The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-13
HORSE SHOW FASHIONS
OF NEW YORK BELLIES
Wear Beauty Spots Revived from Marie
Antoinette's Day--Semi-empire
directoire Modes Reign
Supreme at the
Garden.

My Dear Elsa--So you thought the
horse show wasn't worth coming on
for this year7 Dick wrote you there'd
be another social frost" did he?
Well, there were many such Rich
monds in the fleld with like dolorous
representations, but counted upon
your sporting blood making you risk
fighting chance. AS usual, all signs
failed, for Society, spelled with a big
s, took the bit I'm it's mouth and bolted
for Madison Square Garden IN fine
form. Horsy? Yes, dear, but then
you know I've been inhaling tanbark,
dreaming hackneys, eobs, roadsters
and jumpers for five blIssful days, and
they've got on my vocabulary. But
It was great to see the old enthusiasm
displayed once more. not only in the
ring, but among the crowds around the
oval, In the boxes and the seats. One
met during the week at the show
every one one knew and a few. hum
dreds one didn't Now, Calamity
James character loath 10 personate,
but, my dear, there are rumors that
the last bugle has been blown for en-
tries In the ring-the old Gardens for
saie-and the swan song of the ma
tional horse show In It's present quar-
tiers sung. Aren't you sorry you miss,
ed the music?
The decorations were charming this
year. American flags draped the walls
near the ceiling, and below these pa
triotic emblems were festoons of white
cloth caught up with rosettes Of hunt
ing pink alternating with branches Of
autumn leaves. ! never liked the old
trimmings OF yellow and black, did
you? They made me feel like a spec
tator at Princeton football game
with the gridiron and the yells left
ont. And. speaking OF lifting up ones
voice, there was deafening applause
when Mrs. Watson Thursday after
noon drove her celebrated team, Lady
Baltimore ard Maryland, in the mail
phaeton class to victory and another
blue ribbon. The band played "Dixle"
and Maryland, My Maryland" and as
this. you know. is my native state the
compliment seemed partly mine.
/ was convinced that things were
ms they should be- for my spine shiv-
cred, and this is a psychological fact
that ones artistic temperament is all
right. II you don't get the shiyers
when you listen to beautiful or In
spring music or read lovely poem
or look at superb painting or a
superb equine specimen the gates OF
art are closed to you forever.
Did l get the shlvers over the
clothes, you ask?
/ did, my dear; / did. Indeed,
might enlarge upon the statement and
say / got shock when gazing at a
stunning creature artistically holding
up her trailing sheath skirt and dis
playing thereby sheath stocking.
No. it's not a Joke. Sheath hosiery's
the latest from Paris. and this girl was
a pioneer. ! have learned since that
these unique foot coverings are slit
up In front as well as at the side.
The open space is two inches wide at
the top and graduated to quarter Of
an inch at the foot, laced with half
inch black ribbon. This ribbon Is
finished with q large fiat bow at the /
top. Shocking, positively shocking, Ell? |
Should you ask me to make sum-
mary OF the dress situation at the
show would say--leading color, dull |