Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-02-11

done; but there are 10 combinations
so rich and beautiful as the shades of
LcJiotrope, varying from the pale Law
end,r to the deepest purple that ever
glowcd in the heart of a pansy. An
other feature of the Charity was the
number of hand-paintcd costumes.
Many econOm cal women of great
wealth have taken up the id of wear
ng rich satin, once plan. With the
addition f lace, it docs duty on an
other occasion, and then decorated by
hand painting, it comes to the front
a brilliant success from an extended
career of usefulness. \ little Grip
pied creature named Foster, who
never did and never will walk, began
to pa mt dresses some years ago She
will take plain satin gown and deity
make it radiant with blossoms, and al
most vocal with birds. Several cos
tunes were made fine by painted pet
ticoats, and one dress of rich cream
white satin was painted SIX inches
deep about the train, up the front and
on the waist with large blue pansies--
not the Haunting yellow and purple
tn ngs-but dcwy, tender, shrinking
blossoms huddlcd together, the very
perfection of flowers perfectly painted.
Some one who seemed to know said
the lady wearing 1t paid Erenchman
in BROOKLYN $50 for the painting.
None too much. 1t was the loyeliest
flower painting on satin ever seen.
Young girls wore simpler costumes,
such as the one here skctched, as she
danced at the head OF a cot ll:or with a
bearded partner. Two o her ball COS
tunes are accurately shown in the
ensuing pictures, precisely as they were
worn on that o. casion.
There have been one or two nitro
ductory dances of fancy character in
New York, notably one called the
Ccrclc rAmite, which tried as hard as
ever it could to be naughty. But /
You have ever noticed, it is rs uCsuc-
cessful to try to be wicked as it often
is to be good.
However, the ba!d-hcaded mn and
the adolcscent cad need not despair.
There's the Ere! eli bali, and several
awful symposiums c,licd prosrec'
balls will be as bad as the worst cal
wish But there arc reputable mas
querades in New York. Already the
costumers have laid in haracter dresses
that show the way the season will go.
Mythology has been ransacked. All
the deitieS on Mount Olympus are to
represented in undrcss uniform. One
man exhibited a dozen lOXcs, some
what larger than cigar boxes.
"What are thcse?" asked the visitor.
Costumes.
ain the name of dccency what sort
of costumes?
Different birds"
Then he went on to display tiny
cap of feathers, with the head and the
beak of bird in front, eight little
drop-latch pieces of feather work de-
pending from Lelt that was SIX rt),
piece of feather stuff setting up like
hustle and life-like tail bristling
from it, four little wings to attach TO
the shoulder blades and ankles-there
we were. He had eight varieties. He
vowed that with a leshing, which is
the name for silk stockinette corset
cover, and pair Of tights, they would
he the sensation costumes of the COM
ing balls. There were the robin red
breast, the wren, the blue jay, the ORR
ole, the canary, the cardinal, and
the dove. Sweet bird of peace |!
it Is not often your feathers enfold the
thing YOU are going in for this winter.