Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
SOCIETY GOSSIP.
SAM TALK or HOW THE NEW YORK
olRL FIGURES ABROAD.
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ss~smsnss-Pretsy Women Issr-
a,ts-Chis R,ding.Habits.

yard who went over WIN ha- and
because Jane fell in love WIZ E,anua who
wouldn't leave her, Mis-: Ei ~ her much-ad-
,nirsd CONAN. though she may never e.p s
xu.s = resident. Miss Amy winthrop, anu
w. ,";nd Won. don't say 1t was one OF
AN ,;,is with whom have mentioned, pc
cause these are by no means al, wno na.o
Sone. but New York giri whose hn,n as
you know and who rs very cl;mbine
With quite an adventure whiie eiiA"""
che Riehi the other day.
Won would have known her anywneles
for 4 New Yorker. for she wore tue nas.i"s ~
az mountain suits. and the lauhties. u
sa;lny hats. She carried an Alpine s,ock
vh,ch was of no earthly use only 70
AZ. She was equipped WITH n eiui S,non a
and she could well AFFORD 10 stand a awnrc
iutting crsg and let the w'nd wh'sA ""A
her draperies-
AMxAS ADVANTAGE.
Well. this young lady made an engage,
ment with o certain gentleman W 0'''''
Now the Richi is very steep and very
Nd ond vsry slippery, and TO climb II Is
II IL mot strange then that our young
Id nth her TOW Alpine stock should SIP,
nor Is il strange that her companion, Mno
is An American, and therefore iuIiy NV
70 his opportunities, shouio ca'on IVA "
his arms-and then
sBer lips we're so near. that
Whist elss could he do7
You viii blame him fear
But her lips we're so near, thet-
What else could be dot"
The only trouble was that above them on
another crag were some more new iorheIS
Who knew them both. That was pao'
wesn'tit! d.. and
her friends say sheis handsomer than wneh
Abe wrote her name Miss Romaine stone
Ehs occupied a box at the Grand Opera
Honse not long ago with some titled foiK
from Germany. Her costume was WINE
oolored velvet with Thinning OF pale plnh
ostrich plumes. Some one SAID sne Iooheu
like A oueen. and a gallant Frenchman re-
olied that she was. for she was an Auiefl-
can. and all American women are queens
CAPTURING TITLES.
FIs;s DeWolfe is also IN Paris. and MISS
Railev who ia going TO marry Count SiDour
in Deeember. Miss Cutting has also cap
tured q title, and some time TINS Ial sne
will be Baroness de Verier, and MISS Dora
Wheeler is married to man VINO ougn. "
he sold the title which was his birthright.
not for q mess Of pottage exactly, but II Is
ia for money enough TO pay his debts:
Rut the engagement which has created
tbe greatest Hurry is that of Prince George
Eristoff. who is to marry Mrs. Walton q
vealthy American widow. i wonder IL IL
would be good thing to make an import
ed husband dutiable article! hna.
The foreign fashion OF shaking nahos
with the elbow in the sir has rather iost
caste since Bishop Chester denounced II as
Ssw;no been invented by idiots and
adopted snobs."
Madam Hartly. who is Just back from
Europe, SAYS that all the ladies are wear
ing lots of hair, and that it is all IN tan
ole. The hats are tiny things-~the pref
fest Won ever saw in your life." says
Wsdaw Hartly. ESPECIALLY the evening
honnets which are made entirely OF
Jewels" And she says, too, that on
The other aide they are wearing hfteentl-
century coats with big lace-trimmed iapeis
and high rolling collars" -.
predict that there will be revival OF
the pompadour style OF halr-dressing, De-
canse Mrs. Stanley wears hers that way
I'D looks yery pretty. The only trouble
is there are few ladies who have forehead
classic enough to stand it. Mrs. Cleve,
land has lint she don't wear her hair tna'
NAV any more. Mrs. Morton combs hel
beautiful snow-whlte locks straight bacE
and her face is so youthful that the enec'
Is very striking. ...
inc of the riding academies. The habits
This fall are like the seasons novels-they
leave little to the IMAGINATION. When
younp lady clad in one OF these regulation
things rises in her saddle there Is the
finest opportunity in the, world 70 study
the conyolutions of the human form Oh
vine. IL, ,;.,
chisement from the skirt is desired by most
Women. IL you could see them after they
return from a ride, get out OF the skirt. and
run about as long as they possibly can IN
BASQUE and trousers, you would peiieve
me. The antics they cut no are very iunny.
They seem possessed to do all the things
that they can't do in q skirt.
Miss Adele Grant has been charming
Che fellows at Newport quite as much ~
abe did-swell, We won't say exactly how
many seasons ago. She is one OF those
rare women who wear we'll. Mrs. Whitney
viii rive a german in Miss Grants honor
before she returns to London. which will
be soon. She sails on the 2Sth.
Some one laughingly, suggested that she
would soon be reported as engaged to some
count or baron. "Ah. no." replied she
merrily, nothing less than prince would
satisfy me-"
FASHIONABLE MARRIAGES.
There was very pretty wedding thi!
~esk at Riyerdale-on- Hudson, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph. Mr.. Frank
Edeerton Webb and Miss May Randolph
were, as the society reporters put 1t, 1.-THE
high contracting parties" 49,.
Next week at Perth Amboy Miss Fanny
Parker, of Newark, and Mr.. Henry Park
man. OF Boston. will take upon themselves
the bonds and obligations OF matrimony
am told that MISS Parker will not don the
conventional gown of cream satin and lace
but will have for her wedding dress al
entire suit Of the palest heliotrope
The undergarments viii be OF the same
color, all of the daintiest sllk, and
trimmed with pillows OF the finest valen.
pienne. Everything Is heliotrope, even the
bouquet, which win be big loose bunch
OF those fragrant blossoms tied with a rib
bon that matches them. The ornaments
worn with this unique wedding out
a. will be all pale-colored anne.
thyst, even to the silver buckles and
garter CLASPS Among nc g;o. 'n and T wSss
whose bouquet will be sweet peas
another in gold and green will lift up the
golden rod, the flower which Mrs. Harri-
Ron wants for national emblem and
which Mrs. Cleveland declares is only q
nasty weed"
WAITING FOR TIE GATE TO oPKy.
II one wishes TO see all classes and con-
dtions of men snd women in line ct once
let him 60 down 10 the pier on race-day
aud watch tho crowd that stands waiting
Tor the opening OF the gates.
: On the day VI the great race between
Salvador and Tenny 1 noticed one group
that interested me very much. Promi-
pent in it was the stalwart figure of
Murat Halstesd. with his imperial head
and Determined face; beside him stood
lady with = rare sweet face jostling
plosely upon these two was o thick
Tipped negro, with gorgeous necktie
and flaming rhinestone, and not two
feet away was crinning Chinaman. Then
came one of the most noted lawyers IN
Philadelphia with his wife and daughter
and tall individual who looked suspi.
ciously like parson. but who was proba.
bly, . bookmaker. Truly, at the ferry.
gstes the rich and the poor meet TO.
gether," but whether 1.-The Lord is The
maker OF them all" one feels almost in.
elinsd 10 question.
The hsme and the Children.
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