The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16
WOMAN OF FASHION.
Her Fondness For Coaching in
Its Various Grades.
STRAW RIDES AND THE TAlLyHo.


IRE social snssfnets Of the Summer Wis
tiers are never Efyer srser scope tAan
when they lead him 20 collect a dozen Or
80 Of his confrerss with as May SIS
terra" and 60 OF somewhere for > fiae
ard q lunch under a greenwood tree
This ride may be behind the siowest OF
beasts and in the sumpiest 81 wagons,
or II may be on top Of the sweIsest Kind
OF a ra.sy-ho. bu. the enjoyment is the
sane. and the object of y good appettz-
ing trip through pure air and fresh.
clean country r. attained N both
The sosournsrs AZ a country farm house
who have any ambition 10 emulate trefr
richer brethren in the enjoyment OF a
picnic ride would DO wei TO see 20 e that
IA substituting the straw-iined wagon for
the tally-ho they do not get the NIL wag-
on without springs. Il has an ample look
about Il with its deep bed and high sides
fhas suggests a comfortable back but
alas for the spine that CHATTER against
those sides a. the wagon goes
humping over stones az rate OF speed
that one could hardly believe possible
from the piow-horses pressed into SER
vice for the occasion. In spring wagon,
however. with a little extra room 70 shsft
ones position now and then, there Is
enough fun 10 make up for the lack OF
style In sauspage.
Bur there is no chance for pretty
dresses On the summer straw rids. Thsy
wouldn't show II they were worn. AMI
they wouldn't be worn. because II they
were they would be ruined. Those who
can afford II prefer 20 ride IN taliy-fo'
because while 81 Is not 90 Bohemian as
70 sit with ones feet tied In double
bow knot on the bottom Of wagon. and
while there is none OF that delightful un-
certainty az to whether II Is ones own
or some ones else foot. II Is really more
comfortable ss well az more digniaed.
and gives chaperones less trouble In keep
Ing track Of their charges.
There - the same chance for the toot-
ing OF horns. bus the uitra-fashionab!e
prefers a professional bugier who can
blow tunes that mean something, though
II isn't every one In the party who knows
what
There are several degrees OF elaborate
ness In the style OF a sally-ho party.
Those who merely so out for the fun OF
Il without any thought o. display In
equipage or costume. dress very plain
and blow their own horns
Then there are those who would Ike 10
make a display and wear their very best,
bn, only succeed ia looking shoddy.
The acme OF ariSsocratic piclnicking Is
reached when Newport goes out for It's
coaching party TO jamestown. The dif-
ference between this and the basket picnlc
on & blackboard Is the same "a the differ
ence between Nexport's Subscription bali
that was held the other night az the
Casino and the shake down that took
place In Jake Johnson's barn away back
I'd country on the same evening.
But even fashionables In their fne
clothes DO not forego the Joys OF an out
door lunch II one is 10 be had. and there
II no prettier sight on earth than party
OF "sweils'' who have thrown on convsn-
fionailty for day and started in for a
jolly time Jus. like folks"
A snap shot at a party eating their re-