The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-11

I -u HERE are two really beautiful
| things In the world-one Is
horse the other is a woman.
The difference between them
! is not in the sickness of their skins,
the brightness of their eyes or the heel-
| ness of their feet, but a horse is never
! deceitful A woman-well, you know
| about that Now comes the time oil
year when the girl who for three
| months has been designing gown Tor
! the horse show has the great pleasure
! of appearing i'm il and hoping that she
| has made every other look like an also
ran" by IL. New To you? Wen, II may
/ be. but il is the latest SLANG among the
horsey women, who have pleasant Iik-
ing for their husbands, real love Tor
I their children, but an alteration Tor
| their dumb pets.
The horse show In fIew York might be
called the flower show of women, for
there are all kinds and conditions or
the fair sex. There is the dignlhed,
| elderly lady. who uses diamond stud
| ded lorgnette and looks with scorn at
| the pretty soubrette surrounded by
crowd OF admirers, wondering To one
/ elderly beau who that creature can
| be. There Is the nouveau richie, who
has bought the most expensive box in
| the show and has not learned that dia-
monds i'm daytime are like unto even
/ ing clothes before o'clock.
There is the belle OF the season. She
comes from the land Of beautiful horses
and lovely women (not to mention the
! fine whisky Kentucky. And when you
! are told of the position she occupies
Won look out for velvets and laces and
/ f.s.. I..,s .uta 4 fitacr
that her broadcloth and the horses
skin must shine alike. she wears tai
| lor made gown of very dark blue cloth
made almost brilliant with small red
buttons and having on her head what
her English cousin calls her game
hat" She has come to see the horses.
The men are all very well at night,
when one sits in box. looks ones best
| and is ready afterward 10 go TO a sup
| per But the afternoon brings out the
girl who knows the points of horse,
the girl who knows how To ride When
( at home, she stands and chatters on the
! big. broad yeranda, while the gentle
! men are buttonlng their gloves. and
then shs puts out that dainty foot with
! charming nonchalance TO the nearest
! man. who gives her lift as she springs
| and gets into her saddle like a bird
| Truth to tell. the lady would rather
| have the groom To lift her than gem
| tleman. because he knows his business
| When this girl from Kentucky patted
her horse on the neck the horse raised
it's head and it's eyes frightened, as II
| 10 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"
The very smart girl, who a week ago
| was wearing a patriotic badge, now has
| pinned high upon her shoulder, where
| there is one white orchid. horsy pins TO
| hold IL I'm place. There is the pin that
| stretches almost across the bodice. rep
resenting "a four-in- hand with It's
horses OF diamonds and the coach of
sapphires and rubies. There Is the
winner himself. Bless you, he is cut
out OF diamonds. with his Jockey on
him. showing his colors that arc OF
some great house OF Scotland. There
is the girl who does not care for horses
(can such "A girl exist7) and whose
brooch is a miniature bike. formed Of
diamonds. with frame OF gold: there
are parrots with bodies or 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 runl
There is not n woman at all this
function who knows OF good form who
would dream Of wearing n flower pin,
fancy brooch Of any description or. IN
fact anything with her cloth gown but
a sporting pin In the afternoon.
In conspicuous box. laced 30 tightly
that she can scarcely move. Is the last
divorcee. She looks happy. Probably
she Is, but. thank goodness. we are put
ting divorce out OF fashion and soon
marriage - good old marriage - will
come i'm again, and people will learn
TO love. honor and obey forever and