The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-20

mary Norton Bradforu IN Boston S'ooe.
Philadelphia Press: 1t will be many
weeks after her debut when the young
girl now in society VIII begin to pay
calls. ~
She does not accomplish this in a
struggling fashion. The winter months
are too filled with formal engagements.
! Each,day must have It's appointed social
duties for the young woman who is go
{ Ing, to do her part BY society.
Y She finds the weeks planned ahead for
/ her, not only by her mother. but by the
set in which she moves. She discovers
that the social season, while thoroughly
+ delishtful. has It's routine laid out as did
/: the old school days.
3 One lesson follows on the heels Of an
other, with small breathing space al
| lowed.
In the autumn and spring the debut-
( ante may have time to follow her own
bent and inclination. but through the
4 rushing months from Christmas until
Lentsit is all she can do to catch up
with everything that commands her
presence.
4 She has held her first "at home" she
Z has danced at her first bali; she has sat
at her first formal dinner table.
Cards galore have come to her in
4 every mail: all her mothers friends
y have called, SO have those young ma
irons who can be OF wonderful assist
Gacc TO debutante; the girls who have
{ been out two or three seasons and who
can introduce half the good men to her
haze left their cards.
sas Op all these she must leave cards in
return. She Will find the Gays on which
they are .'at home" during the winter.
and she will steadily set herself tc go to
z every, house on the day mentioned.
This will necessarily include half 4
I dozen teas and on Sunday she will find
( her mind very much at ease concerning
: social duties done. 70
She must be well gowned to make
those calls .
No girl wants It said OF her that she
looks well only In evening dress. She
Z may not be pretty and she may light up
only after the candles are lighted but
the fault Is hers II she does look careless
on the street.
~ Beauty does not seem TO be so valu-
able a thing to-day, unless It is wei.
& gowned, carefully tended. The girl who
Us thoroughly gotten up with the Access
', sories Of perfect shoes, gloves and card
case: who carries herself well and
Whose cloth gown is spotless OF dust and
cut with an artistic pair OF scissors. she
Is the girl who attracts attention,
whether she be plain or lovely.
black Is the fashionab bic tone In
( calling gowns for older girls, and ma
troEs. It Is too sombre for the debutante.
array should be the color, but American
: women walk too much to have this dell
cate shade of service as q calling gown.
Purple is too pronounced, red Is not
becoming to all, but over green or brown
4 or blue one can make no better choice.
- For the girl who must be economical
4 no colors are more wisely chosen than
these. Removed Of their trimmings
they serve next seasons purposes ad-
mirably.
Let me describe a calling gown which
Is becoming to every style Of girl, and
lawears exceilently.
u II Is OF green broadcloth, that admir-
u able, satisfactory shade Of hunters
& green. ,5 "
The skirt Is cut snugly over the hips,
] branching out smartly toward the hem.
A skirt must not stand out at the side
seams as II DID last year. for whatever
fullness there IS, 1t should be directly in
the back.
4 The Hning is Of turquoise blue taffeta,
FOR this smart color should be placed
wherever II is possible and 1t must have
been primarily intended for hunters
& green. for 1t goes with 1t go e1cellently. Z
i5s5 About the hem OF the skirt Is i design
in inch-wide, fiat silk braidtng.
The entire style Of the skirt lies in the
cut. One Inch more or less OF width In
the front gore. ruins 1t. II must touch
J, all round and dip for an inch In the
back =
t5 The, bodice Is OF green cloth, the fronts
laid In tabs outlined with a narrow rim
IA OF gold braid. Showing underneath Is q
very full vest OF white Liberty satin
the upper part covered with Mechl!r
lace laid on in irregular pleats This Is
81 girdled with black satin, caught front
= and back with old metal buckles, The
sleeves are plain and narrow.
Z The coat Is short and loose. 1t has 4
high collar and rerers OF chInchIlla.
e The fronts of the coat nre lined with
N turquoise velvet. They hutton across
Il. the chest with silk frogs for street pur-
z poses, but are caught back by hook and
s$ eye when in the house. This gives the
q brilliant effect OF the turquoise velvet
{ revers against the white satin and lace
front OF the bodice. and the chlnchllla
collar standing around 1t all.
lS She wears n large. pulGed green velve.
toaue with three white feathers almost
LIN front Her cloves arc rDnn-l Urn,