The National tribune., 1908-07-23

again if they wished srp increase thei
Summer custom. Il would seem nov
! as if a few of them had entirely sgave'
this problem, and as If in a number o
hotels and restaurants in New York TIT
+ bon vivant, luxury lover, the most pro
nounced Sybarite of New York or o
any part of the world would find ther'
the very realization of his tondes
dreams. One of these enterprislnE meI
has covered the walls of his spaciou:
dining room with a dark green lattice
over which thick vines gracefully cllmt
and from which baskets of orchids are
suspended. The whole tone of the room
is a dark green, and its cool darkness:
is as refreshing as the depths of for
est Here and there, nearly concealed
by the clusters of palms and Australian
ferns a time-stained Italian well heaC
or ruined marble bench can be seen
giving an old-world artistic toucn de-
lightful to the eye. At night the soft
lights that tremble thru the climbing
vines or sparkle among the hanging
branches of mauve orchids illuninat.
to just the extent desirable on hot
Summer evening. The approach to Ibis
room is thru short hall of marble
which in way prepares one for the
sylvan beauties beyond. Leading from
it is the fiower-decked canvas-covcred
terrace, with its hanging baskets, sug-
gestive of up-to-dateness to the last de-
gree, so different from the atmosphere
of mystery which the forest-like char
acter of the great dining room creates
This lattice idea seems to be favorite
one, and another proprietor has COW
cred the walls of his dining room with
| one of light green with red rambler
roses running over it. The lattice COW
ers the circular roof of the room as
well, over which the roses climb luEu-
riously. To the person of artistic tenn
permanent it takes away a little from
the enchanting effect to know that the
| roses and their leaves are made of red
and green silk and rendered fireprcot
by some preparation, but to him or her
of practical turn of mind such knowl-
edge brings added satisfaction. There
| is scarcely a large hotel in the ci!g
that has not gone into this thing more
or less extensively. One hotel man
with a particularly large, airy room
has simply made feature of its space.
In the way of decoration he has done
little or nothing; simply covered the
| floor with cool, brightly-colored mat
tings, and placed straw chairs and
wicker sofas invitingly against the
walls. The corners of the rooms and
| the spaces between the windows are
filed with high palms, and an avenue
of these leads to the room. But realfz-
! ing that nothing gives person great
er sense of GOODNESS than to have plenty
of room, this proprietor has his tables
widely scattered over this spacious
apartment, putting each party as far
away as possible from any other, and
on this account his place has been ex-
trenlely popular, tho he perhaps has
gone to less expense than any of his
colleagues in angling for this Summer
custom. One restaurateur has spent
| $40, goo on his place, and, like every
thing else when one person tries to out
vie another, the matter has become a
question of result rather than one of
pecuniary consideration. But all have
agreed that the experiment has proved
i a great success. Not only has it kept
far greater number of rich men in
town than usually stay during the hot
months, but it has drawn quantities Of
| people to the city from other places,
whose imaginations have been fired by
the accounts they have read and heard
of the wondrous beauty and fascinating
Arabian Nights character of these no.
! tells and restaurants, and who have
gone there largely that they might visit
them and verify with their own eyes
the truth of these accounts.
The Directoire gown or sheath skirt,
as 1t is more commonly called, con-
tinues to hold its own where matters of
| fashionable dress are the subject of
conversation. 1t has been put under
the ban in England by Queen Alexan-
dra's pronounced disapproval, she hav-
ing plainly conveyed to her ladies in
waiting the idea that she considered ii
! immodest, and that no woman wearing
such a gown should be received at the
court functions. AS the women of the
great world in London all feel obliged
TO follow the Queen in matters of dress,
and to conform to her ideas largely in
| this respect, it would seem as IL this
| fashion which has produced such an
excitement could make little healv.y
there. Before the Queens opinion on
| this subject was so generally known
three ladies prominent in the social
world appeared at large ball attended
by royalty in Directoire gowns, their
J comely persons so tightly swathcd that
only with the greatest difficulty could
they make their courtesies, and actual
ly could not sit down. 1t is said that
Her Majesty, usually so gentle and
sweet, could not restrain her indigDa-
ton, and left the ball before supper
Miss Mary Garden, the opera singer,
has declared that she considers the Di-
rectoire gown far more risque without
the much-talked-of slit on the side. She
| Is having a number of beautiful Coz
| tunes made for the coming season,
among which are several Directories.
These will be made without the slit.
Presumably no more sacred use could
4 be made of wedding ring. when its
owner has gone to that land where
there is no giving or taking ia mar
rage, than that employed in the new
Roman Catholic Cathedral at Winches-
ter. A lady much interested in the
cathedral has been collecting these
rings for years, persuading friends and
relatives to leave her such at death,
until she now has about II. From
these IA golden. sacred symbols she has
hung silken curtain, which falls from
! the inside of the handsome tabernacle
of silver gilt erected in the chapel of
the new church. II Is certainly novel
idea, and perhaps, as before stated, no
better or more sacred use could be
made of such rings. But most CT us
4 cannot help thinking that the golden
i circlet, in so many cases worn to the
narrowest band. that sacred symbol OF
earth's hottest Institution, should never
be taken from the finger upon which IL
is placed at the holy altar, and that
when its possessor Is called from this
world 10 that other II should still CLEAN
from the white hand that rests on the
silent breast in that narrow, flower
covered bed which holds all that is
mortal of her whose spirit has flown
20 its Maker.
From professional ornithologist and
: a Frenchman we learn many interest
: ing facts concerning butterflies, those
: 'stemless, leafiess, floating flowers" as
| some poet has so charmingly and daint-
: lily described them. The natural hom.
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