The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-20
Women V0r8U8 EQUin0.
Rival Attractions at the New York Horse Show--The Horses
Are Not DeCeitful

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There are two really beautiful things
in the worId-one is horse: the other is
woman. The difference between them
is not in the sickness of their skins,
| the brightness of their eyes or the fleet
ness of their feet, but Il horse is never
dccetful. \ woman-well. you know
about that. Now comes the time of
year when the girl who for three months
has been designing Il gown for the
horse show has the great pleasure of
appearing in il, and hope that she has
made every other look like an ''also
ran" by it, New to you? Well. it may
he. but it is the latest slang among
F.! the horsey women. who have Il pleasant
! liking for their husbands. II real love
for their children, but an alteration for
! their dumb pets.
! The horse show in New York might be
/ called the flower show of women, for
there are all kinds and conditions Of the
| fair sex. There is the dgniied, elderly
] lady. who uses II diamond studded lorg-
! ncttc, and looks with scorn ut the pretty
soubrette surrounded by Il crowd of adj
mirrors. wondering to one elderly beau
who that creature can be. There is the
nouveau richie, who has bought the most
expensive box III the show, and has not
learned that diamonds in daytime are
! like unto evening clothes before 6
o'clock.
BELLE OF THE SHOW.
There is the belle of the season. She
comes from the land of beautiful horses
and lovely women mot to mention the
fine whiskeyl-Kentucky. And when you
are told of the position she occupies you
look out for velvets and laces and frillS
and frivils. but instead, knowing that her
broadcloth and her horses skin must
shine alike, she wears tailor-made
gown of very dark blue cloth, made al
most brilliant with small red buttons,
and having on her head what her Eng
lish cousin calls her game hat" She
, has come to see the horses. The men
are all very well ut night, when one
sits in box looks ones best, and is
ready afterward to go to a supper. But
the afternoon brings out the girl who
knows the points of Il horse. the girl
who knows how to ride. When ut home,
she stands and chatters on the big, broad
veranda, while the gentlemen are button
ing their gloves, and then she puts
out that dainty foot with a charming
nonchalance to the nearest man, who
gives her a lift as she springs and gets
into her saddle like bird. Truth TO tell,
the lady would rather have the groom to
lift her than a gentleman, because he
knows his business. When this girl from
Kentucky patted her horse on the neck,
the horse raised its head and its eyes
frightened as if to say: Look at me.
/ am the very perfection of perfection,
and look at this lady, whose cavalier L
am. She is as good-almost-as | am"
HORSE SHOW JEWELRY.
| The very smart girl, who week ago
| was wearing patriotic badge, now has
pinned high upon her shoulder, where
there is one white orchid, horsey pins to
! hold it in place. There is the pin that
stretches almost across the bodice, rep
resenting four-in-hand, with its horses
of diamonds and the coach of sapphires
and rubies. There is the winner himself
Bless you. he is out and out of diamonds
with his jockey on him, showing his, col
ors, are of some great house of
Scotia There is the girl who does
not care for horses lean such 81 girl
eXistD and whose brooch is a miniature
like, formed of diamonds, with frame
of gold; there are parrots with bodies
of diamonds and heads of rubies; there
are pigs formed entirely of diamonds,
and there are woolly dogs, sporting dogs,
and, best of all, there is a fox. Oh, how
he does run!
/ There is not a woman at all this func-
ton who knows of good form who would
dream of wearing a fower-pin, a fancy
brooch of any description, or, in fact
anything with her cloth gown but a
sporting-pin in the afternoon.
| In a conspicuous box, laced SO tightly
that she can hardly move, is the last di-
vorcee. She looks happy. Probably she
! is. but, thank goodness, we are putting
| divorce out of fashion, and soon mar
riage-good old marriage-will come in
again, and people will learn to love, hon
or, and obey forever and forever. One
would think she would be embarrassed
when her ex-husband met her on the
promenade on the arm of his chum, but
the woman who can calmly listen with
plenty of powder on her face while her
escapades are told in court will blush at
nothing. In fact, she whispered loud
enough for one of her friends to applaud
! Il little speech as an epigram.
| People point out the Vanderbllts, who
after all, are quiet-looking people, but
think more admiration is given to Mrs
John Jacob Astor in her broadcloth of
/ the new blue, with a velvet toque to
match, such as is worn by the CZarina of
Russia. She looks very picture. Her
eyes are bright as diamonds, and she has
that patrician air which is found in the
old families of Virginia, Maryland, Penn
sylvania, Delaware and Massachusetts.
SCENES IN THE ARENA
Then here are innumerable big, hand
some fellows dancing attendance around
pretty little girls and telling Of the noble
deeds that they performed during the
war. According to all accounts, the girls
should be walking around with legless
men and with armless men, but even if
this condition were reached the clever
fellows would still keep their eyes and
, so be able to recognize beauty well dress
ed. Out come the different horses.
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