Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-02
Grcen-sprlng Valley society and mucn o'
that of Baltimore attended the "eou'he'
REST EXHIBITION.

on Monday night by the ladies at Music
Hall. In addition 10 liberal contribu-
tlons from the people OF Baltimore ard
Maryland, n number OF persons from out
side the State sent donations. Among
these was DR.. Chauncey NJ. Depew, who
also sent n letter Offering. should ma
tional home for consumptIves be pro-
posed. to give the Maryland ladies the
use OF his private car TO tour the country
over the Vanderbilt railroad lines and
solicit contributions.
FLORA TEMPLE.
Horse shows in Maryland revive the
memory of the celebrated racer. Flora
Temple, n favorite with many lovers OF
the turf IN Virginia. This famous mare.
which had neither pedigree nor beauty.
became the acknowledged Queen Of the
American Turf" winning race after race.
The story goes that she was brought from
Ohio in flock of horses was sold for
SO. and her splendid racing points dis
covered by accident. She soon made 80
great a reputation as n racer that VIII
liam Mcdonald paid $4,000 for her and
! took his prize TO Guilford near Balti-
more. where she was more royalty housed
than any previous American horse had
| ever been. Flora's speed was 2:iQ, which
| was regarded as very fast thirty years
| ago. Another thing demonstrated by the
| equine exhibitions. was that they are
| grand dress parades. which set the styles
| for the season. so that the horses are COM
! PEELED TO divide attention with the women
OF position and fashion. and the women
are more than willing 20 share attention
| with their new and striking gowns. The
women prominent in society have their
! costumes carefully planned and made FOR
| the occasion. the newspapers devote con-
siderable space to the descriptive list OF
| well-dressed beauties. and the dccrees OF
the invisible potentate OF style are sealed.
signed. and delivered TO an impatient
| and eagerly-appreciative world.
SKIRTS AND BONNETS.
Among the facts developed this year
| were the interesting ones that the new
| gowns boasted full skirts fiaring at the
| side as well as at the back that the
| bonnets were mere bands at the back of
| the head with immense rosettes at the
| sides. and that pink and lavender simply
| tagged as a combination. one bonnet seen
| was q band OF leaves with rose rosettes
| so low down on the head as TO be almost
| behind the wearer's ears. Some of the
! other bonnets were pieces OF Jet or bril-
| llant3 fitting tightly about the back hair
| with ribbon loops, or else feathers ap-
| parently falling downward. one striking
| model had loops OF ribbon standing out
| Just above the owners ears. 1t Is said
that the English women are carrying this
| fancy 10 an extreme. and that in Lon
| don these small bounets look more a
II they were intended to protect the nape
of the neck than the top Of the head.
FASHIONS SWAY.
One had a fine opportunity to form
some opinions of Fashions gentle sway
last week in New York, when dropping
in at the Waldorf, the Brunswick. the
Gilsey. and other Fifth-avenuc hotels at
| supper-tlme. The guests were c0smOpoll-
| tan-notable and handsome women and
men-the best OF the States with culture,
| wealth, taste. and refinement, and the
charm Of It all was that the scenes had \
| distinctive American character. Gertrude
| Atherton says some very plain things In
4 New York paper in regard 10 the per-
sonal appearance OF the ladies' Of that
| city: southern women, by virtue OF
their descent from English ancestors OF
birth and breeding. added to generations
of luxury, are indubltabiy aristocratc in
outline and bearng." she says, but the
New York woman OF fashion IL merely
| swagger-a cembina ton produced by IN
| expensive dressmaker, and her own un-
| swerving determination to acquire an air
She Is a swagger without being high bred.
self-coRscious where she would be
naughty, and her repose is mere loung-
ing" As II all this were not bad enough
Miss Atherton continues: LAS n matter
| OF bare fact there IL hardly a beautiful
or high-bred woman I'm New York society;
| hardly one that in profile or modelling Of
cheek and chin or In repose and dignity
Of bearing suggests three generations be-
hind her. The bme-blooded southern wo-
man "a beautiful, the cosmopolitan
| California woman Is beautiful, but
the New York won an of fashion. with
out her admirable grooming her superb
| gown, ana acquired eir.' could only be
| described by the most damulng OF adj
| jectiyes-commonplac Anoth-r writer
| to the same paper says he thoroughly
agrees with Miss Atherton. and adds
| that such collection Of lovely, stylish,
and graceful women as attended the Bal
tlmore horse-sh0W. ne had rarely seen
before. and he no longer wondered that
Mr.. Fred Gebhard sought his wlte in
| Baltimore
SOUTHERN TYPES.
| Speaking Of types of southern women,
| Miss Helen Carroll, OF Maryland, IS an
| honorcd representative. Sie dos not eX-
| pend her large income solely in the pur-
suit OF social pleasures. but contributes
| generously 10 various benevolent enter
| prises IN which she is interested. Mrs. J.
| Frank Dammann, whose charming home.
| Upton Hall" on Lluydle street. at
| tracts a cultivated circle. also takes an
| active part IN charitable work. She is Il
woman OF high literary taste. and Is 4
| leading spirit IN the Womans Literary
| Society Of Baltimore. She Is Il graceful
writer, and her clever papers and re-
| views read before the society have re-
| ceived the commentators Of critics
| tts-tt ct. fgh fnf
Upton Hall" is an old, aristocratIc-lOok-
ing home. with pretty. spacious grounds.
| Mrs. Dammann was Miss A!lcen CowaT-
| din, OF Richmond.
Are southern women ingenious? Mr..
II. c. Buckmaster, OF Winchester. Va.
says young lady of that city recently
| rooted her mothers house with a postage
| stamp The house needed repairing and
the money was lacking; so she concluded,
| after all other exped!ents had failed, TO
| make a search among a lot OF old letters
that had been stored away for years.
| Finding a rare postage-stamp on very
old letter, and knowing that they fre-
| quently brought fancy prices. She wrote
| to Washington and described IL 10 a
party who gathers curios. bric-a-brac. Old
| stamps, &C. He replied, asking her price.
Her mother suggested So as enough 10
| ask for II, but She not wishing 70 depre-
| ciate its value, named $50, and a check
for this amount promptly came. and the
house was covered with the new roof.
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
This reminds me that Miss Minnie
| Brandt, who was once a decided Balti-
more belle, is now actively engaged In
the real estate business. and has made
some OF the largest sales OF property that
have taken place in Baltimore for several
years She sold the Thomas property. on
the corner OF Mt. Vernon Place and
Charles street, for $4,000. and her last
deal was the sale OF the Brown mansion.
on Cathedral street, for $4,000 10 Mr..
John Hurst, and the sale OF Mr. HurstS
F.utaw-Place house for $500. Miss
Brandt is the first. and as yet the only.
woman engaged in the real estate busi-
ness in Baltimore.
| News Lines from Louisa.
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