The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-31
Whore Pretty Girl. Abeund .

Asbury Park Station at train time,
which means about all day, is rem
dezvouS for so many pretty girls in
bright dainty costumes that it Olton
presents the appearance OF ballroom.
So great Is the attraction OF the station
for some OF tho maidens that they
bring their fancy work and cit there
by the hour. Thoy come down
I'm groups, without hats or
bonnets, some delicate lace arrange
ment or parasol OF ilncttul design boz
ing their only head protection. Tan Ia
= fashionable color at the seaside, so
the girla DOME care If their complex
ions suffer. The afternoon, from 3 to
g, II tho time the most stylish prefer
for theirstatiou visit. IL IL not nocss-
sary for them 10 DO expecting friends
| they come for tha iuu ~ 10, and usually
secure their share, When the trains
srO announced they crowd forward 70
| SEQ the new. corners, talking and laugh
! ing az only "a La can. The variety OF
costumes exhibited * interest.
Iing 10 observe. II some Of
these clusters Of young lauies had :
ranged themselves with special view
TO tne artistic IN the grouping, the Of
] feet would not be better. Tho most
| delicate shade OF blue satin W I'm by a
| blonde contrasts woll with the rink
nuns yelling OF her chestuut-halfed
c lmpan on and next 10 this may stand
. cream-cnlOred crepe do chene, ami
beside thla a bright-red frock, worn
by a hlac keyed damsel, whilo the
tifth the group You may be assured
| will DO alfred In " ,.te,
Much of the dressing OF summersvls-
IL IRA hore has boon In exceptional good
taste. Tue most striking feature Is the
diversity both In material OF the
dresses and the make up. A perfect
carnival OF cOlors Ia displayei. Coca
sionally vivid red dress appears.
noticed one tho other evening, a heavy
! plain md hrorsded velvet, with no re-
liet except tho lace at the neck and
sleeves. The lonpiugs In tho back OF
the overSkirt we're very tull Evidently
tbs maker had used az many yards oil
velvet rs possible. IL WAS handsome,
but decidedly warm looking Tor Au.
gust. However, whar0 you see one
vivid red dross there are n dozen black
or white. The last IL u favori both
for day and evening wear. While the
white dav dresses are plain or simply
tucked lawns, the evening white
dresses are studies, being marvellous
oontrivances of lace or soft surah silks
combined with satins, or fine en-
broideries with OF ly enough muslin II
hold them together.
One has tae benefit Of the cosmopol,
itan In style here, az In other things
The two distinct styles of tho Frencn
and English appear side by side, aud
thanks 10 the common sense OF some
Americans, a style which IN In very
good taste and In neither French nor
English, may also be seen. While the
women here generally do DOT make
quite such martyrs OF themselves u
fashion n the visitors that thtong Sar.
atcga and Newport, they display CON-
mendabls zeal In their endeavOr TO
look well aud out shine their neigh.
bors. One hotel boasts OF guest who
changes her costume five times n Az.
lit Is true, a. IL IN often declared,
tnAt women dress either TO tract tho
attention OF men or TO make each other
envious, the Asbury Park women tint.
sumner must dress for the latlor mo.
tive, for men are so very, very scared
here. This morning 1 counted on \
verandA OF one OF the leading hotel !,
twenty-five women aud but ons man
an old and iniirm one. The same
could be done any day.
Tue poor girls have no few gentle
.en 10 dirt with that thsre Isl posi-.
Bile, though NOS probable, possibility
that they may FORGET the art.-lPhila
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