Evening star., 1898-07-30

New Yo k by later train
But, john" said the anxious mother,
''bow can that boy .:ver manage alone?''
My dear" ans tered pater fariliac.
don't you fret: w a long head. We shall
find when we get there they've given him
reduced rates as summer young man"
The pretty girls at Narragansett find
young men scarcer than ever; but they are
too proud of their soldier boys to let the
fact trouble them. They dance less; bathe,
golf and cycle more than common, and
Idle away many hours curled up under
hight pavilfons on the sand, dreaming
perhaps of heroes in Cuba
Every morning a gay procession of wheel
women starts from the Pier for the links
of the South County Club, where the girls
golf in cycling costume. Cool-Iooking
duck. pique, crash or serge skirts are the
rule. with bright shirt waists and sailor
hats, or, in rare instances, sun bonnets.
If the wind is off shore, scarlet or navy
blue hy-frOnt Jackets come out, adding
deeper color notes to the brilliant picture.
On the return trip every wheel is laden
with blue suCcory or the white and fra
grant elder blossoms or great pink NAL
lows. giving the Pier folks a daily flower
parade.
The Bathing Hour.
At the bathing hour, when the beach, is
crowded WITH spectators, the bobbipg up
and down of scarlet blue and white para
sols, the CLINT of the sun on yellow, green,
mauve and heliotrope, and the sparkle OF
the sea in the background, lighting Up all
the half-tOnes of gray and brown and Sill
Yer, makes an electrifying spectacle. With
It's sweeping length, its airy, diaphanous
texture, Its daring coiOrs and mixtures of
cOlors. its swirl of hounces its cobwcbs of
lace and its fiutter Of ribbons, dress at the
seashore this summer is the most pictur-
esque the present generation has seen.
With a delightful Snachronisttc frankness
OF early Victorian, the Empire the Direc-
toTate. the modes of Louis XIV, XIV and
XVI. and even the CromweIlian styles
promenade the sands together, gossiping
and punching holes with Japanese sum
shades 1t is like shuffiing of the cos
tune plates Of all ages a confusing of
the dress designs of e. series of historical
plays.
The effect is brilliant, bizarre Isolated
figures are beautiful. In groups the pre-
dominance OF white makes the high lights
strong and effective. Go nearer and the
inevitable drawbacks to a muslin season
manifest themselves. Gowns of long resi-
cence that have felt q. sea turn or two
snow snow themselves more clinging and affec-
uonate OF disposition than their creators
intended, and gather sand and chaff into
lhe1r oefrllled hens. At short range also
the many strlngy chiffon sashes are mirth-
pr0vohers trailing in the dust when the
rest or the skirt has been caught up, like
the Irishman's challenging coat-tails But
In spite OF the horrors of hand painted
muslin frOcks-a glaring instance of the
modern French cult of the ugIv-and in
spite OF the crudeness of harsh colors
splashed here and there into the picture,
the panorama is inspiriting.
Yellow and Reds.
A little apart from where / sit walk a
group OF girls in deep marshmallow yellow
They are dressed much alike and the gar
ish note. not 10 be called offensive under
the dazzling sky is yet more effective than
pleasing. A girl in white joins them and
lifts a turquoise blue parasol
Down close By the water are one or two
dehghtfui reds, true poppy tones. Farther
away Is a figure in the same color against
the background that suits it best, a tan
gled growth OF beach greens. The figure
comes nearer; ii is a slim. dark girl in a
dress of red mousselne de sole brob-
dlngnagfan steel buckle fastens a POPPY
req velvet belt at her waist, a white chIf-
fou hchu covers her shoulders and her red
hat is shielded by a red and white parasol
knot OF quite pretty girls, who chatter
as as Ihey pass me are IN the bureau mat of
spldsher fashion of the days when we
were children-white dotted muslin over
pink or blue, with fun narrow rufffes They
look erninently washable
woman, slender and graceful comes
slowly up from the beach in a swathing
sweeping gown of pale mulberry color, with
one Of those black velvet bows called Louis
XVI knots twisting and twirling across the
broad Tuscan hat is a. second Louis knot
Catching the black net wreathings
On the he ich.
Under red and white beach canopy two
sisters are pretending to sketch. but their
crayons have scarcely been lifted since the
afternoon parade began. One Is in mauve
linen with blue linen decorations and the
other is a companion figure in sky-bIue lin
en- orpamented with valenc,ennes.
a picturesque-looking woman with silyery