Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-22
A FAMOUS WATERING PLACE,
Fashions and Foibles on the Beach
at Trouvllle.

rhhous boaruWaik--how the People
Bathe.
Correspondent Phlla. Evening Telegraph.
PARIS, Aug. 31.--I have just returned
home from visit to the most famous
and fashionable Of the French Watering
places, namely, Trouville. If any in
stance We're needed of the causeless
caprice of fashion, it is to be found in
the vogue of this ovcrratcd spot. To be
sure it was created by tho first Duke dc
Morny when he was a social as well as n
political power in the France and second
empire. Why he chose to set the seal of
his brilliant reputation as society
leader on the sands and the sloping hills
that formed the site for his favored sea.
side resort, it is hard TO conceive. One
can very well imagine his motive for the
action itself II was a question of specu-
lation. Lands and houses in the neigh
horhood or what had once been mere
fishing village went up to fabulous
prices as soon as De Morny condo
scended to declare that their Of all other
places on the Normandy coast, was the
proper spot for spending the summer.
lie might have gone farther along the
shore, methnks, and Jared great deal
better. lie could hardly have done
worse,
Trouville fully deserves its name,
which, being literally translated, means
Hole City," That is to say, in the
sense that we Americans often call
place "a hole when we wish simply to
Indicate that it is devoid of any attrac.
tons, and is in facG rather unpleasant
than otherwise II is hot and it is sandy.
Situated as it is between two long pro.
monturies stretching far out into the
ocean, and, in the heart, so to speak, OF
the deep curve of the bay, it is as
ctfectually protected from the sea winds
us though 1t were winter refuge for
consumptiyGs. One looks ont upon the
ocean and one hears the clash Of the
waves upon the beach, but none Of the
delicious Salt-llavored GOODNESS of the
sea brce2es sheds its pleasant influence
oyer the summer atmosphere.
THE BOARDWALK.
The great attraction" of Trouville is
the celebrated boardwalk, which has
formed Il prominent scene in scores of
novels, from Ouida's Moths down. 1t is
broad, but it is not very long, being at
the most quarter of a milo in extent.
There everybody goes to promenade, or
to take chairs and Sit at the edge Of il to
watch the promenadcrs. During the race
weeks its sandy planks are swept by the
trailing skirts of the most gorgeous
gowns that the inventive genius Of the
great Partisan dressmakers can create,
| and that feminine taste can appreciate,
For that one fortnight the bygone
| glories Of Trouville flame forth in all
aa,,,i I,,,.1, 9Ptsiie'oi IiiacosscS ana
tunii,ito NV leauors OF fashion anu
,,I y, I'll. w cIGalh q society
H., ~ ~ ii''l"4es' uisGs' sllo" loftn slue
y SlHo'
ms seaI VIC gowns ana gafos OF the
oativs ahI uainSols lhat trod with
aMeel,lhs skiIls the wooden pathway
WI, "GiI u my MonutIlul IMAM ever TO be-
hS's, ny pretuost possible connections
81, ~ iouia at ~ ;Si.P2ht OF even crepe dc
Inlne, shFanN mo lhslgniiicahce when
TVIilP't'Iu WIN tllosc gorgeous tollettes.
y nv isee lhohe OIL your mutation
IdDtiCs, YOU pLease, put genuine and
S'i,,y IN IaC', vi pGlhI plchesse, or
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NV ilt'av uuit."tG 20, ol evening dress
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~ eo'e " NJ EGiNei iilatchihS the under
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Miic iacc' Were me rule A tull pointed
| ptIcI'lo Or cape IN VeiNct, matching the
800 ~ I'M "h'' eGEea az around with
harr9W laCG, sheltered the wearer's
slioulueIs. W zoe mats IN Lcghorn straw
lTlinllieu WIN RIBBONS ana flowers or
plNtilcs sii"uca Ihe wonderfully colifcd
heaaS' MANY o. the pfomenaders Wore
iiecNiaces IN colofca gems set in dia-
lnohds, or eisc composed OF several rows
OF peuE!s' one was lrfes,istlbly reminded
OF a swarm Of butterflies settled in il
s,,,,,,,ars ,0"IP KY !. Z i4alsHy spot IN
coIors of their auiynrinr wings ~ ~
then disappearing as suddenly as thnI,
had come, leaving the mud n 'the sSi,,r
beetles thay had DISPLACED
For the races once An an opd tho
boardwalk once more becomes Jesort
Point lace and pearls Jewels mi -
horn hats, ball dresses modn MIN III,
corsages, all vanish as if nv magic e =
seems as though Soma encb.mfor ~
revived by a subtle gnclI thc dosl NJ
zone bellies and beauties II M Ir,f,,,,,,
ltmpire, and the mower Of lie snrca'r,,
once al an end. MI Tia nhnnto,ns IL L., !
couilrcd mn rnturnpd l., tI,a sila,,n, a AZ |,
the shadows from whence tha,, ~ ~
been summoned INA Mani rnoI ,..,,
lately so thronred Tint il v.as III ny +, !,
impossible 10 mako ans U,aI, ,i,rt','.,'
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