Tendency to Black: Lawn Robbed of Much Former Colour Perhaps the hint of rain strengthened by a cloudy sky on Wednesday, morning had someth; the fact that this year's Chamy Day came and went without making one feel that the feminine popula:" seriously. Perhaps one doesn't have special costume or frock for the Faces as one once did. Or perhaps there is being evinced a more telligent interest in ponies, as stray) remarks overheard indicated that Jjockey's weights, pony's prospects, and odds and ends of racing items Jwere being take quite literally by' the fairer-portion of the gathering. however, a closer thring to light a number of exceedingly smartly turned. out ladies. The predominance of black as the season's fashionable hue might have accounted for the general impreslsion, also, of quietness as black when massed together definitely lacks the sparkle of the pastel jeolourings of last "spring, for example, Here and there a vivid jeostume of light powder blue or Jcerise, or the tawny rose-colour seen in the season's kashas contributed to brightening the scene.
Among the frocks picked out for their chic and for "line," that intangible aspect unwet of -by the average Chinese tailor were several of these kashns. One a rosy beige Istraight-lined frock, had a "vaga-Jbond" felt colour in exactly the same tint te accompany and had contrast in light brown fur in small fands around flaring sleeves and high copjar.
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