The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-23
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The Fashionable 5 Outing-Flornl
Decorations for Fireplaces-BOth
New and Odsl-seyen Hats in One
household Hints. s|

Decorations for FdrepIaces-BOth
New and Odd--seven Hats in One
household Hints.
There is. a type Of economy certain
members of the fashionable set are
practicing this season with great yigor,
which is the bestowal of their patron
age on questionable resorts. Nothing
is a seyerer drain on a family purse, as
every head Of a house knows, than
sending ones wife and daughters to the
smart mountain or seaside resorts; and I
yet it was with fears and tremblings
hard-pushed husbands have asked for
some scheme for the reduction of this
expense. OF course, there is Europe al
ways to be thought Of for economy;
one can go to some tiny French, Eng
/ lish or German town and "do' on moth
ing at all. But, after al, little CONT
mental and English towns are deadly
dull for a prolonged stay; and the daz-5
zling idea of testing picturesque little
New England villages, that occurred to
a few thoughtful persons, has seemed
to solve the problem The hotel keep
ers Of Newport, Nara gansett Pier and
Bar zHarbor, watch in vain their regu-
lar patrons, who are playing tennis OH
the green commons of villages tucked
away in Massachusetts hills, attending
quaint old Congregational churches on
Sundays and identifying the characters
in Mary Wilkins books.
To the hopelessly frivolous minded
there may seem at first no chance for
| anything but desperately dull exist
ence in these Out-Of-th-way hooks; but
| wholesome pleasure and gayety in
! abundance is to be found by the happy
hearted, society girl, who is determined
! to have it, even on desert island
1--WE improve our minds, for one
thing" explained a very rosy-cheeked
maiden who flashed into town in a
! bingham gown for days shopping.
"We study wild flowers, for example.
! am. staying in a dear old colonial
house that looks out on the common,
| and 20 for walks in the fields with a
| regular artists outfit In my portfolio
| I carry big sheets of drawing paper,
! on which, in outline, are New England
wild flowers look up the blossom to
match in form the drawn outline, and
then with my water colors I fill in the
little drawing according to the hnts of
the real flower; and so learn q lot
about field flowers and water colors at
the same time Most Of the girls make
collections Of pressed flowers; we do a
great deal of exercise with gilf: and we
fish, and walk as much as Englishwom-
en- are supposed to-.
Menu Oh, we never want for men.
You see, the city men love to come up
and stay over Sunday, because nobody
expects them to wear anything but
lannels and loungs about. It rests
| them after the hard weeks work, and
all formality is dispensed with. Then,
you see, those little villages are always
the haunt of summering artists-charm-
ing, unconventional creatures-whC
p paint one in all sorts Of graceful poses
know the nice art of harmless f1irta
tons, teach one how to dabble in water
3 colors, and dance delightfully."-. We
dance lots at the quaint country balls
in our simple muslin frocks, with flow
ers in our hair, like regular village
bellies Washington's reel, Money
Musk, jolly square dances and the rest
of it-and the farmers wives, daughters
and sons, and have supper in the kltch
en-. There are about a dozen OF the
smartest girls staying in our village
girls who are wonderfully topping anc
exclusive in town, and who usually g
abroad or to Newport in the summer
They are going to introduce the countr.
dances next winter in New York, ant
) say this season is really the jollies
they ever spent Funny, isn't it? Ant
we live fourteen miles from a railroad
but think the stage drive the best par
Of the fun Society Fads," in Demon
, est's Magazine.
Floral Decorations for Fireplaces
E It is no longer the fashion save i
certain exceptional cases where tn
CRATE and mantelpiece are PARTICULAR
hideous, TO; instance-to conceal on
! empty stoves witr ultra elaborate dra
e peries, or with fanciful arrangement
I of dried grasses, palm screens and JaI
anese fans, ETC., which, pretty as the
r doubtless We're when manipulated b
t. deft fingers We're sad dust traps an
8 apt to grow very shabby and chiffonn
e before the first chilly autumn day mad
a fire desirable again. This summe
r small screens two, three or four-folt
d or of the ''chevap' type, in drawn sill
It or muslin, embroidery or brocade--ar