The National tribune., 1910-01-13

waiting the most delicate. delicious per-
fume TO your delighted nostrils as they
pass That is where the French OF II
comes in, and i do not know when L
have enjoyed anything more of THIS
kind than / have in looking at these
self-same lovely ladies, with everything
absolutely perfect about them. from the
ton of their dainty heads to their dainty
heels.
The street scenes are made specially
novel and picturesque by the numpet
of long-robed. fiat-hatted priests, SOL
diers and officials of different kinds one
sees everywhere mingled with the other
pedestrians, The uniforms of the SOL
5;rs % beyond the realms of crsduiity,
hevond those we saw in Copenhagen
even. and are quite shockingly gay. I'M
az zinc trousers of bright magenta
trimmed with brilliant yellow, jacket OF
dark blue ornamented with yellow
braid. worn with a ridiculousiy-shapeSu
cap. topped with q saucy feather! wen
| saw plenty dressed IKE this anu o.. 9a.
ere nuite as absurdly attired, tho just
et this moment 1 cannot recall them.
rho soldiers did not hold themselves
welI-we have failed to see any yet
who haye-and their gay uniforms
looked grotesque on them. ohe gay L
was walking on one ot the prlhcipai
business streets with Elizabeth Eve had
been to the queerest kind OF place TO
huv some Iace), and saw going along
~, tho other side a long-haired man
With a face something like the picture
of Christ in a long, gray robe, hoidlng
his prayer-book in his hand, reading
and muttering his prayers as ne passed
along, without a glance at that croWu
of daintily- dressed women, gay soldlers'
peoples of all nationalitles bent upon
different objects, which Jostled against
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unconscious of us all, and he was terri
bly picturesque, certainly, but couldn't
help wondering if he wasn't looking out
of the corner of his eye all the time TO
see what effect he was producing.
Elizabeth is in the depths of dress
making along with the other Neehtes.
expecting to leave Brussels the richer
for two suits, one evening dress ana
several extra waists. She'll accomplish
it, too, for, somehow, no dressnaker
ever disappoints Elizabeth. / have re-
sisted the temptation to join her in
this bout for two very good reasons, one
of which is that do not need any new
clothes at present, and the other, really
a better reason still, that j have no
money TO pay for them. This trip to
the Midnight Sum has not been with
out its sacrifices for your Sailor Aunt,
and she wears her old clothes next
relief in the way of affectionate offer
ings of a character rather more sub
stantial than usual. However, I'm not
counting at all on this, and if it were
a question of staying at home and being
clothed in purple and fine linen. yea,
like the lilies of the field even (some-
how, this doesn't seem to give just the
idea l want). or to go off on trip like
this one of mine in rag CHATS lit
tie Stronel and be compelled to weai
that rag for six months after. l would
choose the latter every time. Elizabeth
has found a dandy tailor and dressmak-
er, whose addresses l will hand over to
you any time you so desire. As said
before, you can get a handsome gown
here for just about one-half IL costs
home. How long this heavenly state
of things will last, with Americans
pouring into this city as they are all
the time, many of them for thesexpress
purpose of having dressmaking done,
remains to be seen. We Americans
spoil everything for the person of
moderate means almost as soon
as our feet touch the soil of a place.
It's wicked shame, because it keeps
SO many people at home who might
otherwise treat themselves occasionally
10 trip abroad and who would get so
much pure delight out of it. Norway
is still pretty devoct country to travel
in on this account, but il viii be ruined
like the others soon. Our foreign BROTH
crs and sisters are not fools by any
means; little like Yum YUM In MI
kado," they are very wide awake"
and not long in catching onto the fact
that they might just as well charge
double the price when they sell any
thing to an American, for they can get
1t easily enough. Just alone by insist