The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-24

this year IL VIII do 30 largely peca"e0 Vi
Gill s industrial powers. :.
Harding. the end rush OF Harvard: Is
PLAYER of totally different sort, De-
ing q giant in phi, sique and siugger 10
| his methods. Nobody seeks hight Win
The great heavy athlete. and he clearly
belongs 20 the day when slugging was
A recognized part OF the game. tie mas
oot n cool head like Gill. and is apt 10
lose his temper. Still, with all mis-
weak points, he is easily the strongest
man of his team. The others are
mainly unknown quantities.
Cowan. OF Princeton. rs pluckY pay
81. and a skillful tactician. lie IS PROB
ABLY best at interfering OF any man on
any of the three teams. When he JOINS
IN a rush something is sure to happen,
and like Gill. his extraordinary cool
ness in moments Of general turmoil
makes him tower of strength to Ills
team. lie has great strength, ana
knows how TO use it to advantage.
Charming, also Of the Princetons, is
another remarkable fine player, anu Is
believed to be the best all-round halt
back in the country. Still another Is
EDGAR Allen Poe, nephew OF the
lannon's author of THE Raven. VINO
plays quarterback for the team, ana
who is the youngest captain OF any 10
the intercollegiate Association
Bad weather had deprived the teams
NJ a good deal Of needed practice TINS
wear. Princeton has got over THIS as
advantage to some extent by system
devised by it's captain. who gathers us
men together In a room ana arranging
number Of checkers on a board
makes difficult combinations and asks
mis- men what they would do under
.nch circumstances. This brings out
areument. and the discussion is one
hat sometimes involves many OF the
most difficult problems Of the footoah
field.
LATEST FANcIEs IL GOWNS AND DRESSES
The opening Of the Metropolitan
Opera House was practically the opeh-
ing Of the season, which BIDS ran 10 pe
brilliant in the extreme. though rev
dancing dresses will be taken from their
wrqppipgs until Thanksgiving evening
When the first gay cbordsoi the winter
ara sounded. a marked distinction be-
tween gowns for the dancers and gowns
for the non dancers will appear. Inc
mall but notable array Of debutdntes
land staunchly by last season s choice
Of pauzes and Tissues in delicate hues,
and will float over the polished floor' up
borne by hearts as light as thistle down
enveloped in clouds of white, OF rose,
pink or pale blue. These gauze ana
lisses are no longer sprinkled lndlscrIm'
inately with gold or silver spangies,
out many strings Of tiny gold and
crystal. and. perhaps. turquoise ana
ruby beads loop the draperies, and are
caught in place by lace-winged butter
flies or flowers wrought IN beads or
nine stones or real jewels. Gold and
silver threads are sometimes used In the
weaving, but ofteDer contrasting shades
of -ilk are run in in crOssbaIs.
Here is a gown which received Its
finishing touches yesterday Tor a girl
friend of Miss Wetnore, merry little
witch who will find it hard to main
tain proper decorum while making
her first bow. The full, round skirt OF
piuk crepe de chine is embroidered
an about the hem with pink and white
roses aud buds and green rose leaves.
The crep bodice is pointed back and
front and opens at the throat III V.
PINK mouselne de chiffon fills IN the
opening. velling the neck. and Is shlrred
to a point at the waist and closed
by narrow pink ribbon with
bow and long ends IN the
back between the shoulder-blades.
Then the ends are drawn for
ward under each arm TO tie in bow III
front with more ends. The pink nous
seine sleeves are mere bias puffs on the
upper side, barely covering lie curve
of The shoulder, but on the lower side
Of the arm they are very full AID reach
nearly to the elbow. A pink ribbon
with a tiny bow and short ends will be
knotted about each arm above the
lb0w and fastened with a silver pin,
,ud Gibbons TO match Will enrich the
.e Il and braid The hair. The long
gloves will be of pale tan, also the SILK
4tckings and suede shoes.
Iu marked contrast TO such glrlish
ioilet are the Lyons velvet and princely
iampcs and rich silken fabrics OF the
"stand-alone' quality wrought with a
solid embroidery of slashed silks, and
trimmed with feather bands, which
make up the costumes of young and
dressv married women who prefer TO
bewilder men Of the world with witty
conversation. and the skillful manoeu-
veling of train to whlrllng IN the
waltz with the beardless boys who I'LL
up the ranks of partners. The great
vines of wisteria or roses of natural
hines. the loose clusters of wood violets
with long stems, or of yellow Jonquil
with slender, green leaves, or oil fam
ing casters or starry chrysanthemum
flowers which make up the brocade pat
terms call for the utmost simplicity OF
untrImmed skirts, made IN long con-
tinuous breadths without drapery or
tOurnuTe.
Thus brilliant young woman, who
expects some highly fashionable people
To dance in the ball room just finished
as all annex to her establishment in
New York ON thanksgiving evening,
will greet her guests IN a gown OF a
soft cream shade of lampas with a
sparsely scattered brOcade Of yellow
| witch-hazel flowers with brown twigs
and stems. Four straight breadths OF
lsmpas form the skirt. two closely
gathered ones for the train and
one quite plain and straight on
either side opening over a front
breadth of pale yellow silk muslin
slightly creped so as to have a wrnkled
surface in place of the smooth one of
ordinary silk muslin. This creped
muslin Is f,stooned at the front and
then plainly gathered to the top Of the
foundation skirt. The waist has low
round neck aud is laced behind quite in
the old fashion of our grandmother s
day. The neck is draped with creped
ma slim and the same material forms
tue short pulled sleeves. Some very
hansome gowns were seen on
opening day at the metropolitan Mu-
scum Of Art IN Central Park. one deck
nigga tall stranger being especially no.
! lceable. The wearer was a peculiarly
graceful woman, whose eyes and hair
were a tawny brown, almost exactly
matching the smooth-surfaced cloth
dress 80 simple, yet so artislcally COM
plete IN its finish as to cause many eyes
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