Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-03-14
it. was trimmed with q silvery

Beaded basques are much worn al
| evening balls and receptions One girl,
the other evening, wore beautiful cos
| tune com posed of the palest pink satin
mersellieux, made with long train OF
Epink plush handsomely hand-painted
| Ia delicate blue and pink morning-glo-
| ries and violets The skirt was trim
med with flounces of exquisite pointe.
| The basque was composed entirely OF
pink beads, which glittered and shone
I like diamonds, with every movement
OF its fair wearer. The beads were put
lon on foundation of pink silk, and
the basque fitted perfectly. The effect.
however, is not as pretty as we would
jimagiile, SO many beads giving an ar
moria aspect that is not suitable or be-
looming to a woman. However, the
idea Is novel, and, as We are always in
lqnest of new arrangements, another
/. season we shall no doubt see these bead
i4d waists much worn.
| At u fashionable wedding recently,
which occurred in Que of our Fifth Av-
enue churches. II very pretty idea was
introduced. Instead of separating the
pews reserved for the family from those
lof the guests by the customary white
satin ribbon or silk cord, and extremely
artistic, gate composed of the greenest
smilax and English ivy studded with
ltiny clusters of Cornelia Cooke and
Jacqueminot roses, camellias, violets,
hyacinths, and glowing crimson carna-
tions, was placed across the broad CEN
tre aisle. AS the fair bride entered the
church, the gate was opened from. the
centre by two charming little children,
q boy and girl, picfuresque'y attired in
III R
As tbs hriir aud her party passed
through, the little ones strewed their
pathway with flowers in profusion. The
effect was unique aud lovely.
/ Speaking of weddings reminds me of
an exceptionally pretty one which oc-
Cured IN Plymouth Church over in
Brooklyn last Thursday evening The
feature of the wedding was the presence
of some little children, all girls. rang
ing from three to ten years of age,
who preceded the bride as she entered
the church. They were all attired diff
ferently, the prevailing colors being
pale blue and white. The dresses were
all made alike in Mother Hubbard style,
and drs.ped with quantities of floating
tulle. On one arm each carried rustic
basket containing nothing but great
scarlet neutrality-suspicious., and
delicate fern leaves, and ip the other
hand they held garlands of smilax and
lilies of the valley. Two bridesmaids
making lovely pictures in white moire
and cashmere with vatican trains fol-
lowed them. They carried immense
bouquets of Iacqueminot and Marechal
Mel rosebuds, and behind all this array
of youth and beauty came the bride her
self, looking as beautiful as q dream in
trailing robes Of white satin and illu-
sion, orange blossoms and giittering
jewels. AS the large bridal party (which
in addition to the above consisted of six
Ishers), grouped themselves pictur-
esquely around the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher dozen little girls attired alike
from the choir above the pulpit threw
down quantities of rarest. fragrant
roses, until the floor around the bride
and groom resembled carpet of flow
ere. All was beautifully bright and
charming, and during the service the
Lorganist played very softly and sweetly
an air appropriate to the occasion, "Call
me Thine Own"
The other afternoon quite an amusing
| yet pitiful sight occurred on Broadway.
A poor Oriental, q Turk, believe, who
had but that morning arrived at Castle
4 0oAACi " A1Oh 10, CD y Ou hAOWS OAC ILL.,
migrants arriving place., in some way
became separated from his companions,
and strayed up Broadway He was
without stockings, and wore peculiarly
shaped sandals. he was very thinly
clad, poor man, in what appeared to be
thin yellow lawn made very loosely
His head was bare. and as the cold
winds blew about him he looked around
bewi)dered, exactly resembling person
crazed. Finally he started on fast run
up Broadway, startling everybody with
his weird figure and strange performs
ances. A policeman finally succeeded
in capturing and calming him, and he
walked back to the Battery or Castle
Garden quite nationally, after having
first been provided with q comfortable
overeoat.
] presume you have all read about the
young Irish poet and sesthete, Oscar
Wilde, until you are quite tired of him
and his theme. He really is possessed
of strong individuality, and good deal
of poetic feeling, considerably more than
those who are personally unacauainted
with him will admit He was very
well received here, and his next visit is
looked sl'rward to with pleasureabIe
qualification. To be sure he might wear
his hair few inches shorter and his
trousers few inches or foot longer.
but when we think of those few really
fine poems he has give to the world,
"Requies:at" and Impressions" we
should be glad to forgive and overlook
his ecceniricities.
| He Is responsible, however, for the
ssthetic qania with which New York
has heen suddenly seized. Everything
now amounts to nothing unless @sthet-
ic, young men and girls included. Peo-
pie are now furnishing their houses
estheticaliy, are dressing esthetically,
only pasronize shop keepers, dress>
makers, caterers, etc., who are ''aesthet-
ic." 1t ia the only adjective of any
great prominence in the vocabulary Of
New Workers. new. ''4s she, he, Of it,
4SthsFsf g is now the important ques-
Hon. Patience" that aesthetic opera,
which is really highly enjoyable, has
been running at the Standard Theatre
here for almost two hundred nights, and
Estill the audiences are tremendously
large and enthusiastic. Well, I won
der what will beceme the popular idol
aextE Nj. n. F.
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