The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

have ices and cool drinks and we can
all embr0lder and chatY"
one OF the necessary features OF n Gus
tom OF this kind is much fine dressing
\ New York dressmaker who makes a
speciality Of bOudOir dresses says she has
received orders for no less than twenty
five hlmy robes all different each one
10 be more beautiful than the last. and
all u be sent home by Aug. 90 as on
that date there will be a very drossy
boudoir afternoon in a large cottage on
the tlDerOn road
Thas <nuch-discussed young woman.
Miss Fair. has unique ideas for room
dresses She gets up a kind that would
DO for any occasion They are made
after a pattern which has no sleeves a
all yet Us not In the least like a Jap
8 ns koks Its t back sS IS fp and md, iq Pge
sleeves are a very long strip Of material
put into thu arm hole Ike sleeve but
wrapping around the arm ir large
deep fold that covers the hands or may
Dee pushed back 20 the elbows The strip
ed gowns of this kind are tigers and
the silk and lace ones robes" So much
for a distinction without much difference.
Children are not the only ones that
car wear their arms uncovered i'm the
daytime jOyfully declared an heiress
whose plump. pretty arms ere the de-
light of her bOdice-maker. "fOr we can
and 10 wear our arms uncovered every
day OF our livcs-every afternoon" IL is
IN
doir afternoons 10 have only Shout
Ger pun for a sleeve.
ENTERTAINING THE JEROME SISTER.
The two sisters OF Lady Randolph
Churchill. Mrs. jack Leslie and Mrs
Frewou, were entertained NJ a selshore
cottage the other day by a very clever
hostess who chose on Afternoon Tor
them. IS they are in deep mourning.
many guests could not be- invited, and
as The hostess mad house party, the
draW.ng-rOom could not be- given up 10
an Afternoon" FOR her women frleL-is.
50 several connecting rooms and bou-
DORIS were thrown together and here came
the ladies' of the surrounding country,
driving up in Nictorias ana aighung,
with as stately grace as though going
20 "a patriarchs' ball.
Tho hostess received her guests at the
door of her bOudOir I'm very beautiful
robe with Vatican plat AZ front and
Z back and immense chiffon puns OF pale
pink for sleeves, while the gown itself
was rose color. Mrs. Leslie and Mrs
Frowon wore respectively white lace
draneI over black and black gauze over
white crepe cloth No 1ewelry or any
KIM appeared 40 the afternoon ana
after long, coy chat ana ldle PuIDns
Of crowels through pretty tapestries the
ladies separated and went home IN thef
carriages
Dobutantes who wish 10 do things a
little more brilliantly than any one else
UAIAfN iIfI lUNIINn ivy INtAiAr NV %
Venetian blinds. Most Of the summer
cottage rooms are furnished with light
metal fans that run by electric power;
cooling the air. These fans are concealed
| behind pots = growing flowers. ana so
the lowered blind does not suffocate the
guests The delicate lamplight Is theh
turned ON and there is little music.
| After cooling drinks the young guests
troop down the stairway. take 10 their
. carriages and - home wondering that II
is only dinner-time and whether they
have not cheated the day by planning
am evening entertainment
AS there is no wind but blows some
body good. 20 may be told that these
afternoons are great windfalls 10 young
artstos who want 10 find their way 20
Fashionable favor and who write 10 ASK
that thcv be- allowed 10 sing. 90 recite
or to play ~ some afternoon, ana
who always go home with check as Wen
MS with compliments Of the hostess, lor
the music and Rotations are sure 20 ~ y.
good And the modiste fejolces' lot ],
brtrgs her trade from an uneXpecteu
oiiarfer right in the d-lest season, Whlle
mo caterer finds bis star employer al
the fllo hour of the day.
The only ones who do not Fancy mes
boudoir inovatiOns are the men VINO
Mead that they boz allowed 10 drop III
doir afternoons" are far pleasanter with