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ITEMS FOR WOMEN.
SOW? CF T3E 1H NM WHIOH IN
TER’ST THEV.
Tho Latest Kinks in Fashions—The
Paris Costumes That Are Attracting’
Attention— Suggestions Relative to
jj at s and Shoes—A Few stories of
o *n Amusing? Character—Notes Hela
tiVd to the Newest Things ia the
Shops.
One of the latest govrns, says a Paris
j e . tpr in the New York World , and
which, by the way, is intended for a well
j_n-wa New York belle, is of Bedford oord,
lr a dull green, embroidered in delicate
braids of pale blue and black. It has a very
png c at bodice, which fits over the hips
with ut side seams and fastens invisibly
down the front. The sleeves are full on the
shoulder and fit snugly about the wrist with
little embroidered cults. The throat is fin
ished by a roiling collar, the skirt is trained,
i 3 trimmed with the blue and black
braid. The hut to accompany is of dull
green fe'.t, with a puff of pail blue crepe
S uda still aigrette of black quills trimming
[to back. Altogether it is about as
Freachy an affair as I have vat seen in this
citv of wondrous feminine fripperies.
Nearly everything in the way of colors
will bo popular this season, although browns
end dull greens and the heliotropes are in
the front rank just now, and threaten to
hoid their own into the winter. Wide
6t npes end tartar plaids are growing in
favor, especially the tartans, for there is
nothing brighter or more cheerful than one
of them on a winter’s day trimmed with
bands of bear fur, with braided trogs fasten
ing tilts coat.
Bmbroidered velveteen gowns in dark
rich colors are coming into vogue, and are
exceedingly elegant when trimmed with
sealskin or any or the short dark furs.
Everything th t savors of tue military in
street ini! ts is considered vepy smart just
now. Little Hussar hats with smart cockades
are worn with them, and they are very
stunning When worn for driving they do
not se, m as loud as one might be led to sus
pect fiom th: description.
A woman in n hotel, says Clara Belle in a
New York letter to the Republic, is
worth seeing. She rings the bell three
times to a man’s once. So apologizes so
profusely to the b 11 boy that becomes dow -
6tairs with not an idea **f what ho Ims to
do. Si e writes about eight letters a day,
and each envelope seems to con ain ut least
three she ets of the hotel’s paper. She sends
the missives down one by one to bo posted,
and “usk the Alice please to put ihe stamp
on for me,” she says each time. Sue never
makes out a wash list, but she ’’knows” just
what el;o had, and one pi ir hasn’t boon re
turned. She refuses indignantly to contido
more t > ’’the ollieo” when he inquires, but
she is sure just how n any were in, and
"these havo blue ribbon.”
She always regards the clerk as “the
oilier,'’ lue he has his feelings aid his mod
esty, jus. as it he were a j ersoti. She puts
ell sorts of things in the safe, but she is
perfectly sure ihe put siveral tilings there
that the didn’t put there, and, of course,
this makes it awkward for "the offi-o," be
cause bo ca ’t prove anything, and she
stays “knows.” She is always thunder
itru.:t. at the amounts paid for her bills,
and she “knows” thero is a mistake. The
bills have to be produced, and even the
she does i ot remember teceiviug the goods
at all, or buying them, or anything.
If she remembers afterward she
comes down and explains to “the
office” and apilogizes, which ma.ies him
fool better. (Sometimes sho gets conscience
Bmitten about ringing tao bell so much, aud
then she runs t ut, rings up the elevator,
and gives the elevator boy orders. Yet
people wonder at. so mauy elevator disasters.
An elevator boy’s Lie has its ups and downs
x/yho.v, but when the women come to
’giving him mess iges, tie loses hji grip alto
p*>: pr.aud the elevator may take advantage
of him.
the woman in the hotel exrects the
cham! erm lid to “see to” this, that and the
other u ing. Sewing on a button, taking
a stitch, hanging up her dresses and belp
i g her put i hem on. The chambermaid is
only ap■ >r human being, wh j has ait of
work to iln, and the housekeeper to keep au
eye mi, but what of that? The ladv asks
her just the same: “Iron these out fo- me,
Mary—ill re’s a good girt;” or to “Put me
in a few extra towels, do;” or “(Lot mo a
cake of soap—l’m leaving this afternoon.”
She tic ex photographs upon toe wall—that
sin will do—ind she cries i ignt in the office
before every one w hen she is charged
ex rn fur dumpge to wads. Then rar<i<
tail callers! On, heaven, give “the office”
pmie cel
‘Tixpccta gentleman to call about 9
trick, ’ tio rumorks; “please say lam
tut. if any one else comes am and them right
op.”
Ihe gent Irma i is la’e ad gets sent up.
Heaven help the office!
111 :i aca and excites her she takes “;ho
office' right into her confidence.
“0. A ar, I’m so sorry,” she exclaim,
’nhsn did they call? O, yes, the time is
tu the curd. It you had only told them to
' ait. I know L didn’t leave i; strtictions,
but the i, you see, I bad no idea they would
1 ■ i didn’t even know they wore in town,
“as hs baby along, loo? O, dear, I’vo
never seen tno baby. It was only born lad;
Bufnroer. and——J’
' The ofiic,.” is t perhaps, not a marrlel
" r . perhaps, he Is, an( i in either ca^a
lLls . :s hurrowiujj, with a whole liae of ira-
PatiHiit men wa tinjj for rooms. Y<'U vn 1 -
erstvi 1 now. don’t you, why so few hotels
ave “theoffice” where the women cau *;t
at it.
N<?^ < 'v aS ' i "’ oman ' says a writer in tho
. r k Times, and she was running
, e pages of a woman’s magazine.
1 nore s too much of it.” she offered by way
,“ 1 am sit ’L to death of being
• ‘tinted’ and ‘helped' and
1 *i L ‘d .’-ed and -nover’-ed. What
, V ' know-nothings some of those wri
ters lor women’s peri dieals and women’s
departments must think us, anyway!
n U 80 besides. One
S tho stlrt Rues of
f 'a i'O and mantel hoard with knots
Wo? S '. k an, ‘ othpr nufT “- nnd wh? n I
v my , part ‘ on in following this ad
wLT‘"l confronted " D'he with this stem
J®ke the rags off vour easel and
luaurirV Um T e 7 nfr ” cts do not belong
j J , r i r „ Agam, Xa in told severally and
n . ' h,,t '< and bath.’
safo n i ba ow a Bl ’ongo bath’ is tho o ily
aid manner to applv water,
at.d w hile I hesnate w.ilch method to adopt,
ar,iin^ P “r?“ r . Rp l; aD bears with startling
bn - ' n wi n 1 batne at all; use dry rub
-0I “' F a , n a Poor woman with only
p4su rB ‘ mlUl J ° unJer 8uu!! 01 all-round
tlsi^ri 1 ?. 1 doo’t see,” she wont on, a little
Mth ,1- ' Uie T should nag us women
1, “me. \\ o are not the only sinners,
Uir ir " , 800 many ungrateful, much-to
. royM-upon men. Now that woman’s
freaJs i ba* bean so greatly in
tWi, n '* r can c n,on on their part
* ,l ttl* more of the omarneutal to
y° u know? Tuey
oe'..V, t ”'°dded to live up to us as they
Li:, i- 0 IW ' “ 18 "‘H' u pretry spectacle, f r
*; *• •** “ young woman, a physical
' to , ' 1 * ,nav *** I •emitted the word,
Hj” al ong the pave neat with a sort of
Bait ttr, d at her side a round
ttfoU™ 1 ,a * n who sends bis knees out
•tfit,. , beyond his toss w,tb every
•I L , .°; ,e ”* u it often,
si,; J . and to start a men's magazine
S the,/ 01 ' ,l ' l 'help'and ‘don’t’and ‘al tays’
Rut," she finished, afer a
•ou. "I don't teller* the men
1 r e%d It,"
** * L ' artn about a shimmering silk
On,; Uj j*** 11 * > attractive to a young girl,
•tit - I l * f u d-uiostei the soft surah siL
ud which fells in
•*“' folds, seys Ute pMiiei' Uonn
Journal. The pale colors, blues, pinks,
groens, yellows, vie, lets, as well as the clear
wbnes have special favor given them.
liany blue is the choice of nine girls out
: of ten, and when one is only 18 or 19, and
! one s , s / m is SO >d, one’s eyes are clear and
wrink.es are ns yet unknown, tho
oaby blue may be worn. The quaint
i a! ‘“. a , r “ l , s *‘° bodice, which h shown,
; is or pale biuo surah, the skirts being, as
most of them are, quite plain. The bodice
is draped in the back, as well as m front
but the kerchief effect is obtained in front,'
so that a nlastrou of pearl passementerie
shows high upon the corsage. The neck is
cut in what is known as the Kug.ish style,
that 13, round and plain, and fiermittmg
the turoat to show. Here some pretty rows
of pearl Loads form tho decoration. The
sleeves are very full and come into deep
cuffs reaching almost to the elbows, and
entirely covered with the pearl passemen
terie. A girdle starts from each side and
is arranged in loops and knots, with long
ends just in the center. Gold or silver net
ting, iaee or braid may be substituted, if
desired, for the pearl passementerie; but
this is very effective, and, as it is really the
ouly trimmin,: on the gown, it seems worth
while to se: what will look best ou it, even
if it does cost a little more.
“My sister learned to make pictures, too,
when sho was to Brooklyn last winter,” said
the daughter of a Long Island farmer to the
New York Tribune, writer, floating out in
a looso Mother Hubbard gown and sun
bonnet to inspect the work of one of Mr.
C 's “plein air’’students, “but she doesn’t
do them like you a bit; it’s ever so much
quicker. Why she jest lays a paper on any
thing and smears it off with a wet rag and
there it is all done in colors, au l it’s real
beautiful. And you kin tell jus; what it is
too," she added, looking at the “impres
sionist” style of the sketch with evident dis
favor, while the amused art st realiz id that
the fair Puyliis was describing decalco
mania.
Another good lady who “took |in” board
ers, and who, with her daughter, cooked
ami waited at the table and did the rooms
of a doze i or more of “city folk,” said sym
pathetically to an enthusiastic young artist:
“It must be real hard worn to hev to sit in
them dirty fields all day; I said to Mr. Hay
seed last night that I felt right sorry for
you.”
Apropos of autumn weddings, savs the
New York Times, here are a few hints: It
is simply vulgar to wear an engagement
ring or, indeed, any othsr ring on the first
finger, the third and fourth alone being the
ring fingers. The engagement ring should
bo placed on the third finger of the lett
nanil until just before the marriage cere
mony, when it should he transferred to tho
corresponding finger on the right hand, the
wedding ring t iking its place on the left.
I an engagement bracelet is presented it
is to bo worn on the left wrist; but as this
form of betrothal is merely a passing fad
the woman of medorate means will hardly
care to adopt it, since tho bracelet will soon
be hopelessly out of date, while a ring can
al ways be worn.
There is no reason (as some appear to
tbiuki why a country bride should not wear
a trai led ares, ami veil. 1; deod, as a girl’s
wedding is the most noteworthy happening
in her life, the possible extravagance of a
long white gown and veil f hould surely be
forgiven her.
The wedding dress should not be changed
for tue traveling costume until just before
the bride’s departure; and she who is duly
considerate of her newly made husband's
feelings will not choose a “going away"
g imi that proclaims to all beholders. by its
faultlessly new appearance, that its wearer
is a bride.
The bridegroom supplies the flowers car
ried by the bridal party, and congratula
tions are only offered to him, the bride
being wished ail happiness instead. If a
toast is offered the bride at tho wedding
breakfast a smile and bow from her are all
the response necessary.
A wedding present should be sent to the
bride at least a day before the wedding.
The giver’s card should, of course, be in
closed.
It is not necessary to acknowledge a wed
ding invitation. If the reception is in the
evenmg it is not good form to attend in
street attire.
A young woman may attend a wedding
without au oscort if aco tmpanied by her
chaperon.
There ore some handsome designs ju9t
now in silk hosiery. One pair recently ex
hibited was of pink silk with vertical stripes
of silver. Another was of black silk, with
an intricate design worked in cut steel beads
upon them. Almost all the finest hosiery is
now being embroidered or finished with
some kind of raised work, as the fancy for
plain ones has been given up long ago.
A caprice of the minute, says the Repub
lie, that may or may not last is to have the
two sides ( f the Inn entirely unlike, as, for
instance, on one-half a close covering of
wavy ostrich feathers, on the other a huge
bow of rich ribbon.
Sco oil tweeds, like the poor, we have
always w ith us. There is a?> unusual beauty
in those got ready for this season. The
fiv rite cream grounds, with neat broken
check-, are in full forco. Besides, there are
beige grounds, with narrow red and blue
lines, and large, almost invisible, plaids upon
familiar neutral grounds.
Much red is seen, 100, in the soft, warm,
woolly homespuns. Many, also, are well
mixed with blue. Some fanciful patterns
of both stuffs are touenod with coral and
yellow’. They ore neither so smart nor so
tasteful as the quieter sorts. VV omen of a
limited income snould religiously eschew
the n, as, indeed, they should ali stuffs
that make bizarre or noted garments. The
pleasant peoplo who "keep long memories
for the torment of their friends,” will be
apt e mugh to recognize your go sner
your ulster as an old familiar friend with
out help of spots or streaks or splashes or
or snowflakes that recall Joseph’s many
colored coat or Jacob’s ring-streaked cattle.
Among the best new woolens e.re the shot
reps in two colors —as blue and red. red anJ
green. They are very soft, flue of rib, and
wear wonderfully. Woolen corduroy is
also shot. Anew weave, very fine and
firm, has lengthwise cord-, with a crepey
sur aeeove- thorn. In another the lines
form chevrons all over. Very striking
diagonals have weaved silk lines of a color
contrasting with the ground, as, for in
stance, green ith heliotrope or electric
blue with black or chestnut. Another new
wool has a smooth sateen surface powdered
ali over with hearts or darts or interlaced
rings in a color strongly contrasting with
the ground.
The newest silk is brocade of very largo
pattern, thick and rich enough to sta id
alone. It is mostly made up into princess
g was, either half or full-trained, and
smothered iu lace. Parisian graaddames,
though, now and again venture upon deep
pointed tabliers, with small panui'ers over
the laps.
Jackets are either close or ha’f-fltting.
Their uses are as vn.*“l as their material.
The model was of electric blue arrr.ure
tiiiinneJ with jet and gold galloon and em
broidery. The sleeves were powdered with
let IcZ’-'iges. The b.-.sque, v/uist, epaule's
and ruffle of rich black luce. It is iio>n
close a .id high—a garment for day light. By
turning in the fr >nt over a transparent vest
itbo.umes fit for ceremonious evening wear.
At a child’s party, says the New York
Timet, where there were many dainty cos
tumes, two little cousins attracted uiuill ad
miration. The brunette wore an ecru wool
with a border of narrow satin s’ripes in
Homan c dors. A H man sih Conti ied the
waist and tied at the back. Too yoke and
epaulets wore of yellowed guioure. Narrow
satin ribbons, matching i > c dors the skirt
t'Order auil sash, gathered the loco at tl.e
hrout an 1 were knotted on the shoulders.
The blooiio was m white India, foatbor
stitched with pale blue. The India wa
sin -iked to form a front girdle, yoke and
deep oiitr., and the smocking was caugnt
wita b!u*. '!bo Mbb of Ilk* while I'Him (mb
leather stitched in bma. It did not circle
the waist, hut began nuder ti.s arms and
tn-d at the h ick. A flow.T-liks little urea
turs to pure wlr.ta wore u k>*-uecit*d
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4,1891-TWELVE PAGES.
short -sleeved gown, with tiny bertha and
puffy paniers of white lace.
Avery popular young preacher, savs the
New York Tribune, was the recipient of
much attention on the part of the ladies of
his congregation, and one shy blushing
spinster on the cccasio i of his birthday
chose for him a pretty silver inkstand at
’s. She gave to tno clerk the following
jiencilled inscription to be engraved upon its
base: “To my pastor, from his grateful
Malvina S.” The changing of an “in” into
au “n,” however, made all the difference in
the world; for the astonished young clergy
man lead: “Tony Pastor, from his grate
ful, etc.”; and naturally wondering what
could be the connection between the theatri
cal manager and Mis< S., whom he looked
upon as one of the pillars ■ f his church, he
sent the package back to the jeweler’s to be
forwarded, as lie supposed, to the rtgtful
owner. It was not until the young iady
herself, wondering why her gift was not
acknowledged, tnade inquiries at the shop
that the egregious blunder was discovered.
Colored undressed kid shoes and slippers
are manufactured iu large quantities for
dressy indoor wear. They appear in a score
of different shades, consequently there is
little difficulty in matching them to various
gowr.s. A dark russet-colored suede kid is
a very good choice for those wbo cannot
afford a variety, al; hough a black velvety
undressed kid foot-covering is more elegant
aud satisfactory all around than a colored
one. Husset, however, harmonizes with
must dresses, and, like dove-gray, does not
bear its date like some of the “swell” En
glish styles with fanciful foxings.
Very dark mulberry is among tue
new shades. Daintily embossed kid is
used for making very chic and pretty san
dals and slippers worn with tea-gowns.
Undressed kid slippers of all tints are dec
orated with toils of "jewel” work. The em
broidery on the tce3 of some of the chamois
colored russet and creatu white undressed
kid slippers is neautifully executed witu
moonstones, apals, turquoises, garnets,
pearls and other simulated gems. Sandals
worn with Greek and other “art toilets”
are ornamented with stripes of gold braid
or with a network of gold and silver threads,
aud an instep ornament, exeouted w th silk
and gold, is substituted for the customary
buckle.
A lady just returned from Paris, says the
New York Tribune, has a number of silk
foundation skirts, belonging to ns many dif
ferent dresses. They are made as follows:
Four straight breadths and a half of taffeta
silk; one breadth for each side, one for the
(rout and one and a half for the back.
Across the back—about a halt-yard below
the waist—is a drawing string, or some
times an elastic, which stops at the sides.
Dress "extenders” are not used. The front
and s:de breadths areadjusted to the figure,
of euurse, before sawing to the narrow
w aistband, and the back is pleated. The
breadths at the bottom are faced with a
light-quality wigan about one-quarter yard
in depth, and covered with mohair. Now
tho beauty of tho Parisian device Is this:
A ruffle about five inches deep, including
heading, extends around the skirt. It is
scalloped pink with u pinking-iro’i top and
bottom. But mark: It not only falls to the
edge of the skirt, but at least two inches
below ic. On tho faced side is another
ruffle somewhat narrower, put onto just
meet the edge of the one on the outside. It
would not take a day of much walking to
ruin the unprotected hem of a skirt that
"just touches,” but these pinked ruffles cau
stand a good deal of switching about with
out much harm—as a iittte more ragged
uess on t ie ragged edge doesn’t matter.
Later, when tho edgo needi to be freshened
it can tv> p nkel again, and evsu a third
time, if the di ess should last to long, and all
is Oi.ce nv re like new; the skirt-hem
during this time has never once eoir.e to
grief, i ut remains as neat snd nice as when
first made. Tno skirt with a French woman
serves all in one for the usual long petticoat
as well as for the dress foundat.on.
All the vehicular incidents of Broadway
are not farcical, says Clara Belle in the
New York Tribune. Some are true comedy
A couple bad quarreled. She told him going
home she didn - love him any more.
“Very well, we can part,” said he.
“You—you have to take me home first,”
she stipulated.
“Very well, but we can part then.”
“Of course; we always do.”
“And I shall never see you again.”
“We might be friends,” she suggested
presently.
“Very well —friends then."
"Let’s begin now.”
“Very well!”
“Good gracious, we can never be friends
if you holier at me like that.”
He growled something aud jammed him
self in the c rner farthest from her. Pres
ently she reached a little hand through the
dark and inquired plaintively: “What are
you way off there for?”
“I thought you wanted to be friends.”
“Yes, I know, but—but wo needn’t be
such rabid friends,” and she began to whim
per, and 1 think they made up.
Another girl was supping with J. and X ,
two rivals for her favor. Said o.ie: “No, I
seldom drink. I have heart trouble. Like
ly fo drop dead without notice, you know.”
“Lucky dog.” said the other, "it’s the
easiest way. I wish I had heart trouble.”
Sho smiled sweetly into his eyas aud said
right out l >ud: “Oh, Mr. J., 1 think I cun
agree to give it to you in about two weeks.
Ask Mr. X."
A l it of aftermath of one of the railroad
accidents ot the summer has not yet been
printed. Among the uninjured passengers
in the Ravenna disaster wus a young mm,
a New YYirker, who had been on a visit to
a maiden aunt living in a western city. S e
was a devout Christian, aul had been much
concerned over certain worldly tendencies
in this h r favorite nephew. On the day of
his departure sho had especially pleaded
with him to renounce the mammon of uti
righteousuess, alternating her prayers w ith
nervous fears over his coming journey.
When the young man g>t out of his car
after tha collision, considerably braised
and shaken up, he realize.l his aunt’s anx
iety if she should read of the accidont, and,
lushing to the telegraph office, wired her
the emotional message, “Thank God, I’m
saved ?”
Ti e dispatch was received before any
tidings came of the casualty, and tae gentle
soul supposed that her nephew had suddenly
cams to a lealizlug sense of his spiritual
condition, and. much rejoiced thereat, she
wrote a long letter of congratulation to
him, and told the happy news to her little
coterie of intimaies before she discovered
her serious mistake.
Miss Florence Scars of Buffalo is the high
priestess of Dclsarte in that city and i3
Coaching tho Four Hundred there even as
Russell is attending toNev York’s inner
and awful circle. Miss Sears has t een iu
Newport this season studying with Russell,
and, with a letter of introduction from a
Buffalo society woman to Mrs. Whitney,
succeeded ia i enetrati ig the charmed re
treat of the Newport Deisarteans. Sho is a
grace-nl girl, with curly brown hair and a
dramatic manner. She sings beautifully
and was at one time a member of Dalj-’s
company. Her costumes are appropriately
Delsartean. One sue wore ii Newport at
one of the Russell lec.uras was of pale lav
ender cniffon, stamped with pink and yel
low oleanders.
“Talk about women having notions and
caprices, what do you think of this?” re
marked a just-returned New York traveler.
“There was a young man who crossed witii
us from Liverpool last week who strongly
ohjeC’ed to the water served him in his
.tateroo.il fur toilet use. He appealed to
tbc steward, and was told it was the only
sort obtainable for that purpose on beard.
•“Then bring me a bottle of appolhuaris,’
he ordered.
“It was brought, and its alkaline proper*
ties evidently suited him, for from that time
on be washe I his hands ia it daily, a bottle
Mining him for aeitigle ablution.”
tOne of the neatest of betrothal gifts was
given toe muscular young fellow et New*
p/rt the other day—i man who drive* his
own u-iecu eod emote e pretty leg fortune
in his very own right. The toy was a geld
pen cf handsome workmanship, rather
large at the upper c and, but short and com
pact enough to carry as a watch chain at
tachment. No one, at a glance, would
guess its peculiar merits, but the ins ant tho
mb is thrust out for writing tho oppjsito
end flies open, revealing a tiny but ex
quisitely painted miniatur. 1 of the owner’s
sweetheart. It app ars a European voyage
is to separate tho .overs for a seas n, and is
was her fancy to give him a pen sacred to
her letters alone, and allowing full viow of
his lady’s fair fuce while conversing on
paper.
Avery attractive novelty that is a- be
coming to stout as to slender figures is
known as the “Ada Rehau" bodice. It con
sists of two bodice sections, which, when
applied on ti e fronts of the bas jue, lit into
tne arms’ eyes an 1 slant to points at the
lowor edie of the front at tho center. Thii
bodice is offered in black ai:k soutache
braid in open patterns that disi lay the
basque material, iu brown and gold colored
silk s uCache aud in other color combina
tions; and when made of j ft it i- generous v
sprinkled with nail heads. If desired, t o
ends may be caught together, the fastening
being performed by a silk cord c rd and
tasseis when the bodice is of si k braid, aud
by a jet cord and tassel when it is of jot.
AUTUMN DAYS IN LEN X.
Amusem’ nts of Fashionable People
Who Have Gone There.
New York, Oct. 3. —A trip to Lenox re
minds one of a certain tale in the Arabian
Nights.
A hero who was seeking the object of his
love was directed to sail a stream, cross a
country, drive a distance by conveyance,
climb a hill, ciimb another hill, go through
a woods, then through another woods, gooo
top of the highest oluff lie could flud, and
then—loot around.
Whet? you go to Lenox you will probably
havo to do all these; you will certainly have
to climb a hill after the train leaves you,
and you will be compelled to go through
several woods and climb several more hills
before you come to Lenox itself.
Suddenly you find yourself at Curtis’—of
course you will go there, because everybody
else is there—and a curious foaling comos
over you, that after all you must be in New
York. The street in front of tho hotel is
torn up and great stones have been brought
in wagons and the road is blocked with
bowlders, steam rollers, gravel wagons,
etc., —exactly as if it were New York, aud
the city were being treated to its unimul
tear-up.
But it isn’t New York, for inside the hotel
parlor a flro is buruii g in tho big fire
place and halt a dozen chilly matrons are
gathered around its glowiug embers, re
hearsing their ailments and darting
indignant glances at the froliesoms crowds
of gay young people who, regardless of pos
sible coughs, colds and iufluertza are stand
ing in the open door way or crowding out
on the stuffy little piazza.
Yet it certainly is very like New York,
because here are all the familiar New York
faces.
And yet, it isn’t like It at all, because
Lenox has not a disagreeable element in its
composition, while New York—well! New
Y< rk is oharming. to be sure, but in New
York one sees people who do not belong to
the 400. But at Lenox there are just 400
and no more.
When you go into the dining-room a sur
prise awaits you. You did not expect to
find so many well-known people there. You
lad tho idea that Lenox was all cottage
life, and that, as tor the hotel, the "cot
tagers” were not in it.
Yet if youjlook around you will see that
they are very much in it, and that they
come here three times a day for the refresh
ment which even the inner mas of the select
400 requires.
At one table is Mrs. Neilson and beside
her sits her brother, the famous Frederick
Gebhard, and near by arc Mayor Chaoin
and bis pretty wife—they who entertained
Mrs. Cleveland a few years ago, when she
came to as a bride.
Mrs. Neilson, vou may remember, lost her
husband only a low months ago, and by
some strange fate his death occurred just
as Mrs. Neilson obtained a divorce from
him.
“Shallyou go in mourning for your hus
band?” asked someone nf Mrs. Neilson.
“No, indeed, I shall not go in mourning
for him. Him? Why should I? I havo
been trying for years to get rid of that man.
Now, why should I mourn because he is
gone?”
Ho Mrs. Neilson is as gay as usual and
drives a beautiful little cart, and appears if
anything happier than before she beoamo a
real widow. She has a I eautiful cottage a
little way up the toad, and entertains
sumptuously on her lawn, eiving the dear
est little picnics and outdoor parties imag
inable, because her parlors are t-o small to
admit of very exte sivo doings indoors.
In spite of disagreeable tales to the con
trary, "Freddie” Gebhard is not only well
received in society, but is an acknowledged
leader. He is likewise much sought after
by mammas with marriageable daughters,
and the at surd stories to the effect that iie
is snubbed in drawing rooms are not cred
ited an instant by anyone who is permitted
to take a glimpse into Lenox society.
Freddie Gebhard has a handsome little
establishment just opposite his sisters, and
the only soman servant permitted within
its walls is the deaf old housekeeper, up
ward of (If) years of age, who looks after the
running gear of the household.
Mr. Gebhnrd is ano'her cottager who
likes to meals at the hotel, ho cause
ic is so much more convenient to do so than
to go to tho trouble of managing a chef, a
kitchen and a staff of servants, which these
entail. Then, too, if you ore a “mealer,”
you can drop in at almost any time, to find
a good table awaiting yon, while if you eat
at home, the chef is intolerant of delay and
goes wild over the possibility of cold soup,
and savory messes of pottage spoiled by
wanning over.
Aud that is why so many wealthy peo
pie ore content to go without pigeon wing
soup and are w illing to dispense with broi'.oa
gold fish, nightingale livers en brochette,
stuffed venison garnished w ith antlers and
Lacrinia Christ! pu cb.
Tho happiest man iu Lenox is Mavrove ii
Bey, the Turkish minister. Hois almost as
dark as the jack of spades and looks so
much like that gentleman that you keep
wondering if, at s me stage of its existence
he has not figured upon a playing card.
Mavroyeni is happy becauae he l ives the
ladies, snd, what is still Detier, because
the ladies love him. He make3 himself
agreeable, says such complimentary thii g<
in such a distinguished way, and giances so
ardently and passionately out of his great
black eyes, that it is a matter-of-fact girl
indeed, whose heart is not set a fluttering
by tho magic of his looks. He i) at all the
hops, balls, parties and receptions, and is
6aid never to enjoy oven a comfortable
state of happiness unless he has a petticoat
in hi3 near vicinity.
Rumor uaa it that the handsome Mavroy
eni is permitted by the lows of his country
to have four wives, and so the girls are a
little bit wary of him, for no free born
American womau is going to share the man
of her choice with throe other women if she
can help it.
In the floral parade Miss Colby was ac
counted the prettiest gli 1, and the piolure
■tie made as she reclined under her um
brella of ferns and bydraoges was one not
to be forgotten.
Vise Green leaf, to whom all the foreign
ministers have been quite attentive, paid a
compliment to foreign powers by veiling
herself as a young Egyptian of rank. A
society veil was persuaded lo be the run
ning Hikb, and so tho Oreenleaf turnout
was per hare, tho most uotlceabio of any lu
tl e annual parade.
Lenox is particularly the place for pretty
wi lo vs who possess the advantage of being
wealthy alxo. I here ure at least ad xeu of
litem there, whose fortunes range from
$ l usw.isw upward.
On of Ute pi sltieit of these ia a Mrs.
EgglesUi i t v bote bouse on > rlainuieu’s are
so coarintugl) uaauagul that she bas woa
the title of being as successful a hostess as
there is in Lenox.
Arthur Roteh, the millionaire architect,
whose delight it is to design the palatial
residences which are the pride of every
place having citizens wealthy enough to
build them, is frequently seen by the side
of the beautiful Mrs. Eggleston, and, now,
the gossips are siyiug that the reported en
gagement of Mr. Roteh to Miss Handv of
B il imore would have been more nearlv in
accordance with fact if the name of Miss
Handy hail t een substituted for that of
another fair woman. Mr. Roteh and Mrs.
Eggles ou aro frequently seen walking
together, and a tall, graorful couple they
mr.fco.
tine must not sorget George Broome, who
is spending tho entire fall season at Lenox,
and who enjoys tho distinction of possess
ing tho largest wsrdroho of any man in
Amorioj. Ho has trousers to a number that
i< beyond counting, and his coats, vests
and I:es are almost equally numerous.
With each change of suit there is a rew
walking stick taken from the depths of Mr.
Broome's luggage, and each time he wears
a pew hat it has been n itievd that his s oes
aro also of a dillere.it pattern than any he
had previously worn. Mr. Broome aspires
to be the new Berry Wall, and when he
travels ho has a van ail to himself for
transporting his numerous bags, valises and
trunks.
In Saratoga every other distinguished
looking man one sees is poiu ed ou: ns “one
of tho lliltors.” At Ixmox he is pretty sure
to be “one of the Frelingbuyseus."
Every thing is roeko ed at such high fig
ures tba ’ one is quite disappoiute 1 to learn
that the Frelinghuysens havo rented their
cottage for the season for the small- sum of
<7,500. And that they are living iu one
which they hired for only $2,009.
The land round about veils for upwards of
$14,000 an aero, and much of it is not for
sale at any price.
Mrs. Sioaue’s house—Mrs. Sloano was a
Vanderbilt, you know—cost about
$3,0.0,000, with the grounds around
it, and the Westinghouse mansion and
grounds cost half as much again. Mr.
Jessup’s barn is as pretty as any country
villa, aud Mr. Sloane’s is as prete itious as
the casino in Central nark.
Mr. Westinghouse’s ice hons*, with the
picturesque Esquimo shivering ou top of it,
is not unlike a country church. And tho
cottages built for the servants aro so
grand that one is tempted to * ‘fall to” and
become a form band.
General Rathboae’s place is not nearly so
grand, but it is more historic. Boecber
lived there and wrote ill one of the windows.
I‘ierrepont Morgan and Joseph Pulitzer
have both occupied tho house during vari
ous summers.
It is rumored that the Goelets will soon
huiid upon the property which they own,
and upon which there is now a plain farm
house. Air. Ooolet was anxious to erect a
house there three years ago. But Mrs.
Goelot choee Nowport as being more fash
ionable and satisfactory for the money.
There are so many bright, pretty girls
at Lenox that one is bewildered by the
gaiaxy of loveliness. Miss Kit y Gandy is
a very fair girl with a frank, ojen counte
nance aud a style of loveliness which is
neither blorde nor brunette. Tho brightest
girls of the season ure said to be tho Misses
Ives, and their bon mots go the
rounds of Lenox society.
Mrs. Turnure, she who was, as they say
in the countr > , Miss Lanier, is among tho
Bprightliest of young matrons and cuts an
awfully pretty figure when she drives out
with a gay crowd which she is entertaining
as iicr guests.
The Westinghouses do not go in society
os extensivoiy as do the owners of large
estates. Having no grown up nhildre l
their interests are loss In the gaieties of ths
season, and thov flud more pleasure in plan
ning improvements in their already mag
nificent establishment. They have one
child—a white faced boy, who may be seen
each day driving a team of goats along the
hard white roads whioh characterize tho
W ostinghouse estate.
Lenox is bo beautiful that it bids fair to
hold its own forever. Sharon is gone past
recovery} Long Branch —Well! wo all
know about poor Long Branob. Saratoga
Is losing its hoid upou the fashionable
world. -Newport is gay during the hot
weather, but is glorious all tiie sea
son, and evervboJy go s tnero in the f ill.
People who have spent a few seasons t..ere
become devotees of ihe place and are spoilt
for all others. It is in vain that they travel
hence and go to India, to China or to Japan.
They may climb the Alps, skato upon the
Norway glacors. or perch upon tho Rock of
Gibraltar—yet nothing suits them. Sadly
they gaze around, dolefully they shako
their heads, and then with Lenox iu their
mind they turn away sorrowfully.
In their love fur tho place they have
much the feeling of the Chicagoan who was
taken to see the Atlantio ocean and who
looked upon it long and earnestly, and
then, turning his head awav with a sigh,
sad:,
“ft’s pooty fine, but taint Lake Michi
gan.” Augusta Prescott.
"■" ■i in
CORSETS.
Kabo never works up or
down or breaks. If it does
in a year, you shall have your
money back, and we mean it.
The steels may break—
the best of steels have their
limits of strength. But Kabo
has no breaking-limit; it
doesn’t break at all.
And the Kabo corset is
perfect in form.
We have a primer on Cor
sets for you.
A. R. ALTMAYER, & CO
JiiWtUtl.
A. L. DESBOUILLONS
21 Bull Street.
i^i^nN^ionNriDs.
CHOICEST STONES AT LOWEST PRICES.
I iaest selection of Gents' and Lad*es'
Watches.
Jewelry of very best quality and latest do
eifrnfi.
Sterling Silverware In elegant, cages.
Also a complete line of
Spectacles and Eyeglasses.
Watches, Jewelry and Spectacles repaired by
expert workman. Satisfaction guaranteed.
A. L. Desbouillons,
121 Bull Strewt.
SH IPPING.
FOR DARIEN, BRUNSWICK
And Intermediate Points. STR BELLEVUE,
leaving Savannah Tuesdays and Fridays at ft
p. m ; returain*, leave Uruaawlek Wednesday*
and Saturdays 3 p * ; leavo Darien Wednesdays
and Saturdays 7 p. arrive Savannah Thurs
days and Sundays 8 a.m. For any iufnrma
lion appty to W. T. GIdSON, Manager, Ethel’*
Wharf.
BEAUFORtTnD ’"port liijiYAl, 8. C.
hTIIJkXEK ALPHA. A .‘TRanzH,
Will lo we evsrr Tuesday and TUuruday, at
11 o'olock a m.. n-turniog every Wednesday
and Friday, ho reuoivcu after 10 -M a.
m on *ttii.u„- day*. Will to cu ai liluffiou oa
, u !v a Knu* v
bpacfai trips to lilofftaa every Sunday et 1C
s. ... rMnrowg uiu.ituaat 4t. a. M m
day
For further mfor nation, appty to
C. U. MLDLuCIk, Agent, heue’e wharf.
DRY GOODS.
i AN 'EVENT
OP GREAT IMPORTANCE
The high oppressive temperature and rainy weather dur
ing the past week has been very detrimental to business in
general, and we, of course, are no exception to the rale.
We have never before shown as choice, well-selected or as
large a stock as the present sea-son, and its magnitude, corn
bin and with tho tardiness of the season, forces us to announce
this
Slaughtering Advance Sale of
Absolutely First - Class Seasonable Goods
At prices that under ordinary circumstances would be
from ‘2O to 35 per cent higher. Wo want to assert most
positively and forcibly that these goods must and shall be
sold, the elements to be hot, cold, wet or dry. We'll wait
no longer, and if extremely low prices have not lost their
charm, we'll do it The assertion is confirmed below.
IN ms GOODS
Wo aro Indisputably t ie leaders, and havo tho
gran iest and nplay f*>r this week over noon in Sa
vannah. Cam Is llsir Suitings, Bedford Cords,
Imported Hough KlTeoia. Cheviots. Henriettas,
Whip Cords, l'laids. cheeks and Stripes, Jac
quard Cnevrou Novo tv Suitings. Over <0) Nov
elty Paftorn Suits, no two alike
flYjc. a yard for one lot of Dress Plaids, would
be cheap-at He.
Sc.c. a yard lor Wool-filled Cashmeres in fall
shades, worth 12V£c.
12*u-v a yard for 40 inch Novelty Fiald and
Stripo 1 Serpen, worth 'Me.
19c. a yard for JW inch Wool Hontiettas, sold
everywhere as a bargain for 25c.
35c. a yard for 35- Inch, All-wool Plaids, beauti
ful styles, worth6oc.
98c. a yard for 80-Inch, Unest-imported Broad
cloths, all new shades, retailed bv others at
'3l 50.
6V4C. a yard for new fall Dress Gin'hams,
worth 10c
SUc. a vnrd to close nut the balance of our
fine liffnt Summer Ginghams.
! .’Vtfe. a yard for a tine assortment of French
Satinos, real value 25c.
DON'T FAIL TO SEE THOSE ITEMS,
98c. apiece to close out one lot of the cele
brated C. P. Corsots, broken sires, never before
ofTorcil less than $2 00 a id J 5.
bite, a pair for 5 -button Mousquetalre Gloves
in tans only; never sold le s tha sl 00.
19c. a pair for Ladies' Faat*biack Hosiery, ra
ducod from 250.
its c. a pair for Children's Imported Black
ribbed Hose, size 5 to worth 10c.
21c. aidece for Ladies Wint- r Kibbed I'uder
vests, rojfiilar price 29c.
A cents for Dr. Warner's celebrated Camels
Hair Underwear for Indies.
Innumerable Bargains in Every Daparlment.
MORRISON, FOYE & CO.
GUTMANS
Is tho place to do your -h ipping. You will recoivo polite attention , anil all go.)de cheer
fully exchanged whioh are not as represented.
Look at Our All-Wool Ribbed Infants’
Vests at 29 Cents.
We have Children’s Veets at 13 osnts and upward. Remember, w> k>ep all gradei and
sty! s of Underwear suitable for a child fiom the timo it is born until it is able to do IU
own buying. _
Have You Prepared Your Children for
School?
If not, do so at once. We can please you in goods and prices. Re-nomb*r, we guaran
tee all our Black lb so; any pair changing odor can be returned, anil we refund tbo money.
If you want a good KID GLOVE, a nice WRAP, a good fitting CORSET, a now
VEIL, a BLACK DRESH or TRIJIMINGB of auy dos-riptiou, go to
CjrTJ r l IR QI4fTON BT.
DI.VMON f“i, JEW itl.ltv ETC.
EN-ROUTE
AND IN STORE=
THE :: GRANDEST
STOCK EVER __l*lATPil
shown in —tin I un
SAVANNAH.
SILVERWARE, c , ,
PLATED WARES, For formal an *
CHINAWARES nouncement of our
DAIMONDS, FALL OPENING.
JEWELRY, G a
STATUES, OU-
BRONZES, __\t] (
BRIC-A-BRAC,
WEDDING GIFTS.
STERNBERG’S.
Not one of the 400, but our No. 400
ANTIQUE OAK OR XIV. CENTURY
BEDROOM SUITE
Is conceded by connoisseurs the prettiest suite for the money
in the market. A full assortment of all gradesof Furniture,
from the cheapest to the best, Carpets, Matting and Win -
dow Shades now on exhibition. Call and examine. No
trouble to show goods.
M. BOLEY & SON,
180, 188, 190 Broughton Street.
OCII WONDERFUL DOMESTIC BARGAINS.
3 V4C. ft yard for Rood, brown Sea Island Cot*
ton. worth tf l ic.
6 Go a yard tor best yard wide Shirting,equal
to Fruit of the Loom; worth 10c.
9Ujc. a yard for best 42-inch Pillow Cotton,
real value
25 a yard for New York Mills 10-4 Bleached
Sheeting, sold elsewhere for 3ftc.
4'V* tx yard for Heavy Unbleached Canton
Flannel, mill lengths 4 to 10 yards; worth 8c
H'j t c a yard for F.xtra I Davy Brown Canton
Flannel, usual pi Ice 121>£o,
1H 4 c a yard for \ll-wool Scarlet Flannel.
28c. a yard for Heavy, All wool. Scarlet, Navy
Blue, and Gray Twilled Flannels; would be
Cheap at 37c.
10c. apiece for Knot-fringe Damask Towels,
cheap f<r 1 He.
2*c. apiece for 21 <4.8 Kxtra Heavy Fancy
Border Damask Towels,sold by competitors as a
bargain at 35c.
68c. a dozen for your choice of 50 dozen Col
or *d borvler Linen Doylies, worth at least $1 00
98e. apiece for largo size Heavy Comfortables
worth 81 50.
52 25 tor !0 4 White Wool Blankets, real value
53 ft >.
53 98 for your choice of 50 pairs Fine Califor
nia Blankets, slightly soiled, positively worth
from $8 00 to #lO 00.
Grand Duplay of I.alicj’ and Children's
(I inks.
39c. for Ladles' Striped Blazers worth 73c.
38 for Ladies’ Navy Blue and Black Stock
inet Blazers; former price S:SO.
$l9B for Boys’ Oassi mere Suits, size 4to 14
years, positively worth $3 50,
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