The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-07
PEOPLE, IND THINGS.

| Some Of tho gowns worn by tho wives OF
tho swcllest coach owners at recent Gown
try blub drive were almost startling. For
Instance, white silk brocadcd with rel
roses and trimmed with black velvet worn
with flower ha;: a pigeon's breast SILK
With saeh and stock OF pale green velvet
and picture hat cf yellow straw trimmed
| with pink roses pale blue ard white iigured
| foulard. with small bonnet OF black etraw;
a gown Of forcs; green MORE with hat OF tbs
Same shade trimmed WITH green and brown
| tulle.
The gowns worn by the unmarried fair
ones varied as widely as they usually do at
| dinner or ball. orfc OF the prctticet was Il
violet silk with large violet trimmed hat;
others were. " hitc c,amlne with white hat;
| ocru cloth with black hat. trimmed with
| plumes pearl colorei and pink chanscabe
silk with big hat 10 correspond; blue and
white foulard with black picture hat: mauve
| silk with pale green hat and noddlng roses.
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OF ali the dcccitful wretchee that ever ex-
listed the summer wdowcr is the worst.
lils acting is perfect. and though his wife
and frienas know quite well that he Is no;
telling the truth his glib sentences please
him so much that he begins long before the
| annual separation to tell Of how lonesome
no Will be. what a barren desert the homo
becomes without the presence of Ills loved
| ones. how he loahes the cooking at the club,
how he never goes anywhere while Wife Is
away, and. finally. that were IL not for the
health of herself and the children he would
implore her 10 remain with him.
Now. there may be some men who mean
;his. but is rule the warm weather season
u divorce from his family converts the mos,
staid OF husbands and fathers into a coltish
individual. anxious to do the town with an
avcity wonderfully reminiscent of his salad
lays. Everywhere you go you meet his kind !;
he is on the river steamer. he Ii at the thea
ter YOU RIM across him at dinner up the
hudson, he spins by You in the park on his
wheel or behind pair of high. stepping trot-
ters. All. they are gay lot, these sum-
;ner wldowers. but they do not fool any.
one unless Il IL their wives, an diff they be
.ieve in them. what matters IT II the whole
rest Of the world can read them like an open
book?
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In these days TO the giver the wedding
present question ie ap, 10 be sad serious
ana perplexing one. Once upon time the
selection Of a welding gift was quite elm
pie matter. There were but few things re-
sariei suitable for this purpose. Since then
tines nave changed. The wedding presen;
may now vary from q Rookwooi vase or a
~ slaes claret Jug 10 magnificent chest Of
silver. In fact. anything, IL selected with
GOOD taste and senee of it's appropriate
ncSs. Ia considered suitable welding gift
OF course. the check is the wedding presea:
par excellence. but next in popularity is no
doubt the ches: of silver. These chests are
shnwn IN variety of styles this spring
one Of the most expensive costs 5000 and
contains 100 pieces. 1t comes in both oak
and mahoeany. with brass mountngs. and
has five drawers. 1t contains enough silver
to carry one through a lifetime.