The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
FASHION NOTES FROM LONDON.
Women Must Wear Trouserettes-Miss Tenn
pests Wonderful Gown.

ior evening wear. One OF white MORE,
brocaded with pink roses tied with blue
ribbons and having at the knees straps
OK rose pink buckled with gilt, while the
other pair was OF plain white satin with
blue at tho knees. with silver buckles.
waite eatin corsets, very short on the
hips and delicately edgea 9th fine lines
OF pink and blue velvet ribbon. edged on
either side with the tiniest frillings Of
Valenciennee lace. were the only trim
ming. Then there was a pair OF plain
black satin "trousevettes,' with dali gold
buckles at the knees, while the other pair
were also black, but broeaded with O
cherry -colored design OF floating ribbons.
With these were supplied black satin cor
sets stitched with cherry color ana with
tiny bows In front aud laces of the same
hue. The third set was one pair OF gray
ribbed silk and the other of shot mauve.
and the accompanying corsets were OF gray
broca6ed with mauve-tipted flowers. or
course this was particularly elaborate
and beautiful outfit, but It seemed to me
to lack a good deal of the dainty femi-
ninity that is so attractive even to the
most "common-sense" woman.
That abnormally popula- young Ameri-
can woman who is tho present idol OF
the ieunesse doree OF London-Edna May
has been contributing chapter OF auto
biography to one of the weekly social
article herself or si1nply contributed a few
facts 10 be cooked" by the artful hand of
an experienced journalist Is a mooted
question. Az any rate, the article has ap-
peared, and is signed Edna May" It is
written with good deal of uuaintness
of style. and also has about 1t nRivete of
EXPRESSION which somehow seems quite
In keeping with the personality Of the de-
nure belle OF New York. The most in
teresting statements which Miss May
makes are that she is 20 years old; that
she made her debut rs an amateur at the
age of A.. that AZ one time she sang in
church choir; that her present role is only
tho third character she has sustained since
her debut upon the stage; that she "1ust
loves London; that she is going to stay
here long time; that she Is engaged for
the title role In the next piece at the
shattesbury, and that her name is Edna
May Petite. So much for the positive
side.
Miss May, however. negatives positively
the generally accepted idea that she was a
member of the New York Casino, or any
other theater chorus; also that the little
girl associated with her name in some of
her photographs is her daughter; that she
is not mother--as yet--and that the
small girl is her sister; that she does
not personally know one-half of the people
who are constantly sending her presents
and that she does not like writing an ar
ticle In which so much of the first person
singular necessarily appears
or course this is all very interesting and
instructive, and Miss Mays artless little
gabble about herself is no doubt worthy
OF every token of admiration But II
seems to me that she has omitted few
interesting details of her personal history
Where. for instance. she has hidden the
identity of that sta|wart young gentleman
known as Mr.. Titus--bieyclo rider? Not a
word does she mention of him In any of
her "reminiscences. Yet as Mrs. Titus"
she certainly can lay claim to being a
most charming and youthful matrou.
l hear that her liege lord paid her a visit
some months ago, and was most inter-
ested and pleased with the progress his
wife had made with the affections of the
English people. II stayed at the pretty
fiat which is Miss Mays pied a terre, ST,
Ermyn's Mansions, Westminster. but II
does not appear positive that he was par
ticularly conspicuous during his short So
journ. At any rate, he has returned to