The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-13

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= HER POINT OF VIEW =
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES US


Talk about the vanity Of women. did
you see those knights of Malta? Did
you ever see anybody as proud in your
life as were some of those good looking
men in their petticoats and other par
aphernalia? There was one tall indiv-
idual in a sort of glorifed bathrobe-
red velvet with a puffed border Of
purple satin all the way round and
up and down in front, who was I'M
speakably pleased with himself. King
Solomon was meek and lowly in COM
parison. l don't know whens-'hey got
their fashion plates or whose was the
original taste that suggested red velvet
with purple satin pufiings and plen-
tiful adornment of gold braid and
fringe. 1t was a stunning combination,
and yet one can't assert that it was
so very much more startling than
many of the impossible hues worn in
juxtaposition by women. The feature
that appeared to the average feminine
eye was the apparent attempt of the
dressmaker to get up those costumes
with as much variety of color and
style as consistent with somewhat dis
couraging figures not really designed to
show off a pretty gown.
The Knights either were not blessed
with such slender waists as the
| skirt dancers in the recent min
| strel show, or else they resorted
| less to artificial methods of inn
proving nature. The great difficulty
with a man seems to be his hazy ideas
as to his waist line. Those knights
on the foat the other day gave beau
| -tn~lt ttnVN Of ln, n
| difference to one fixed regulation as to
where a cord should be tied to confne
| the voluminous folds of their lowing
| garments.
| The man with a white Mother Huh
bard wore his cord well up under
| his arms, evidently with the inten-
| ton of giving it an Empire effect.
| One Of the sky blue fellows dangled his
| belt nearer his knees than his elbows.
| Another had quite fashionable ad-
| iuttment of his cord, wearing it we'll
up In the back and giving it the proper
drop in front Still another had an eX-
ira hitch to his toga, giving a classic
| al swing which was rather impressive.
This had evidently been done for utili-
tarism as it was of the regulation
trod on and said mnnY things which
women only think when they tread on
their long and silk-lined skirts.
The probah bic fate of these rainbow
| attired citizens on the float as they
| should begin TO experience the joys OF
a pleasure ride over the Washington
avenue pave. was 4 source of liveliest
anticipation on the part of the lockers
l
with extras. The Noble Grards and
| Lord High Executoners and other
! Worshipful Sirs wore look Of sur
| prise along with their gorgeous ap-
parcl when their conveyance blithely
| carepned into the first hole near The
| Tribune office. and they all lurched
forward and fell on each others necks
| in various attitudes of affection. APP
parently It had not occurred to them
that a necessity existed for tying them
selves on. The poses of the red, white
and blue and other bright hued gentle
| men on that open platform, as it gaily
| careened in and out of the pitfalls
could scarcely be termed Delsartean.
| The hazards Of a golf course and the
dangers of a steeple chase are tame
| in comparison to the excitement of
their journey. They laid bets on the
probable catastrophe which would
| overtake them at the next cavern, and
they clung nervously to each other S
hands like school girls on a toboggan
| There was little to indicate floating in
the progress Of their portion of the
| procession.
Said a man the other day: 1T does
seem to me that the hats are unusual
ly handsome this spring" Where
have you been taking notice?" demand
ed his wife, anXiously. lin the shop
window or on womens heads?' He
wasn't a man who usually took notice
of feminine attire. His wife might
be arraped in sack cloth and ashes
season after season and the style and
cut thereof would be unobserved by
him, but on this occasion he casually
remarked: "On their heads, to be
sure"
But the average man unless he is
blind does take notice of the long
gowns which women trail through the
streets nawadays and not infrequently
his attention is accompanied by visible
disgust. II don't see how they car
do it," exclaimed one man to another
yesterday and two women walked uI
Spruce street in front of them placidly
dragging handsome skirts without
making the slightest effort to keer
them up out of the filth. Spruce street
in it's most company condition is not
exactly such as one would care to carry
home much Of it's surface as a souvenir
Those women We're scraping up an ac-
emulation of filth that looked as if II
might contain all the Varities of eVilly
disposed microbes from yellow fever
down. The skirts had a broad full
stylish flare and as scavengers they
did their work well. The pretty sill
Innings were rapidly assuming an un,
speakable state, but the faultless fiji
and swing was not marred by any
awkward grasp by the fair owners
| Great Scott" remarked one Of the
men, and then he said other things.
We certainly are idiots, we women
We say that never in the wide worlt
will we adopt some Objectionable styl,
simply because it is the fashion ant
we are sincere in our declaration, bu
our dearest friend wear a nose hat
that is piquant and charming, as i
deeply shadows her lovely eyes S,
we begin TO weaken and finally don {
nose hat" too, although our nose may
be tip tilted to meet that hat to a de
gree never anticipated by the millinel
in her widest flights Of alteration
We say we never, never will wear
hustle, but when all the other womeI
of our acquaintance appear with thci
gowns we'll set out in the back, with
pretty, graceful spring just below thu
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