Richland beacon., 1888-10-27
OUT.OF-DOOR DRESSING
"""' -hodish Girls and Ma, Wa,
at Archery and Tenp,.


oS lhe fact that blessings bripbtep
or .neY ,ako their flight seems to b.,
Iai'y borne in upon the -
e archery and tonnsas,I "s pA'''n
J. and the courts apst '"S" '"oy were
., urban resor.- rlier summer weather.
lied n>sulth1 outdoor sports have
Jcn a strong hold upon the affections
of the youths and ma ders of America,
but fashion hath stronger hold yet,
and while there are Phlisiines who
will persist in shooting arrows and
tossing balls in any sort OF loose gar
ment5 that happen 10 come most con-
yenicnt, TO be thoroughly 6u roC,' the
man or woman who shoots 81 arrow
in the air TO have il fall h. knows not
where mast be arraycd in garments ~
artist cdlly gorgeous and correctly
gotten up as are those for ball or
promenade.
This is a costume that was worn by
n weil-kunwn brllr ut Devon wHu hits
the bull's-pve oficpcr thar she misses
H. A skirt of win ic wonlirn mater nj
WAS bordrred bv 4 four nch braid ut
Il ruSSct tint. A narrower brad out
lined the draper cs and the bodice. tho
latter being cut ava TO reveal full
/ vest of white India silk. A large white
hat was trimmed with lOnpinCI of
/ copper or russet-t MOD ribbon. while
/ cloves and shoes mrtchei the trim
mng. Another still more ari>tOcratic
/ costume consisted o! Il cream " hite
/ canvas cloth, str ped with alternate
/ nes Of rich brown and gold color.
/ The drareries were caught by floating
/ ends OF gold colorel ribbons. while the
/ cold-colorcI 8 Tx blouse smuckod 10
/ the sho lders fell over u hrlt OF brown
! leather. in which WAS carelpsslv thrust
/ = loose bunch of b a"k-eved SusaIs,
the rich brown centres and dcep vi.
/ low petals 81 which mvtched exactly
! tie colorS Of the costume. A largo
( hat Of fine brown braid wa. faco with
/ velvet of the same shade and WINS
! caught IN on one side bv u cluster OF
/ flowers like those at tho belt Brown
morocco shoes, showing 81 mt Of
gold through them. matched the cos-
tune.
The mon nre not one whit behind
The girls in gOrgeousness # costume 5
ut the + sports. and il an East Indies
raiah should suddenly find HIM
self on the archery grounds at Lanox.
nc might fancy he was attending a
family reunion. so natural would APP
pear 10 h M the broad sash.s of Grim .
son silk wound around The waists OF
tie men. and frll ng W tn tassollei
ends uron their white flannel trousers.
Striped skirts of silk. aud loose coats
of white flannel. complete this jauntg
outfit. The broad sash is not unbe-
coming TO 1.-the. well shaped men. bat
occas onally al individual with n5-
thet leanings and a tendency TO en-
b. poin. gets a sash on. and tho result
is-well. to put in mildv--funnv
The rage for light-colored shoes still
cont mes. Anv color from deep russell
20 light yellow is worn. All tho
large dealers sell them. and 50 long. ~
fashion saws wear them. they WI
probably b" worn. in spite of tho fact
that they mako the foot appear very
much larger than the old-faShioncd
black shoe. Perhaps it is owing to
this that thew ara left almost exclu
:ively 10 the young girls. md still
Youthful mairons while elderi' mani
mas. in whom the increase o, al pose
matter &c Us for c0ntractions and con
cealncnls Of all sorts. still cling ia
their French lid boots anI back
satin DlH'ts.