Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-14

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Fashion permits her followers to APP
pear or Fifth arenue on Sunday. and
that is when the bells are ringing ia
the story Of the Easter joy and all tho
world seems happy and bright Then
Miss Fuss and Feathers, whose father
plumbers his dollars by the millions
and Miss Blue Blood, whose father has
fewer dollars and more ancestors, with
Mrs. Velvet, arc seem in the most won
derfiil procession Of the ysar. IL staTta
just after church, aud IL 10 all over
about 3 O'Clock. 10 it all uorts and
conditions of gowns, and Ut it are all
sorts and conditions of souls Then
the avenue looks like flower bad.
The most dignitied old lady 10 radiant
10 bonnet covered with violets, while
anybody under 70-and nowadays 10 10
only countah elderly wears n head
dress wherein the flowers of the field
and thuBs OF tho conservatory meet in
great masses and reckless abandon.
The gowns are not so gay. There lie
Distinct liking among the matrous
for heavy black satin made rirh with
ruffes edged with fins French lacs,
while the younger women are in per
fectIy fittaa frocks Of some soft wool
that ia either the new bius, silver
gray, u JET black or one OF the popular
shades Of purple.
Purple reigns supreme. The milliner
tells you that there arc 40 different
shades OF it. SO that ii may be adapted
10 any tyne OF woman from an ashen
blond to the darkest brunette.
The men in the Easter parade look
as only New York men do look-smart,
not only to their finger hut to their
boot tips. Their frnck coats are made
.FE nuI;ah pto hut 80 md fffuI
so exactly that one 10 certain no Eng
lish tailor ever had his scissors in them.
As you are popular man you have
been to church. A popular man
always goes to church. You are walk
ing up the avenue with the intention
nf lunching at your club and watching
from its window the parade of living
flowers that will paes by. Your hand is
on your hat every minute. First you
bow to dignified, rather fair woman
whose face is more intellectual than
beautiful, whose costume is decidedly
English and who has tho reputation
and YOU remind yourself of it--of heing
one Of the best women writers in this
country and belonging to one OF
its moBt aristocratic familles, Mrs.
Schuyler Van Rensselaer,, jolly Frank
Griswod's sister.
to a stately, richly dressed woman
whose gown hints of Felix in ita
superb black satin, with it's Jet trim
nings anu queer, quaint, coarse white
laGe-a dark haired. dark eyed woman
with that air of having BEEN descended
from the few families who swan around
in snecial ark of their own during
the flood. Her air is peculiar to
Philadelphia women. You say peculiar
to Philadelphia women? You mean pc
culiar to Philadelphia women OF the
exclusive. set, and surely US you greet
with extrsme Difference Mrs, Cadwal-
lader Jones you confess her charms and
her intellect. but most OF all her blue
bluot.
Another PhiladelphiHn! How Phila.
tlelphia women do marry New Workers
But this is younger woman, a pretty
woman, though dark woman, 6
woman who ia eautiful--yes-bu
then you hesitate and remember wher
lovely Marion Langdon, with hnr
uatrician air and her finely Gu
features, was the beauty of New York.
and Won look again and think, " Yes
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is beautifu
woman, but her benuty is little TOT
intense for perfection Her hair ant
eye are too black, and her color ia tot
high.
Hero ia another dark beauty. on,
who has gained the catch of TIN
season. the one to whnm the create
number Of the MacKay dollars will g
--.Miss Katherine Duer, a gay, dash
ing girl who is very nopular. He
friends call her Kitty" and she ha
been credited with having had NOR
proposals than any other of the Lowell
girls who were the bridesmaids OF tn
Duchess of Marlborough.
You wonder il in this procession al
the beauties are dark. Ii has onl
been a little while since the gode
haired girl did not need to be searche
for, but could he found everywhere
Here is one of tho beauties of th
season, ANA of course she has bsen
church dark of eyes, fair of skin an
with hair of the lovely mahogany shatl
that you see so often in New Orlear
and so seldom in any other place.
it, strange that Miss Fiji Potter shout
have it? No; it comes direct in th
maternal line. Then there is anotht
fair haired girl. Miss Ruth Hoe, fa
in that delicate way that suggests
German fraulein and which tells tht
not very far back there is Englis
blood. One OF this seasons debutante
the daughter of an immensely rich MAJ
society is wondering who will get til
desired answer from the dainty mRitlei
You raise your hat to a dashir
woman that is tho word you use--
woman who looks as If fear were vi
known to her and as if she had dste
mined TO get as much enjoyment out
life AZ possible With her is a we
dressed man, very dark, with hair th
suggests it's having been treated to
coat of shoe polish, il shines go. VIII
is there that is odd about his fac
Look again! One half of his mustaci
is black the other half is perfect
white. All, now you know MIR. Frede
ick Gerhard and with him the gay Ba
tilnore girl whose madcap pranks we
the talk of her city. You rememb
seeing Mr. Gebhard some years ag
don't you? You think of him as
young man, and yet he looks old al
blase, as if the world held nothing
interest to him.
BY the bye, there goes another Bali
more girl who made one OF the gre
marriages of the day. She ia fair
eminently refined looking, while in b
face there seems to be the story of b
life--the life of a young woman happi
married, the mother of a dearly 10y
son and the pride of her husband. TIL
is Mrs. Taller. who in baltimore US
to be- called = Pretty Marie Sterling.
You have got up as far as the catl
tlral. and you NOTICE in the crowd pot
ing cut from the superb building tt
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