Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-08-16

mOndalnes have left for their chateaux
in the interior or for the various water
ing places. chief of which is Aix-les-
Bains, with Boulogne-sur-M Mer next.
But at the great races what a multi
plicity of beautiful toiletsl What raw
ishing hats and enhancing gownsl At
the races the dresses are as light and
ethereal as laces can make them and as
delicate and howerlike as the exquisite
tints can render possible. One sees pale
pink covered with cream lace, blue un-
der butter color, green under white,
lilac and mauve with cream or maize
lace, or net overdrapery or trimming.
Some of the dresses are entirely covered
with lace, as if the dress was of that ma
terial over lining There are capes,
fichus, collets and berthas of lace, and
these, with the soft and summerlike col
ors of the materials, make the vast as
semblage beautiful thing to see. The
parasols in nearly every case matched
the color of the dresses and were orna-
mented as full as they could hold with
puffs and gauffers Of illusion. crepe
lisse; chiffon or lace. Some Of the lace
parasols haSe the covers wrought to fit
over the parasols smootfsrs.y and for such
there are bows of narrow ribbon, With
many loops fastened to the top and also
to the handles
Among the loveliest Of the toilets seen
at the Grand Prix was that of the vi
comtesse de Logne 1t was of rose col
ored taffeta, with white pear blossoms
in punches and their foliage as pattern.
These flowers were natural size, and
some declared they were hand painted |
The skirt was made extremely full and
gathered all around at the top At the
bottom was a shell trimming of white
valenciennes lace about an inch and d
half wide. exquisitely made The corsage
was French shape, gathered very full
top and bottom to the belt. Around the
waist was belt formed Of heavy cream
lace with deep vandyke points, with a
row Of points turning downward and
another pointing upward. SO that il
formed sort of corselet over the shir-
rings Of the waist At the neck the lace
was gathered full like pierrot collar.
The sleeves were large balloon puffs. !
with outline cuffs and caps made of the |
vandyke lace. The hat worn with this
was of white neapolitan, with pink vel |
vet rosettes and punches of the white
blossoms of the cherry set loosely wher-
ever they would hold, one bunch falling
on the hair from under the brim.
Nine. de Giers. nee Countess Hoyos
Herberstein, wore an elegant costume Of
salmon colored striped crepon with
black dots. The corsage was draped with
guipure both front and back to two small |
points. The edges of this fax colored
guipure were bordered with very mar
row black chantilly lace, Around the
neck was fat band of black moire, and
above that full ruche of crepon The
belt was of wide black moire ribbon.
tied in the back and hanging In two
long ends to the bottom of the skirt
The skirt was finished plain around the
bottom. but had rosette bows Of moire
set at intervals Of l2 inches all around
The hat worn with his refined costume
was of white chip. trimmed with much
white lace and few small black wings
and two punches Of pink cornfowers on
the salmon shade
Another beautiful Partisan had a COS.
tune des courses worthy Of her, and il
was composed Of mauve crepon and Ii
lac silk muslin. The front of the waist
was of plated silk muslin and formed
q small vest in front. with revers Of
dark green moire The sleeves were
Duse shape. with npturned cuffs Of
green moire. The front of the skirt was
open In panel and hadbands of moire
down each side, and the pane. itself
was made of plated silk muslin With
this was worn a straw hat, bent down
In front and turned up high or both
sides, faced with apple green crepe de
chine. On the crown was perfect gar
den Of violets and among them was set
two roses with foliage-one deep red and
the other light pink There was a sans
gene tie Of white embroidered crepe
isse. with diamond shaped buckle in the
center There were many other daz-
zling costumes there. but it would be
tedious to read of them all so J will. |
tell about a few of the bonnets shown
this week. One has star shaped crown
of emerald green velvet. bordered with
Parma violets Directly on the center
is placed large bow, with a grasshopper |
of green enamel in the act Of crawling
up the bow. There are brides Of green
velvet fastened with an emerald stick
pin
Green velvet makes rich and not too
snowy a bonnet for young face. There
are ribbon loops and large bunch Of
white star flowers ON one and white
aigret tip tinted with green The
strings are of green velvet ribbon A
hat for a smart tailor costume ID of
checkered straw, black and white, The
crown is rather high for sailor and
has a scarf Of checkered surah and a
punched up bow Of the same on one side,
and on the other shapeless mass of the
silk with an upright piece looking like
a chimney For little girl Of 6 or z
there was hood Of rough straw with
plaitings Of Russian lace at the back
and in the front, the latter falling we'll
over the face. There was bow of blue
baby ribbon OH the top and another in
the back of the neck above the cape ruff
fie Of the same kind Of lace. The strings
passed around the back Of the neck and
tied in the front
At the Vernissage the costumes are
seen in all their beauty and no part is
hidden, as it is in carriage, but they
are generally Of quieter order. One
costume that was much admired was
Of silver gray crepon. with black moire
as trimming The waist had full vest
simulated between two rounded revers
Of very heavy moire and small Medicis
collar Of the same. The dropping puffs
Of the upper sleeves fell over the moire
mittens On the skirt were two rows
Of moire ribbon sewed fiat and ending