The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-06

NEW YORK. May Stay me
with tea pots. comfort me with huuered
toast for I am sick Of society and The
demands for dress it makes upon IFS
slaves. / am longing to go out into
the country very soon armed with ggi
suit. a sun bonnet and a pair o. tennis
shoes and not look upon the face Of Ms.
Grundy, II ] can help il. until the sroS
drives me back to town next autumn"
What nonsense you do talk. Maisie
Graham. insisted the hostess. Ia -ug
the buzzing kettle from the alcohol
flame and preparing to deluge a fresh
supply Of tea leaves. You know per
fectly well that you have accepted
dozens OF invitations TO visit during he
summer at Newport, Bar Harb1r and
aoodness only knows what orher cen
Ncs OF extreme gayety and fashion and
all these pastoral longings OF yours
arise from the extreme exhaustion OF
shopping in preparation for a tour among
the halls OF the gay aad proud.
Languiely Enclosing her eyes and lift
ing her toQue-crowned head from the pill
lows Of a deep chair. Maisie smiled II
am. she began the victim CT grim re-
cessity. My father il acting very naught
lily. He assures me he is too poor to take
such an ideal retired farm FOR the sum
mer as / long 10 live upon and Therefore
IL remains for me to fling myself on he
charity OF my friends or so to the Paris
Exposition. That is why and only why
dent do as / please. retire into a hermit =
life for six blissful summer months. WOO
nature and"
Grow horribly bored in three days ard
come hurrying back to town. You look
like wOong nature in that atsurdly lovely
cliuging brown cloth skirt and cerise satin
waist. Where did you get the waist, Ma
sie2" enoUlred the hostess.
This" carelessly. do you really like
e.? 1t is part of the brown suit. With
my skirt goes Jacket left out on the
seat Of the carriage. a bOlerO. OF course
stitched in red: and this waist is Liberty
satin set of with spotted red and white
taffeta. The suit ard bodice forced me 10
buy this brown ecru hat with the two red
feathers that the hatwoman assured me
was only eight days out Of Paris. where
the toCues grow bigger by the hour and
are nine-tenths blue. Rather rice combi-
nation this though my choice wavered long
between this waist and one Of white ar
mure silk, soft and rich as the satin and
beautifully stitched and spotted in black
After all you know nothing gives a more
dressy effect than those taffetas Of divers
cOlors with black velvet spots raised on the
surface.
The one I wanted had. it is needless 10
say. a yoke Of white hand embroidered
lawn and undersleeves Of the same and If
I don't have a gown with a pair Of under
sleeves soon ] shah consider myself hope
lessly out Of the running. Only yesterday
Mrs. Van Knickerbocker came in beamiug
10 luncheon with a parcel in her hand that
proved TO contain an exquisite pair OF old
lace undersleeves she had picked up at
bric-a- hrac shop FOR a truly absurd price.
True Of old English needle point they were
and at the wrist they viii be fastened with
gathering threads Of the uarrowest black
velvet ribbon and Tiny fat gold buttons.
Mrs X was arrayed. by the way.
in a gown worthy Of description. s pleated
skirt OF the paiest beige and You know. Of
course that that is the French modisUe
name for light brown wool grenadine sap
de printemps. or springume cloth. was. she
told me- its technical title and that fell in
the most gracious lines upon a petticoat
OF cerise taffeta. Her waist had a close fit
ting lining OF Cerise taiiets and was itself
all OF ecru tinted Luxeun lace. very coarse
and heavy and decorated with the very
usrrowest black bebe ribbon gathered and
meandering preuly all over the pattern
Of the lace itself collar and girdle Of
ecru liberty silk completed the thing and
that with a hat Of ecru mohair woven in
with black velvet ribbon and distinguished
by big bunch OF red, white and black