Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-09-17

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FRUITLESS MATCHMAKING.
The marriageable maiden in London
society must be having a hard time of
1t. judging by the wall sent up by a
contributor to the Ladies' Field. Each
season is the exact counterpart of the
last ten OF the next twenty; wherever
she goes she meets precisely the same
set; eligible young men are scarce, and
proposals are scarcer still. This is the
way it goes: "a rich woman, having
fixed on spare night, will spend $500
on the flowers, get hold of somebody
else's visiting list, inviting every one
on it, without knowing even one by
sight. They will all come, eat, dance,
firt, criticise their hostess, and be
somewhat captious over the vintage,
mark of appreciation they will ever
bestow. The hostess will not venture
to invite her own friends because they
are not in the dancing set. And so
society whirls through the season, the
pace growing faster as the dancers
grow more blase, and the chaperons
more dyspeDtic and depressed when
no matrimonial prizes come to reward
their valiant and self-sacrificing efforts
''There is no doubt that proposals are
becoming rarer every day, and the
modern mother does not sit up night
after night and attend ball after bail,
merely to give her daughters good
time. Hence she is apt to grow disa-
greable as July nears the end, and re-
tails apochryphal episodes of her youth
for the benefit of her duly chastened
offspring.
1.-The few really eligible men in So
ciety account for the dearth Of mar
riages resulting from a London season.
The average dancing man has literally
waltzed his way into society, and as
long as he is we'll groomed and present.
able he fnIn.sst> StESSeS
smile on him in order to propitiate him
not to leave their daughters wall flow
ers. Nobody inquiries what his mother
and sisters are like, and it is only when
he has the impertinence to propose to
an heireSs that he meets with rebuff.
The detrimentals of London society are
so numerous and the parts SO rare that
harassed mothers have been known to
ask one another after supper whether
the game was really worth the candle,
and whether it might not be as we'll
to retire at once from active and fruit
less matchmaking"
BIRDS ON THE FALL HATS.
The one thing that seems to be
certain about the hats Of the fall is
that they will be trimmed with feath-
ers and plumage Of all kind. Never,
1t is said, have so many birds been used
as will be used this season. Birds
mounted fiat with outstretched wings
| are seen on the newest hats, and the
same style will prevail during the fall
and winter.
| This decoration is often placed fiat
| OH low crowns, which it covers COM
pletely, and the bird is sometimes set
astr;de the upturned brim Of a small
hat Small birds are set around the
brim Of fat hats, and both wings and
flat birds laid across fiat hats are tied
on by ribbon or bands Of velvet. Wings
are used much as the flattened birds
are. and are hinged so that they may
be made to assume any position desired
by the milliner. These things, says
the Millinery Trade Review, must be
reckoned among the most fashionable
trimmings of the fall. The plumage
will be used both in natural and arti
fetal colors, and all will be sold, by
agreement, without protest from the
Audubon societies.
| Ostrich feathers will be an even more
popular trimming, and the manufac
turers of the same are jubilant. The
ostrich season, too, it is predicted, will
be record one. Not only ostrich dec
orations for the head. but also ostricl
boas and stoles reaching to the feet
will be worn, the stoles running from
six to twelve inches in width. Os
trich trimmings are already dividing
the field with flowers in Paris mil
linery. Colored and shaded plumes ar
used for the most part, and bright.
colored plumes have been exhibited OF
light hats. :,
AS regards shape, it is seriously as
serted that high crowns are among th'
possibilities of the coming season
Some recent Paris hats have surpris
ingly high crowns, and those who cate
to the people who set the styles ar
selling more high than low crowns
Most of the novelties produced at tn
present time, however, are mere feel
I ers, put forth to test the humor Of tn
public.
: Judging from millinery seen at As
cot an English observer predicts tn
: vogue Of pink for the fall. Th
Princess Of Wales wore a pink toqu
on the opening day, and several othe
women displayed similar shades Il
!. headdress gear, while on the stan'
:. royal day there was quite an e1