Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-12
AUTUMN FASHIONS.
THINGS SEEN AT A BARN PARTY AND IN
TaE STORES.
4 German Under Novel Conditiors-WhAt We
Shall WsS-Pacs Ab9at Pail Dresses
and NllinGy-Ths Reign
Of Brown.
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Epsial Correspondence orhs Reqistsr.
New YORK, September 10 am
planning 10 tell you about a barn party,
and also about the first costumes fin
ished for autumn. The barn party shall
come first, by your leave. 1t was given
at Lenox, and those OF US who went
from New York to enjoy it found the
big, lofty, understanding barn full OF
clover hay piled high on the mows, and
hung with draperieS of gay print in red
and white stripes caught up with long
red ribbons. Bunches Of brown cat
tails, oats, grasses, golden rod and car
dinal flowers were placed against the
hangings. 1t was q new barn and the
floor was a fine solid one Of matched
pine planks. These had been waxed
and oiled for dancing, and great parti-
colored Chinese lanterns hung from the
rafters. Benches and setteeS were
ranged against the walls and covered
with fur rugs, buffalo robes, bright
colOred lap robes and gay shawls.
Their ewere cOlored fddlers on the little
platform built in one corner for the
musicians, and the costumes OF the
fresh-faced girls who whirled in the
waltz were notably pretty, perhaps be-
cause almost Invariably simple.
One young girl, wore plain full
white muslin skirt, with waistand short
paniers OF pink lawn and full white
muslin sleeves. Her straw poke bonnet
was lined with pink tulle and trimmed
with pink roses.
Another costume was a skirt Of white
linen lawn Sprigged with red, with
white null paniers looped with red rib
bons. The high bodice had full vest
OF red crepe de chine.
The most elaborate toilet l saw was
worn by a young woman who looked
like Lillian Russell. 1t was white
muslin printed with fall asters in shades
of pale purple and lilac, and worn over
an un6crdresS Of lilac silk. The muslin
was rather oddly flounced with little
guipure lace, and this was caught up
prettily, il not altogether by necessity,
with roSettes of lilac ribbon. The |
bodice was made Of guipure insertion |
and muslin.
There was q german, though 4 ger |
man doesn't seem in any way essential !
az a barn party, and among the favors |
were many sorts of odd trities shaped |
and cOlored like autumn leaves.
do not mean 10 trouble you with |
more than one more dress, and l find it /
hard 10 decide whether that shall be the |
maize-colOred muslin printed with cher
rieS-an eccentric gown worn by won
deriully pretty and vivaciOus brunette
or the pale gray muslin lowered with
stalks Of gladiolus. This was worn by /
a very tall, very slender and very pale
woman, and the effect of the splashes
OF vivid red and orange color was pro-
nOunced but not unpleasant. l had
curious notion that it was toned down
for every behOlder by the Quietude of
the woman, who leaned back against the
dark furS that covered her settee and
watched the dancers without seeming to
see them, unconscious, so far as any
body could determine, of their move
meuts, of her surroundings and Of the
gladiolus spikes against the pale gray.
Do you care for autum leaves? Up
at OnteOra, in the CatSkills, where the
Bear and the Fox is still kept open, and
Mrs Cadance Wheeler and her fellow
artistic and the literary folk will remain
until quite cold weather, most home
like sitting-rOOm in one OF the cottages
has been glori6ed this week by the first
of the maple branches that have turned
yellow and the first OF the oak leaves
that have turned red and bronze. Each
leaf has been pressed and spread open
and attached with q little glue to the
pale creamy-brown wall, making a
frieze that is aglow with color, and
seemed the one thing that was needed
to comslete the effect Of the open fire.
place, the deep window seats and the
lark oak finish OF woodwork and furni-
ture. The leaves, the artists say, will |
last even through the winter and will |
not lose life or color or turn dull.