St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-12
FASHION LETTER.
Saratoga Styles--Age and Art--Mascu-
line Millinery.
Shade Hats and Bonnets-- Costumes-Special
TOilettes--NOtes.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
New YORK, July S.---One's ideal Saratoga
is place where beauty reigns and youth
adores. Our actual Saratoga is rather bat
tie ground between age and art. Young
people are here; they firt, they make love,
but their elders are in the ascendency. Hair
dyes are more plentiful than maiden's
bushes; equity toes than springiness of
twenty; puffy matrons smile on beaux, of
sixty, and admirers of fifty ogle inamoratas
of like age. 1t is moreover on the female
division of this veteran corps that one sees
for the most part those transporting toilettes
which (when read about seem scarce of
earth. The belle of eighteen dresses pref
tily, but the belle of this or thirty-fve is
attired far more deliberately. Again, too,
one asks, "Where are the young men,"
Empty chairs re-echo the question, and
visions arise of dry goods houses, where
coatless they await customers or bend owe
desks, while their charmingly dressed sisters
content themselves by VOWS of friendship to
other young mems sisters. Thinking
mothers discuss the situation, and gravely
remark that even when they have vacation
they prefer to go camping around in the
mountains" But the comforting sugges-
ton is made that ''it is early yet, and they
quit the disauieting subject.
NOT ONES BROTHER.
The summer lover sees emerging from a
village cart, head covered by ''Chevoit-
Derby" stitched into shape precisely as
So ,af = 1r
brother undoubtedly, and with palpitating
heart he thinks of the sister who causes that
humping. A nearer view discloses a femi-
nine coil of hair below, and the inamorata
herself is recognizable. These heads, how
ever, are exceptions to Saratoga styles, APP
pearing only when an affectation of rusticity
is sought after-now and then on a morning
stroll, or poked from an omnibus when the
gauntlet is run of hotel piazza stairs. But,
scattered at large through the country, and
especially on the beach and on yachting par
ties they are liked because of imperviousness
to damp, and real utility. The costume of
tailor-stitched flannel, with linen collar, is
imperative as an accompaniment. Sarato-
gas beauties take more kindly to Valencien-
ueS lace Ut fdleuclcuneS anu lnuSHn pOkeS,
with cockade bows on flowers; frequently
the dress to match. Legh1fn hats seem pc
rennial for piazza wear, ana this year are as
much seen as ever. Very large, and with
amazing ostrich feathers, profuson
of white lace within and with
out, and intermingling of gay
flowers such as peoples on bright roses, while
rose pokes are very ornate with the entire
brim often hidden by clusters of roses.
Null pokes, by greater simplicity, relieve the
eyes grown tired of finery; roses and Valen
ciennes lace quite pretty adornment;
in quiet refinement are pale colored mulls
with delicate floral addition, though now and
then poppy red null blooms out with toning
down of white flowers. Grapes of one color,
or richly brocaded grapes are used as shade
hat trimmings in place of either flowers or
feathers, while in capotes which come out
for the afternoon drive, there is rivalry be-
tween incredibly large families of crap, and
straw