The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-25

Tho mans for the water dinner were
GO ,,er,, un,oue that everybody who likes
a GOOD time and lives within twenty-five
miles NJ a stream will want 10 Try one.
The guests were all invited by ior.na'
invitatlon. with the added scrubbed hne'
"Will call for you at D.. ...s
At 5 sharp great venicie' "'.u e.
seats which were covered win s'.""
look like a straw ride, was hauien up
!, front of the door and horn down
for the invited ones to hurry to place
IN the carry-all. ,s oace
nv 6 ali we're at the waters enge,
where Law a house-boat. with the dot'eu
muslin curtains prim.y tied back from
the window panes and the latch-s'iihs
hanging well outside the door
A second later the door was tnTo"h
wide omen and a waiter with huge
dinner bell In hand appeared, ring'hs
the bell violently and shouting. DIN
ner, dinner,'
IL took ten minutes to get all apoaru
and to get the craft afoat, but by that
time the soup was on the table ana tue
water dinner had commenced. The feast
was spread upon the deck. wniie ie"
property trees, lent by village thea'fe'
gave great reality to the scene.
100 much JOY FOR MAN.
II was at a water party on the Nour-
mahal that Mrs. John Jacob Astor
CAPTAIN gave first signs of insanity, and
had finally to be brought ashore and
put IN an asylum. And it was at one OF
! these that a well-known young society
man. who halls from the West but dis
] ports much in the East, so far came
under the spell of the Water Witch as to
propose 70 two very celebrated heiresses
| iu the same night, and have the bad
fortune to be accepted by each in turn.
! one accepted him over the nuts and
! coffee and the other told him she would
/ live for him sfone as they bent over the
| bow Of the boat watching the water
cut In foamy slices before the sharp
prov. The young man Is now ABROAD
recuperating from the wrath that FOL
! lowed on the next day. But the moral
| is for all 10 be a little careful OF the
Water witch, for she Is an enchanting
Jade and I'm the moonlight suggests
strange things.
Girls almost always wear thin dresses
on these wat,r parties. But 1t H. not
/ wise. The thicker the material ana the
simpler the make the better the ap-
pearance all the evening through is
the rule The linens wear nicely upon
the water and take a dash Of brine well.
| bat the thinner goods cling, get limp end
look draggled before the first after diner
/ promenade is taken.
The most becoming little water party
suits are of the heaviest white pique. or
! II YOU get IL. old-fashioned Marseilles.
! This comes as thick as a board or just
as good is the great. course white duck
with which the soldier boys make them
selves brave on the Fourth Of July.
II this Is made into a tlght-rtting
] jacket. with immense sleeves, and II
, worn over a black silk vest with a
white duck skirt and tiny black sailing
cap, the effect is very chic. Big white
pearl buttons are very ornamental upon
the front of the jacket, and a white
pearl button trimmed the cap Of a girl
whose white duck suit had evidently
been a matter for consultation and pray
or for week before 1t was achieved in
! all its perfection.
10 Is said that Old Ocean is making
merry over the desertlon OF the bellies
from land. and is behaving itself very
excelleatly this seasenl Earth mean
/ while sends up the daisies and butter
cups for its adornment, and the ocean
| brags the bellies and beaux.
! HELEN WARD.