Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-31
TO A TEA ROSE.
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TO A TEA ROSE.
Edgar Fltrtcu.
Deep.folded flower, for me your race j.
Bears what no Kindred blooms have borne
That CLEAN in memory's vistas-
A charm, chastity, grace
The lOveliest roses have not worn,
OF all your lovely sisters
Half-tinged like some dim-yellow peach,
Half like a shells pink inward whorl
That sighs it's sea home after,
Your creamy oval bud lets each
Pale outer petal backward curl,
Like young Child's lip in laughterl
And yet no mirthful trace we see;
Rather the grave, serene repOse
OF gentlest designations;
So that YOU sometimes seem TO be
or one might say it of a rose)
In pensive meditation
All how many earthly words express
Inls placid sadness round you cast,
Delicate, vanue, unspOkent
AS though some red prOgeutress,
In some old garden of the past,
Had had her young heart orokenl
The beautiful weather of the past week,
Just cool enough TO mako dancing delight
full pleasure, brought into the social arena
several extremely pleasant entertainments,
that of MIR. and Mrs. Henry w. Yates for
General and Mrs. Manderson and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Grants dancing party sin the
barn" leading the procession.
Since Lent there has been really so little
doing in the haut monde that society eagerly
grasped the opportunity to enjoy few fleet
ing hours in the dance or exchanging tender
contid ences in the hooks and alcoves for
which Hillside" is so famous.
In addition to these large affairs there were
number of less formal events which were
none the less pleasant, so that the week has
really been very charming one, especially to
those who have not vet tired of the round and
are still undecided where the summer Is to
:, be passed.
Already Omaha Is showing up on the other
side of the pond and the guest books" in
the London and Paris hotels show the prese
cace of Gate City tourists. BY the time tn
end OF June is reached the metropolis of Ned
braska will be more largely represente
abroad than at any one time in it's history
which argues well for the standing of the com
munity from financial standpoint at least
and gives quite a decided blow to the assertion
that the city has not yet recovered from the
failure of last years crops.
Not alone in the exclusive circles of life
do you hear the question, "Where are you
going this summerr' for all sorts and condi-
tiOns of people are asking that same interrog-
atory. The ten-dollar-a-wcek entry clerk IS
discussing his prospective two weeks vaCa-
man of thousands the wife of the said
man meditating conquests at Narragansett
Pler or Newport, or coming nearer home
Minnetonka and Spirit Lake.
1T is an exceedingly difficult matter" SAID
gentleman who deals in bicycle supplies,
$50 get the ladies of Omaha Interested in
cycling FOR city of its size there is very
little riding done by women. Just what the
reason is ii would be hard to state 1t NAV
be the dread of the labor of learning, though
IT Is not so severe as one would imagine;
Scom two to ton lessons being all that is re
qSircd to make fairly good rider and in
one Instance | have known lady to accom-
pish the result i'll a single lesson of trhe
more than an hours duration.
What one needs in mastering the wheel is
pluck and determination. Recently yOung
woman, whose home is OH jefferson avenue
engaged me TO teach her to mount The
hour set Was $50 AS you know, the streets
at tnat time are thronged with people. Did
that discoucert her! Not in the least The
passcrs by were ignored She was deter
mined TO learn ana learn she did that very
evening Such material is bound to make a
gu0u rider and wish more women possessed
1t. After pedaling has been acquired, the
balancing anu steering comes with very little
practice. The final steps are the mount ana
dlsmount.n
The proper dress for cycling is a subject
that interests every wheel-woman. The
present sheath-like model for skirts is insult
able for cycling the front and sides are too
scaut, allowing no room for the movement of
the knees. What is required is skirt reach
ing to the instep of straight widths measuring
two and one-half yards and gathered or
peatCd all the way around tho belt The
opening should be made nt tho side, as when
al the back 1t is liable TO catch on the saddle
when mounting or dismounting. The most
satisfactory material is lady's CLOTH flannel
or corduroy. Under this skirt Is worn a short
skirt of black brilliantine with trousers of
the same goods fastened with an elastic band
at the knees. A "blousc" waist is To be
avoided rs it gives a sort Of ungraceful APP
pcarance TO the figure neat fitting
'speucer' waist of China silk or campric is
preferred, a. II can bo occasionally laundried
A light cloth or knitted wool Tam OShanter
completes the costume