The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28

cfow slim again ~ queried an anxious
oyerburdcned creature, who weighs POO
mounds. "Nhat shall. ! do so that PEG
F ple will not nudge each other and say,
assoc that FAT woman l There was a
trcm0f boo her voice and anxiety IN her
eye Fanny Davenport ruined her
/ health when She reduced her obesity,
+ didn't she ~
Fanny Davenport didn't hurt herself
though She didn' diet iudiciousiy. First
Won must Dee weighed. then you must stop
feeding yourself with ial and heat pro-
ducmr food The body calls for about
two pounds Of the carbOnaccors elements
weekly. and 10 you stop supplying them
DO Will be- driven iO absorbing the stored
SIP fatty tissue, and so destroying or
burning it That is lhe foundation 10.
scientific flesh reduction.
There comes o new protest against me
Washington Centennial. and this time %
is not the dOwnel McAllister, nor the
ii-app1intcd. w0uld-be buyers Of ball
tickets. nor She critical Bostonians, on
PbilaGeiphians eager for chance 10 say
Chat New York can { manage national
celebration. but the woman suiiraEisis
wa0 are up in arms, the Iillic DeyefeuX
Bakc. the indciaIgabie, IN the if0ni
ranks. .h0ulderIng musket.
Two hundred thousand dollars, said
the yivaci0u. rei0rmer yesterday, sitting
under the portraits of by-gOne DIS and
Burrs, her ancestors, viii be- spent IN
these ccrcmOnisis. Are not women
taxed Will not their money De called
for ON pay day Women shared IN all
the hardship. of the Revolutionary siTug.
elc Why have they no official iecogni-
zion in the leioieinsst
"Nhy are 900 women admitted TO the
banquet. even to sniil at the mfnp<
Why go Mrs Harrison and Mr., Clove.
land depend for their bal. tickets ON the
private courtesy of individual members
of the committee Why are no women
invited as public guests 20 any part OF
lhc proceedings;
"lhere ought to be brilliant women on
every number of the programme except
tha' ! don't suppose we should care lo
march in the military parades. Newili
Uut stop tO war altogether when we gcl
Hn opportunity.
"Why didn't they ask me To- make The
speech instead Of Chauncy W. Depew
Kitty Van Wont was the dainiiost
little kuickcrb0cker maiden that ever
htchcd shoe She dearly loved nne
clothes. and in her light blue silk gown,
open 100 front and looped mp behind go
show "a petticoat of rich satin, sprigsed
with silver. her fresh, sweet face bloOmcd
like flower.
D. was april in New Ork in l,S9. one
hundred ycars ago. ON % lounge GOV
cred witha design done in rcd AND brown
TENT stitch. kcr.Meis and silk stockings
and dresses of Indian silk and iull skirts
40 Wllc over silk were lying
"lt is hui three days since the W esicfn
lilhf and tlc Dauntc-- came to anchor
and brought light cloths and camhleis
and SILKS and shoes for The summer ]
sent at once t0 havc Those sweet inncIed
stuff. sent around t0 choose among from
tue merchants. for there comes the ball
t0 President Washington and one must
have rentcel suit
] Na- Ambrla CLAYTON with whom
pretty Kitty was talking. 20 cousin, who
uai arrived tint morning from fbiadel
uhla in ONE OF those open wagons hung
Nith double curtains of cloth and leather
which logged over thc route unc0mior-
fany and mdela'igahIy. keeping the ciiy
fuI 90 OFcloWiuE throughout The inau-
cHMion festivities
Both young girls had SHAT womanig
.1ya1le common in oli ages, love of
new gowns. and as thcy turned over The
gloves and lacos, the preciOns toilet and
naiIplne. tnc lulia scari7 and fans siIeN-
ine tAc apartment they chait,d of the
Bali tl CONF aud OF tine last new modes
ii was easy go see from She hntrics which
surrounded them THAT the fashionable
color $50 the inaugural ball would be-
green
The gowns which Jay over The sofa
could dance az the centennial ball with
out much undermining though the belle
90 to-day could hardly rival their gor.
eclus hrOcpdcs Bella. who had pun ON
her best -ait in honor of her yi-i. 90 hei
cousin. swept across the llO)r t0 examine
them hiiuc boo one band "a long petit
coat Of quilted blue satin. Above This
She wore .aQuc of w0OI-c1lored iaillta
sprier.d with roschuds Her schumacher
was of lne lace fo match Tie dten uilllnE
ON lci elbow sleeves About BIER meek
she bad % single string Of large amber
beads There Mas watch pinned at hG
side and on her bead quaint little
Phimdelph zap, named hy The Pa"isians
I'm honor of Franklin and the indcpen-
dencc OF America, and worn With alter
noon as Wen as evening dress. tied be
meath tine chin.
The skirts ST the patty dresses were
very long. scarcely showing the high.
heeled satin slippers, with buckles. Inc
rONns themselves opened down the
front over undergOwns OF another color
The skirts were very iull, for though
hoops were disappearing ia Paris, they
had not yel vanished from New 1oih
drawing rooms There was scaniness
enough at the top t0'make up for the
abundance 40 The bottom, for bodies
were low enough 10 show the shoulders.
4HNlv pointed. ncbuiOus with lace, ana
adorned with wreaths of flowers about
the cor.ape. Tuile was The extremely
fashionable evening material, sometimes
made tn short oyeTsklFt above a SIR
foundation. sometimes trimmed with "a
succession of gauIY fuches or nounces
Of the same material
With these bits of gorgeousness lay
MIIlN rIlh tlOthfN 0lpthiN-. A'tfN"
stockings at this time were almost un-
known in the country. Besides the
stockings were high-heeled SHOES OF
white satin. and gloves not nearly long
enough 90 meet the elbow sleeves
II was white poude-oy gown which
was finally settled ON for the ball attire
The fashion of it was the newest then,
the approved just now, with short bodice
which would have exposed the bosom,
but for the long scarf OF white India
silk folded across the shoulders, Il hang
ing ends embroidered with gold.
And Kitty went 20 The bail : She wore
pink rose at her breast There were
amber beads about her throat and "a large
amber comb fastened in the high rolls OF
her pale gold hair \ gilded Indian fan
matched the gold embroidery OF her
gown, and She used 10 with All the small
arts Of which she was mistress
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