The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23

woman Enthusiastically as a subject Of King
Edward. The collar to her dress is less
locae and is higher than it used to be, there
by doing away with the ropes and ropes Of
beads she once revelled in for her throat;
her dress is made more tight fitting, showing
a form a little angular but not without a
certain grace; her shoes are heater, while
still comfortable.
The most distin gushing feature Of the
English woman, perhaps, Is her hat, and 1t is
the same with the Scotch, the Irish and the
Welsh woman. After one becomes accus-
toned to the rounded bun at the back Of the
neck-made flatter still by the invisible net
one feels that the hat curved over the head
like a bell suits the general contour fairly
well.
The English woman realized years ago
that frivolous French adornments were not
for her more serious air and cast them aside
as altogether impossible, creating a style
peculiarly her own. This effect, from the
American woman's point OF view, was the
limit of plainness, for far from concealing
the deficiencies of the English woman's
elon gated figure and her rather stopped
carriage it exaggerated every bad point.
Among other things her shoes could have
been worn on either foot with equal comfort
and comeliness. Her hat, bent and futed
all around, waved and turned in such a
manner that the wearer had to invent
strings to hold il in place.
The strings were the finish Of the frame
for the face, INC we're affected summer
and winter. Such a shame" foreign
critics said. that the pretty English face
should have such an unseemly setting!"
Criticism and association with well
dressed women of other countries have
had their effect, and the English woman
has given up the pursuit OF the quaint.
She has done away with chiffon and gew-
gaws and cheap finery and drapings like
those seen in old prints and has accepted
the inevitable.
Tho result is that az she il viewed in
London to-day she il a creature with frock
and couture so nearly in good taste that
YOU give her the benefit of the doubt. Well
polish and neatness in her general attire
are now decidedly in evidence.
Smart she will surely be before many
years will have passed II the Improvement
lash OF the American nor the chic Of the
French woman. and maybe that is just
as well. for il she did so she would forfeit
her individuality.
The English woman ia always composed
and calm, ever the mistress OF her sur
roundngs. IL seems impossible to ruffie
her good temper.
She may not be 80 spriRhtlv as her cousin
across the seas, nor so brilliant as those
separated from her by the Channel, but
she il always the sweet, womanly kind
the old fashioned species that stands out
in Tennyson or Scott OF -Burns-women
who weigh home and the ties Of home above
all other.
" you step into an omnibus with an arm
full OF packages she leans over to assist
YOU until you are seated: you ask her the di-
rection OF a certain place lin a crowded street
and she will not only point out the way but
will walk several steps with o to be sure
no mistake IN made. All her kindnesses
are lone in such a simple, sincere manner
that YOU feel that it Is but The hsbitusl
good heartedness Of the speaking
out.