St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-21

weaker vessel it was the shirt. Now all
this is changed, and, following in regu-
lar succession the appropriation OF the
ulster. the chOker, the necktie, the sailor
hat, the high hat, boots and trousers for
riding, the covert coat and jacket with
their pockets, the undresSed leather
shoe and even the cane, the girl OF the
period now CLAIMS the shirt for her own,
SO that mankind is reduced to the ex-
tremity of having not garment to his
back that he can call his own.
The adoption was not sudden. With
accustomed feminine tact it was ap-
preached by easy stages. Two sum-
mers ago there were the Jerseys of soft.
flexible material or occasionally of silk,
which fitted the body easily and yet
closely, but gave freely With every mo-
ton. Last summer came the blouse,
looser than the Jersey, in fact big in the
sleeves and all over, and with little
fringe of skirt below the belt. This
year the bellies and the seaside beauties
who set the fashion have gone the the
only step possible, and have taken
mems shirts in their entirety, collars,
cuffs, bosoms and all. There is absO-
lutely nothing to distinguish the femi-
nine from the masculine shirt. They
are made by the same makers in the
same way, of the same material,
and are worn just the same
as men wear them, only more
often without coat than with one.
They are considered very chic and no
wardrobe of fashionable girl this sum-
mer is considered complete without
them. All the stunning girls at New
port, Narragansett and Bar HarbOr have
them. some great variety in plain
white bosoms, embroidered fronts, small
tucks and frills. and some even in silk,
but the greater number in cOlored,
checked or dotted muslinS and percaleS
and plain or fancy tiannels. There is
one Philadelphia belle who is said to
have started off with as many as two
dozen shirts, no two alike. They have
many advantages. They are cool and
comfortable and pleasant for summer
wear, and, as they can be worn with
any skirt or different ones with the same
skirt, they admit of great variety to cos
tune without much trouble OF expense.
At the seaside or mountains it is the
skirts that gets the toughest wear, and
any plainly made skirt of a pretty de-
sign is good enough for the rocks or
sand or to wear in boat and we'll
made shirt of a pretty pattern gives just
the necessary cool and breezy finishing
touch.
With these shirts all sorts of studs are
worn, some of pearls and other jewels,
and one belle at Newport has been seen
with diamond studs, and whatever may
be said about men wearing them dia-
mond studs certainly look pretty in
shirt front on woman. Standing col
lars are usually worn, though many
prefer narrow rundown collars. All
sorts of necktieS are worn. Fourth
hand ScarfS of soft silk in cOlorS to suit
the complexion are the most popular.
but narrow white or black tie, such as
men wear in the evening, is considered
the ''sWellest" thing.
Loose coats, sometimes in striped
f1annelS, like the mems blazers, are worn
over the shirts in the evening. Abroad
the ladies wear their shirts not only
during the morning, but at the most
fashionable summer resorts in the even
ing as we'll. They are said to be the
best thing ever worn for tennis, and
some of the girls who have adopted
flannel shirts say they understand now
why the men, in so many cases hitherto,
have been able to outplay the girls. An
other nice thing about them is that,
after game of tennis or day out of
doors, the shirt can be thrown into the
wash to come back in day or two from
the laundry as fresh and attractive as
ever.
The shirt is the one thing in which
the fashionable girls have managed to
get ahead of The multitude of want-tO-
Decentralization girls, who try to keep
up with the procession. 1t is too late
| this season for the other girls to copy,
and the fashionable girls are happy.
But next season no girl will be without
| shirt.