The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-18
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Special correspondence Of 1ntelllsencer.
LAKE sARANAc. M. Aug. Is
The KdIrondarks are becoming fash
lonable. ~. s. N 6. -
With the Rockefellefs. following the
ensmpte Of the webbs, buying up vast
tractssof the wildernesh iapd building
palatial camps; with the laying out
Of gole; courses and therdhning Of b.,
cycle pnthssthrcugh the shtunts Of the
deer: With the multiplied OF rail-
roads and hotels and OF stehmboats on
.hc lakes, the occupation Of the .old-
time guides Is gone; the summer girl
owns what used 10 belong tDithe sports
maa. tsst3 z. {, Il ~ ~
Yet the summer sumner girl herself is a
sportsman 2tUt
II she has takenato tbs woods 1t is
In search Of man, who Is eher natural
prey, for here he lis to, d8 found. On
the saranac this summer there are
more, men than women; and OF what
other resort can such aIstatement be
" when the ssashers I! G. q Aaanls less,
EdehSthe mountain maid ia Iadoreds by
many men.
Though, perhaps. she issia wee bit
laughed at. for the mouPPEialn maid is a
curious spectacle.
1t Is hard 10 be at once fluffy and
athletic. Fashion demands one thing
and the place another. ghe mounatin
maid obeys7and disobes neither. In
attempting To- serye tI masters she
becoines-but sousS cannSt say of a
mountain maid that she sssomes ludi-
crous. ~
Perhaps, though. one may suggest
that only mountain maid could wear
fishing boots and lace sunbonnet and
escape criticism.
For the boots are high boots; they.
come to the mountain maids waist and
allowther to wade in trout streams.
And the bonnet is the alriest and daint-
lest trife6 of ;aS bonnet; ills a perfect
mllliner's shop Of ilowefssand ribbons.
That such boots and such bonnet
should consort is impossible of belief to
one who has not seen. .
Last night ut dinner heard this
conundrum: Why's a Sri like col
lcgG song2" Because De more alb
surtl shells the more suSfisful she IS"
The mountain maid shoots as well as
goes. fishIng-or,. ut least # she only
COLTS in ii, she has Shooting cos
tune Green IS the colots6, the woods.
and somesof the girls Y green who
lounge about campf.es ind handle RI.
flts cs il they knew What to do with
them would lool. extremely business
like but for he sunbonfq (which; adds
the quaintcst and most pIquant crown
Of scarlet muslin to tha;serse and lea
Their Of the hunting costume
So too, the mountain maid climbs.
The notches on her tulpenstock are
named for every hllloekGoand every
height in the Adirondacks.s Not one is
too lofty or too;lowly tpTSp thus honor
ed. OF course. she climbs in sunbon-
net;-a thing of strlngs,rwith a floating
cape and many. rosetes q ribbon-a
bonnet that suggests not-rocks nor
mountains, but sardens:s;with quiet
paths and yine-shaded sutomer houses
and box hedges besIdesoGwhich saunter
gentle ladies' in trailing, hiUslins.
The mountain maid rides. drives and
boats wearing sunbonnst;; She at
tends afternoon receptiorsIwith bon
net on her head or switSHg from her.
hand. She wears it on l BS bicycle; she
plays tennis in 1t; 1T seems-as hard to
catch her without the bonnet as with
out her shoes, She wears t when she
drinks afternoon tea. "a.
There is this to be said Tor the scar
let sunbonnetsit shows toefT "a long dis
lance through the woods. and Its wear
er is not likely o:be shdts6y accident.
as happens to people eSaTy summer.
mistaken for a deer:
So far as the mountalnalaid is tailor
made she foretells: the iaStly autumn
fashions and these. 1t issepsy to sec.
will continue the5yoGue otsatciiing and
strapping. Smart goltsssfrcsses and
coaching dresses are in hplters' green
shades, with novel coasttit: and collar
fnlshings .'3tG
One of the best shootingdTesses seen
hereabouts is OF dark gresF Serge, made
with consummats skill t6Sset OF the
fine. slim flgu,e OF the wearer-a girl
who would not for three Ppnths' pin
money touch a gun. on
The skirt is ornamentets!tnply with
rows Of stitching down each side of the
front. while he open coat is strapped
horizontally across the bust, and shows
paler green waistcoat, also .ched,