The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-23
fVOL,. l. NO. GO.
SOME ROYAL COSTUMES.

IoOhCu ClitltlljillS ilHt l)alc, WOfO q
black costume en- princcsSe, slashcd
horizontally down tho front with
cream colorcd silk, wbito bonnet
trimmed with feathers and yellow
roses. Tho Princess Louise woro
white silk, with Il bunch of flowers
near tho right shoulder Princess
Mary Of Cambridge appeared in u
black silk corsagc, embroidered with
gold. A glance over tho wonderful
sccno disclosed the fact that, for
ladies, white was the prevailing
color, and silk the almost universal
material. a few, dcfying their com
plcyione, wore cardinal red, and
some adopted the loss trying, but
equally conspicuous bright yellow,
which is now temporary rage. Tho
moro 0$ti"y'<e appeared in subduod
colors. The lawn of tho royal in>
closure rescmblcd a metropolitan
flower show, SO brilliant and varied
were tho costumes. Indeed, the
ladies' should not have all tho credit
for this rich feast of colors, for the
four members Of the Chinese Ems
bassy, clad respectively in yellow,
pnrplc, brown and blue, mado Il
bouquet in themselves as they sat
gazing with questioning eyes upon
Il mnrvclous sight they never saw
before
AMONG TIE CONSPICUOUS DRAGs
was that of Mr.. Cardy, which wero
Lady Tempest and Mrs. Huntingdon
Tempest. Lady Tempest wore bluo
damask X silk over plain blue, hat
composed entirely Of forgct-mc-no
and II white lace sunshado trimmed
with the same flower. Mrs. Hunt
inSlon Tcmpcsts costume was of
white tamcls hair, trimmed with
white ostrich feathers, which also
adorned a becoming Gninesborough
hat. She carried daintily u white
Sunshadc covered with moss and
flowers. Indeed flowers have broken
out over sumshadcs to considerable
extent, while emhroidcring dresses
with flowers is tho recent craze.
The spread of this mania is duo
10 the great interest which tho
Princess Louise takes in the South
l[ensington school of needleworlS.
II was owing to the influence of the
Princess that tho Queen appeared
at 4 not distnnt Drawing Room in
M embroidered costume. ---.Sincc
thc, her AInjcsty's female subjects
have been initiating royalty. You
sec it is a good thing whom a
princess who is ANXIOUS for n
hobby select one that gratifcs the
vanity Of her Sex ut the same time
that it gives her humbl sisters q
chnnco to earn the price Of q little
bread. Jire ln DoIe!
Natty low shoes were generally
worn and colorcd stockings of fancy
patterns. Bonnets wcro almost as
various rs tho human faco itself.
ON THE ROAD HOME.
The races began at half~past ono
and ended ut halfrpast five. When
all tho contests were ovor tho
charming six-milc drive to Windsor
became alive with humanity re-
luctantly speeding away from tho
brilliant sconce--ta taking the bril-
lance with thom, in fact While
Ascot lacks the natural Advantages
Of Epson the assenco of rowdyism
coinpcnsatcs for the less attractive
scenery.
THE RESPECTABLE DISTANCE.
Ascot is just far enough from
London to make it difficult for tho
million who give Epson Downs it's
acres of jovial and boisto orous hu-
manity, but not too far to draw q
crowd of fashionable and rcspecta~
Bic people, who make mighty con-
course by themselves of tho best
and lovclicst of the English capital.
A run Of twenty-six milos by tho
Southwestern railroad brings ono
to Heath, and hence the majority
90 by train, many of them sending
their carriages ahead to meet them
at tho station, whence they drive
across and take up position along
the course opposite thq stand. ~
The aristocratic minority, how
evor, have a way of their own, and
naturally a more magnificent way.
This is to start from their palatial
homes in tho West End Of London
OF" drags with postillions of brilliant