Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-24

Mrs. D-k-e, of New York, wore a
rose colored silk, trimmed with cluny
lace, spencer of same material, diamond
eardrops and breastpin.
Miss File, of New York, was very
elegant in white carleton, trimmed with
pink, low neck, short sleeves, natural
flowers in her hair, diamond eardrops,
and diamond necklace.
Mrs. Wong, of New York, was
attired in a white goats hair, with green
satin pufIings. her hair handsomely ar
ranged.
Miss DIS, of Albany, was dressed
in white, trimmed with blue satin and
diamonds. and was very much admired.
Miss Lizzie D-Y-s. of Albany, also
made very charming appearance in a
white dress, trimmed with lemon-col-
cred silk; jewels of pearl.
Miss Sing, of Buffalo; was decided
ly one of the bellies of the evening; but
our notes of her dress are unfortunately
lost.
Miss H-el-w, from the American
Hotel, was richly dressed in pink, with
long trail, low neck and short sleeves,
lace SASH
Miss Nils wore dress of striped
MORE antique, cherry and white, trim
med with point applique lace, and very
| fine ornaments of diamonds.
Mrs. St-ne, of Boston, wore SUI
perb Bismark MORE antique with APP
propriate trimmings.
Miss Hen, of New York, was ele-
gantIy attired in white corded silk,
square coTsage, short heavy waterfall of
curls.
Mrs. C-ed-s, of Havana, wore a
white silk with stripes of black and
lemon color, trimmed with amber; hair
handsomely dressed.
Miss Louisa B--d-n, very tall aud
pleasant faced. IN blue silk with lace
trimmings; low necked and 81 Ort
| sleeves.
Miss Emma B-d-n, her sister, in
pea green silk with very novel trim
mings. formed by rows of white os-
trich feathers overlaid, running OBJ
iiquely down the skirt ard about the
waist.
Mrs. S-th, of New York, wife of
Elk Recorder S-th, wore lavender
MORE antique, high corsage, trimmed
with plain lace; her hair arranged with
Ipoint lace.
! Miss PITS, of Detroit, from the
Temple Grove Hotel. very handsome
In white. trimmed with satin; the low
neck and short sleeves very becoming
to her.
Mrs. H-b-en, of New York, was at
tired ia white with satin trimming.
In such very large and ever-mOvinp
throng 1t would. of course, have re-
Iquired the patience OF job and the per
severance of any other man, together
with the audacity and sauvity of the
most wTetched Jenkins who ever lived,
to have given adequately and justly q
complete idea of all the exquisite and
beautiful details of dress and devices OF
ornament brought into requisition 10
highten the loneliness or attract atten-
tion to the taste and laScivious expen.
diture OF the wearer. Are not these
things recorded In the fashion maya.
zines year or two after they appear
An energetic publisher of this sort OF
literature could have got sufficient in
formation last evening of marvels and
ingenuit;es of dress to have kept his
patrons reading a month. la many
things there was no uniformity of fash
ion; the fashion of the wearer having
evidently been the criterion, and the
ladies of a Saratoga ball understanding
that by their original tastes. their roy.
al natural beauty and their abundant
wealth, they are themselves entitled ia
be the judges and fashioners of THEN
own costume.
THE RACES.
You received by telegraph the result
of tO-day's races. There was large
crowd of men with nothing else to dc
there but not many ladies' or equip
ages. The betting was not as fierce a.
in the days of ShOddy, nor the selling
of pools by DIR. Underwood as exciting
Mr.. Wheatley, whom / Judge to be
rather illiterate person, should see that
the refreshment stands dom lose money
on that mixage of lemon peel and fresl
water, which they call lemonade, anC
for which they charge twenty-five cent,
glass. | saw Leonard w. Jerome anC
August Belmont. and S. Il. M. Barlow
roaming aoOut the quarter stretcl
looking rather glum. Mr.. John Nor
rissey appeared TO keep things in good
order as far as possible.
His club house is brilliantly illumin-
ated, and frequented by the elite of the
racing course every evening. The club
house on the Union grounds. kept by
MIR. George w. Hill, is also attended
by large numbers of players, who like
to be quiet and cool while they invade
the Jungle Snch is life.