The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-06

w%W HERE are two really beautiful
things in the world-one is a
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 fleet
ness of their feet, but horse is never
deceitful. A woman-weH, you know
about that Now comes the time OF
year when the girl who for three
months has been designing gown for
the horse show has the great pleasure
of appearing in il and hoping that she
has made every other look like an also
ram by il. New TO you? Well. it may
be, but it is the latest slang among the
horsey women, who have pleasant Tx
ing for their husbands, a real love for
their children, but an alteration for
their dumb pets.
The horse show in New York might be
called the flower show of women for
{ there are all kinds and conditions or
the fair sex. There is the dgnified,
elderly lady. who uses a diamond stud
ded lorgnette and looks with scorn at
the pretty soubrette surrounded by a
crowd of admirers, wondering to one
| elderly beau who that creature can
be- There is the nouveau richie. who
]
/ the show and has not learned that dia-
monds in 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
you look out for velvets and laces and
Fill fyir hrvt
/ that her broadcloth and the horses
skin must shine alike. she wears a 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 to 20 10 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 veranda. while the gentle
men are buttoning their gloves and
then she puts out that dainty foot with
a charming nonchalance to the nearest
man. who gives her a 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 gen
tleman. because he knows his business
I When this girl from Kentucky patted
her horse on the neck, the horse raised
its head and its eyes frightened. as il
to say: Look at me. l am the very
perfection of perfection, and look at this
lady. whose cavalier I am. She is as
good almost-as l 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 it in place. There is the pin that
stretches almost across the bodice rep
resenting 4 four-in-hand. with its
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 are OF
some great house OF Scotland. There
i the girl who does not care for horses
tcGu such a girl eXjst2) and whose
brooch is a miniature bike. formed Of
diamonds. with a frame of gold; there
are parrots with bodies Of diamonds
and heads OF rubies; there are pigs
formed entirety OF diamonds. and there
are woolly dogs, sporting dogs. and
best OF ali. there is a fox. oh. how he
does run,
There is not a woman al all this
function who knows OF good form who
would dream OF wearing a flower pin.
2 fancy brooch OF any description or. IN
fact anything with her cloth gown but
a sporting pin in the afternoon.
In 4 conspicuous box. laced 50 tightly
that she can scarcely move. Is the last
divorce. She looks happy. Probably
she is. but, thank goodness. We are put F.