Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05
ELLEN OSBORN'S 7 T
MORE ABOUT NEWPORT AND IT'S WONDERFUL GOWNS OF RUFFLEs.
RIBBONS AND LACE.

Newport, r. l., Aug. 4.--From the We
randa of the golf club house there unfoids
a brilliant picture, with incongruous de-
tails.
Against the deep blue of sky and he
rich luxuriance of midsummer green there
pass and repass figures that seem to be-
long to widely differing periods of time.
to clas.ing epochs of civilizations. with
the golfing girls, taut, simple and muscu-
lar, in dust brown short skirts and brill
liant waists, mingle languorous, sWaylnS,
graceful ladies, strayed apparently from
some old print of Ranelagh or NauXhali:
their fiat Leghorn hats or quaint poke
bonnets looking out upon a world to
which they seem foreign; their sloping
shoulders Struggling in wonder at those
more square and resolute, their floating
scarves of pale yellow rose color seeming
wreath-like shadows of beginning of the
entur bellies.
Involuntarily one looks about for my
lady'S sedan chair or my lords phaeton'
but instead of the running footman in
silver lace and the lofty vehicle. %favorite
of George ~ and tall enough to look into
q second nooor window, there begin to ap-
pear heavy, clumsy, u%nsightly carriages
which will give birth to no such epigram
as the long famous
What can Tommy Onslow do?
I1t Il IIN a fII6iNtpil s'iiN' WV
Can Tommy Onslow do no more?
Yes-he car drive a phaeton and four.
For these conVeIanceS are aEgreSSlNely,
horselessness modern, and from them de-
scend women whose fin de steele energy
and effectiveness oddly contrast with gar
ments which might have adorned Mrs.
Crewe or the duchess of D~evonshire.
Imagine, if you can. Mrs. Fitzherbert or
the beautiful Lady Salisbury and the
other fair DANES of the gay days of the
regency tooling automobiles. and you
have an image no more chaotic and con-
fusing than is presented any afternoon at
Newport. when clinging. floating robes of
brilliant hues. fit for a cherub or a nymph
lolling on a cloud, or for an al fresco fete
at Soho, are displayed by practical look
ing persons whose talk is of currents and
reverse currents and everything scientlf1c
and electrical.
No one of the smart set here has a
"horseless" that is much more graceful or
engaging than the cabs so
common in the streets of New York or
than an OK sledge out by itself for a stroll.
The aesthetic side of the "horseless.'
whether it apes the stanhope or victoria
or runabout. is vet to be developed. and
for this reason perhaps the toilets of such
enthusiasts as Miss Daisy Post. Mrs. Her
mann Oelr;chs and Mrs. w. *. Wander
bilt. Jr.. attract the more attention.
Heavily the machine rolls past, and
overlooking its seat are ruff1es-tiny ruff
f1es. each by itself no more important or
noticeable than one little ripple on the
face of the water. but. taken together. a
foam and a frotll of lace and muslin that
sweeps over the wearer. leaving her a
Venus or some other description of god
dess who does not try to rise from the
sea. Maize color. rich orange. poppy red
tones. currant red, lobelia or cornflower
blue. clear white and geranium scarlet.
leaf green and pansy purple are hues
that riot in the midsummer heat and
grow more daring day by day.
Why loud. high colors should belong to
the "horseless" may be left to philoso-
piers: enough is it that the most notable
costume to be observed today from the
grand stand of the golf club veranda was
knee deep in front and waist high behind
in overlapping frills of white Nalen-
ciennes lace set upon a dress of a good,
cheerful madden pink muslin. the bodice
of which likewise was under ruf1es. The
eidest flounce in the uncounted rows
measured not more than half an inch. 50
small and petal-like We're they, and in
deed the whole effect was that of a full
blown, gorgeous-hued, m~any-petalled
flower. A lapful of roses. big, healthy,
not at all degenerate roses, was heaped
upon the broad Leghorn hat that crowned
this toilet. and that was tied down by