The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-07-11

aspect who can afford to do without the
decorations essential to meaner person
alities. Lily Price Hamersley, now
Duchess of Marlborough, is not only
beautiful in face, but she has tall,
shapely, commanding figure, which
would enable her to look queenly in the
plainest and cheapest garments.
Just fair specimen of this summers
girls, however, doesn't show any such
eccentricity. She chooses styles of
dress that are neither extravagant in
design nor too commonplace. She may
indulge in whims of fancy, but she con-
trolls them by good sense as TO what is
becoming to herself, and what will best
command admiration without disclosing
desire in that direction. Red, white
and blue are the favorite colors, SO far
as the resorts close to New York are
concerned, but the patriotism implied
in this is not apparent on sight, because
no more than two of the colors are
shown combined in one costume.
Fabrics striped in blue and white or
red and white are made up into very
many of the seashore gowns. This is
true of cotton, linen and wooden goods
alike. Some of the most SNOWY gowns
seen are made of wide diagonal red wool
with white plain borders, and others
have the ground white with the border
In red bars, or as stripes along the sell
wedge. In other cases blue wool dresses
are made up with red blouse vests of
India silk. These styles are exagger-
ated for tennis costumes, and what are
called tennis blazers consist of blouse,
skirt and hat to match of striped fan
mel. White felt hats are also worn
with such tennis costumes, and they
are of various shapes, such as the al
pine, with a narrow, tapering crown,
or low, round crown with brim
turned up around it, or the sailor shape,
with stiff brim. Yachting jackets of
white wool are also conspicuous in the
summer fashions, and they are worn
generally at watering places for driving
in open carriages.
For days of cool weather at the sea-
shore or in the mountains fashion has
provided what we call anti-chill wraps,
n term of elastic significance, as shown
by the accompanying picture. In one
case it will be seen the wrap is q loose,
moving manJle, Willie III tile Oelei III
has close-fitting waist 10 which long,
draped skirts are attached. Some of
these garments, intended for wet
weather, are made of waterproof mate
rial, although its impervious quality is
not apparent on sight. Capes of this
sort are so contrived that they will fold
up into very small space, and can even
be secured to the pommel of the saddle
when riding on horseback, ready for use
in case of shower. BY an ingeniously
arranged elastic strap in front this little
cape buttons down on to the habit, and
in this way the wearer is perfectly snug
and dry, while it is quite impossible
that the cape should get lifted 10y the
wind, or in any way cause the rider the
slightest inconvenience. 1t is thrown
on in o. moment, and affords complete
protection from wind and rain alike.
The summer ball dress not only
shows a happy combination of such
materials as are described above,
but it illustrates exactly the extent to
which bustles have been diminished by
women who keep up the newest fash
ions. They really say bustles are going
out Going down may be more exact
way of putting it, for they have been