Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-22

| In the evening saw more gowns. In
| a big rocker on a broad piazza, I looked
In one of the hotel windows and
| watched the gay dancers / had seen
wonderful and gorgeous combinations
that afternoon, but they were forgotten
for the moment as watched the pretty
colors going in and out through the fig
ures. Tho first girl that picked out
tom the bewildering maze was the
simplest of all. could let my eyes rest
on her quietly enough, for she hadn't
a bit of any coloring in her whole
gowning beside creamy yellow. Her
hair was particularly dark, and her skin
deicately fair, at least from the dis
lance at which was sitting. Her gown
was made very simply, with the excep-
ton, perhaps, of very sweeping train.
| The gauze it was made of had fine silk
threads running through it in narrow
stripes. The only adornment on the
skirt was a tiny ruffle at it's edge, and
the bodice was simply gathered top and
bottom. At the bottom it was covered
by soft yellow sash, with ends that
stretched almost as far as the train, and
at the top it was finished by little
heading. She wore no sleeves, just
shoulder puffs, and gloves to match her
/
and at her waist were of the same deli
cate shade.
Then my eye was caught by n beauti-
full pale green chiffon and gold passe-
menterie dress that tall girl with
golden hair was wearing. The full
plating at the skirts edge was confined
by gold colored ribbon; the waist, cut
in wide v, was partly covered by an
over bodice of beautiful gold passemen-
! terie, and she, too, had nothing more
than high puff on the shoulder.
| girl posed in a daring attitude in an
easy chair near me, lorgnette in hand
and devoted admirer bending over her,
wore shining white with funny little
streaks of sunshine running all through
it. 1t must have come from some east
ern land, for it had a very foreign look
about it. 1t was cut extremely low
both back and front, and was caught
up in queer little folds here and there,
so that the sunshine streaks came out.
l should have liked to see her dance,
but she didn't rise from that chair once
through the whole evening.
| There were a number of black gowns,
thin and soft-looking, and any quantity
of white. One set had four pale blue
gowns in it, all of which were very
pretty.
A great many of them wore natural
flowers in their hair. Fine wreaths of
rosebuds, or faint blush roses, now take
the place of the Greek band and ribbon
bow. The low coil is adorned at the
side with flower sprays. The wreaths
are made on fine wire and look very
pretty. Bugs and insects are still used,
put on long wires, SO that they move
with every motion of the head
One maiden that l watched had her
hair fixed in very sweet and artless
fashion. I'm sure it was her first season,
she looked so pretty and shy. She was
all in white, too. Her hair was very
short, reaching only to the shoulders,
and had a soft natural wave in it. 1t
was gathered together at the back of
her head, and intertwined once or twice
in a pretty, indefnable fashion, and
then allowed to fall loosely over her
shoulder. 1t was very charming, and
all the men there that didn't know her
cast longing glances in her direction.
She'll be spoiled before long, very
much fear. EVA A. SCHUBERT.