The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-01-20

and prosperous look were promenad-
Ing by twos and three or drifting into
the reading-rooms Of the sales de jeu.
The fossils were thrown into shadow,
but the assemblage remained a curious
ly mixed one as to It's clothes. ~
There were men in evening dress and
mem in travelling costumes. There were
women in rich velvets and with bare
white shoulders and women in tailor
gowns. There would be great emer-
aids glinting from the blonde hair Of
ones neighbor Oh the right, while ones
left hand neighBor kept her locks COW
cred under big hat with plumes.
! Demi-toilette or theater dress was the
most usual, but no manner Of dress
could be said 70 prevail. A majority
Of the women dressed well, o few over
dressed, some were clothed sumptu-
busly.
Women almost outnumbered men at
the roulette tables, where the stakes
may be low. Men had four out of five
seats at treute et quarante, where they
must be high The most interesting
woman / saw did not go near the tables
the entire evening. She had more fas-
cinating business than gambling on
hand. She sat ON couch in a recess
where the light was shaded, engaged
IN desperate Irritation. Her partner
was man Of military look, young and
fairly prepossessing. The girl was
piquant in face and knew how to ma
neuver her hat plumes. She wore a
simple but uncommonly fresh and ef-
fectiye dress Of powder blue silk with
salain skirt and blouse bodice, yoke oi
exquisite lace and triple collar of three
shades of rose velvet. This collar took
the form Of skeleton jacket, its three
folds upon the shoulders tapering in
front until Just a line reached the waist
on either side. Disappearing under
the narrow belt Of draped velvet. the
Jacket skeleton reappeared in three
tails which lay against the skirt about
the hips, giving little fullness to the
figure in that region. A little turbar
hat OF rose velvet was trimmed will
rosettes of lace and sweeping blacl
plnnes. Now the girl would bob hel
head so that the long feathers dartet
down to touch her cheek, and now she
would give quick turn to the side K
make them brush in turn the face o.
her companion. Prettier sport thar
roulette, but just as dangerous, may be
Even when things were as their live
lest some tables were comparatively
empty, while people were three deeE
I about others. At one OF the crowded
tables a conspicuous figure was a tai
woman who stood motionless as if sh'
neither saw the rain OF coins nor hearC
the clink Of piece against piece as thu
croupiers ralCed them, in. She had no
removed her wrap and her regal cloal
Of old rose velvet swept the floor anC
made a blotof rich color in the throng
Its broad collar of ermine fell low upoi
her shoulders and turned back from
the open front in reyers to show
vest Of velvet Of q darker rose shade
The revers Of erInine crossed at tn,
waist, that from the right shouldel
reaching in broad sweep well dowi
on the left side. The large sleeves hat
deep ermine cuffs, and a border offer
mine nearly foot In width gave swing
and stiffness to the hem. A farinl
collar OF lace came up to the lady
dark hair and framed her pale, darl
face, which was still and expressionless
as If she were either bored or waiting.
At the same table and Watching th'
roll Of the fall with the open interes