Show 4 BUTLERS TO GO and maids dressed dmd for the vartoog various occasions ocean long win will come U Is whispered that the pompous and solemn butler la Is on the high road to oblivion his doom has been pronounced by certain persons of fashionable conable pretensions and lean purses who find his services ger vices a drain on both their pride and alid their pocketbooks says the new york commercial advertiser one clever independent feminine person whose diminutive establishment high up in a very expensive apartment v house bouse is a rendezvous vou s tor for many ot of the rich and great declares that one has to live up to ones butler and as he is usually not only a judge but a pitiless critic of wines and viands and the social standing of ones guests he is too expensive a luxury for persons whose income Is no larger and whose prospects are no more certain than were those of becky sharp and she added with something between a sigh and a laugh we are a numerous class tn society when jeames is deposed neat handed phyllis will preside over table and door in order to retain some of the dignity and splendor which the presence of jeames lends to festive occasions ions the economizing hostesses are going to try the experiment of putting their maids into livery based on the heraldic colors of the family or to match the decorations of the house for special occasions special colors and cap ribbons will lend atmosphere for instance when madame entertains her club members at luncheon the maids could wear plain black rocks frocks f with the club colors on the pockets ot of their muslin aprons and on their white caps when the dinner decora decorations tons are pink flowers pink calico gowns and pink cap ribbons without a touch of any other color in their costumes costume s would be quite as pretty and blend in with the surroundings as harmoniously as even the black coat and Immar immaculate shirt front of the pompous jeames the theme is an inspiring one for the energetic woman who revels in innovations perhaps we may live to see hunt breakfasts those long island dissipations dissipation s served by tailor made maids with black coats high collars and ties or have our wraps taken at the easter wedding reception by attendants in white gowns with wreaths of orange blossoms in lieu of caps |