Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24
FREEHAND NOTES.
LsHrEE AND SPRING sREEzEs FROM
THE BAY.
Approaching Orange Blossoms Brides
maids In Ruined white-The Dude
Accidents at BaIls-Etc.

SAN FRAscIsco. March IL, 1888
The last week in Lent, and the first
event to take place after Easter will be the
marriage of Miss Maggie Eyre and Richard
Donald Girvin, first and foremost of that
wondrous clique known to fame as "the
Englishmen." and sometimes, in sweetly
affectionate moments, as the English
boys" The wedding will be next Tuesday,
the 9th of March. at Trinity Church, at
half past ii in the morning. and there are
to be six or eight bridesmaids. Miss
Blanding will have ten in her bevy," as
Anthony Trollope has dubbed the wedding
suite in Marion Fay, and these ten are
to be attired in thin white material, ruffied
to the waist. This manner of fashioning
the gowns is by the brides own ukase,
and while the bevy do not rebel, they still
do not conceal fears that the style will be
trying" especially when multiplied by
ten. By the way, who reads the Nation ?
A profound sensation has been created here
by that article in the March Sth number
called
"THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DUDE
Any one reading the name in the table of
contents would think it was province in
Nubia, or study in pathology at least, and
it turns out to be variety of civilized
man. The name is said to have originated
T L.. L. 4, IL.
soul infinitely above music halls. The
dudes mission is to oppose himself to the
cad his unobtrusive neckties to the cad's
audible ones, his melancholy quiet to the
cad's hilarity and yet we read that the
! dude bangs his hair and parts it in the
middle. What is it? The San Francisco
girl yearns to see dude, as the New York
Nation understands it; an illustration SO
much more potent than columns of defini-
ton. 1t cannot be that in city replete
with samples of every stage and graft of
civilized society there should be no dudes
Yet, if there are none, some public spirited
person with bank account should "send
East and get one. as people are constantly
doing for articles of far less value than a
man of perfectly good style, no converse
ton, melancholy gentleness and bangs"
Species apaTb, WuOsc Ouly uOuDb 10
whether he shall wear white CATERS or not
WHITE sLIPPERs-cHoRAL SOCIETY.
As to white CATERS. when they first be-
came possible, a youth who, like Lewis
Carrolls "Jubjub, was ages ahead of
the fashion" saw fit to embellish his fault
less attire with pair of white CATERS upon
an occasion when he designed to walk with
lady. She is very stately and fastidious,
and he desires to seem above all worldly
considerations when in her presence, but
the CATERS were destined to spoil all. A
malevolent hoodlum accosts the pair with
mock conscientious concern !: Mister,
Mister, your stockings are coming down p
No man can hear that his wife has run
away or that his bank has broken without
betraying some emotion, it is said, though
he has schooled himself to the greatest out.
ward stoicism, and for my part l should
also forgive the dandy of the CATERS for
wincing a little at the cry of the unpleasant
young Arab.
A choral society has been formed under
the auspices of Miss Tobin. Most of the
members are young ladies who attend
Saint Mary's Cathedral, but there are also
few Protestant singers among the num-
Der, since voices are of no sect. Miss San
derson, Miss Casserly and Miss Berreda |
are among the sopranos. The society meets
for practice on Tuesday afternoons at tn
Cathedral. Going home we were.
TALKING ABOUT ACCIDENTS AT BALLS,
Not accidents like the case of the young
woman who expended all her economies on
a wonderful pair of slippers, and then
through absent mindedness or inefficient |
aid in the dressing room, wore felt over
shoes all through the german, nor yet |
such suspicious accidents as that which |
always happened to the beautiful Con-
suelo Yzuaga, now Lady Lister-Kay,
whose wonderful hair always escaped from
whatever pins, combs or daggers she made
feint of securing it with, and towards the |
end of the fourth waltz came showering
down to her feet in a magnificent brown
mane-not such accidents as these, but |
mishaps where some one is to blame and
the question was, how may lady treat the
offender. Of course debutante is obliged
to be pleased with everything. The more
she resembles the man all tattered and torn
the more positive proof she gives those be-
holding that she has been frequently asked
to brave the terrors of the dance, as it
were as it is, indeed-for as some one has
Justly remarked, unless there are too many
people at ball there are not enough. But
if lady who does not dance, or who has
finished dancing, takes advantage of the
dispersion after waltz to cross the ball
room, her train arranged exactly as she
means to drag it after her, and finds her
progress impeded by heavy weight upon
that well.adiusted train, and turning per.
ceives
A wREToHED MAN PREPARING TO REMOVE
HIS MALADRoIT FEET
And probably several feet of satin and lace
of her flounces also-may she, if che prizes
the dress and cares nothing for the man,
receive his apologies coldly, and if she is
married may she relieve her feelings by
telling him that he is very awkward The
twelve year old was with us, and she
listened most intently to know how much
one may scold in the world, so we all said
that the sweet smile and, at is nothing"
or sc No damage too great for repair, was
the only permissible manner under the
most trying circumstances. The most
serious accident ever saw at ball also
gave rise to the prettiest pose I ever saw