Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
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but never in English. Finally, remen-
bering the New Yorker, one Of them
turned to him and said patronizingly:
You Americans are poor linguists. are
not you? You speak one language only.
You, now, Is Il not that you one Ian
guage speak only7" 1T is" the New
Yorker replied, but" placing a on
the table with the check the waiter had
brought to him, I'VE know another Ian
guage that seems to compensate"
Brown Gains Mlladl's Favor
It is not blue or gold, nor is It pink
or green, that has brought New York
women who love handsome gowns down
to one Of the common colors. II is the
simple everyday brown, a color which
many women would have spurned many
years ago, thinking It was too somber,
too indicative of a quiet person. But
there are browns and browns. The dark
brown, with a tinge that is hardly per-
ceptible, is not the color that has caught
the eyes of New Yorkers. 1t is live
color more like a pinlSish tan, and so
great is the liking for 1t that woman
not only gowns herself in this delicious
brown, but her shoes are of the same
hue. as are her veil and hat. 1t does
not matter whether she be dark or fair,
tits case of brown suits and COM
plexions, because everything must be
b-r-o-w-n. OF course II the woman can
get a tonic for her hair that will make
1t match the dress she will undoubtedly
do so. When the color catches on
more widely and the church paraders in
Fifth avenue are seen in brown 1t will
be interesting to paint a picture of the
costumes as the women flock from the
doors of the churches. Mistakes GER
tainly will be made, for the wells will
conceal the faces. A man may go up
to the wrong woman, thinking that she
Is his wife or sister or somebody else's
sister. But, at that, they may not be
disappointed. The only thing for the
men to do is to get revenge and dress
in the same tint of brown.
Freshly Cooked Poppy Bean
Here's new game for those who are
trying to devise ways and means of
getting rid Of money. Have your
shoes set with diamonds, which is the
latest vogue with certain class of
spenders. A manufacturing jeweler on
John street originated 1t by inventing
device for setting gems of all sorts in
the leather. But he need not think
that he is altogether original. His
scheme seems to be simply an elabora-
ton of the old-fashioned copper-toed
boots which the country boy of a gem
Grafton ago wore. The jeweler is said
also to be a friend of Tody Hamilton,
| which may explain in part the popular
| ity of the craze. 1t is expected, and,
indeed, it seems certain from orders re-
ceived, that the diamond-set shoe will
for the present be a dancing pump, but
that, so to speak, is only two-step.
You can go as far as you like If you
have the price, and in this era of pros
perity everybody is supposed to have
the price. 1t requires no great stretch
of the imagination to see diamond-toed
boots as common on Broadway as silk
hats or fur-lined coats. This will
make it bad for the late-nighter, whose
wife is sitting up with the diamond
studded rolling pin in her hand. He
will be afraid to take off his shoes and
sneak in. Some highwayman with
nothing but gold ornaments on his
blackjack might despoil him of his
pedal teguments. Also, it will be bad
for the cobbling trade. With diamonds
a universal fad, wouldn't it tempt the
poor cobbler with only a single karat
stone in his pegging awl, if you sent
him your leather set with a headlight
like a Monte Carlo gamblers, for in.
stance?