The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11


IC~lI great honor to be invited to
NJ Larchmont on ladies' day.
Larchmont is the home of the
q . great yachting club, and here
there gather all the millionaire
yachtsmen of the East
1t was a long time before Larchmont
had ladies' day. The old millionaire
salts and the half million tars wanted
Larchmont all to themselves. 1t was so
comfortable to sit out under the trees
and view the water, and so delightful
to lounge in the boats in yachting rig
without thought of dressing for dinner.
The sturdiest opposition to ladies' day
came from the rocking chair fleet. The
rocking chair fleet at Larchmont is ia
nous the world over. 1t is composed of
men who go to a yacht club, yet never
go to sea. The captain has not been
upon a boat for twenty years, except
out of necessity; and not one of the rock
ing chair fleet would be guilty of own
ing a yacht. There they sit all summer
long under the trees rocking and watch
ing the yachts as they toss on the Hud-
son. But Larchmont has a younger men,
bership and the young men really want
ed a ladies' day. They had young wives,
and, there never lived young wife who
did not want TO visit her husbands club.
So ladies' day at Larchmont has come
lions which swell New Workers love TO
attend. The handsomest and newest
fashions are seen there, and for one day
the old salts have the pleasure of ming
ling in the very up-to-date ultra world
You would be surprised at the names of
some of the salts They are the fam
GUS millionaires of New York and of
Newport-yeS, and all the large cities,
for Larchmont has a large out of town
membership, and yachtSmen from all
over the country make their home at
Larchmont when they visit New York
Here they spend their evenings, and day
times they go TO town and transact bust
ness in Wall street. AS soon as they
reach home" at night they cast off all
habiliments of business and get into
negligee and a pair of white duck trou-
sers. Then they enjoy life! 1t was these
comfort seeking yachtsmen who fought
a vigorous protest against reception
day.
l saw one fair Larchmont visitor as she
stepped from the cars the other day and
turned her head toward the walk which
leads TO the hotel. She wore a dress
which was of blue, out of Difference to
the fad for the army and navy; and be-
cause il was time for the autumn rose,
she wore a bunch Of American Beauties
pinned upon her corsage.
Her gown was of the new material.
Norfolk suiting, which is plain color
with a mingltng of another color: In
this case it was cuirassier blue with
little darker blue curiouSly woven through
II. Cuirassier is almost steel blue,
though perhaps little deeper. You can
get an idea OF the exact shade OF cuiras-
sier from the French military novels.
This dress was made very airily as
though the wearer had no idea OF for
getting that summer was still a reality.
The waist consisted of three parts-a
chemisette with a neat black satin tie
and q large turquoise stud; guimpe of
plain Dresden silk with three ruffles
blouse of figured Dresden. Her waist
was confined with a black satin ribbon
belt brought into small buckle of cut
steel; several ornaments OF steel hung
from the belt.
The skirt Of this dress was in two parts
an overskirt and an undeTskirt each
edged with a very deep Dresden silk
ruffle The ruffle was edged with black
satin frill top and bottom.
The skirt and oyerskirt were both lined
with brilliant red taffeta, exactly the
shade of the American Beauties which
is sort Of crimson red. In lifting her
skirt the wearer lifted her overskirt also,
and there was a revelation OF the shiny
silk.
She carried in her hand a fall muff
and almost ridiculous it would have been
for this time of the year, had ii not been
SO pretty. 1t was made of plain blue
Dresden silk edged with lace and trim
med with an immense bunch of violets
1t looked like a violet muff. These vioets
were natural. as were also the vioetS
upon the front OF verp pretty English
walking hat. The muff concealed hand
kerchief and fan.
Another charming costume seen at
Larchmont was an old rose ladies' cloth
of the most beautiful shade 1t is hard
10 picture anything more beautiful than
the real old rose of the color that is
neither bright nor faded. 1t is Just the
shade of a tea rose brought TO the per-
lection OF bloom before the faded colors
have touched it. The Delsarte people, or
those who study colors. tell us that the
faded flowers are the most beautiful and
that the fresh ones are vulgar and IN
becoming, but the genius who invented
old rose struck the shade between tie
two, one that was neither light nor dark
too gay or too sad.
This dress was lined with that very
shade that one would choose for an old