Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-08

point d'esprits. white book muslin made
a snowy cover. jogging to and fro
nowhere but at Saratoga do rocking
! chairs get such steady exercise-scores
and fifties of white ladies chatted and
embroidered. embroidered and chatted,
while l observed the largest and most
brilliant marquise ring. the most beautl-
fully set big turquoise, the richest ruby
and the most dazzling cluster of dia-
monds-all these on the fingers of my i'm
Mediate neighbor-that l had ever seen
congregated.
| Next to white dresses and jewelry, the
impressive feature Of Saratoga are it's
large ~women-stout women, l mean, of
| whom it has more than any other resort
= who promenade the parks and gardens
of the springs, and whose effect in their
white robes is that of snow-clad noun
tains.
A woman of this order. tall enough al
most to carry we'll her superfiuous flesh.
was wearing this morning a dress that
at first sight would hardly impress one
as a morning gown. OF white muslin
dotted with black, it was trimmed all
over with bowknots of lace insertion fail
ing upon an overskirt finished with three
narrow. black-edged rufiies. The full
bodice, also covered with bowknots. had
a belt and sleeve-strappings of black vel
vet. The hat was a big cloud of black
null. What about this woman distin-
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mineral waters l could not tell until I
noticed that genius had whispered to her
to keep close to a pillar tw:red with Il
clematis vine, whose large purple flowers
lent just the touch to her chic costume
that made it unsurpassable.
At Saratoga it is not as at Newport,
t%oujours driving. but there is a great
deal of it, and later in July, when the
racing set a possession. there will be
more. The course is up and down Broad
way, n then in the afternoon the lax
drive is covered. A large white woman
is never more imposing than when
| perched high on a smart trap. and many
women at Saratoga drive their own spir-
tied teams. This does not show, accord
ing to some. that they are expert whips,
but that the horses they drive have been
put through such a course of training
that the lines could be handled by a child.
Despite this fact there are, of course. a
few capital drivers.
One of these was out today dressed as
for a garden party in the ~softest, sheerest
white batiste. tucked with the finest lin
gerie tucks and striped and patterned
with lace insertions in the most intricate
manner. Her costume was cut with two
skirts, the upper one being fitted as close
ly as if it were cloth. and both of them.
as well as the little shoulder cape of bat
iste. f1utteTlng in every breeze with cOb-
webby point d'esprit. Her hat was a
large white panama.
Another feminine whip. such is the
craze for candle robes. wore a dust cloak
of white pique. embeliished-note the
combination of materials-with chiffon
Fittings. Black SILK dust cloaks have be
come comparatively common. with trans
parent appliques to show a white silk lin
ing.
All-pink hats are ~fayorite wear with
the all-white dresses. and trying they are
except to the loveliest faces and most
perfect compilations. 'Crowned with
roses" Brobdignagian roses-are man Of
the Saratoga girls one meets-fOr in spite
of the large women there are girls at
Saratoga-though some Of them are too
sallow and some too ruddy to bear with
out harm, tho flowers proximity. But
now and then one sees a beautiful young
face that looks adorable under its rose
la den headgear, and for the sake of one
such unalloyed success all failures are
FIRE forgiven.
Saratoga is siven over to golf, like the
rest of the world. and the inks are cloth
ed in white as is the whole of the sum-
mer city. Duck and pique skirts dot the
fields, embroidered with feur de lis and
F'renchy looking bow-knots. for the