The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-25

NAutHOT OI GTIHSlH Up Boys, etc, 1FeS-
ident of the Wheaton Club, New York;
Copyright, 1904, by Joseph B.. Bowies.)
The other night my beautiful
young friend, Eleanor, went to a par
ty. She wore a pale-blue gown, low
necked and short-sleeved. The rather
wide blue strips over the shoulders
were edged with lace, headed by pink
rosebuds. The square neck was en-
tirely outlined in pink r%Osebuds. The
draperies were full and fluffy to a de-
gree, and caught up here and there
by punches of pink %rosebuds. Yards
and yards Of insertings and edgings
and narrow ribbons entered into the
composition of this gown-and, to
crown all, the skirt was thickly span
gled with silver stars. Yet Eleanor is
only 16 years old-and not yet
through her prep" school!
Now, for a fancy dress ball, as belle
of the Second Empire, or as a bird OF
paradise of the Megatherium epoch
(if there were birds at that time),
Eleanor would have been apprOpri-
ately attired. But for the simple lit
tie kid" dance (as her older brothers
called it, to which Eleanor actually
wore her marvellous combination of
chiffon and lace rufles and insertings
and ribbons and pink rosebuds, it was
hardly better suited than it would
have been to take a journey in the
cars. And this was what struck the
80 or 40 other young people who con-
stituted the Junior Patriarchs'-or
whatever fine name it was by which
this particular club of mice" boys
and girls called themselves.
Hill" laughed N of Eleanor's
most privileged playmates, a boy who
had grown up almost mex door to-
her, Sky fell on o while you were
coming over, didn't it?"
sky" chuckled another. Don't
you know a Christmas tree when you
see it? This is a living Christmas
tree. 1 bony for my present the big
pink rosebud that sticks up ON the
right shoulder"
Come on.,p called out another.
Lets dance around the Christmas
tree!"
&AAh bCIOiG OHC hACW IL, .L1Cd1OI
was surrounded by a laughing ring of
boys and girls. scampering around her
and chanting, in a most inharmonious
chorus, Twas the night before
Christmas, and all through the
house"
1t was noticed that at the next
gathering Of the club Eleanor wore,
as did most of the other girls, a sim
pie gown, with almost no trimming
upon it. When the roguish boys asked
what had become of the Christmas
tree she smiled back to them, You
will never again behold that vision of
beauty. 1t is too good for you 1 am
casting my pearls in other directions
just now"
Privately, it may be stated that the
wholesome lesson was not lost upon
the young lady. The trimming upon
the blue frock has all been ripped off,
and will be judiciously distributed
among three others. In point of fact,
there is enough for four.
At a recent reception, among sew
eral highly overdressed elderly wom-
en-, n shOne preeminent. She could
not have been a day under 20. Her
hair VS. white and beautiful. Her
face bore the wrinkles which the
faces of all well-regulated old ladies
should bear; but above it lowered a
ridiculous creation of white lace and
pink flowers, SO high and so elabor-
ate that it was almost impossible for
the polite mn to suppress a smile
as h moved among them like a pea
cock in full regalia. Her gown was
made to match. 1t was probably sup
posed to have for its foundation some
sort of gray or lilac silk, but this was
quite buried and lost sight of beneath
the loads of lace and pa"ssementerie
with which some ambitious modiste
had e~ndeavored to hide it. Pink and
silver figured largely in this ornate
trimming.
The present season is, we are told
one of "trimming"-and there is a
pronounced movement on foot. and
by no means a bad movement. to
make all the old ladies look young"
But, again, let us plead for the chap
by medium"
Lately, many clubs have launched
out into forms of philanthropic en-
deavor. This is well. But there is
another greater and far more essential
work than ever making soup for the
poor, founding kindergartens or beau
our cities. 1t is the proper
of this senseless, shameless.
Juggernaut of fashion. SO
that the health of half our women
shall not be sacrificed to it, and their
bodies chopped up by the surgeons;
and SO that all of them, at least our
girls and our grandmothers, may be
relieved By a strong and definite pub
lie opinion from any danger OF MAX
themselves into silly spectacles.
A Stitch in Time.
To save the knees of boys ribbed