The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-01-21

ST. New York.
50, that is why holiday visit to win
ter resort is such an interesting event and
why | am going to tell you about the
pretty gowns, the foibles and the whims
and whites of the Jolly society girls who
We're the life and soul of the particular
suburb at which was visiting.
The school miss, home for the holidays,
was in her glory. The first budding of a
society girl is an interesting sight, and
enjoyed watching the process exceeding
y. l recall bud, now, who is hardly
sixteen, and who has one of the most
sensible of mothers to guide her eager
young feet in the way they long to 90.
She is d thoroughly sensible girl herself
and while liking The boys-and what we'll
balanced woman does not?-she does not
run after them bit, but leaves that
prerogative entirely to them.
When | tell you that this little maiden
is unusually handsome, with a slender,
graceful figure, soft, bright, brown ewes.
me features, clear rosy complexion, a
real rosebud OF a mouth and lovely long.
darE hair, you do not need to be assured
that the boys are only too willing to do
the running, and Miss Blossom and her
younger sister enjoyed the triumph of
being the prettest and most popular girls
of the week
50 much for the opening buds. Now
for the full society blossom, with her dam
gerous little innocent airs and graces and
her infectious frolicsomeness and fun.
Nobody can teach her anything on earth,
when 1t comes to filtration tactics and
matrimonial manHuvres. She was born
knowing the whole business. and she is
on her native heath when she has a half
dozen strings to her bow and belt full of
real, live scalps.
| know the most demure looking, ex-
quisitely beautiful gray eyed scamp who
simply mows down her adorers by regi-
ments. She is round and dimpled and
soft voiced, with roseleaf cheeks and
perfect blossom of face, and an infantile
Innocence and unsophistcation that are
the most awfully destructive weapons
have ever seen! She is only eighteen, but
she has accomplished wonders in her brief
but eventful society career of one year.
She is a thorough woman with all her
baby ways and playfulness, and in her
own set she is lovingly and adoringly
RI,
majesty enjoys her title and rules her lit
tie court as royalty as if the blood of the
Guelphs or the Tudors sparkled through
her veins. Withal she is loving and gen
tie, and is as sweet and popular with
women as she is utterly irresistible with
men. But also met a typical fiirtatious
society girl who was every day of thirty
years old, if she was a minute She was
tall, rather slender, well proportional,
and might have been good looking if she
had not been so conceited about it. She
always looked neat and we'll ''groomed'
in her tailor made gowns, but goodness
gracious! she ought to have looked that
way when she did nothing else on earth
but get herself up like unto Solomon in
all his glory. The way that girl ''made
up was a caution. She is a colorless
blond but art had in her case supplied
natures deficiencies and her hair there
fore was of a beautiful golden texture.
At night, the young lady looked very
well, for her hair was long and had fluff
to it that made it easy to curl around her
temples and ears and neck. Then she
made her eyebrows and did the work very
skillfully, too, penciling the arch delicate
ly. Then she colored her lashes and add
ed line of shadow under her eyes.
Cheeks and lips were touched up in the
most blooming style, and, really, when
Miss Blonde futtered in, arrayed in any