Daily inter mountain. [volume], February 04, 1899, Page 12, Image 12

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AN AFTERNOON
ON THE ICE
AND THE ROUGH
WOMEN
AND READY COSTUMES WORN BY FASHIONABLE
OF PARIS—THEY SKATE IN COMFORT.
Paris, Jan. 24.—In Paris where they
know how to do things in a lazy way
they go out skating to he comfortable,
as well as to give exhibitions upon the
ice.
In this country we freeze, and a skating
afternoon is one long shiver.
In Paris a pond, or lake, or river would
have few patrons did it not make skaters
comfortable. All along its banks, and
reaching well up into the country, there
are open spaces which are dedicated to
the skaters.
Here they can set up their basket of
coals; and here they can bring their little
tables, their after dinner coffee sets, their
Russian samovars and their Dresden
china, for a tea party after the skating
is over.
Even so small a thing ns a foot warmer
Is net excluded. There are little wooden
stools mounted on wheels that are scat
tered over these places for the feet u," the
skater to rest upon. When she comes off
the Ice she unfastens her skates, seats
herself upon a cane stool and rests lier
feet upon one of these little sliding foot
stools.
There are women in Paris who make a
living renting out these little tables for
the skaters. They can be seen upon the
banks presiding over a table, a Cairo
stand, a coal bucket and a set of stools
and footstools. For a trifling sum you
can take possession of the entire outfit,
and keep warm and have something to
eat in the bargain.
The fire bucket is a queer thing, which
closely resembles our old fashioned skit
tles. It consists of a very shiny brass
bowl, somewhat resembling a modern
chafing dish in shape. The cover is filled
with holes. The bottom is filled with live
coals, which burn merrily, sending forth
their comforting blaze through the holes
in the roof.
The skaters gather round this very or
namental fire and stand and warm tnem
selves while sipping a glass of something
good.
Very often the entire outfit is supplied
from a small casino higher up on the
bank. The young man of the party is
supposed to do duty as messenger. He
brings down the Cairo stand and tne fold
ing table, the samovar and the skittle,
and gets all in nice shape for his compan
ions. Were it not so cold it would be ex
actly like the reception in a summer
room; an ice parlor tea you might call it
were you looking for a name.
Of course the United States is the
greatest country in the world, but there
are a few things we could learn, and one
of them is how to be comfortable though
skating. No more frozen feet; no more
frost-nipped noses; no more colds; when
we learn how they do that sort of thing
in Paris.
And such warm dresses as they wear!
Though they look thin enough. The heav
iest, coarsest, warmest of good are used
in these dresses with every' effort to give
them the attractive rough-and-ready look
of the English tailors. And they are suc
ceeding admirably well. Tailors have
been brought from London to Paris, and
to their neatness has been added the pe
culiar style of the French dressmaker.
All skating suits are tight fitting, for
the loose-flowing cloak or the flying cape
is not considered fit for the ice. The snug
gest coats are made long in the back and
cut away in the front, with small coat
sleeves and the double breasted front.
These coats act as bodices. They are
worn over the silk waist, which does not
prevent them from fitting close to the
figure. And indeed they do fit, hugging
every curve.
Skating skirts are long enough to cover
the ankle when skating and are cut upon
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the prevailing style. They are snug upon
the hips and very flaring around the
foot.
One notices a tendency to return to the
fur-trimmed skirt, and there is seen the
narrow fur border upon many of the
plain cloth skirts.
The collette is universally worn and
gives the touch of fur so necessary to a
winter suit.
Skating hats are small, with soft
crowns of fur. They' are toques or irreg
ular shape, with a feather stuck into the
side and an ornament of some metallic
sort holding the feather in place. The
little toque is pulled down upon the head !
^ an ^escnbable way and js spjked in j
place with a short, fancy hat pin—usu
ally an animal pin.
Few skating girls wear the sealskin,
preferring the dainty fur toque, the be
coming collette, the fur trimmings and
tiie bewitching muff. These sets cost a
very large-sized penny, but they are very
pretty.
The suitings used are either a mixed
goods or a very pale shade of gray—
aluminum it is called. An entire skat
ing suit of aluminum gray cloth was
worn by a pretty skater. The skirt, which
was rather long, was trimmed with a
band of sable. Her coat was a cut-away,
close-fitting and without a particle of
trimming to relieve its plainness except ;
a tiny border of sable. She wore a col- j
lette of sable and carried a small sable i
muff. Her hat was a black velvet toque,
with stiff, curling quills upon one side, ,
caught under a dull gold buckle. Such I
a costume is ideal if worn by a woman of
good figure.
A dress of Irish suiting was worn by
another skater. It, too, was trimmed
around the foot with a band of sable,
and around the wrists with tlie same.
The jacket was a French blouse, which
bags very slightly in front. It was belted
with a metallic belt with a big buckle in
front, set with bright stones.
The Irish suitings are very popular.
They are very warm, with a rough sur
face that suggests cold weather wear.
The smooth goods can'never look warm,
no matter how comfortable they may
feel. The Irish suitings are of mixed
colors, with a touch of red and green.
Scarlet is always a cheerful color on i
the ice, and shows to best advantage in
the lining. Many skating coats and
bodices are lined with scarlet, and petti
coats of scarlet silk flash merrily as the
skater skims past.
They are making artificial ice for
skating rinks indoors, which makes the
sport a still more enjoyable one.
HOUSES THAT COST MILLIONS.
America can boast of no castles—for
castles and republics don't seem to go
well together—but she can boast of some
of the most magnificent residences on
earth. The country homes of some Amer
ican millionaires are, without doubt ver
itable palaces, even though they are de
scribed as country homes.
Notable among these is famous Bilt
more, the mountain home of the Vander
bilts in North Carolina. This marvelous
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structure has been described the world
over. It is said to be one of the most
complete houses ever constructed, and its ;
furnishings are rich beyond compare,
The Vanderbilt mansion in New York
city, and W. C. Whitney's famed marble
houses at Newport, R. I., are others that
come to the mind when palaces are be
lng discussed. Another American home
worthy of being included in this class is
the George Pullman house among the
Thousand Isles of the St. Lawrence river.
But American millionaires do not enjoy
a monopoly on costly houses by any
means.
It Is no exaggeration to say that among
"stately homes of England" there are
many which could not be bought by as
many gold coins as would pave the sites
on which they' stand; while some repre
sent an outlay the mere interest on which
for a year would pay the entire annual
cost of our cabinet.
Perhaps the most remarkable of these
costly pleasure houses is Mount Stewart,
Rothesay, one of the six palaces of the
many-millioncd marquis of Bute. More
money has been lavished on this "miracle
of masonry'" and sumptuous adornment
than would carpet its site of an acre two
and a half times over with £5 Bank of
England notes.
To buy it would reduce two millionaires
to their last penny; and every one of its
150 rooms has cost on an average over
$65,000, or more than sufficient,to build a
dozen suburban houses with ; some pre
tension to importance—in the eyes of
their tenants.
One of the largest of English country
seats is Lord Fitzwilliam's Yorkshire
house, Wentworth Woodhouse.
This colossal building has a length of
no less than 200 yards. Its hall is 40 feet
! high, and has an area of 3,600 Square feet;
j it is so large> in fact> that a half dozen
suburban houses could be comfortably
placed in it, and it would be possible for
its owner to live nearly six months in
Wentworth Woodhouse without spending
two days in the same room.
In addition to this commodious house,
Lord Fitzwilliam has a house in Oros
venor square and a seat in County Wick
low, while he has an income of over $2,500
a day on which to maintain them.
There are few, if any, private houses
which are "so greedy of the soil" as Raby
Castle, Durham, which stands on no less
than two acres of ground. Goodwood,
Chichester, one of the duke of Rich
; mond's four houses, has a length of 126
j yards. Eaton Hall, the well known seat
i ôf the duke of Westminster, has a single
corri a 0 r much longer than the height of
, gt p au l's cathedral. Lord Leconfield's
I Sussex seat, Petworth House, is 107 yards
long and Blenhelm Palace is longer still.
Blenheim Palace, indeed, is one of the
most marvelous and bewildering of all
these mammoth houses. With its count
less rooms, corridors and staircases it
would be quite possible for two people
to spend a lifetime in it w'ithout know
ing of each other's existence. Nothing,
perhaps, gives a more breath-taking idea
of the size and costliness of this palace,
built out of public money for the soldier
duke, than the fact that a single repair
ing bill is said to have amounted to over
$1,500,000, while the yearly glazier's bill
runs well into four figures.
It is more than remarkable that one of
i the very ug -ij est houses in England, plain
! almost to the verge of the ludicrous, is
j one of the most valuable mansions in
the world. Devonshire House, as seen
from Picadilly, might appear to a casual
eye to be dear at $1,500 a year; and yet
its rental value cannot be less than $150,
000 a year. The duke's bedroom in this
"treasure of bricks" w'as, in his ante
nuptial days at any rate, as plain and
unattractive as the building itself; and
probably $15 would have bought the en
tire bedroom suite of a man one alone
of whose seven houses would make him a
millionaire.
Stafford House, St. James, ranks high
among the stately homes of London.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds have
been lavished on the house and its deco
rations. Its magnificent marble stair
case alone represents a small fortune; its
walls are beautiful from the brushes of
famous Italian painters, and it is crowd
ed with pictures and bric-a-brac of al
; most priceless value.
j Dorchester House, which save hospi
\ tality to the Ameer's son, is said to have
■ cost $2,000,000, and Lord Burton gave
$750,000 for Chesterfield House, South
j Audley street, with its sumptuous libia
ry and its unique marble staircase,
' The duke of Bedford s house in Bol
1 grave square. Lord Rothschild s in I lca
; dilly and Lord Portman s in Portman
! square are among the houses which are
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'LOTH AND FUR SKATING COSTUMES FOR '99.
the despair of men who do not make as
much in a lifetime as would pay a quar
ter's interest on the capital each pleas
ure house represents.
JILTED LOVERS.
Have you ever been jilted? Then you
appreciate the feelings that such treat
ment inflicts, but console yourself that
you have not suffered alone from this
source. Persons high in the social world
have worn the same slipper. Royalty has
had its share of this particularly dis
agreeable dish. The present czar of Rus
sia broke off a long engagement with the
Princess Helene to wed Alix of Hesse,
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who afterward married the crown prince
of Italy. The late duchess of Teck was
jilted by the prince of Orange, who after
ward encountered so many Paris scan
dals.
Princess Helene of Bavaria was jilted
by the emperor of Austria-Hungary in
favor of her younger sister, who was re
cently assassinated. The duke of Orleans
jilted many, among whom Marguerite de
Chartres is prominent.
Among other royal personages who
were jilted by their royal lovers are in
eluded the sister of the German emperor,
who was deserted and snubbed on the
eve of her marriage by the late Prince
Alex of Battenburg, who married in an
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other direction almost immediately after
he had refused to become Emperor Wil
liam's brother-in-law; Princess Elsa of
Wurtemberg, recently jilted by Prince
Alfred of Saxe-Coburg, and Princess So
phia of Bavaria, who subsequently be
came the duchess d'Alencon.
SANDOW SLIPPED.
Sandow slipped during the performance
of his feat of holding up a piano with the
pianist at a Liverpool theater, the re
sult being the smashing of the piano, a
week in bed for the pianist, but no harm
to Sandow himself.