Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-01
THE WORLD OF FASHION.
New York and Paris styles for August.
what We DO aud How We Dress I'm
harafOga-Leng Trains Co.'S
TUNES Shite and BuR-The Wash.
erWOman-The Latest In Hats, Etc.
fFrom Our Fashion Correspondent. |

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NEW YORK, July, Is7O
Sitting in my quiet room, Saratoga filled with
pleasant sights, ears with pleasant sounds il is
rather difficult to imagine myself in the hot-bed
of fashion, sucE as Saratoga is supposed to be.
IL reminds me, as indeed one is reminded con-
stantly, that tue difference between one thing
and another is not So great after all-oply the
dlnerence between the black of the Dot and the
black OF the kettle-and that about as much pa
uence is required With the virtue OF the good as
with the Acknowledged faults OF their weaker
brothers and sisters.
Saratoga is in its glory this beautiful summer.
and rs crowded with visitors from every State
and nationality. Ii is warm, but the air is so
Line and dry that the heat is not enervating and
one feels none Of the lassitude and exhaustion
that accompanies heated term in the city.
Almost the only thing that object to about
Saratoga is the kind of people that are here to
enjoy II. They are the drones, and not the
workers, OF the hive, and il is the workers that
! SHOULD IKE TO see resting or reveling in the
shade and beauty Of this pleasant land.
10 such women or wives of wealthy men the
routine OF all places is pretty much alike We
must not blame them too severely, for what can
sleeping, fill up the measure OF their day in New
YORK as well as Saratoga, and long ago lost spe-
cial attraction; labor a. exchange would be
more S% Nv than the rest they do not need
but 10 the worn-out mothers, the wearied
housekeeper, this place, with its sense OF sbso-
iutc IreeoOm rom al individual responsibility,
It's music, its order, its cleanliness, its perfect
system, Its display only of the sweet and grscioue
side Of human life and human intercoQrse, would
appear like . little bit OF heaven, q place OF
enchanted ground, cut right out Of paradise.
Granted that il 10 only stage trick; that the
heaven is in appearance and not in reality; that
beneath the smiles and courtesies, the Lights
and the flowers, there Is the usual bitterness
and dheart-burningganda auxfeties; what would IL
matter 10 those who could not stay long enough
to lind II out Who sat in the shade, inhaled the
fragrance Of the flowers for brief space, then
took up again the burden Of life with spirits
refreshed and strength renewed? We do NOT
qnestion the skill Of the physician who heais us'
or the virtue OF the breeze that reyiyes ne
how WE DRESS IN SARATOGA
There is great change in the Ssratooa of IN.
past and the Saratoga Of the presenf' Sue Z
hope and believe, to the increased thoushf And
tntelheence OF American women. Tbere are
no more women who dress i've timee a dsv' snS
@ snese = NO necessity for changing in any re-
spect tne habio Of refined VoDsn at boms.
our out % nve dresses worn arc linen. cam
orlc, OF muslin, neither Of them expensiye ma
terials; nine out Of ten are short. md fsv are
s more Slsborate than the present style req uires
even ORDINARY costumes to Be. At any rate. fhe
variety n 20 great, and the freedom TO do won
P'ease - entire, that any dreas can be worn