Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-23
SHOPPING.
SMART TOILETS AT GOODWOOD AND AT
C0WES.
The Brightly Dressed English Girls Who Dele Oh
Race Meeting at 4 Summer Bazaar.
A Pretty Wedding-Fall
Fashions.

10 is hard To see why the wandering
American should shop at all in London,
except for the delightful courtesy TO be
met from Regent street to Cheapside.
There is certain atmosphere Of low
prices hanging over the city, but the
/ particular thing that you desire usually
costs as much as at home. The veteran
LondOner probably can clothe herself
somewhat more cheaply than the New
Yorker or Philadelphian; but the sum
mer traveller, not knowing London as
She knows her home shops will often
find herself paying rather more here for
q rather less satisfactory article.
But one could buy in London for the
pure pleasure of being waited ON. After
the incivility of the American ShOpgirl
the politeness and careful attention Of
the London variety expands the heart
and the purse strings \ shipment Of
10 would prove the most taking of all
| Imported" articles One noticeable
/ difference between the cities ON opposite
sides of the Atlantic ferry is the great
number of fashion departures i'm Eng
land. The American woman buys rs a
rule more frockS at time. The Eng
/ fish woman. especially in summer, buys
oftener. The American buys six hats
|ata spring opening" The English
/ fine lady gets one i'm June for Ascot,
/ TWO if she expects to attend on two
successive days. In July she buys for
Henley, and i'm August there are novel
/ ties" for Goodwood and for CoweS.
The Goodwood toilets were very pref
. ~. the weather being fine for the most
part and the English girl who dearly
loves a race meeting out i'm full feather.
/ The eagerucSS of the young girls, an
odd, restrained British eagerneSS, as
they watched from the lawn seats the
horses passing TO and from the pad
dock. was curiOuSly interesting. a
rosy, fair girl wore an exceedingly
smart hat in pale gray felt. hesitate
90 call 10 hcart-shaped, and yet the word
describes its quaint form better than
any other. Its trimmings were heavy
ostrich plumeS under the wide brlm in
\ front and dropping over the hair behind.
+ A graceful hat of black open work erin
0line straw was wholly without crown.
f 10 turned uprathcr sharply both In front
and behind. and was edged about with
black Chantilly lace, finely plated.
+ Curly ostrich tips were planted pictur-
|csQuely. and ou one side were large. red
roses, with pale green foliage. Several
/ OF the very long. quaint bodiceS were
worn coming nearly 20 "a wOmau'S knees.
. One of these were of black lace, but
I they were not especially pretty. The
smarteSt garments, perhaps. were little
coats of blue gray Venetian cloth, braid
ed iu tinSel To- match the delicate tones.
+ Others were in vicuN rose Venetian cloth,
braided iu silver and tiuSel cord, with
cpaulct> 90 correspond.
Az lunch hour the course was gay
with bright muSlins, their owners en-
route 90 the dragS. where strawberries
and cream were flowing. \ very chic
Young woman wore a severe black mus
Jim with ic, trimmings, and ON her black
hair large rustic hat with tufts OF pink
carnations. Their midday meal spread
.uu the grass was merry party in white
china crepe frocks dotted with pale
blue. There were four sisters or cousins
oi them, dressed alike, their irocNS
edged with q BAND of browuish tONglONes
with dull-grcon foliage. The sleeves
were very fun. Big Trcrnon hats OF
Lerh0rn trimmed with loXgl0yc spikes
acc0muauiod these summer toilets.
while fun. domc-shaped parasolS
Tot shirrcd blue chiiiow bobbed
mp and down gayly while this one
reached for salad or that one for cheese.
The foulards were the freshest looking
dresses. one iu pale yellow striped with
brown and finished with % Louis MI.
friu of white muslin, being most coQuet-