Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-10-06

Newport Is waxing up now, and one
dinner follows another, and new arrivals
ARE making things brilliant. Mrs Cor
nelius Vanderbilt got up a splendid
picnic in honor, or, as one clever woman
h tut it, lin grateful remembrance" Of Mr..
iAA fred g. Vanderbilt, who is soon to start
ION Ills trip around the world. The lunch
eon was served on small tables under the
big trees in large grove. There were
40 or 50 persons. The day before Mrs.
Vanderbilt had invited quite a larg.
party to 60 on an excursion to Nara
gansett Pier. and it was amusing to see
the unconventional manner in which
they started FOR that place. The fun
consisted in getting the most incongruous
means Of locomotion. Some went on
horses, some in buckboards, some In
automobiles and others in their own or
friends carriages. Mrs. Vanderbilt led
the van. One lady said that she wore
''just plain calico gown" but that was
! with a wide struggling design Of dark
blue on q cream ground. The skirt was
cut with a spring flounce about ten
inches deep. There were three bows of
exquisite black thread lace appliques all
around the skirt. The bodice was point
ed and trimmed with the same lace. The
front was open to show shirred vest of
white china Grape. The high stock was
|of the same. She Mrs. Vanderbilt) wore
a cream colored bolero hat, with draper
les of cream Grape and blue velvet closely
mingled. With her she had cape Of
blue liberty silk covered with half hum
idred overlapping rufiles Of white silk
null. A full feather boa Of white os-
|trich flues encircled the neck. Not much
warmth, but lots Of comfort.
Mrs. Elbridge Y. Gerry is one Of those
sweet motherly young women who de-
light in giving their daughters and their
friends just the best kind Of time.
After the party with "Mrs. Cornelius"
las her friends call her, had return
led from Narragansett they all went
ion board the Electra, where Mr..
Robert L. Gerry gave a dinner in honor
of Mr.. Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Mrs.
Gerry and the Misses Gerry received the
guests. The dressing on this occasion
was not so sumptuous or so festive as 1t
would have been lad it been on land,
but the dinner was good and the appetite
better.
Mrs. Gerry as general rule dresses in
the most exquisite taste, very rarely
turning away from her own well marked
plan OF dress after strange gods in new
and unbecoming fancies. The girls
wear the jauntiest of all yachting cos
tunes and what is more, wear them
like the good sailors they are. Their
dresses are always Of solid stuff that will
| stand lots Of wind and spray and come
out like new after every washing. One
time I asked what TIE material was in
a yachting rig being made for the eldest
Miss Gerry. Imagine my surprise on
being told that it was boiling cloth.
Verify woman owns the earth and all
that is in it when boiling Cloth, burlaps
and horse blankets are put together for
dresses. Crash, both Russian and or
binary dishtoweling, is one of the ma.
terials used as gowns to deck beauty.
1t is all in the way they are made, the
style Of the cut and the way the one
WHO wears it treats it. A woman must
| respect her dress. 49,. ',.
I Mrs. Potter Palmer Of Chicago has
Reaulieu cottage. this season and 1t IL
! expected that she will entertain at O
| lavish rate on account mostly of the en-
| gagement Of Miss Julia Dent Grant to
| prince. When these festivities COM
mence there will be some stunning toilets
shown, as Mrs. Palmer Is; said to- have
spent barrel Of money for handsome
costumes while in Paris. ", -. z E.
Golfing IL the rage at Newport and
indeed the malady has spread sway III
] as far as Bennington, in the Green noun
tains Of Vermont There the golfy girl
! wear felt hats, tight and Uncomfortable
while at Newport almost every on,
| wears the, dainty and picturesque httl'
sunbonnets. These began their life Lar
summer, but instead Of dying out the,
have serenely appeared again this season
brettier than ever. The sunbonnets m
81 colpred or white null, shirred AM
4. rufled, and trimmed with bows Of RIB
bon and ribbon strings. They certainly
| are pretty In themselves and very becom
ing to every one. The front part TAXI