The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-23
rcopyright, 1881


Having been flying here. there and
everywhere for the last eight weeks,
have come to the conclusion that If /
had a daughter who wished to enter the
holy bonds of matrimony l would fetch
her to Newport Here everything Is
dignifed and rich; nobody frivois and
nobody enjoys herself very much IN
less she happens to be richer and more
stupid than all the rest, and then she
is spoken Of with approval, and every
body saws she possesses so much re-
pose" They may call it repose.' L
insist that it is inanity. Here you must
dress and dress and dress. Your clothes
must hear the stamp of Worth, Red
. fern and Paquin, while Virot must COW
er your head.
However. each has his own time and
display for his own special smartness-
Paquin fits you out in some delicious
cotton thing that was TO cost Sl0O' or
"Perhaps madame would allow a very
little more" and the very little more
means $50, but as the artist IN dress
assures madame that she would not nave
herself appear as anything but perfec-
ton when it is a question of few
dollars. and madame is fattered, she
pavs her. bill and is gladly fooled. Pa
Cuin dresses her for the morning, when
she stands out on the smooth green
lawn with a wonderful mass Of color
before her, great parterres Of flowers.
gorgeous tulips, bright roses and rich,
red geraniums all seeming to bow
stately good morning to her.
A little later in the day and a famous
French tailor whose name the We're de
We're set do not whisper permits my
lady to be dressed in a wonderful white
serge of his creation, and then she goes
on the yacht built on the Clyde.
The afternoon finds my lady dressed
by Worth She is in some sort of a
sheeny looking silk which seems cover
ed with roses. while on her head is a
small hat made entirely of rosebuds.
In her hands. covered with white kid
is a parasol made of white. fluffy stuff.
a handle of pink coral and gold, hav-
ing cost enough to really keep a we'll
to do family in bread and butter and
beef for the year. Ny lady rides in her
victoria, large and hung on c springs.
so that the motion is as easy as if one
were being rocked veritably on the bill
lows OF the ocean. with no inclination
TO be not quite WELL
Up and down up and down the car
riages parade. while the pretty rider has
a cool bow for this one. a stately incli-
nation of her head for another and an
almost imperceptible bow for that other
person whom she barely knows.
Familiarity is not the thing at New
port. You are well acquainted with this
or that man or this or that woman. who
went to the same dancing school with
You. who went to the same parties with
you and who has been educated ir the
same artificial way you have oh.
don't mean that the very fashionable
women never Go kindnesses. for they do
many Of them. When so much time is
given to dress. when so much thought
must be given TO having ones jewels
reset and when one must entertain and
must visit. really, after all. how can
one have time to go among the poor
and suffer agonies afterYard through
seeing how unpleasantly they are sit
uated?
Eut we had a little romance here for
all. The most dignifed lady in the land.
the one who traced her blue. blue blood
back to the beginning of the blue skies.
the woman TO set into whose house
meant the entree to real society. con-
Guided this year to fetch one of her
cousins from away down near New Or
leans 10 visit her. The lady-we will
call her Nine. Grandame-was in reality
a lady. though. as she was an old one.
how could YOU or 1 know that her heart
WAS frozen the day two small boy fig
ures were brought in cold in death
drowned while at their play. and she
was left childless? All, if we could read
each others hearts how few would we
count as entirely selfish,
50 Mme. Grandame. writing 10 her
cousin, said, send me on the prettiest
and brightest Of your daughters. I pro-
pose 10 make her the. success Of the
season Don't trouble yourself about
her having a large wardrobe. as one
viii come over from Paris for her"
This letter brought delight 10 the
mother-a perplexiJy for the three af-
fectionate girls. The youngest and
pretuest said she didn't want the old
madame TO Condescend to her. she
wouldn't wear her old truck. and being
the oldest. IL was Nadeline's placs n
SO. But Madeline whispered Of the mar,
10 whom she was engaged and how i'm
possible il would be for her To leave
him. Then said she OF the quick tenn
per. Marion must so. for she's the
lext Oldest" and Marion whisperea-n
her mothers ear with much impressive
less on her part. and the mother said.