St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-05

or whether it is
because it is the innate love that every
woman has for a horse, or indeed for
any cause movable or not. the smart
American of to-day is determined to look
her best at the races. Those
afford as good an opportunity to
display fine gowns as do those at Mon
mouth. The long ride in the cars from
New York means destruction to the
picture gowns, and so the clever New
York girl has kept hers in their big
French boxes until the first day when
she is at Long Branch, the 4th of July
meeting at Monmouth Park.
The swell garment is. of course, the
dust cloak. Anybody who calls this
Wondrous affair buster, meaning that
dreadful linen abOmination affected
some years ago, would deserve to see
: all his women kind gOwned in one for
ever. The dust cloak is the result of
Irish originality and French taste. 1t is
really the Connemara cloak, first worn
by Mrs. CORVALLIS West in London as
a pretty atfectation of her patriotism.
The first one brought to this country
came to Mrs White, and was a
brilliant red crepe, most elaborately
trimmed with black lace insertion
and black lace jabots. At the races l
noticed two-Mrs. Langtry's. which was
black crepe de chine and made long and
full, with cape collar, the other was
of beige crepon, the yoke of velvet a
shade darker, with rolling collar above
1t; set In the full skirts were two rows
OF fine lace insertion and a lace cor
responding was pleated in about the
neck. The velvet yoke hooked and
just on the bosom long streamers of
velvet ribbon were knOtted and held
the cloak together. A veritable dust
cloak like this covers the gown entirely
and yet because of the light weight and
fine material it is perfectly adapted to
the richest costume worn for driving or
at the races. All the smart English
women wore them at Ascot this year.
the lovely princess being a bright red
one: at the Grand Prix the women, who
are really of the great world, as we'll as
the magnificently dressed ones of the
half world were, for while, enwrapt in
them, throwing them off as a butterfly
would its crysalis and showing the fine
frOckS underneath.
What were the gowns at Monmouth?
Mrs. Langtry wore all entire costume of
White crepe-a large Rembrandt hat
that probably no other woman in
America could wear. Another gown
was an India silk of old rose, with fig
ures on it, which reminded one of the
gowns worn by Lady TeaZle And the
style of bodice added to this air. 1t was
a coat with Vatican pleat in the back,
and from the fronts, as they flew apart,
was displayed waistcoat of white lisse
and an enormous cravat of quaint old
lace, tied after the fashion of the In
croyable. The bonnet with this was a
mass of fine open-wOrk straw aud moss
roses: the pointed front fiared lust
enough to let a single rose be laid under
it and rest on the blonde hair of the
wearer.
Another smart gown was of white
convent cloth, with a skirt trimmed
with frillS of GenOese point lace: the
coat was of the Empire style, its long
ills being lined with old rose silk,
while its waistcoat was of white bro
cade with small rose buds upon it. The
sash was of the rose color and the svm-
phony was carried out by a bonnet of
rose cOlcred crepe having flowers of the
same hue upon it. Every season there
is more and more elaborate dressing at
the races and really 1t ought to be en-
cOuraged, for after all, the season is
very short that allows of the display of
handsome carriage costumes. The time
is so soon over when an open carriage
may be used, and madame by no means
likes to shut up her French gowns in
close brougham.
He that steals my purse by no means
steals trash. AT least, that is what a
bright woman exclaimed the other day
after she had lost every dollar betting
on the favOrite against that wonderful
Dhll2nllnhla hOrCn n VIII {In
hOnOrS of the Suburban. And the rea-
son why is because the purse is many
times worth more than the amount of
money in it. To have smart purse at
the races is quite as necessary as to have
smart gown. The little purse made of
tiny links of silver joined together like
armor can be taken if only gold is car
ried, but if an effort is made to stuff it
with bank notes it ceases to be decora-
tive and is only ostentatious. A purse
that is half wallet has pocket for gold
and silver and divisions for bank notes.
and those wonderful cards that have the
tips for the races written upon them.
This is of white leather, with the cor
ners bound in silver gilt and the mono
gram OF the owner on one side with that
OF the giver on the other. Another one,
counted good form, is of alligator skin
and has no clasps whatever, the flap of
the purse being so heavy with silver
that once it falls over it stays that way.
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The question as to the morality of bet
ting cannot be discussed, but the GER
talnty that wOmankind does bet cannot
be doubted. Usually her bets are small
but many Unrestricted l am tempted
to say nine times out of ten-she is much
more successful than her brother. The
winner the other day was picked out
because the cOlors of the jockey pleased
the feminine eye. Sometimes she
chooses him because of his number.
Sometimes because his initials or his
owners are the same as her name, and
very often because she thinks that he is
such miserable looking creature that
nobody will bet on him, and she regards
this as very mean. The last is the most
unreasonable imaginable, but it is the
one very often given by women. The
men laugh at the fair ones because of
the horses they choose, but quite
as often laugh with them when they
get, as did one woman on dark horse,
$3.50 for IS. 1t is quite unnecessary to
say that this joyous news caused her to
tumble off her chair and then cry with
delight. Lovely woman is peculiar in
her methods of expressing joy. Later
on this delightful creature was escorted
to the train. looking as utterly limp as
if she had lost every cent in the world
that she possessed, Instead of being the
envied one among her particular set.
About your race gown, remember
this: Do not let a fan be part of your
get up. 1t will stamp it as bad form. A
fan belongs TO the hall room not IN the