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toece how that glamour can still exist, muuvo foulard about two inches wido
Albert Edwurd.of WaleB, is not a bad Tho bodice is all of accordcon plaiting,
chap, of course, but I cannot, imHgino stitched liko tho skirt. It blouBOB
unybody being wildly enthusiastic about slightly in tho front, haB a narrow bolt
him or any of tho rest of tho royul fam- of tho samo material and a touch of tho
ily. They are too mucn llKo everybody plain mauvo about tno turoai.
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oIho, without a tingo of the unuBUal or
the picturesque that seems properly
associated with royalty.
So it is with ub. Tho general public
aro bo familiar with Mrs. As tor and all
tho other women known as leaders of tho
Binart Bet, they boo them so constantly
in public rostaurantB and places of
amusement, tnatthey must realize that
they are no bettor and no worso than
anybody else, nor do their lives differ
materially from those not in their swim.
But that the crowd especially the
feminine portion of it is deeply inter
ested in the sacred circle which, for want
of a better name, we call "Society'' iB
manifested by tho avidity with which
every item of news concerning the do
ings of the leading Bet embraced by so
ciety is absorbed.
The way milliners and dressmakers
make capital out of the things they have
sold and have not Bold to well-known
women ehowe plainly the attitude of the
feminine mind toward those who seem
to feel are creatures of a different world.
Mrs. "Olllo" Harriman is woanng a
black cloth gown. Tho skirt ia made
very simple. It is scant and clinging to
within six inches of tho ground, where
it flares out a bit in a shaped rulllo,
which ia outlined with narrow strap
pings of cloth, machino-Btitched. ThiB
is one of tho fow skirts that I havo Boon
that !b made without tho evor-prosont
tunic, butitgos tho samo effect yet 1b
n ono pioco. Tho jacket is an Eton,
i Eton jackets aro ono of tho fow things
in tho way of fashion that boo in to en
dure forever. Mrs. Harriman'B haB a
smali turn-over collar in whito covorod
with a bit of whito lace.
With this coat and skirt Mrs. Harri
man wears a blouBo of black-and-white
striped silk. It is made in narrow box
plaits, both in tho front and tho back,
and theBO box plaits run lengthwiso on
tho sleoves. She wears a black stock
and a tiny ilno whito collar. Hor hat iB
a large turban in black straw, very plain
and severe, with tho exception of an
enormous plumo of the oaproy which
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And tho1; brings me back to my original sweeps over the Bide.
themo. I have had quantities of notes MrB nenrv clew's "utility" gown is
at ono time or another asking me to in b,uo canvaB The skirt haB a tunic
please describe some of the gowns that outlined with fino tucke. Tho jackot
are actually being worn by mo oeBt haB ,itt0 tai,B in the back and it ie
dressed women who are socially well
known.
Tho writers of these notes evidently
have no faith in the assurance of their
m idistes as to what is most desirable in
the way of frocks.
This is only one more instance that
emphasizej the great noad there is in
this country to the class of women rep
resented by my inquiring correspondents
for the stage or something else to serve
as an object lesson in what iB really the
right thing to wear.
As I feel truly sorry for any woman
who iB lloundering helplessly in the
rather short in tho front. Tho sleeves
havo a few clusters of tuckB and the
front of the coat is also tucked. The
collar is high and iB faced with white
Irish crochet lace. Tho lapels are small
and faced with the same lace.
Mrs. Ogden Mills is wearing blue also,
but a much darker blue than Mrs.
Olews's, and it is in cloth, distinctly
tailor made, without the trail or tunic
effect. In fact, the skirt barely touches
the ground. It is embroidered in bow
knots. The coat ia double-breasted,
coming sovoial inches below tho waist
lino all around; it has a hign collar.
deptha of "what is worn," I am going to rpne bow knot is embroidery is repeated
chronicle for her benefit the frocks that on th3 coatf but to a very limited degree.
a few of the best known women aro
wearing. Whether she approves them
or not is her affair!
Gray iB very much worn just now.
Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. George De
Mrs. Fred Neilson is wearing a gown
that is a masB of black sequins of no
particular design. It is made very se
verely, tho material giving it its cachet
Mrs. Charles Oelrichs is wearing a
Fore6t and innumerable others have gown at jB aim0Bt identically the same
gray gowns. Mrs. Bradley Martin's aB MrB Neilson's.
Mrs. Clary Mackay's gown is But
I'll tell you about that next week!
Town Topics.
gown is of crepe de Ohine, made with a
long tunic and a skirt that trails. It is
quite simple and plain, with the excep
tion of a few bits of heavy white lace on
the bodice. With this frock Mrs. Mar-
tin wears a black hat. Black hats are ajj INNOVATOR.
almost invariably worn with gray gowns,
and wisely " bave cal,ed on you to'dtty Bald the
Nothing is more fatally destructive to professional humorist, with a glad smile
good looks than an all-gray hat. ho approached he desk of the great
, editor and made himself comfortable in
Mrs. George Do Forest s .gray gown is tfae precarloUB offlce chalr that once had
also in crepe de Chine. It is made with ft cane b(jttom n to propound to JOU
a Princess effect. It has a deep yoke of r Bcheme thftt Beon)B t(J mo to bMlp.to.
yellowish lace, and the crepe de Chine date and well worthy of consideration;'
iB draped across it a la surplice, and out- Uraphr Rrowiod the great editor,
lines her figure perfectly. The yoke is ThuB encouraged the humorist pro
fastened in front with three large ceeded.
jeweled buttons. ,.For BOmo tjme paet( Bs you have
One of Mrs. Willie Vanderbilt's many doubtleB8 observed, tho progress of the
gowns is mauve foulard. Foulards, by word has developed a peculiar phase,
the way, aro aB generally worn aB cropo which may bo epokon of as that of lea-
de Chine. Nothing Ib more dislrable or Benlng. It Beoms to bo the ambition of
smarter than these fabrics. gU inventors to add the word less to
Mrs. Vanderbilt's mauve foulard has everything that has boon invented in tho
asmalldeBign in black-and-white, aud it past. We now have smokeless powder,
is made with a tunic that is accordeon- painless dentistry, horseless carriages,
plaited, the accordeon-plaiting being wireloes telegraphy, and many other
machine stitched down perfectly Hat. thingB havo undergone a change that
with innumerable rows of stitching well may bo similarly described; but I will
below tho hlpB, so that it giveB the figure not trouble you with a complete list
a slondor appearance that one does not Now it seems to me that tho time is ripe
UBually ttBociate with occordeon-plait- for a similar stride forward in specially
ing. Below tho stitching the plaiting prepared pointless jokes."
falls In soft straight lines nearly to the And in less time than it takes to write
bottom of the underskirt, which is the this a hatless and broathlees humorist
usual trailing affair. Tho edge of the was fleeing wildly down tho cheerless
tunic is outlined with a band of plain street. Harpor'a Bazar.
The advortiEemont in the nowspapor
ran as follows:
"Suicides commencing These should
write for appointments to llox Blako, 72
Uppingdon garden, South KonBington."
Herbert Strouth, artist, received an
appointment for 2:30 on WodnoBday
afternoon. Ho called at the South Kon
Bington address and wub shown into a
eolidly furnished library, where u
podgy, little, old gentlou.un with whito
hair shook him warmly by the hand and
bade him bo Boated.
MI am very pleased to meet you, Mr.
Streuth, and I trust that I may Joe of some
service to you; in fact that we may bo of
somo Borvioo to each other. But I muBt
begin by asking you a plain question,
which you will answer truthfully and in
one word. Ib your intended suicide
connected in any way with sbvere pov
erty or overwhelming financial lossos?"
"No," said Streuth, "I am considered,
I believe, to bo fairly well off."
"Delighted to boar it, said Mr. Blako,
rubbing his chubby hands together,
"now we will proceed. I toll you frankly
that with mo this thing is business, and
nothing but a business. It you decide
that I can nerve you I shall expect a
moderate foo. Now., what are tho prin
cipal objections to Buicide?"
"The law does not permit it," said
Streuth.
"Precisely, but in the case of the suc
cessful suicide the law iB not askod. It
says that you may not take your life
away, but if you do, it cannot compel
you to take it back again or punish you
in any way. We can leave the law out.'J
"There is also the religious objection,'
said Streuth.
"Many very religious people," replied
Mr. Blake, ''have not found it cogent.
Take the case, by no means an uncom
mon ono, where the death of one man
may be an inestimable benefit to many
to whom ho is really sincerely attached.
Is an act of solf-sacrlfico to be regarded
as a crime? No; it seems to me that
each suicide must be judged on its own
merits, taking into consideration the
motives and beliefB of the person suicid
ing. Any other opinions?"
"I kuow of none," Streuth answered!
"In fact, I have not beon thinking about
it. I want to get out of things. 1 don't
ubk myself if there are any objections or
not. Don't care a do n if there are
any objections."
You surprise me," said Mr. Blake;
"you are an artist, and yet It has not oc
curred to you that tho manner of the
suicide is of essential importance. The
throat cutting is very dirty, and the
same objection applies to the use of fire
arms. Havo a littl foresight. Imag
ine what you look like afterwards, and
the state of the bedclothes, ana all the
rest of it."
"I wbb intending," said Streuth," to
drown myself."
"I havo here," said Mr. Bluke, "a little
book on forensic medicine. There are
some interesting chapters on the signs
by which you can tell the length of time
tho body him been In tho wator. Did
you ever hoar of adipocoro? Thoro is
an elegant littlo description of it in this
passage. Just road it."
''Strouth took it and road a fow lines.
"I can't stand thiB," ho said, "it Ib too
nauBeous."
"I thought you would boo it in that
light," Mr. Blako repllod. "Peoplo
moftly do whon I put it to them. You
really can't tell what n rivor's going to
do to you. It may givo you buck at
once, or it may keep you for u bit. Even
if it gives you back ut onco you don't
look pretty. Hero's a description of tho
faco of a man taken out of tho ThameB
on
" i ou needn't go on with that. I havo
given up tho idea of drowning mysolf.
Thoro is still poison. A littlo prussic
acid, and the bother is all over."
"Excellent," said Mr. Blake," "if you
know tho right doso you die olrmst im
mediately; but you've got an awful mo
ment, If you don't know the right doso
you havo a very bad time. You will bo
found with your hands clinched, your
eyes glistoning, and your pupils dilated,
and you will shreek just before your
death. Unpleasant, isn't it?"
"Woll, said Strouth, there uro other
poisons."
"All aro open to objections. Chloral
may kill you comfortably, or make you
sick. Other anesthetics may load to
your being discovered while in a state of
unconsciousness, but not dead, and tho
treatment they givo you then is not
protty. Many quick poisonB aro painful,
very painful, and in any case you leave
your body about after. So untidy such
a want of neatness! Every suicide Ib
anxious to wipe himself light out, to get
away from public attention. It he leaves
that body about after, people sit on it
and say that ho was temporarily insane,
and one of the jury is rude to the coro
ner, and tho coroner is eevero to one of
the jury, and tho whole thing gets into
tho papers, and tho whole family is dis
graced, and everybody feels that the
death was grossly inartiutic."
"I don't know," slid Strouth, "If you
imagine that bv telling mo these things
you can deter me from tho end which I
have in view. If ho, pry do not waste
your timo and mine, any further."
''I had no such idea," said Mr. Blake,
"All 1 wish to do is to givo you a chance
of committing suicide in the best way
possible. No pain, no scandal, no un
tidy body lying about afterward. A
Bimplo, mysterious disappearance, your
self-respect saved and tho feelings o(
your family spared."
"Woll. said Strouth, "what is it?"
"Fire, plain fire, that is all. Near
Weybridgo there ie a certain furnace
which is kept going day and night, Its
heat is enormous. There are no half
measures about the furnace. The very
moment you go into it you aro dead
Half an hour afterward nothing of you
is left that is recognizablo as ever bar
ing boon human. 1 will give you direc
tions and admission card in exchange for
your check for X5 so soon as that check
has been cleared."
Streuth pulled five sovereigns from