Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
PORTALS new YORK LETTER.


spends money. To clever analyst and
physcoloeist therein lies an untrodden
field of research and discovery. In her
shopping expeditions, material, mental,
moral and ethical forces are busily ut
work, unconscious as she may be of
their influences and operations on her
own life and that of others. Viewed
on the surface, we have all observed the
various motives that govern women in
making purchases, and liked her accord
ing as she edited or disappointed us.
We have met women who buy merely
for the pleasure of spending their
money-of emptying their purses.
Others we have known who crave
everything they see, consequently buy
heller sKelter without rhyme or reason,
and never possess the right thing in
the right place. Who has not known
the woman who buys TO indulge her
pride, for the sake of the grandeur she
imagines it brings her among friends
| and acquaintance and even her own
kindred? To be looked up to as the
richest woman in her set and to array
herself in costly raiment beyond all
| possible competition is the JOY of that
woman's heart. In sharp contrast como
the conservative and radical money
! spenders.
The conservative woman is direct and
practical and free from both lovely and
| unlovely weaknesses common to the
sisterhood. She mover loses sight of the
value of dollar, and always manages
| to get the worth of her money in what
ever she buys. She looks to the quail
ity rather than to the style, and avoids
capricious stulfs meant only for one
\ Do fa1 alaa n
breaking of the law. radical shopper
is exactly the reverse. Her Imagination
and egotism are generally in harness
together, and going at brealncck
pace. She seeks the odd thing, the
queer thing, the thing that no one else
has worn or will wear. She has craze
to be individual to the verge of eccen-
tricity, and to walk her path the OBJ
served of all observers No price is too
dear for her to pay for such glory.
The list is too long to go into further
elaboration, especially when there is SC
much to be said about the enhancing
new things worn by women OF perfect
taste, who know how to spend thoir
money to the best advantage, as all
readers of Vogue are sure to do.
We can scarcely convince ourselves
that there is in reality so little radica
change in our gowns this year, com
pared with those of last season, because
of the ingenuity shown by the great
makers at home and abroad in design
ing bodices. Every corsage is Sc
different in detail that we quite enjoy
the sensation OF n complete novelty il
style as soon as we begin to wear them.
To my thinking, the bodices this veal
Guido those of last, and the skirts il
their clinging effect have never beer
surpassed in grace. However there i!
danger of running this style into til,
ground, as it were. The trains surel,
run it ION the ground'' all the time
and slirshod, cheaply- made Skin
will do more to kill this exquisite styl,
than anything else. The present styl,
shows the contour of a woman's figure
but some of the thin summer materials
made in this fin de steele way border oil
vulgarism. A woman must pay for ;
good cut. To wear poor cut is wors,
than wearing last years styles. How
to own one well-made, good form gowI
than forty attempts.
Thaia and Bacchus have at last re
moved themselves to the housetop
and there to remain until September
And ii is on the roof gardens now tina
! We look for any good style in the city
, the only place ono sees few we'll
gowned women left in town. 1t was a
the Waldorf, the other evening,
noticed two of the most swagger gown
have seen this season. One, on
tall blonde, was of dark blue nuns veil
ing The skirt fit faultlessly, slight
en- train. Each seam had q galonn
quite n narrow one, of white to detin
its length. Around the waist, with
out seams, fatty draped to the fgur
,, was crossed in front from collar {
waistband with the same galoon.
!, large collar of heavy Irish lace sprea
over the shoulders and met at the bus
: with huge white bow of chiffon
: whose streamers hung to the knees
The belt. of the same material of th
gown (which is enregle now, to kee
that faultless outline Of figure SO muc
8 desired), was caught by large Ru:
q sian buckle of turquoise. The sleeve
i were very tight and were finished wit
/ widows cuffs of white Swiss hen
o stitched. The silk skirt lining matche
4 the yelling and the skirt hung sep;
:. rately. The hat was of black tulle, or
a of those round, nest-looking affairs,
law, Auso toIuo WIFI Ouo blH <lIuoI
3, can Beauty rose standing upright.
smarter effect could not be found. He
|, companion, of darker type, had CO.
@ tune of white cloth, one of those ne
J. Paris Elton modes. The back of IL
4 Jacket was drawn in tight TO the fgur,
:. fitting like glove, and held at II
i. waist by gold belt which slippe
{ through the jacket quite forward an
: fastened in front with superb tu
quoise buckle. The front of the JACKIE
was quite open, though it had viii
silk frogs for fasteners. The reve
d rolled back and were finished with tv
y or three rows of white silk braid
o the back high collar, lined wit
IS heavy white corded silk, finished IL
o jacket in military style. A lawn an
i lace chemisette was worn with tn
II costume, with white satin stool
The skirt, which chung as only broat
cloth can cling, seemed to be seamle!
and it was trimmed on the bottom wit
II five rows of heavy white silk brait
q This stunning brunette also wore
u black hat of very much the same sty
:, as her blonde friend, but with a lare
o white velvet rose as relief. Two mol
d simple costumes could not be see, IN
II yet as they walked down the airy roo
past the palms they wero the observe
of all observers. The ease and graz
with which they sat down showed n
y that they paid attention to that artc
Q Of attire too often neglected, namel,
y the corset.
y Too few women appreciate the
3 whaetone friend. They do not seem I
y understand how absolutely necessary