The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-20


TIVE women RAihoFs.
Writing from New York, . correspond
emit says: 1t has been bubbltng, ssething
suffering hot here, l went to Gone!
Island yesterday, partly to let my bod!
get cool and partly to see what was goinl
on in the fashion line down there. Or
the way, in . ~pArlorcar, l saw . part
who we're evidently not s1cuIsionists To-
q day, but were going to one Of the BIZ
hotels for q longer stay. The interesting
member was q girl, whose travelling dresI
illustrated the latest fashion In thai line
Her dress was made OF thin wooden stuff
q great deal like French bunting, darl
drab In it's main color, and bordsrsd with
. stripe Of bright Madras hues, about foul
inches wide. This gay border made tbs
girl q conspicuous object, but she hsppen'
Cd 10 be Q genteel, shy, slender creature,
o. well az pretty, and the bright color wai
amply striking on her, while on some
persons 1t would have been appRllingly
loud, What Ia sauce for n goose In
fashion isn't always sauce for another
goose, The stripe was laVishly used f0z
plated iouucss,ol which there were three
on the skirt; and there was also Q tunic
| with some OF the stripe on H.. The tunic
was deep, forming a double apron draped
In q curve OF numerous folds, The
skirt trimming reached up to the
knees, and then came two ker.
chiefs, sewed together, and shiTred
up the line Of the centre, dividing
away from the front, and draped far over
the hips In upward folds. Crossing the
upper part OF the tAblier, and Curying
over the hips, were stripo.bordered pan.
iers, which lost themselves in the bout
fant drnpery. The waist was . ~neat.Atiug
basque, with q plated postillion back;
and the stripe bordered the basque.
formed the collar and cuffs, and tancltuliy
gArnlAhed the waist, The WeArer looked
Ike q bird Of bright but dainty plumags.
The brilliant hueS % lAViShly used on her
travelling costume only made her piquant,
aud not At all conspicuous. Beaides, the
ppfiness OF the Btylein which the materi.
al was made up gave her q soft round.
ness which no girl Of Ave feet ten in
height and only q hundred pounds In
weight can ever present without clothes.
In the same q was o young woman two
inches shorter, and six inches thicker.
She had q handsomer face than the other,
but OF this time was very lar from being
a. attractive. Her costume did not have
half 90 much gay ColoTlng, yet II struck
the eye as vulgar. Still, II was right In
the fashion. The principal feature was O
Mother Hubbard cloak Of gray mohRir,
sober enough In itself and not rsCklsssly
ornamsnted with bits Of red ribbon. The
trouble about It was that Ito shape was
unbecomlng, for 1t displayed her thick.
ness at the utmost and hid the re.
deemiug taper 10 her waist She ought TO
have known better than to put on such .
garment. Though not more than twenty.
Ave, bhe,had the outline oil o fat old dow.
ager. She carried 9 isfy red satin para:
sol, which impaired q repuidve Iedness 10
her face, already hot from the weather,
and on the back OF her head was q bright
cardinal straw hat, almost q foot high. sur
rounded by Q hugh wreath OF brilliant
ostrich feathers, and red.lined In Ito brim.
Now, the handsomer OF these two females
was almost repulsive 10 look ct, while the
other was highly attractive, and all on &C.
count OF their dress. One could safely
wear what the other couldn't. Three
hours later l saw them again In the bath.
ing pavilion at Brighton Beach, Costumed
for the surf. The stout one had gained
greatly on the spare mi In appearance,
but was still O little behind. Mas Thin
had evidently prepared her wardrobe care.
fully for this visit, and her bathing dress,
like her travelling dress, was In the latest
style. As she emerged from her dressing
room she was scrumptious, indeed. The
costume was Of cream white tWilled han-
mel, trimmed With red, and unlike the
baggy, shapeless things usually donned
o rIthe water, was gagged 10 90 the shout
ders In the back and front. II opened In
a point at the neck, under 0 narrow, re.
versed collar, filled In with 0 rutfle oil red
flannel. At the bottom was q finishing
band Of red three inches wide. Pulled el.
bow sleeves terminated 10 ssltrutls edged
with 0 red band, and the full,gathered
trousers came Just below the knee. A.
heavy red WOODEN tassled cord girdled her
small waist. On her head O cap OF red
rubber cloth was iauntily placed.
nbI btuuklukb Wuto bASS ludt hhu VI
her feet were cloth slippers. The
feminine reader, BY going carefully over
this description, will be ableto understand
that, while dry, Miss Thin was very jaun.
ty and hne, Her extremlties, from knees
10 toes and from elbows TO fingers, were
OF pipestem slenderness, 10 be sure; but
The rest Of her body was filed out with
the shirripgs, ~puckefings, and other con-
~tfiyanCss, 50 that she was bewitchinR In
the highest degree. Then Miss Thick came
out. and wasn't she 0 maSher Nothing Of
the Mother Hubbard sort-no, indeedyj
She wore q woven bathing suit, o. THE BortI
had seen In the stores. but had supposed
no uni would dare 10 appear Ii. Il
was striped like q Ssbra, In black and dark
rray, but the linea ran lengthWise, and
thetfots had the effect Of reducing her
SiEe. Il was sleeveless, and her plump,
taperinV, dimpled aims we're % smooth as
wax. Ii was rounded out In the neck 10
show Ihe Wilderness and plumpnees Of the
place who're her shapely neck Joined the
Trunk. Her face was lovely, fot the cool
ana AZ had already driven out the heated
nush, and her BLACK hair was closely
ooiled at the back Of her perfect head. The
woven skirt chung 10 her figure, which was
held Ia shape by one oil the netted corsets
in vogue this summer. From q
mint several inches below the
vefy smallest line OF her waist,
and reaching not quite to her knees, were
~tfousets Of dark gray flannel. Long stock.
ibVs Of the same striped material as the
StfFt completed the suit, for she wore no
moe, Indecent, say you9 Not more 90
than many q stage costume that you see
without winClng. Besides, the bathing
arrangements at Uohey Island nov pro.
yide not only a separate part Of the pavil.
Ion lot women, but q covered passageWay
10 The water, 90 that one is not subjected
10 male scrutiny, except when the reced.
IhS suit %inomshtatily uncovete you. But
Miss Thick got 4 seyere looklng.over by
ahadi Htkv nj her own rex, aud ehHebemed