The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-21


one of the lectures says that in spite of
the absurdity of many of the arguments,
the whole theory is correct, for in occ,l-
patton is found the most wholesome So
lace of the mind" Society Fads' in
Demorest's Magazine.
= The Style of New York Women.
: The average New York woman is in
eyitably. limited to attra Give appearance,
to making the most of what she has,
to delicate: tact, Ito quick perception, to
speedy discernment of the situation This
is her understanding of style. Life at
the national center, the varied expert
ences she *undergoes, the diversity of
people she meets, the social decisions
a regular. and excellent education for
herself and her dealing with the world.
She is continually learning by observa-
ton; by intercourse with others, by the
condolences she receives what to adopt
and az, what to reject in dress, manners;
be uncommonly dull if, after years of
this routine, she should not comprehend
the art and science of style in it's broad
significance: And she is necessarily very
far from dull in her metropolitan sur.
roundings. She cannot be dull, with the
perpetual friction to which she is ex-
posed, and the urgency to steady i'm
prOyement of mode and method
What we call style is almost precisely
SYNONYMOUS with what the French call
chic, Either word means much or little,
anything and everything: is definite to
No one expects to find what is chic out
side of Paris. No New Yorker, at least,
expects to find style much beyond the
fifty-mile radius with Central park as a
center. What the Partisan is to the Old
world the .Manhattanese is to the New.
The latter is rarely born where she makes
her home. She comes from every part
Of the republic, from North. South. East
and West from city, village and hamlet,
to the great municipal school of art, fash
ion, manners, and receives there the COW
eted degrees of NJ. S., mistress of style.
SO; II she reflects luster on herself she
reflects luster in way. on the whole
| country, showing what any American
| may become under properly plastic agen-
| Cles. and in aiming at her own.
The mistress of style must be, in re-
| gard to the multitude. as one in a hun
dred; but she is a familiar fgue in every
| cultured household, and a creature to he
esteemed, to be admired, to be patterned
after. She is not only the woman of
the present, she is the woman of the
| future as well, for the future cannot
eclipse her.-Harper's Bazar
Queen Wilhelmina in London.
| tho
! least conspicuous, people sojourning in
| London just now are Queen Wilhelmina
! OF the Netherlands and her mother. the
| Queen regent. Almost the first occasion
when they appeared as personages of
any Importance was at the private view
| OF the Royal academy last week, where
they attracted great deal of attention
Queen Emma, unlike her also widowed
sister, the Duchess of Albany, has en-
| tlrely eschewed weeds, and apDeared at
Burlington house in a not too elegant
looking costume of periwinkle blue silk,
trimmed with Jet, and small black jet
| bonnet trimmed with touches of blue and
pink rose, AS the regent is rather opu-
lent as to figure, and ruddy as to com
| pleXlOn, this selection Of color was sea rec
~ felicitous. However, Queens need not
worry about the becomingness of their
clothes, for Whatever they wear is always
voted just the right thing by any number
| of weakened toadies.
The little royal lady. however, really
looked very sweet and demure in gown
OF willow green silk: worn with a cloth
jacket of the same shade. Her hat was
Of the old-fashioned chip variety, and
was trimmed with long white feathers
and satin ribbons. It was remarked that
the two Queens talked English charming
ly and with very little of the ugly rough
accent such as Hollanders usually dis
play. The Duchess of Albany joined her
wearing a pretty black trepon gown,
trimmed with dull jet and chiffon, and
with narrow white muslin collar and
cuffs, and a small peaked bonnet with a
white lisse frill inside the brim. With
her came her daughter, the Princess
gray and pink shot silk gown entirely
too. old for her age. Her broad white
straw hat. trimmed with ostrich feathers,
relieved, however, the old womansh APP
pearance Of her costume. The young
Duke of Albany, a gentleman who has
only recently arrived at the dignity of
Elton Jackets. completed the group. and
it was interesting to watch the eXtraor-
binary resembances between the two
families.-New York Mail and Express.
Graduates Gowns. >--
With the beginning OF: May, weddings
cease until June, and the gown of the
The simplicity Of white muslin, is again
talked of for these frocks, and something
very like it may be obtained in the pres
ent varied styles. Indeed, it is quite
realized in the Frenchy ingenu gown of
white organdy shirred below the high
large puff to the elbow, and the skirt
nearly straight, full and simply hcmmed,
over lawn or taffeta Innings. the whole
completed by collar and belt of white
ribbon.
Extremely sheer null, so fine that it
has the. sheen of silk muslin. dotted or
sprigged Swiss muslin. and thin cream
white batistes are used for those youthful
dresses. If something more elaborate is
desired for college girls, taffeta is chosen
with fine stripes of satin or small figures,
or else mousseline de sole is, made up
over silk. Fine qualities of China silk,
with small brocaded daisies or violets,
also make effective dresses. the flowers
all in white.
Ribbon, lace, insertion and chiffon trim
these white gowns. Some schools permit
only ribbon trimmings, while others allow
both ribbon and lace, perhaps combining
the lace to a small ruche about the neck
The stylish ribbons for Il stock collar
and belt with an aigrette bow at the back.
with ends pointed upward, are four or
five inches wide, and are striped rather
than plain the ground of .taffeta or of
faille, the narrow stripes of white satin,
with perhaps wider border of satin on
the edges. If the class color is introduced,
it appears in these stripes. Or else the
whole ribbon is of the class color, with
self-stripes of satin. Some girls insist
on plain satin ribbon instead of taffeta
for the better effect of color it gives.
now that sashes are not used. Another
bit of color is sometimes used added in
four ruches or square bows of taffeta,
satin or chiffon, set i'll ruche of lace
which trims the high neck. Still another
| novelty is the Valenciennes striped rib
| bon, with colored bands of satin alter
| mating with narrow insertions of this lace.
Dresden ribbons with cear-printed flow.
| ers md the blurred chine ribbons are
used for the white lawn frocks of very
young girl graduates in high schools.
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