Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-25

FLOATING SUMMER HOME.
sumptuous Entertainments OF MIS-
Gould on Her Husbands Yacht.


fashion for New Yorks -Four Hundred
She is using her husbands yacht, the Alta
lanta, as a floating country house. The At
Atlanta is her summer establishment ana
home this year. The fact that 1t is movable
gives it unique advantage over every other
country house. She can drop anchor ana
entertain wherever and whenever she
wishes, and she does.
Her entertainments have rivaled Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish's in originality. One OF
her recent girls luncheons was a strictly
nautical affair. The favors were curious
shining little fishes, with ribbons tied to
their tails The tails came off and the fishes
were found to be stuffed with the choicest
bonbons.
She has eight servants, besides the crew.
She has also two nurses, in addition to her
own maid, for she has her children with her.
Her dinners aboard the yacht have been a
feature Of the June Westchester season
They have been planned and carried out on
the most elaborate scale. AS the chatelaine
of her yacht, Mrs. Gould has every moment
of her time filled. She is mother, society
woman and housekeeper all in one. The
daily routine of her life is carried out in
Just the same way as If she were living on
shore.
Every day the hairdresser comes from the
town to arrange her coiffure, and both
manicure and pedcure come twice week.
Mrs. Gould does not breakfast until IL
o'clock But she arises much earlier, has
her coffee and rolls, and then maps out the
faborious society plans for the day. She is
a model housekeeper as well as a devoted
mother. During morning, unless she goes
to town with Mr.. Gould on a little shopping
tour, she spends her time with her children.
She reads out loud to them and heartily
joins in their games. And it is her intention
not to have her morning with her children
interrupted. The rest of the day she gives
up to society and all the hard work that
implies.
Her girls luncheons have been an innova-
tion this Westchester season. Among her
girl guests have been Miss Nora and Miss
Fanny 1selin Miss Heloise Hatch and Mrs.
Elizabeth Emmet. AT each one of these
luncheons Mrs. Gould has introduced some
novel and decidedly picturesque feature.
She has also entertained her girl guests
with a glimpse of the gorgeous gowns
which compose her summer wardrobe. Mrs.
Gould has never worn the same gown twice
since the Ataanta has been anchored off
the Westchester Country club this month
Just where she keeps all these wonderful
| gowns is a question which is puzzling the
feminine heads Of the Westchester colony
Among her many costumes Mrs. Gould has
| a number of imported empire gowns. One
which is regally beautiful is made Of per-
| ishable white mousselne de sole, over white
| liberty silk. The gown has quaint and
| distinctive effect. 1t is made very decol-
| lete and clings to the figure over the
| corsage and for few inches below the hips
and then falls in graceful billowy folds
| The mouss cline de sole is embroidered in
| cold
grapes, leaves and a trailing vine. The very
short corsage is covered entirely with the
| cranes and. a cluster OF the grapes en-
broidcred much heavier than those on the
gown falls over the arm at the shoulders.
| This gold and white gown cost small
fortune. 1t is all hand embroidered and 1t
| is wonderfully beautiful. 1t is very 'becom-
ing to Mrs George Goulds dark beauty, and
with it she wears stockings Uf gold color
silk and white kid slippers embroidered
with threads OF real gold. If she were to
select gown for the biggest evening OF the
Newport season Mrs Gould could hardly
have had created for her a costume more
magnificent than this dinner gown, which
she has been wearing about her yacht up
the sound .. ta
One of her little gong-aShore gowns y
though simple in effect, is distinguished in
style. 1t is a black and white costume.
The skirt is of black silky crepon, made
habit fashion and fitting over her hips as II
it were ironed to her body The bodice
shows plainly its French make. 1t is white
silk, mass of handmade tiny tucks, The
tucks are arranged in groups aud alternate
with bands of real lace insertion. A black
stitched satin belt and black satin stock
and four- hand are worn with this dress.
The chatelaine bag which Mrs, Gould
wears with this dress is its chief feature.
The bag Is black satin, mounted in gold
and cleaning with precious jewels. This
one little chateaine yacht bag cost $4,000.
With this costume black and white hat is
| worn.
Mrs. Gould has varied collection OF out
ing jackets. She wore different one every
day at the polo games. One of her pret-
tiest outing costumes was carried out in
red, white and blue. She has pajamas in
all the new, delicate shades Of silk, fash
ionable for evening gowns. And they are
lavlshly trimmed with lace. She has woven
silk undervests, appliqued with real lace
butterflies and other undervests, embroid-
cred in silk, with vest cutaway beneath so
that the embroidered design is more or less
transparent Her petticoats are all made of
satin and trimmed with cobweh embroidery,
real lace ribbon, and are so exquisite and
novel in design that they are fit for the
skirt of a ball gown