Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-24

We have three sexes on the streets
this season. for distinct place in ma
ture must be assigned to the gentle
manly girl. "Mannish maiden" is in
accurate: il implies Self-aSScrtiyeneSS.
bounce. freedom. while the class re-
ferred 10 is Correct, with a big c, care
fully conformcd 10 rigid rule. With
their plain skirts of black and white
check. with bodice terminating at the
back ia swallowtailS; with their starch
cd shirt bosoms with collar aud
four-in-hand tie complete: with their
close English walking hats, broad-Soled
laced shoes high i'm the leg, tan-colOrcd
dogSkn gloves and small watches OF
oXidizcd silver Oruamcntcd with mono
grams n raised gold letters and faSten-
ed each with 4 brooch on the left front
Of the bodice or EtOn jacket. they dis
play a fawlcSS fit, a conventional per-
lection of apparel which scouts the
ImanniSh; IL is gcutlemanly. When the
girl feminine with her aesthetic loose
drapcrics and hanging sleeves has one
of these chic. severe individuals for cS-
cort 10 has an the imposing effect of
masculine cOmpaniouShip and prOtcc-
ton. and vet she doesn't need a chapcr-
one
The paraSOls come out In full tlGttcr
AT the Gravcscnd races, brilliant as
flowers and light and uuSubStantial as
the baSclcSS fabric of 4 dream. Leaning
back on the cushions of an open carriage
an auburn-tinted girl shades her face
witha white crepe de Chine dome that
is wrcathed with immense roses.
4 big. brown-haired girl with a bril-
liant complexion and dimplc in her
chin carries paraSOl of black and white
interlaccd ribbons woven like basket
oSierS. Ribbon loops dangle like fringe
from the edges. and every loop Is finish
ed with a little metal spike that gives
outa musical tinkle as it swings against
Its ncighborS. A brunette who seems
wonderfully interested in the colt Dia-
bolo carries a black paraSol ailame with
a circle of scarlet roSettes, and here and
there i'm the crowd one catches sight Of
half dozen paraSols, with plaid scarfS
tied round their tops like SaSheS above
toddlerS' spreading draperleS. \ snowy
looking woman thruStS into your face
|onc of those odiouS parasOlS which divert
from its proper uses nearly half ton oil
marsh grass to make fringe. There
are paraSols edged with ostrich feather
trimmmg-theSe are hot looking; there
are also paraSolS edged with swans down
these look aS if they had picked up
rs a pcrQuiSitc something they would
have done better 10 leave alone; there
are paraSols with lunches of cherries or
Iotber small fruits dangling from the
ihondles-theSe suggest lunch TO u we'll
regulated mind; but there's no account
ing for the whimSeS of fashionable
parasol. especially when it takes Il no
tion 10 carry little box for change. or
a bonbonnierre. or a silver pencil, or
vinaigrcttc. or 4 pOwder-boX in its had
de One of the paraSolS whimS IS very
sensible ln no longer equipS Itself Tor
ANYTHING very desperate IN the line oil
combat. Instead of the sharp, weapon
like point at the top it now carries an
ivory button. "blunt as the fencerS
foilS. which hit but hurt not, or big
AutTv rosette of lace or huttering Knot
of ribbon. Most of the paraSOlS are en-
ormous: indeed. they have to be, con
sidering the hat brimS they are expected
TO exceed.
Earlier i'm the season street costumes
were simple and. as rule, dark color
ed. but as summer advances shaking
ont her banners. the pretty audaclty
that always charactcrizeS seaside ana
country dressing shows itself for a 0riei,
bright week or two in town. The END
and aim of the summer gowns am0l-
tionS is the glorifcation, the apotheoSiS
Of the easy. the neglige. The white
silk skirt stripped in blue and gold, worn
under an open French guard coat oil
blue cloth and with a pale gold skirt oil
India silk SplaShed with scattered,
bir-stemmed blossoms, is, il the toilet
is crowned with a blue gauze hat
wrcathed with yellow and white roses,
unite the smart. out-of-door costume.
I Yesterday l saw in the park pretty girl
One always says pretty" to awaken the
I interest of the reader, but this girl was
i'm sober truth good-looking. Her gown
was Spanish red silk figured with
black and with Il ruche of black lace at
the bottom. The high round waist was