| Show BT MISS MANHATTAN uw york may when the fitton herald across abe e proclaimed the directory stylo the hanc nearly every woman gave a little rasp cf delight as visions 0 rich broaded auks heavy atlas lace frills and dwelled buckles swept bifora her byca t Is by all odds the most becoming dress hat a tall slender woman can wear and h quaint attla jackets wado cuffs and i anty hats are such a decided contrast 0 o what has been seen for the past seasons that there was all the more reason or a change nobody thought how iver ot one phase of abe revival until the prettiest and one oc aba best dressed women la england aavo the finishing louch to her directory costume by carry aig a jewelled the eighteenth century when the directory held sway in franco the gay mi and prettiest women ot the capital never thought of a ftp without tatt aid ot a lung fancy stick which they carried more lor effect than for any actual support it gave sinca that time there babu been numerous t forts to make the fashion a popular one and within the last live years two noted feminine members ot the white house i famines have favored the directory staff I 1 with up to date costumes it Is rather a pretty idea too to have the revival i one its belaf to members of the first family in the land in the chronicles of i fashions five years aeo makes any fad belong to ancient history and to come down to present times and facts I 1 need only say that abe previously mentioned jady of london has bound 9 stair a fitting accompaniment to any and all of her present costumes and the charm 0 her appearance has impressed itself so deeply en thoin who have beheld her that they loo have joined the directory movement mrs chauncey for she it is who leads abe fashions la england by right of her beauty exquisite taste and friendship with the reigning house does not insist upon a directory tout en aemile she carries a atack with any of her modern costumes but so delightful Is she in her daintiness and grace that those who ee her are of tho opinion that scarcely any weapon Is more effective in feminine bands than a staff ordinarily her stait ix of plain polished ebony with a round gold head handsomely chased it Is some what sooner than abe old fashioned kind and looks like any enlarged cane of decade or two ago modern art and fancy have discovered rare opportunities in this fad and vanity cases are being concealed in the filigree tops of these aads tads the came that led du barry to smuggle her powder puff and dab her nose with it as she was driven to the guillotine reigns in the feminine breast of the twentieth century woman and if she carry a little jewelled box on her chatelaine or a purse in which may be hidden a powder puff then be takes refuge in this latest fad of hers abe directory elair aad makes it serve more than one purpose if abe Is plain and 01 the top with a round golden knob then it is a comple matter to have it designed eo that the top will lut up to disclose a of fine french plate mirror and tiny re la which reposes an exquisite swans down putt with a fancy handle ebony rosewood and teakwood are favored tor abo stick part for they are strong woods tali an excellent polish and beet on the sliver or gold trimmings better than a lighter material gun metal ts effective tor ferrule and knob but with gold or sliver abe possibilities in the way of ornamentation are almost limitless cabochon stones are set in the rim and incrusted in crusted in the top there la fine hand carving on the metal and in abw awat expensive glittering gems form no small part of the decoration of course it strikes the average mind that I 1 all this is useless extravagance but that exactly what feminine fads are up posed to bethew ways tor the fair sex 0 o spend their money and beet as much and diversion as possible until I 1 fad comes along I 1 on account of the picturesque charm f carrying the fad is particularly ulta blo tor weddings a fact that every woman Is quick to see and appreciate we may expect to bear of many spring and summer ceremonies ot this kind in which the directory insignia cuts no call figure it will appear as a plain long cane on which will be tied a nug bunch of with the usual streamers of ribbon home ot these staffs are abad expressly for this purpose and as they are fashioned for effect the ma i unal is tar expensive BO that it Is elbl for the moderately well oil bride elect to choose these aces ones and have abe flowers au th rarer and wor in inverse ratio it however beaulne gold headed or swelled enec are ete then they r I 1 presented to the bridesmaids aj a auve clr ot abe occasion the crook comes to the for gain on account of its near relation to tn directory only at weddings and or fancy dress Is tata variety of walking stick considered appropriate but here an 1 slad to mention another and that is in shepherdess deos lyles hats gowns etc hats built on hii known as and immortalized by many a artist are copied with great and to le tails and are already crowning aly coifed ceodes ibis Is a apropos of course but 1 aan mainly abe ad for carrying eduis and abe subject cannot b dismissed without a few burds about th crace cr ace required and geace displayed in tb handling of a lone stick many a woman has longed to try her hand att it abier watching la boac fair staff ud adjust her pretty bouda bou dr arft but it ant quite so comple to kaaa as it sma on nut take groat care to have the staff exactly be knath otherwise ono cannot helt awkward the hand rest on abe knob or it just klow lu a very delicate though arm manner ami tine stick boum be gilted lilted and antly as oa walks by ao meant antoum it clump and thump mear at any no anent should the chaff appear and herein lie th secret of mattot the i fad na well chann loe just i a oon va a woman hakea it rook a thaws li were with an unwieldy with a do or aib air ho bo come ridiculous of attractive and b would and om other tit Keep ingher banda employed carryl nt t on more of tho adaptability of feol olne fad and fan cl to lr lnier woman one 0 i cypa wonderfully and blui arm na liand on th tip of a i bony support BUP port in the lower end ot th ia hould le placed i tr tr th lody and th top should b allow to fofiu outward terming an onele with the position of the there are many flatla to in tho 0 abl weapon all 0 which tend to la be charm of lovely woman the department etora in the kingdom ot carrata a loit 0 patent leathar tr and an food stock ot aad children thornt tt th ell la moist for nine month in tb year tha aro wt rain or now practically all tb tunit but ih earing ft rabbern rub bern trans to cay I 1 a comparatively recent there u a future or anido rubben la that ni arket |
