The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-23

broidery. The handle was Of electric blue
china, with gold stars and . golden knob
on the end.
Another lovely creation was Of fawn
color and brown. The two were so beau
tlfully mixed that one could fancy that Q
blonde with such dainty framework 20
her head might look as If backed by n
golden halo.
Ii used 10 be bad form 20 carry an urn-
breiia or pArasos IN its case, but this sum-
Dser il is the proper thing 80 10 do. To
cater 20 this new and somewhat eccentric
taste. parasol covers are made TO match
each parasol- They are made In exactly
the same kind Of silk and decorated in pre-
cisely the same way.
The golden and blue parasol, previously
described. had gold and blue cover, and
the fawn color and brown parasol had a
cover Of fawn and brown with little dots OF
yellow for a border.
One Is moved TO wonder Of what use
these cases are. When a woman carries a
parssol she is supposed TO use Il and TO
unfurl il over her head whenever she
goes forth in the day time. In the evening
she Is supposed TO leave her parasol a.
home
But these ideas are oid-fsshioned ones,
and there are now no new ones 70 take the
place Of them. The summer parasol il like
the summer girl 1t has wars Of it's own,
and the reasons for them are often devious
and past finding out. According to the
summers dictates, the summer parasol is
10 be carried upon mountaineering trips
and upon excursions where q walking stick
Is required, and where an Alpenstock was
formerly used. The handle is made
specially long for this purpose, and the
cover is supplied, so that the psrasol may
not become worn or torn By the excur-
sions.
The material Is very fine, so that the
whole, when rolled up and put in its case,
is no larger around than an Alpenstock,
and serves the purpose just the same.
When a place OF rest IS reached, and the
summer woman desires 10 be sheltered,
her parasoi, and 10! the Alpenstock 10
transformed.
This is said 10 be the real reason why
such very fancy cases are raade this sum-
mer. But truth TO tell, they seem to be put
70 many different use. In the evening
when the only planet visible Is the cold
moon, without ever q thought Of suns rays
or MONDAY glare, the woman Of fashion
may be seen promenading the hotel piaZzas
with one hand upon the arm of her mascu-
line escort and the other grasping the long
handle OF her parasol, which she uses as
q walklng-stick. OF course, il is neatly
rolled up IN its case and looks like part
OF the dress which il so closely matches in
color and texture
Word comes over from London that Mr..
Oscar Wilde is entering a new protest
against the sOmberness Of mans attire. At
a picture exhibition 10 which he and his
graceful wife were invited, he appeared in
brown suit OF somewhat peculiar cut. 1t
was very long in the coat and very loose
in the legs. With this brown coat he wore
a heIotTope tie and yellow dotted shirt.
and. not only one, but whole bunch Of
yellow carnations in mis- buttonhole.
His wife wore brown OF the same shade.
which was also relieved by touches Of
yellow
II is said by those who saw them that
the two appeared like canary birds, gone
somewhat to seed. with their liberal coat
ing of brown. And yet there were others
who were eye-witneSses who said that
Oscar Wilde looked wonderfully handsome
in his brown and yellow gef-ap, ana that
he and his wife would be yet regarded as
social martyrs, and not as social eccen-
tricities.
The outdoor wearing of natural flowers
by ladies IS becoming more popular. Much
has been written about trImInin z bonnets
with natural flowers, and now there is
Partisan sanction for the revival Of but
tonhOles" or sprays OF natural flowers.
For perhaps year past It has been rather
more in favor 10 carry flowers in ones
hands, but with the advance of the season
comes the fashion Of again wearing them
pinned upon the gown. IL is voted that
the ultra chic posey Is formed by fastening
flowers together in the form Of an old
fashioned coTsage. which Is 10 be pinned at
the front Of the jacket, at the place where
50 many waists merge from a front into
a coat
The favorite way Of fastening on flowers
at hops and balls IS 10 pin them high upon
the left shoulder so that they fall back
ward over the shoulder rather than for
ward. In this way they are not crushed.