il the natural blonde indeed who seems
to he out OF place the rare OcCaS ons one meets
| her No Amf Tican fashion SurnriseS the pnrla