LADIES DRESS AT 'FRISCO.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 618, 13 November 1880, Page 2

LADIES DRESS AT 'FRISCO.

■o On(jb more- tho doors of the pavilion are

thrown open, find --the--'-' -Fete"- of All■ Nations" endeavours to amuse the curt-". oub public at four bits a head. There are 2-,000 participants in the- Carnival this year, and although the convenience are greater than last (season, it is atill a Tower of Babel, where women air their dresawa and their half nude form for "sweet charity's sake." There is a lady, wife to ona of the millionaires, who plays Venus She is about 20, her husband beino- her aenior by about 40 years. The lady is draped in a green robe made of white bunting, which, confined at the waist is simply draped over her perfectly torßo Therefore, whenever she lifts her hands wlisch she does all the time, the lovely buat of the goddess is displayed to viewas also her well-rounded arms—in fact' from the neck to the waist there is no reservation. Yet she marches proudly round on her husband's arm, Then there is Cleopatra, a fine, stout woman, also in the upper circles. She is nticler and more naughty-looking than the other. Tho mission of the women who work for this charity is to show off to the best advantage their forms ond clothus. Both are generally handsome, but it is amusing to see the persistency with which they stick to the idea of suiting their eyes and complexions, regardless of the consistent colours of the dress they wear.