The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-19
BITS OF SUMNER GOSSIP.
New York Mail and Express.


New York Mail and Express.
Glass berry dishes in the form Of boats of all
sizes and colors, are quite the craze. Those Of
cut glass very beautiful, but do not improve
the quality of the berries
Tennis" says Miss Mary Jones, aged forty
and without beaux, "enlarges the feet, burns the
face and browns the hands Dear no! l never
play that ridiculous game"
If the Pail Mall Gazette continues its expos
ures, it will not be so nice to initiate the En-
glish, you know" English aristocracy stock will
soon sell considerably below par it is feared
1t is at Newport that the ladies dress for
simple walk as if they were going to recep-
ton, at which ice cream and cake were to
be served They are off on the eternal fitness
of things.
Young ladies who are taking lessons on the
violin ought to discontinue practice when they
leave home. This, at least, is the opinion OF
hundreds of people out of town, in hopes Of es-
Gaping the nuisance.
Mothers who apparently delight to 60 to ex-
tremes of fashion, now have their little daugh-
ters Christian names embroidered on the front
of their wide sashes. These same mothers wear
rings outside their gloves.
1t is not every lady at the summer resorts who
has a dainty work-basket with "Mentone,"
Cannes or Pau" inscribed thereon in embroi-
dered letters who has been abroad Good
ness, no, you can buy EN- on Sixth avenue"
able cuckoo clock is one in which an owl appears
instead of the cuckoo, when the clock strikes
and ''toots" quite naturally. His daylight APP
pearance, however, is not quite natural.
Corn Dishes newly imported, and which, by
the way, come ahead Of the corn, are in the
shape of two husk leaves crossed to form the
dish, and colored quite naturally for china
These dishes are quoted among the novelties of
the season"
Necklaces of amber beads have come into
fashion for young ladies. In old times these
beads were exclusively worn by babies to keep
them from having the Group, but perhaps the
demoiselles now adopt them to avoid being struck
by lightning.
Some Newport coachmen now wear bunch Of
ribbon on their manly breasts instead or the usual
bunch Of artificial flowers. Anything so as to be
different from the other cottage set, you know,
yet bunch of celery or asparagus tops would be
just as appropriate.
AS might have been expected, those coaching
sunshades, which are horseShoes, whitfie-
trees and bits, did not take among those for
whom intended, and have fallen into the posses
sion of those to whom coaching and coaching
people are absolutely unknown.
Little girls in busteS are comical if not
sad sight, and sustain the opinion SO many old
people have that there are no girls any more
that they are ladies before their teens have been
reached. A little girl in hustle is almost
mirth-provoking as stout woman in a bathing
suit
Fresh ideas must have developed in the minds
of the fashionable modistes, for ladies' suits,
tailor made and otherwise, become more and
more beautiful and stylish as the season adj
vances. 1t is nearer the truth now than ever to
say American ladies are the best dressed in the
world.
An innovation at Newport is the appearance
of the footman and coachman on milady's car
riage, wearing high white hats la coaching
club The distinction with difference" is that
Jeems' and Thomass hats have a wider band
than is used on similar hats worn by gentlemen
of higher station.
Leghorn hats without any trimming, and
fastened to the head by tulle scarf going
around the crown and crossed at the back to go
around the neck and tie in front, is the fashion
able headgear for Newport ladies in the morning.
Limb trumpet hats is what the young ladies
of Boston call them.
There is joke of seemingly large proportions
at the expense of @ well known Episcopal clergy
man. who, Sunday or two ago. in the midst Of
his sermon, pulled out stocking, thinking it a
handkerchief, from beneath his gown and wiped
his face 1t doesn't take much to make people
laugh now a-days.
The extremity, if not the absurdity, in fash
ion has been reached in some of the newest gar
den hats seen in the country this season. They
trimmed with tiny cucumbers, crrrants
pumpkins, radishes. lettuce leaves and celery
tops in lunatic pIofusiOn. No wonder some girls
of the period boast that they create sensation
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Fans are as varied in shapes, styles, patterns,
forms and materials as ever, and the collection
ought to delight the feminine heart and over
heated body. Some of the daintest are of white
null with ribbon inserted to look like en-
broidery, and in haf-mo shape, and others as
pretty are of thinnest sandal wood inlaid witk
brilliants.
1t is difficult to induce the young ladies at tho
mountain resorts. who have small and pretty
feet to wear the Alpine shoes for tramping.
Thew comfortable swell
feet "dreadfully' and make zones feet look as big
as all-get-out!" Even in recreations and holt
day times does our pride govern and influence
even our extremities.
No ladys morning costume at the watering
places now seems compile without fancy work.
bag dangling from the elbow of the right arm.
Tennis courts are now marked out by narrow
tape fastened to the ground by pegs. 1t is re-
garded more stylish than either chalk or white
wash. You easily tell the dresses not made
for bustles by the comical way they hang when
having that attachment underneath. There.
says Miss Fizzle, Il knew that was last years
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