The Washington times., 1904-01-31

~ ROM the tip of miladys pink
r. tinged ear to the toe of her dain-
L ty satin slipper do the feminine
fads Of the hour range themselves. No
part Of her smart little person. in her
modish costume. may hope to escape the
fad influence. but there is one thing
about it which even the masculine mind
must admit and that is that no longer
fancies followed with more zeal than
sense. IN fact. II takes a whole lot
more sense to devise something new and
novel enough to appeal to the educated
taste of the woman of today than is
usually accredited to the originator OF
fads. and very few women nowadays al
low themselves to be caught by a fleet
ing fashion that does ont possess some
excellent point TO recomemnd it,
SO long as the majority OF women
have certain amount of time which
they must devote TO the discussion.
preparation and wearing of frocks and
furbelows. just so long will quaint. GU
rious and generally attractive little con-
ceits be practiced by them.
At the present time. when the year is
only one month old. the girl of 1901 is
reveling in and ravishing US with no
less than three pretty little fancies, and
so overcome are we with genuine admir-
alton that we bow humbly before her
clever little person and wonder what
she will be up to by the time the year is
nearing it's end
The Girl With a MOnocle.
The first fad that attracts us to a fair
ones pretty little head is the crystal
disc which screens her saucy left eye
and gives her a piquant air that is emil
nently irresistible.
The girl of the year wears a monocle
Well. and why shouldn't she? There Is
decided advantage in this visual rein
forcement2 II there weren't eminent
men of the world wouldn't contract the
muscle of their eyes and distoTt their
features by wearing a circular bit Of
glass fastened by tiny cord.
OF course, the feminine eye encoun-
tiers difficulties innumerable in its at
tempt to follow the new fashion. but
then not every monocie will answer
the purpose. In the first place. IT must
be quite a bit smaller than those in
tended for masculine wesrers OF mono,
cles and considerable time Is required
10 accustom the lady and the eve %
this new arrangement.
Squint she mustn't. Horrorsi no. Not
even for the sake OF Keeping ~ with
the times should she permit herself to
cultivate a frown or allow even one
eye 10 fall into the habit of pickering
up. Therefore IL Is essential for her to
learn to wear a monocIe with as much
composure Of features as is possible
under the circumstances.
How She Wears the Glass.
The milled eyeglass edge is an in.
valuable aid 20 its proper adjustment
and Dermanency. but herein also lies
slight difficulty. or. more correctly
speaking. a discomfort. for while the
roughness insures a certain amount Of
hrmness II Is rather severe on delicate
skin.
Most women practice for hours be.
for mirror in order 20 obtain a pretty
expression when equipped with a mo-
nocle. and II pretty eyes can slay. what
death dealing will there be from
glances shot forth from pairs of eyes
80 pretty and yet so different.
As 70 the ways OF attaching the
monocie 10 herself. so far the feminine
wearer has been satisfied with the or
binary black silken cord which is af-
fected by Englishmen. but there is no
telling how soon she will insist upon
inhnitesimal chains OF gold or platinum
links. and from these Il is only step
10 chains set with brilliants and pre-
cious stones.
In this realm of gems attention may
be called again to the appearance OF
that piece Of jewelry sometimes classed
"barbaric"-the earring.
Its return 10 the position OF a femi-
nine fad is greeted with warmth and
cordially, FOR after all those pretty
little ears seemed a waste OF excellent
setting when they went unadorned.
Pearls the Newest Fancy.
or course. there must be new fancy
In connection with the re-esta blishment
OF this old-time bit OF decoration. and
IL happens 20 be for pearls OF different
colors- A glossy black gem should or
nament the left lobe Of a pretty pair OF
ears. while pearl of the same size, but
in cleaning white should be fastened
sn the other ear. Thus beJeweled, mi