Show Old Time T ime i l New Y Years Year's eal s 's I 1 T SEE SEEMS IS strange to remember IT that before the CI- CI Civil CIll ll war there was no real conversation among casual acquaintances Men and young women of promise spent the several hours playing silly games and New Years Year's calling was was' hailed with delight as the time for makIng making mak mak- ing lag new friends and Incidentally for making matches There here was little for girls to do matter outside the home and as a 1 of course they were supported Mothers saw the point and persuaded ed the fathers Cathers to furnish means that they and the girls could visit the few stores In quest of suitable I adorning for tor the gre great t eenA en e event eventA A half balf dozen girls here and there met at nt houses most convenient forthe forthe for tor the group and the young men of the town clubbed and hired what r ra rt a t dr T i The Happy Day were then known as hacks and there were private tandems which lent a dashing effect The happy day having arrived what bliss bUss there was In discussing the beaux blaux and belles and the tinsel fixings I IThe The party dresses of that day were of Swiss muslin with a n double skirt and also of a mr material called tarlatans tarlatans tarla tans of 01 vm varying ying degrees of quality often displaying long trains trimmed with s satin ribbon rind and nd braids bral 9 The men were busy making a liv lIv- living ing and the days day's pleasure often otten emptied their pocketbooks but It was considered well worth while Now and then a n pair of shoulder straps loomed among the callers and filled to the tile climax a day long longto to be remembered These recurring gayeties naturally gave the tile country I village something to talk about and there was a demand for tor better m raIment raiment rai raI- l ment for men and w women Information concerning It was well met by Petersons Peterson's and Godey's magazines with colored plates and fine suggestions which had bad never before been shown and on which the Imagination might rely rely Indi anapolis News |