Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-09-10
IN UPPERTENDOM.

Russian ladies who want to ride the
bicycle find themselves between scyl-
la and Charybdis in the matter Of CO.'S
tune. They must choose between the
hated Schariwary and the reform Co.'S
tune. 1t came about one very windy
week when tho fashionables were
wheeling through the st. Petersburg
parks that the skirts OF the wheelwom-
en- became inflated and caused much
amusement to the little grand dukes
and future grand duchesses who were
strolling about in care of their nurses.
IN consequence the great government
deliberated and announced that all
women who rode wheels should wear
either the Schariwary-a jacket and
medieval white pantaloons-or the re-
form, garment in which trousers and
jacket are one. Just what the unfor-
tunate ladies have to say has not been
cabled.
Society people and fashions are made
moro of feature in the English jour-
nails than in America, and columns and
columns of copy" are printed every
week which an American public would
scorn to read, so carelessly is it pre-
pared and so married by slavish adula-
ton. For instance, here is a sample
OF the original and brilliant manner IN
which a big ball and some smaller en-
tertainments were written up by the
London World:
"The duchess of York danced good
deal and looked very handsome Il
think she wore pink, and she had on
lovely jewels. Miss Muriel Wilson
looked very handsome and Miss Enid
Wilson very pretty. Mrs. Wilson wore
some wonderful turquoises. There
were one or two very remarkable Ian
GERS toward the end OF the ball. l
hear no one was injured, which might
just possibly have happened, but they
danced with spirit and enjoyment
quite Understandable. 1t is very nice to
see young people enjoy themselves, and
nowhere do they enjoy themselves
more than at Derby house.
MRS. Percy Wyndham had small
party that night for the duke and
duchess of Teck. The duchess was
looking very well-her gray hair Is 81
becoming. Mrs. Laurence Currle
looked lovely and so did all the daugh-
tiers OF the house, Lady Cowper was
looking magnificent and Lord Cowper
much better. Lady Londonderry was
looking magnificent in white ami
pearls. Mrs. Henry White looked
prettier and more graceful than ever
Lady Randolph Churchill looked Won
derfully handsome and the duchess Of
Portland very pretty. Lady Georgiana
Curzon sat next to the prince, who was
very gracious"
A marriage occurred at Rheims a
couple Of weeks ago which is Of in
terest, If not literally to all the world,
at least to every one of it's potter Sec
tons. The participants were the
Comte de Nun and Mdlle. de Werle,
young people of whom in this part 1t
the planet few have ever heard, apS yet
who are none the less significanH But
the names of some nf tha gllests nrn
~ttoterabfy familiar to us all. There was
the Comtesse Roederer, the Comtessc
de Montebello, the Duchesse dues and
the Marquis de Champagne. 1t was
4 gathering of the brands. The bride
Is descendant of the house of Cliquot.
The founder Of that house, the celebrat-
ed Veuve, was the daughter of a cloth
manufacturer. Her husband, Cliquot,
was banker. It was as q pastime,
for the fun of the thing, that he became
en- amateur wine grower and sold to
friends and acQuaintances the products
Of vineyards situated in the then little
known district Of Champagne. When
he died his widow was but %. Her
resources were meager. What had
teen but recreation to her husband be-
came a business to her. She invented
a process for clarifying wine, improved
its quality and made her label known.
That was the latter part of the last
century. She had one child, girl,
whose granddaughter is the present
dowager duchess of Uzes. Werle. the
grandfather of the bride of last week,
entered the house Of Cliquot as an en-
ploye. In 1921 he became a partner
and in 1866 sole proprietor of the
brand. Monarchial in principle and
conservative in ideas, he was the last
of the other champagne makers to fall
into line and produce dry wine instead
of sweet. But change he did and the
cups drunk at the wedding were of
that variety which is known as Brut