Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-25

Mrs. Havemeyer Is continually appearlhH
at the various evening functions OF So
Getty; Miss Fair Is almost a perpetual
dancer. and Miss Brice rides ner Dicgci'
very nearly every day.
If would seem that under these conci-
tions the accumulation Of clothes IN lhe
houses OF these ladies would assum =
enormous proportions in very sA9l !
time. Moreover, TIE custom IusI
scribed does not apply only to Mrs' nav nav
meyer Miss Fair. ana MIS- oot
wealth i'm METROPOLITAN society ana lhey
are numbered by the score. In coh9e,
onence. the quantity of gowns anu anu
T,rans which are continually being cas-.
aside is great. Not only gowns AM
yrans. but bonnets hats, gloves SUI
elinners. silk stockings, ana. III IA -
ever.,thing which goes to make up W
200 rdrobe of the smart woman W net =
a. oil these things 90 TO them 1Ha1
- secret which will be untolaeu hei :.
80 yyiseacres may say, charity D ,,,
-, are quite wrong. a pale biue sIN
,oa-eown smothered in gauzy Ut li, ne,
r,o,Id not be of much supstail'l,.l -.
&c IN an object or chdIlIs' liz
would an airy creation. an ehiiip''
- nor an opera cloak all pespa,le -. ~
with imitation IN~i''f
and emeralds'
THE POOR h4-LAIlON'
eo,o few society women are ehcuni,
.,t.h a host of poor relations az
80 surplus cast-on garments -
1.--..l,ad unon them. Sensible pOOl
1,- bowever. never accept these sn19'
I'd ,-'aeons which are easily w.
~ In the first place ths Va" a. 70
'-'a,Ss has an incongruous lOoN' go ar
- foc+ that her bonnet may p0 enorv
Snt. and her wrap $-o pit "a -a,ain.
Ill her gown smacks OF the 80 90, - con-
ao,rter. and her shoes anu e'0'
t,quous parentage. hova cost sl75.
AGAIN Infancy of it's cut, hnisn, anu
but tne br,nos out all the more gar ms
MATE 70" 5o,rdv defects Of her = nat a. a.
" the ,rben again. these Fancy piIS
"iap' ,over fit the second person WIN wy,
OF at.ilo correction as they ala lhe "
inc ou,ner and the new oWnJ -,
silla, obIe 10 afford the expense Vi nil MI
rarely apio ,,odiste TO make the neeuiui
a first-class hiO
alterations. .oh soc,etv women
- US, the same plan for getuhB
psatr surplus finery. rms pa" Ia Of
~, because il furnishes ~ i.n,,,snt
a rousement. and some Oh INC
akin 10 being in business. ,o,,or women
Thore are a half-dozen 'cle'u ,',.,1I-sizcd
., New York who are makihs ..hand-oe
iorlui i,. 90 swelldom; furnishing them up,
oowns nj, them again 10 three Classes
a. a. a,,stouers. These latter FORM the n,os 5
81 u .ouostine feature of the unique inuuS-
trv--but more of them later.
,c, ~OcTTTfER
when Madame finds too many gowns
- v,,rans and hats on hand she cans
49, maid and instructs that iuNe'iVi,ey
~ An a line 10 Mrs. Costumer, ASKING
her N call the next morning at H.
Coatumer is promptly on hahu' pialuL,
dressed woman of 40, with business W.
ten I'm every line OF her race anu oh e'e'S
crease in her gown. n,s- ,o. nm
-, Madame's boudoir. Madame is reclin-
tos ON a couch. looking pensiVeiy at
nno ~ fnery. Mrs. Costumers eyes
5rink IN the beauties Of the pile, but she
doosn,t show it. Not she; that wouldnt
he business. She puts on her spectacles
calmly. and then thrusts her hands INTO
the pile. -. -.
when II energies II brings with 1t what
could be truthfully described as "a love
Of a tea-gown," green cashmere, hhea
throughout with heavy white SILK, ana
with a huge front OF white crepe.
Madame eyes 1t dreamily and turns to
her maid. "What did that cost. AmyT
Two hundred dollars. Madame
"But it's dreadfully worn now from
Mrs. Costumer There isn't a speck on
n. but that doesn't make particle of
difference to the lady OF business.
..x.rt,,, could not have worn IL more
than three or four times. and l am sure II
cannot be badly soiled."
"You have worn 1t three times.
Madame" from Amy.
'Wen, something has surely happened
TO It," says Mrs. Costumer. II cannot
give more than 81 for n. and even then
may lose money. 1t will cost pretty
penny to fix II up, and II II were not for
the fact that have In mind a lady whose
figure is very similar to yours. Madame,