Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-19
STYLES
Piazza Hats . Bonnets-costume'
+ -Matrons ana Young Beauties

The Saratoga piazza hat lisa delicious
combination of Valenciennes lace and
null; strings of null or no stringssas
the wearer may determine, hntS the
soft glow of rosy light SO oftensthros#a
on the face by Innings of pink null is
certainly charming. o Occasionally there
are additions of flowers, ribbon bows.
or velvet, but null and Valencienniesl,
suffice to produce something extremely
pretty. Neither is the null trimmed
Leghorn fiat at all fat in,Igeneral es.
TEEN, but very piqlant rather, and.
adorned with a simple flower or two
vies in popularity with the rose poke.
where roses are msssed above the fash
ionable brow with n view of getting
as many as possible in a given space.
Some of the handsomest shade hats are
trimmed with plain colored or en-
broidered Grape without any other ad7
dition. A hat of any kind, neverthe-
less, Except for church or driving), is
q thing easily dispensed with provided
one has a parasol, and doubtless there
are those who put the cost of a hat into
something else, for all sorts are here,
and the black silk of the professor Or
the clergyman's wife takes rank with
the soap manufacturers OF pill makers
brocades. Capotes come swarming out
for the afternoon drive; dear little
Grape capotes, looking SO cunningly
1ich and 80 captivatingly expensive
that one feels perfectly satisfied with
them until straWs come along, just as
expensive, just as cunning. One stares,
and knows not which side to take.
Ditto to dresses; the entire satisfac-
ton experienced here being quickly
upset by another there which possibly
may be prettier. 1t is a summer of
whiteness-thin white goods Of all
kinds are at a premium; veilings no
exception, but others OF these lovely
woods are so captivating in their deli
cate shades, Oriental minglings and
gay possibilities, that again there is a
change of mind, and one thinks after
all that white in comparison is monoto-
nous. Still handsomer are the India
and China silks, which vie with shot
and changeable silks, while Stearn's
American brocades aud Surrahs are
well represented, and it is evident that
these excellent silks have taken firm
hold, not only among the wealthy who
count their costumes by the dozen, but
with a large class of purchasers to
whom a silk dress is a silk dress and
who, therefore, think well before buy
ing. Aside from their known lasting
qualities, they are extremely pretty
and varied in ~coloring; the brocades
taking on each hue which fashion die
tates, the delicate striped Surahs run
ming the gauntlet of every stylish shade
from pale gray to gay contrastings,and
made into combination costumes they
form many of the most attractive dres-
ses at summer resorts. Lace and gren-
adine show wondrous mixtures and in
especial favor are bodices of one kind
and skirts of another, as for example, q
velvet basque and thin skirt, a Surrah
OF muslin waist with thick skirt, to say
nothing of the Jersey, where a general
befanglement has gone OH until now
and then a prize Jersey rum up to one
hundred and fifty dollars.
YOUTH AND AGE.
1t is a mistake, however, to D
that youthful beauties for the most par
are adorned by Saratoga finery. Thes,
young creatures are here, enough O
them and prettily enough dressed, blu
n must be blind who does not So,
that portly forms predominant, or form
from which a young roundness has de
parted. Well-to-do elderly men com
to Saratoga to spend the earnings of
hard-worked juveniity; they brin,
wives of middle age on whom the,
lavish tinery and who delight in show
ing it. Prosperous bachelors look ad
miringly on lively widows, while par
lors and piazzas re-echo to the voice
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