The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-29

this case is OF red chiffon.
IL anybody thinks that this charming
girl went to the roof garden and the
French table d'hote with the dearest fell
low in the world without a chaperon, he
is mistaken. 1t is true that the chaperon
was two years younger than she but still
her visiting cards had Mrs" on them
The pretty chaperon wore a duck gown
made OF gray piQue and trimmed with
narrow rows of black braid, the front
width buttoning on the SIDE ones in the
usual received manner. The bodice had a
fetching little jacket front and a smart
plastron that buttoned over Il. while the
ntted belt was OF green velvet. The hat
had a soft crown. and 1t seemed mixture
of ribbon and velvet all covered by a very
thin veil that brought out the beauty OF
the skin and hid Its imperfections. This
gown. having come from Paris, had
hamng collar and a smart bow, or, rather,
the smart bow, matching the belt. just
under the chin.
Ihefe was another girl IN the party
whose gown was so absolutely fetching
that Tor little while the other two women
We're rather nasty to her. but after some
thlng TO fetch up their appetites they
grew civil. Strangely enough, it was the
Simplest gown OF the three. 1t had a
perfectly plain skirt of ecru linen but
that skirt had the wonderful French fit
and the wonderful French hang that can
only be got by an artist in dressmaking.
She may live in a back street and charge
almost nothing, or live In an expensiye
neighborhood and demand more than your
life or your liberty, provided she gets your
entire pockethook. The plated blouse had
close fitting sleeves tucked at intervals
and was of pale blue taffeta. over II
came fitted jacket of the pique cut out
at the neck 10 show the underbodv and
lacking sleeves. This jacket was trimmed
with black braid and buttons, while the
double looped bow under the chin above
the nlgh collar was of black taffeta rib
bon. The hat was the sort of thing the
angels dream of. BY the bye, did Won
ever see an angel wearing a hat? 1t was
of black Neapoiitan decorated with wards
upon yards of blue silk muslin and cooked
up at one side In a way tina, made YOU
realize that first ii was necessary TO bs
genius before one could become a mill
liner.
You probably think If you hapnen to he
man. that the dresses of these women
had no effect on the men of the party.
My dear friend, man knows by some
curious intuition when woman Is we'll
dressed. and he invariably likes TO accom-
pany that one whose gown Is perfectly
hitting, whose hat is smart and whose
gloves are immacuiate-in fact. whose
costume Is a success
On. L know, none better than 7 that
when man cares for a woman he WIZ
take her out no matter how shabby she
looks, but in society shabbiness Is a thing
frowned on. That you may be denying
yourself a smart gown for some one elsa,s
sake Is considered in society perfect folly.
IL your heart is breaking and you are in
society, YOU must laugh. drink and he
merry, since this world desires from its
votartes no tears and no SAD looks. I'm,
always jest and always a laugh.
Ana now many laughs conceal sorrow
ful hearts? How many smiles are rnaSts
for sadness untold? All. my friend Won
VIA So mat The hardest part TO pay is
that OF the jester. the one who must al
ways laugh. Yet we can't 60 around with
tears IN our eyes, with quivering lps ana
throhbing hearts. on, no. You and vow
helghbor have TO put on a smile, have 10
laugh with those who expect To Iaurn
and have 10 be CAD or appear So vxbefba
tie world has brought its good things =.
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