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SOCIETY AND DRESS AT ASCOT.
THE KING AT ASCOT,“
a certain gay irresponsibility in the way. BRILLIANT SCENE,
ings of fringa It laughs at care. Alsa at draws attention to what you might have Something of pageantry belongs to the otherwise omitted to notice. Bus chat is seung at decot. It is a race mesiting, ita cynical theory," and Ascot in ho place is a jété champêtre, but in the beginning for vynicism, unless you are the victim of and Always it is Royal, a place for the the delusion that you know sturthing' diversions of a Court. A certain magni- about "herary. fcence in its appointments. a pleasant formal grace of decoration in its marshal- ling of flowers gate-keepers in the Lincoln green of nu cartier world, such Her Majesty wore a dress of French things are of the essence of its being grey silk. guuze, shot and embroidered. infinitely grateful in chess atilitarian with hydrangen mauve, and her bat of formless days. But nothing expresses tulle, of the same shade, was trimmed Ascot better than the Royal procession, with a wreath of small flowers many colours tucked into the brims. She had the scarlet-coated outriders the old two long rows up and pearls, with a very world carriages in this motoring age, the urge one set in diamonds us a brooch, and teams of four, horses, and their bewigged she carried a grey figured satin sunshade. postillions. Une moment you are watch.
Princess Mary wore a white silken musliz ing an aeroplane cross the heath, The
dress inset with aliny lace and, fringed text you see the red coats break from the with it The bodice folds were caught. trees and the King's carriage comes' down
near the wast with knots of pale pink the course. Nothing that machines can
and pale Blue flowers. A white fisse hut. do has the dignified gaiety of movement
was worn with long Toeps of white satin of your four-horsed carriage. It may
falling trous crown to bry, the only come slow as we think of speed, but pro-
trimming being one large ruse. Her cessions and pageants should give you Royal Highness used a pale pink silk sun- time to pee them it seems to be coming shade when she made expeditions into the at a merry pace, and yet it has a proper paddock with Lady Patricia Raisay. H solemnity. Quaint, if you please, but
was noticed that the King came down into. admirably picturesque in its formality of the Royal eaclesure and talked with the past. You seem to see a scene for A several of the men present. anong thei modern Watteau if we had one, all fight-Lord Beresford, Sir Frederick Milner, ness and gaiety, with a perfection of cem
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and Fiscount Chaplin, His Majesky wore grey Park suit and a grey top hat. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alberg were about chatting to their friends throughou the meeting, and were black coals and. black silk bata Queen Victoria Augusta had a soft black satin muzlin, with a wide brimmed hat to match, the coge fringed with whits preys. Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaugby arrived before the Royal procession, the latter wearing one of the silk stockinette carsock dresses that were much in favour. It was grey and deeply fringed below the waist. A tran parent embroidered grey Net was worn with a wide band or palest wave velvet round the domed crown. Lady Patricia Ramsay were a pale sulphur yellow soft
One does not cheer at Ascdt. The most exuberant must feel that it would not do. But bats come off as the Royal procession sweeps by, and the King and Queen, bowing and smiling, pass out of sight round the stands. with them in the Erst carriage were the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary. Prince Albert rode in the next carriage. The King wore a grey frock-coat with grey hat. The Queen and Princess Mary were dressed in different harmonious shades of grey. The Prince of Wales and Prince Albert wore morning dress. The King and Queen entering the Royal enclosure by the flower-banked steps from the lawn, proceeded to their bos, and soon, afterwards the bell rangsilk dress feisbett with fringe and en for the first race.
FROCKS AND FRINGE.
That noble animal the horse is the irst cause of Ascot. But he is not what .metaphysicians call the efficient cause. For his sake visco, is supposed to exist, and, of course, you look at him when he la racing. It will not claim many minutes from a day devoted to bigher things. You will also pay him the civility of going to look at him in the paddock; Bo- cause thus you can fulât jour real pur. pose, of looking at other people's frocks, "and if it is your noble mission in life to wear a frock, you may enjoy the higher bliss of seeing other people look at you. For the efficient cause of Ascot, the force which has made Ascct what it is, the most magnificent of festivals, is the joy of dressing up and its sister fearful pleasure, the hope of dressing.mp better than some body else.
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broidery, and a black hat with black. Paradise plumes. "ller sunshade matched the dress, and bad an artistic berder of grey satin..
After the first race the Royal Party weny to luncheon. Among those invited. to join were Earl and Covatess Curzon of Kedleston. Lady Curzon was attired in white Charmeuse Enished, with fridges,. and her large whith hat was draped with a white lace veil, and a long cupe of dark cedar green taffeta,
Society, needless to say, was largely represented, and on all sides were well- known faces. For women the day was the very best that could be bad; indeed, it is dificult to see how dress can be more elas borate for Gold Cup day, although doubt- less they will be. The Duchess "of Rox- burgh was, with his Grave of the Royal party, and wore a white charmeuse dress, with black lace over bodice and lower portion of the skirt. The hat was like an, There were those who in the dark days Eastern turban of twists of red brown of the war prophesied with rash gloom and dark green tulle. The Duchess of that men would never again' be content to Sutherland, who is giving an Ascot dance. resume the old garb of ceremony, the at Button Place, Guildford, was in black tall bat, and the coat with tails and the charmeuse, deeply fringed with silk, and # ati collar. They prophesied u valin wore a black tulle bat with creamy-hued thing. The silk hata shone as in the brave ostrich feathers foaming round the brim. days of old, and men were in their cusThe Marchioness of Titchfield was wulk- tomary coats of solemn black, gine-tenthsing in the paddock with the Hons Florence of them. But the garments of men have Chaplin, and wore ribbed silk stockinette, small interest except for the wearer and which looked as if it had been band, his tailor. Only let it be recorded that knitted, and was all in one piece like' the eye wandering over mach sombré cor. a cassock. With it she had a pala rectitude, found uniforms. for once, or hydrangea maave tulle and chiffon bat... at last, comparatively few, and was sur-Lady Harah Wilson wore another such prised to feel the sight of khaki a well-dress in bright orchid mauve, and hat come relief. Here and there a foreign and sunshade were all en suite, Madame uniform further diversified the mascu. Merry, del Val was also in silk stockinette line solemnity, and Indian officers were of finer make. deeply fringed from the small joose coat and all in bright purple. Wonderful tales have been told us of of which colour, was also the smart hat the eccentricities of Paris fashions in the fand sunshade. The Duchess of Buccleuch, joys on the Peace Conference. Censors of who was in Almy black the deep flounces. our morals have leapt into print to tell hemmed with myrtle-green and the sash Pus of our own dressmakers' excesses. But also of that colour, and whose hat was if any came to Ascot seeking what Cathe-black, was accompanied by Mr. and Lady Frine Morland would have called "some- Sybil Phipps and by Lady Margaret
thing horrid something really outre, that secker for scandal went empty away. Everything that is new is certainly not beautiful, but nothing new or in an older mode was alarming, if you except certain sunabades designed to present an optical illusion, or those others made from an Foculist's test card."
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Scott. The Countess of Minto, in ash- grey satin, with a bat Bnished with cream coloured paradise plumes, was in übtend- ance on the Queen, as was Lady Isobel Gathorne Hardy, to gry charmeuse. The Dowager Countess of Airlie wore a dress of white lace and a large black hat and an ostrich feather"cape. With her wha But there was matter for philosophic Viscountess Hambleden, dressed entirely meditation. The first and more families in dark blue and chaperoning a young subject is the mutability of the human daughter in white. The Countess of Ches form. It is commonly supposed that ages terfield, with whom was the Earl of are necmary for the processes of evola-Chesterfield, was wearing a cream-colour tion to affect any change in our structure. ei lace dress with a pink malmaison in That is not so. Where are the sloping the bodice folds, and had a black hat with shoulders of the Victorians. What marvel thriches of green in it. The Marchioness lous, still undiscovered force of nature of Ormonde, in dark brown, was of the was it that in a generation gave us for the Royal party, as were also the Earl and Sloping shoulder the shoulder that is Countess of Jersey, the latter in white quare? Now consider the overwhelming with black embroidery, and wearing a evidence of Ascot. In the eighties every white hat; and as ostrich feather cape woman was of emphatic, sharply defined so white. Lord Richard and Lady outline. She had, let us reverently say, Moyra C-vendish were summoned to rather too heavy curves. At Ascot he speak with their Majesties, and were in hną nowe at all. She defines nothing the Royal Pavilion. Lady Moyra was She is billowy, perhaps, she may be en completely and charmingly costumed in veloped in a cloak, but her frock has no dark blue contour. Remember the women that Dr Of sunshades the majority were un Maurier faithfully, if optimistically,trimined, but of hues most varied. Vis drew, and behold these slight straight. countess Ednali,who was accompanied by falling draperies., Wonderful are the her husband in uniform, achieved a pic- ||processes of nature or art
turesque triumph in a dread of printed
The second subject is fringe. Every-chiffon, the colours on a sepia background where and upon everything is fringe.almoet cubist in variety, with a sash of Hats try to be fringed, and if they cannot dull ruspberry red tulle, and the hat of adequately manage it round the brim, basket, straw with a fancy border wất despairing grow (allow the bull) & fringe quite Old English in shape, with cluates all over, Lad emulate Struwwelpeter of grapes hanging down at either side. To any and every part of the frock or Lord Savile escorted Lady Savile, whe the cloak fringe may grow short fringe,wan in white embroidered chiffon with a long fringe, sporadic fringe. It is known sash of orchid mauve satin and a very be that a love of fringe is one of the primary coming white flower trimmed hat. Lady passion of the human hanzt Tha cobla Bamerlexton were a dark wood byacinth
arage, though she may wear 'little olsa, blue Georgette dress, with long, straight- will try at least to set off her charms with panels down either side, edged with polar tringo. But what has produced this blue, and fringed with dark blue and kudden passionate indulgence in fringe gold. A dark blue hat with paler blue- lisa drofound question, to be loft for the plumes was worn, and a supshade of tua- psychologists who probe the unconscious | sore colour with a line of dark blue near yearnings of our souls. There is, perhaps, the edge, was carried Daily Telegraph