New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-23
SURE OF THEIR CHARM.
French Women UHafrdid to Don
Ugly "4utO" accessories.

The oddly. not to the ugiuess. Of some OF
the costumes or accessories TO costume. that nave
been invented for the use q the woman who auto
mobiles ought to be enough TO prevent pretty
women from ever INDUCING in the sport % motor
ing-if anything could deter woman who is pos
sessed to taste pleasure or follow tashion-
says ILLUSTRATION"
To bury 20 disguise an often exquisite figure in
the folds Of an ungracefuI dust coat 20 disngure
ones self i'm heavy vulgar fur garments. sometimes
venture cloak of stn mHlodOroas
leather-these things no longer call for comment
But il moved marvel at the articles OF ap-
parel that costumers have been bold enough TO con-
trive a protection from wind and sunburn One
could almost believe that usefulness and beauty
were mutually exclusive. as with rare exceptions
the inventors have escaped from the commonplace
only to fall into the ugly.
One Costumer has a fancy for a sort OF cloth
armor. a real black velvet mask. the eyes covered
with enormous pr0truding google spectacles. while
a hood envelopes the head and protects the hair
from the dust
Another. retaining the google spectacIes. covers
the entire face with cloth but places at the base
OF the nose % yawuing hole which gives the pa
tent-f one may say it-a head like some queer
bird. cross between parrot and d harpy-
Another. thinking TO improve this, attempts
to give to the mask with which he covers the en-
tire face the appearance Of life. modelling 1t and
enameIrnE it IN natural colors. but without sue
ceediug in removing that painful and irritating
impression which a face thus disguised always
produces.
Yet another has simply taken the same Chinese
scholar goggles which his rivals have used and
inserted them in a lace veil.
a number Of automobile devotees disdain these
complicated and barbarOus machines. and content
themselves with fastening around their caps a
more or less Opaque veil. loosely Graped. The face
is thus concealed entirely; at the time It IS
not made -rOtcsque, and il completely pro-
teCted against the IDcIeUeuCles Of the weather.
II the English journalists 10 be believed, The
English 'ChauueuSe scOrls these extreme styles
and consents. much against her Will. 10 conceal her
features and distgure herself. Instead, she wears
only veil which leaves her face quite visible.
The unkIHdly disposed. smiling ironically. VIII be
tempted 70 recall in this connection the end Of
dialogue between Engiisuuau and F'renChman
two dIpl0mats-at time when Napoleon was
signing treaty of peace i'm which was demanded
pretty heavy money indemnity.
You are really astonishing. you French people
said the Engiishmau. in thus exaCtug money a
prize OF war. We satisfied, We English, to tsht
Tor glory simply
other jester "One fights always Tor what he has
not gCLi
In the case at hand. French sportswouen are
50 sure Of their superiority IN point OF elegance, 50
confident OF their charm. that they do not hesitate
70 sacrifice them partly in exchange for q keen
pleasure. deriving their satisfaction from gliding
along the high road at express speed. not IN the
effect they produce on tine passeroy.