The Helena independent., 1889-04-14
SOCIAL CHIT-CHAT.
Some Random Thoughts Suggested
by the Prevalence Of Color
in Dress.
Suits for Tennis PlaYers-The Week
at the Theatre-A Cricket Club
Wanted.
A Peep Behind the s'sncs at the
"Erminie" K"hearsaIs Personal
Mention.

Spring Is responsible for a great many
things, notably that progressive thaw which
permeates the young mans fancy, s0ftens
his brain and inspires him occasionally to
essay matpim0By while at the same time il
Animhtes the young woman, when not en-
gagged in sparring with the aforesaid young
man for breath, 10 seek that consolation
which her dressmaker grants, 10 the social
dlsquietude Of her sisters and her cousins
and her aunts. According 10 the Psslmisi,
however, the lily OF the field ought 10 be-
considered as the ne plus ultra OF good
taste in dress, for without putting on any
style speak Of, David says that when In
yidious comparisons were drawn Solomon
In all his glory-metaporcally speaking
was knocked out
color. The description given of one Of his
ordinary business suits would make pea
cock enyious, and AZ he was essentially the
wisest and therefore the most sensible man
OF his day, the costumes Of the court dudes
OF that period would In all probability defy
same spirit of evolution which Darwin
claims made men out OF monkeys
Is now developing taste Tor
cOlOrs and combinations Of tints,
In this the Dinetcenih century, which even
Solomon would hesitate Ia have made up,
except for disguise or French ball. OF
course Rs long as II is the fashionable fad
" wear bright colOrs there Is no use deny
ing II. The European courts are In meas
ure responsible tor the craze. and ut one Of
the late royal drawing rooms, at which sew
eTal Americans were presented, one of the
fashionable English papers thus discusses
the costumes. There Is great demand
for metallic silver brOcades-not Drocades
entirely metallic, but the bullion thread Is
intermixed with the silks; Tor example,
with pink satin ground the brOcads is
partly silk, partly silver. Silver designs
are also thrown In broad silk stripes, good
example being maize aud white with silver.
Large bold leaves Of silver on white and
col0red grounds ind favor"
The patterns Of the newer brocades
would seem 10 be all covering and the sill
yer scrolls borrowed from the empire Pc
riOd on pink or blue satin ground have rare
ly been equalled for beauty.
The fashionable cOlOrs In silk are char
treuse cTeyette maze. Nj. agreen tcythirel,
q dreep blue sake by name, vieux rose,
suede, mOuthe IA grayish bluel and GEORGE,
white blended with black and with gray.
WEDDING TOILETS.
At n fashionable wedding In London the
bridesmaids wore pretty aprons of white
serge with blue silk waistc0ats trimmed
with astrachan fur, white fur hats and
NUTS en- suite. Each wore diamond and
ruby broach In which the bride ana bride.
grOOm's initials, TX. NJ, were surmounted
by ducal cOr0net, the gift of the bride
groom.
The brides costume was of white and
silver Louis XIV. brocade over a petticoat
of white satin duchesse, the whole being ar
ranged with fest00ns and frlnges of orange
blossoms and antique point dalencon.
Her tuly veil was fastened To her hair with
diamond pins and surmOunted by wreath
of natural urage blossoms, her court train
was borne by two little pages Of honor at
tired In white satin court suits with blue
waistcoats, cooked hats and eSeled
badges. The brides travelling dress was
of blue cloth trimmed with black astrachan
fur, and II is needless 10 say that
the ceremony was performed in the morn
ing. II may be seen from this tnat our
English cousins do not hesitate To rival The
rainbow on state occasions. while we dis
pense with the state and allow the oc-
casions 10 III the costume. For instance
remember seeing very pretty girl nj
"Lenoxr rugged out for tennis in costume
which nearly scared the ball out 0f It's
cover. Oh course she didn't really play,
but her partner, who was tennis en-
thusiast, said II was merely love set, and
as long as she only posed the other players
were so distracted he Invariably won the
game. But while artistically n pretty ten
mis- costume makes the game Infinitely
more attractive 10 the 0n.looker, II IL a
shame 10 make the game subservlent TO the
costume.
TENNIS SUITS.
The best lady tennis player In America,
Miss Adelaide Robinson, OF the Staten
Island club, wears very sensible cOstume,
consisting OF flannel shirt open at the
throat and cut something like sailor {
shirt, the sleeves, however, fitting much
tighter. broad leather belt en-.
circles her waist, from which flannel
skirt of sufficiently heavy material IA
hang close and yet give perfect freedom 10
the limbs enables her 10 get about the
court and return balls which only the more
expert players Of the other sex succeed IN
doing. While the dress Is by ro means
s0mbre and could be made very pretty, II
has no handsome brocades OF silver trim
mlngs To he easily tarnished by the dus
aud rough usage Il Ia necessarily exposed
to, but then Miss Robinson does not CONT
90 the tennis court 10 pose and look pretty
but for the sake of the game and the eAer
else Il affords
And While on the SUBJECT OF tennis
think il would be well for the clut
here 10 put two OF three active men wh'
are really interested In the game as th'
executive committee. Herbert Nicholson
while an excellent man and good player
will not have the necessary time TO devot'
20 the work % be- done, and Eugene Braden
the other gentleman elected To serve on th'
executive committee, left for San Francisc'
last night The promised court on tn
east side should be got in shape, for II l
only by giving the lovers of the game
fair field and plenty of opportunity To prac
tice that the current interest can be KEEP
up. As is,the iiDe weather we have beel
having and which could hardly DE sur
passed for tennis weather, has drawn gu
Messrs Kane. Hill, Carpenter, Word
Power and PrOsser, while among tn
ladies Miss Florence Childs, Miss Blaine
Miss Sharpe and Miss Carpenter hsv
helped TO make the courts attractive an
the young men enthusiastic.
There Is some talk about cricket, an
there Is no reason why Helena should nO
turn out as good IL not better team tina
the one which made Livingston sad an
administered a paralytlc stroke 10 Butt
last year. A warm summer day, goo
attendance of the fair sex and some goo
cricket, constitute an attractive sight. eve
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