Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-06-25

New GofK June. 1s92.-A Baltimore
paper seems TO think it strange that
the gifted poetess, Ella Wheeler Will
cox, should possess another gift, in adj
dition to hat by which the world
knows her. That she should perform
n butterfly dance with grace and
nerve, that she should move through
the mazes of the terpsichorean study
without committing o blgnder, or
showing onc trace of amsteurishncss,
has excited a good deal of wonder.
People cannot reconcile the two
things, IL seems, tho writing of what
are rather broadly termed ''warm
verses and the knowledge Of the art
OF t~erpsichOre. But why not? Dane
ing has bee defined as the
poetry Of motion, so after ali it is n
poetess with her talent for giving ex-
preston TO beauty In any form who
may he expected to express the beauty
OF motion OF curse the world knows
Mrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox, through the
Medium OF those verses which have an
almost browning like flavor about
their sweet feminine intensity, il does
~no~know her as a dancer. That is re-
served or her friends just as some
high church priests relax themselves
and amuse others, by playing the
banjo IN private life. 1t is not often
that ones business Is ones pleasure
too, although in the case # Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, there Is a ring of
plaintivc sincerity about the plaintivc
stanZas which give the lie 10 this state
ment 1t is not strange though to find
an artist gifted in two ways,
most artists are, although the
minor gift does not ALWAYS
reach the eye or car OF the
public 1t seems hard 10 the average
mediocre man or woman that several
gifts should be lavished on one in
dividual, just as some women are
proud In the possession of good eyes,
teeth and hair. while others go through
the weary path of life without one
good feature. But then this view OF
things Is very, very superb ,ial; on
looking deeper into the matter il will
be seen that oompensations are liber-
ally scattered Possibly an individual,
may appear painfully free from the
gift OF beauty, and void of mental or
artistic gifts in any form, but there
may not be the slightest reason in he
world TO pity that commonplace per-
son, he or she may rejoice in a
contented spirit, balm for all troubles,
or n good dig stion. which though
il doesn't sound so pretty to the ear is
a very good thing to have. Oh. yes,
life is full of compensations, and the
gifted don't always have the best of
it. Whims, humors and moods are
common to the genius and the soul of
the poet-from what we read of them
though a wonderful and admirable
thing is a heavy responsibility. John
Smith, with a merely average compo-
sition, good appetite and taste for ar
ithnctic. is without doubt "A happier
man than Keats or Shelley. About
dress, nave a few important things
To say, and having viewed n few rich
materials at Redfern's. which. as he
predicts, are he coming fabrics, /
will turn the ker into my storehouse
of fashionable knowledge and shall
be delighted if you viii enter with me.
Well, / can not say hat the materials
were pretty; there was one eccentric
thing for tailor-made gowns which
was called 'L'Africainc." There Is
ALWAYS some ,eason in these French
of ftatooed pattern at intervals on n
heavy cloth Then there were many
shot velvets and pushes TO be used for
the pretty little Figaro jackets which
are SO much affected by the e~legantes
of this season Striped silks Redeem
showed me in great variety, mostly
col red stripes on black ground, which
he said make up well as dinner ind
thcatcr gowns. The stripes
are far apart-about three inches
and of several different colors
Thee varied stripes have given
drassmakers n fresh idea, as
the trimming at the foot of the plain
skirt, the bordering of which is becom-
ing quite a tax on the ingenuity of
modistes Narrow frills of the color
of each stripe are set closely together
ut the foot of the gown, each frill be-
ing set about half an inch above the
other.
Crepons, particularly those of the
ribbed kind, arc worn for summer
gowns, which are called corduroy
creponS
Costumes are mostly composed of
neutral tints, the color being supplied
by the trimming of embroidery, ribbon
or passementerie, or If II is in lace in
the color that is used as a background
Redfern is trimming his p ain gowns
with lace bibs or yokes over colored
silk and band OF lace on the bell
skirt laid on n band OF the coiored
silk Tho lace used is generally of n
kind OF coarse crochet
i RedferI. you see, is still designing
gowns for yachting, for the yachting
season is ut it's height just now and
many women look their best in q
yachting costume. Here is a very
pretty one of navy blue serge and
while it is nautical il is fashionable.
The navy serge is mixed with white,
and the whole creation trimmed with
silver braid. II is made with a short
Figaro jacket and corsage. the fash
ionable largo bow being worn at the
throat /,
Another yachting gown with big
revers On q short mess jacket with ell
bow sleeves, is shown here. Ii is worn
over q striped jersey and n panel Of
stockingnettc TO match the jersey L.
placed on the side Of the skirt