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Show 8: THE ARGUS. i JftEGANT TURNOUTS," 1 9 LAKH 'ALJ Prea?nV? P ' S society is at awakening, ; t o a j .r . f f , f ., l. sense t)f higher dignity and , "with increasing wealth, to loftier ideals in the matter of fashionable luxuries. The dolce far niente side of life ' i is alternating with the pleasures of the drive in the most approved ex-hilerati- ng I and richly caparisoned style. The buggy, the comfortable surrey and the family barouche haye all become de trap; they were y i eachbut the chrysalis of some grander, more gorgeous conveyance ; and in the evolution of local society the present display of fashionable equipages'was an inevitable consequence. The and rivulet-rimmespacious drive-wayfor which this city is noted, were the chief incentive, with necessary wealth in hand, to to secure the greatest comfort at the greatest cost $ and hence we see constantly increasing the procession . of expensive conveyances with all their necessary adjuncts, liveried and embellished, which fashion demands. The fact is demonstrative of the citys progress; and the spirit of- emulation in this respect is a source of satisfaction to many of our wealthy people and the result is seen upon the streets daily in the costly, beautiful and nobby turnouts, many of old-fashione- ' - d . . ' v . ' r -- , t s, tree-line- d d, ' '"tf V. .'.4 - V . and remain some time before departing for ' Europe to complete her studies. The pictures herewith presented to The Argus: readers give a clear idea of the unique beauty of: the turnouts. The rig, the has a green body and is upholstered with a super- - 'v fine quality of leather. The 6eats are farther ' apart and wider than those of the ordinary car- riage and arranged in such a way that the occu- - I pants face each other, while only the back seats have a top. The basket Empress phaeton has red wheels, with varnished ' body, and is upholstered in gray, the canopy top being of the same color. The shafts are arranged so that the phaeton can be driven tandem. In conversing with Mrs.' Emery at her cosy home on East First South street, the other day, the writer was especially interested in the enthuB- iastic manner in which she described the environ-- . ments of her girlhood days which developed in her a love of equestrian sports and ..the noble animal for which Kentucky, her native state, is noted., She comes by her preference naturally and it seems to be a family traf, as her brother is a well knovvn horseman of, California.- - All :of Mrs. Enif rys e trly associations we-- e such as to Vis-a-Vi- new-styl- e s, - . r l H m . - - jf.-- .' i,i. . i - i . V I which are works of artistic mechanism that would do credit to any city in the world and attract attention any where. 'The latest addition to the liveried retinues and fashionable carriages of 4he city, perhaps the most stylish and expensive of them all, is the splendid equipage of Mrs. Susie B. Emery. Both s her rig and Empress phaeton are models of comfort and ideals of .beauty. They are and in advance of any essentially other conveyance for style and dash, with possibly one exception, in the city. They were purchased from Demorest, on Fifth avenue and Thirty-thirstreet, Xew York, and the exquisite set of harness which was bought from Martin & Martin, in the same city, is similar to one secured by George Gould quite recently, London. both sets having, bqen imported-fro- m Mrs . :Emery states that the Empress phaeton was purchased especially for her sister, vyho is at present studying music in' 'the Boston Conservanext month tory, butwhawili return, Vis-a-vi- up-to-da- te d silver-mounte- d here-earl- y Costimed ox Page 15. J i. ' V v V;V1 . ' " |