West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-21
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
A Roseate Reality. A Glorious Fas.
ter. "Twixt Sword. Pen And
TOngne" Are We.

Special Correspondence OF The Argus
We need dream of Spring no longer;
the coy maiden is here. and we can
bask in her sunny smiles, shivsr meath
her sometimes cutting manifestations.
and take her unexpected drenchings as
philosophically as though we had no
new fnery on for her to spoil. The
memory of Easter day is yet fresh in
our minds; the day of sacred comment
GRAFTON, when the whole glad earth
flashed bach her dawning radiance
into the face of serene blue sky fret
ted with lovely, snowy cirrus clouds;
when the bewitching Gotham maiden,
like the heroine of the Rocks of Aber-
doen took out all her best, but TO bet
ter or rather more successful purposes
of bedazzelmeut that could be claimed
by that forlorn Tilted fair one.
There are wars waged with swords
and others with pens; hut thus far,
the present ''unpleasantness" is being
fought to finish with tongues. At
the present writing. the yellow jour
nalism Of this town is humping itself
at the rate of at least one extra" per
hour. What will the harvest be p"
One of blood, opine. although the
good men and true of this land of ours
may not, after all. have a chance to
win laurels and epaulettes, to say
nothing OF scars galore.
But be the empire peace or be it war,
one gets little bilious sometimes,
and one eats perhaps. MS many things
as one hears that disagree with one.
So, make it point 70 keep some
Charcoal Tablets by me. In my BON
bonniere. Mr.. Ditman supplies them
to me, from his nice big place down
town, at . Barclay Street He also
sends me his clean, pure sea salt. dis
titled direct from the waves OF old
ocean / add handful of il 70 my
bath water every day, and 1t reinvig-
crates me, keeping at bay that tired
feeling" which Is SO prone TO haunt
one in the Spring.
The fashions OF to-day are regular
memorv-fresheners Divers and sun
dry periods of history seem 20 be re-
vived; yet there is al ways the exquisite
touch Of modern elegance and adapta.
bility 70 tone down whatever may
appear crude TO the eyes Of to-day.
albeit IL was the acme Of splendor IN
tie original day and generation. His
tory repeats itself, t. - true; bus Il is
bound TO gain some things and % lose
others. in each repetition.
Norfolk jackets are largely 10 evil
dence this Spring. They are almost
displacing the jaunty Elton suit for
cycling purposes Under them may
be worn a shirt Of silk or percale with
dnc effect. both az TO style and comfort.
All semi-trans parent gowns require
a silk lining. as they are themselves 80
supple Of texture as 70 require definite
support Crepe de Chine will remain
fixture during the Spring and sum
mer; and there Is a new crepe chiffon
which IS less ex pcnsive than some other
fabrics whose name IL bears, and which
does not crush or crease as readily as
they do.
Women Of the smart set" are ac-
cording much favor 70 the shirt waist
suit" The wcll-cot waist Is supple
mented BY skirt Of the same material;
and wide latitude is allowed for
dainty neck, belt and wrist "6xings. 3"
These appear bsst over The lovely n
a q. corset. which SO shapes ami sup
ports the Azure a. to impart the subtle
charm Of eAse. grace ard perfection Of
proportion. Nature may have shown
herself sonavhat % a stepmofher: but
This lrsct IL the fairy G0dmolher Of
the Dodern woman ipdecd
5terencifef. appear ID quiet diQnined
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