The morning times., 1896-10-25
PAY THEIR CALLS AWHEEL
Society Thinks 1t Proper for
Afternoon Visits.
MANY WEDDINGS TO COME
Smart Set Looking Forward to Some
Notable Ceremouies-Season' List
of Debutantes Is Daily Growing
Longcr-Informal Functions That
Precede the Season Proper.
MANY WEDDINGS TO COME

While the present time is quiet almost
tomlusUmuEer uuI!neSS there IS aiwd ys some
thing interesting To he talked about over
lie LaInty Tea tables, which are as much
III vogue 1~ ever, ana so COnIuCIye 10 that
delight OF the feminine heart-a good old
fashioned talk
Every returning maid or matrou is
ANXIOUS 10 see all her friends who are
Just back To town, ana tic condolences that
dre exchanged as 10 the pleasures of the
summer past, and tie prospects OF the
wlnler to come, would make at least one
dozen readable summer novels.
Many OF these afternoon calls arc now
made awhecl, and few morning errands or
visits are mace any other way. Horses
grow lazy and street railway companies
may grow poor, but the ever enchanting
bike holtS It's own with all sorts ana
conditions of women. To see a f0 shionahlc
girl in Il closed carriage in the morning
Is Il sign that she is on her way TO her
tabor 10 order bran new bicycle costume.
This same costume minus the wheel is
becoming rather too common to be alto
gethcr pleasing. IL is not unusual to see
mothers of famIiicSthus attircd at market,
while the bic yclc girl in her abbreviated
skirt is 10 be met at any hour of the Gay
walking about the street, and has been
known to attend mat inec or an after
mon church service like Paul Revere, ..aI
booted and spurrcd, and ready 10 ride"
Her wheel Is presumed tn be licked out.
side market, shop, or theater, as the case
and the iCyClc skirt is made To do duty as
Il walking coStIIne, for which it was never
intended, and can never gracefully be
worn.
Miss Herbert has Returned 10 town, and
is one Of tie attractive young women one
is apt 10 meet on Il morning spin any OF
these plcGSar autumn days. Miss Hcrbert's
bicycle suit is brown with hat, Shoes and
veil 10 match, in fact. so heavy is the veil
that but for her Enthusiastically pretty blonde
iii,ir the daughter ut the Secretary of The
Navy would hardly be recognized, as she
spins ;lCng
AIRS. Aubrey. The handsomest of all Chief
Justice Fuller's large family Of daughters
rs also - graceful and enthusiastic wheel
woniin. blr>. Aubrey Is unconventional in
her style of dress, and frequently rides in
blue 81 and red silk slit waist
One OF the handsomeSt women awheel
Is Miss Magec of rittsburg who snent last
winter with Representative and Mrs. Dal-
Zeli, ana has returned for the present sea
son Miss Masee wears the very newest
tlilor-made skirt and Jacket of brown
with becoming small brown hat To match.
Miss Sheriienis : another well known belle
who always looks well on wheel or horse
back. and rides one rs well as th, other
The Misses ConditSmith are also giving
much of their time 10 wheeling and are
graceful and daring riders.
Except for the several weddings, which
occurred oh "Wednesday, and unc or two
quiet, but elegant dinners given in honor
of the visiting arclhiShopS. there have been
no special entertainments in the past
week. nor are there likely 10 be any in
the near future.
There is a murmur OF anticipation, how
ever, as the bridcS-w no arc-to-be return
from their summer wandcrin-s and begin
the final preparation for the wedding days
that will be quite numerous a mouth hence
Miss Belknap. " ho Is also the heroine
OF :th International rofnancc. has returned
10 town ia the last week. and viii prob
ably be a bride few weeks after Miss
Dnapate, at " hose Wedding she VIII be
one or the bridesmaids.
Although born In washington Miss Rel
knsp has lived most OF her life abroad and
grew up In Italy. where her m.ifler re-
sided Tor fourteen years. only returning
% America 20 present this daughter in
washington society, where many friends