The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-30
FEMININE
FADS
OF THE
MOMENT
nRY DEAR DOROTHY My first

W letter of the day was from you;
ava my second bore a London post
mark and Gladys familiar superscrip-
ton. What budget of sense and non
sense it isl The latter pertains to her
newest love affair, about which clings
all the romance of antebellum days.
The man of the moment has been six
months at Manila, carries a bullet in
his thigh and a scar across his fore
head. But the mater dreams of a cOro-
net and chateau and refuses the COM
promise of a British war correspondent,
though he be q hero. Gladys says he's
''just lovely" big, brawny and fair,
with an appetite for adventure and
would sooner fee the gardener and
climb the rose trellis at II p. m. than
appear at to dine by mammals invi-
tation. He is great, isn't he? What a
fellow! To go. do and not die, but live
to dare Gladys mothers wrath!
Gladys also informs me that Mrs. Pa
gets bazaar has set a new pace for
such affairs. Hitherto they have been
considered dull and dowdy. Mrs. Pa
gets last malmaison on the closing
night brought $50 note! The Amerl-
can stall made the best showing of the
lot. The patriotic state Holders wore
white frocks and toques, with national
sashes, and Mrs. Mackay had a tiny
American flag made especially for the
occasion of rubies, sapphires and dia-
monds. Amalia Kussner, the miniature
painter, was much sought after and
was quite Respondent in pale pink,
with dog collar, rings and bracelets of
rubies and diamonds, all royal gifts in
Russia, from which country she has
just returned.
The Astor ball, judge, was a fail
ure, though, according to accounts, there
were some smartly gowned women and
q list Of notable men on hand.
The Duchess Of Marlborough is af-
fecting white this summer and seldom
appears without the famous Vanderbilt
pearl ropes encircling her neck. At
Sandown she wore her hair piled high.
with huge diamond crescent securing
the foremost coil. 1t was here, too,
that the latest expression of extrava-
gance in dress first saw the light Of
day. An English beauty wore sleeves
of ostrich feather tips bediamoEded
Next in order will be a bodice, and
eventually the purse proud will extend
the craze to court trains.
You will be pleased to learn, dear,
that orchids are again in favor In their
newest form Of sedan chairs and ships
they adorn the banquet board.
Gladys spent a morning at the inter-
national women's congress. She con-
fesses to have heard nothing of the do
mestic servant problem, but gazed at
Lady Warwick's beauty and made q
study of the Duchess OF Sutherland's
animated face. This. she declares. was
the case with nine-tenths Of the other
women.
AS 1 surmised, Aunt Hetty did the
avenue trotting act, and no 1ewelry
shop was left unexplored in looking for
the wedding gifts wanted. A flagon
and glasses Of emerald green framed
in gold bands ultimately conquered.
not, however, until we had gone the
length and breadth Of the town and got
back to the original starting point.
In our wanderings we encountered a
group of beautiful fans. than which
there is no more timely topic. FOR old
Sol is living up to midsummer repu-
tation. There is a definite plan on foot
TO revive the japanese craze. In early
summer kimonos Haunted their seduc-
tive charms to win the day Now jap
anese fans outclass all others, both
from an artistic and serviceable stand
point. They come round and oval in
shape. The newest ones are OF silver
gauze on china silk, tightly stretched
over bamboo frame, with a Japanese
girl photographed in colors. The char
acteristic simplicity OF these folk is
preserved in their artistic efforts. and
each fan represents this merit. on
some are an upright figure. on others
the Geisha girl poses for admiration.
and the prettiest of them all is Mimosa-
San. seated after the fashion of her
countrywomen beside her loves-a not
of tea, cloisonne vase and a dwarf
tree. The lacquered handles are in
keeping with these pretty pictures. as
wen as the rural ones of reed huts or
a pastoral done in gray.
With appreciative cunning the Yam
kee-Jap gives us a study in speckIed
trout mounted in bamboo. not painted