The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-28

here, there and everywhere for the last
eight weeks, | have come to the cOnclu-
sion that if had daughter who wished
to enter the holy bonds of matrimony
would fetch her to Newport. Here every
things is dignihed and rich; nobdy friyol-
Gus and nobody enjoys herself very much
unless she happens to be richer and more
stupid than all the rest, and then she is
spoken of with approval, and everybody
says she possesses so much repose.
They may call it ''repose." | insist that
it is insanity. Here you must dress and
dress and dress. Your clothes must bear
the stamp of Worth, Redfern and Pat
quin, while Nirot must cover your head.
However, each has his own time and
display for his own special smartness.
Paquin fits you out in some delicious cot
ton thing that was to cost $3.50, or per
haps madame would allow Il very
little more" and "the very little more"
means 500, but as the artist IN dress as
sures madame that she would not have
herself appear as anything but perfec-
ton when it is a question of few dol
lars, and madame is flattered. She pays
her bill and is gladly fooled. Paquin
dresses her for the morning, when she
stands out on the smooth green lawn
with wonderful mass of color before
her great parterres of flowers, gorgeous
tulips, bright roses and rich, red geran-
iums all seeming to bow a stately good
morning to her.
A little later in the day and q famous
French tailor whose name the We're de
We're set do not whisper permits my lady
to be dressed in a wonderful white
serge of his creation. and then she goes
on the yacht built ON the Clyde.
The afternoon finds my lady dressed
by Worth. She is in some sort of a
sheeny looking silk, which seems covered
with roses, while on her head is a small
hat made entirely of rosebuds. In her
hands, covered with white kid, is para
sol, made of white, fluffy stuff, a handle
of pink coral and gold. having cost
enough to really keep well to do fami-
~ in bread and butter and beef for the
year. My lady rides in her victoria,
large and hung on G springs, so that the
motion is as easy as if one We're being
rocked veritably on the pillows of the
ocean, with no inclination to be mot
quite We'll.
Up and down, up and down, the car
riages parade, while the pretty rider has
cool bow for this one, a stately incli-
nation of her head for another and an
almost ianperceptible bow for that other
person whom she barely knows.
Familiarity is not the thing at New
port You are well acquainted with this
or that man or this or that woman, who
went to the same dancing school with
you, who went to the same parties with
you and who has been educated in the
same artificial way you have. Oh, !
l,ak h.. fa- IL
women never do kindnesses, for they
do, many of them. When so much time
is given to dress, when so much thought
must be given to having ones jewels re-
set and when one must entertain and
must visit, really after all, how can one
have time to go among the poor and
suffer agonies afterward through seeing
how unpleasantly they are situated?
But we had little romance here for
ALL The most dignifed lady in the land,
the one who traced her blue, blue blood
back to the beginning of the blue skies,
the woman to get into whose house meant
the entree to real society, concluded this
year to fetch one of her cousins from
away down near New Orleans to visit
her The lady-we will call her Nine.
Ora ndame-was in reality lady. though
as she was an old one how could you or
] know that her heart was frozen the day
two small boy figures were brought i'll
cold in death, drowned while at their
play. and she was left childless? All, if
we could read each others hearts, how
few would we count as entirely SELFISH
So Nine. Grandame, writing to her
cousin, said: Send me OF the pretticst
and brightest of your daughters | pro-
pose to make her the success of the sea-
son. Don't trouble yourself about her
having large wardrobe, as one will
come over from Paris for her." This let
ter brought delight to the mother-a per-
plexity for the three affectionate girls.
The youngest and prettiest said she
didn't want the old madame to cOnde-
scend to her. she wouldn't wear her old
truck, and, being the Oldest it was
Madeline's place to go. But Madeline
whispered of the man to whom she was
engaged, and how impossible it would be
for her to leave him. Then said she of
the quick temper, marion must go. for
she's the next Oldest" and Marion whis-
pered in her mothers ear with much inn
pressiveness on her part. and the mother
said, Dear. dear, there's another one of
my girls taken from me-"
SO it happened, after all, that Effe
had to go. Each sister wanted to lend
her something fans, a new pair of
gloves. n fine handkerchief-an all these
kind of offers she accepted but she drew
the line at her mother going into debt
one penny to buy her new frock. "For.
said she land she said it with a certain
amount of defiance. eff Newport and
my wealthy relatives don't approve OF
me, | can always come home" and then
like the good, affectionate creature she
was, she threw herself into her mothers
arms to be Rugged and kissed as if she
had just celebrated her fifth birthday
Effe was something of a surprise IL
Nine. Grandame. She declined will
dignity all the beautiful dresses and love
ly belongings, adding to her refusal III
was very kind of you to think Of me
but i! am sure when You and mother
were girls white mOusseline gown was
enough for You and her. and so it must
be really fine for me-" Nine. GrandamC
quivered little as she thought how tho
young girl from the South would appear
among the richly dressed women an(
the gay, bright men of the world whC
would be around her dinner table. The
butler. with a clever foresight had put