The morning call., 1890-06-08

A SOFT nat oil brown telt, DOunQ WITH
leather and trimmed with leather bands
and buckles, and a scarlet scarf to tie at the
throat completed the whole practical outht.
If the sun comes out hot and the wayside
brooks are few and far between, this girl
tramp from Boston will replace the waist
coat with cream-colored blouse of wash
ing silk striped with lines of scarlet, hang
the jacket TO the satchel strap over her
Shoulders-a Boston girl mustn't ask any
body masculine to carry her luggage, at
least for the first half-mile-and take up the
line of march serenely.
"How far can you walk in a dayW l
asked her.
That's according to circumstances. Any
where from sixteen to thirty miles,"
And how have you solved the vexed
question of petticoats?"
"Oh, shouldn't think of wearing them
ON such a jaunt, nor divided skirts, for that
matter. Knickerbockers are the only things
that won't get wet with dew nor grimed
with dust, and p0ngee silk knickerbockers
worn directly beneath the dress are my
standby. In rough country l shalt wear
leather leggins, buttOning from my boots
to meet the knickerbockers at my knees"
Such is modern athleticism. The Knick-
erbocker Canoe Club held its first regatta
for the season on the Hudson last week, and
the opening of the summer was sIgnaliZed
appropriately by the appearance of some
extremely pretty water gowns. The girls
who received invitations didn't do much
padding; they never take an active part at
regattas in town, but their loose sailor
blou5es turning over with deep round col
lars. cut quite low in the neck, with broad
brght-cOlOred scarfs tied at the throat, each
in sailor knot with floating ends; their
fiuttering skirts sometimes striped broadly
in white and red or white and blue, their
picturesque jackets and their white glazed
sailor hats alternating cheerlully with lace
hats, crowned with flowers, added to the at
fractions of the scene.
A bright-eyed blonde wore round skirt
of gray serge with white silk blouse, gray
jacket, white hat and white canvas shoes.
AT her belt was sprig of pink azalias. A
dark girl with short, closely curling hair
wore a red blouse with Jacket and skirt cf
dark blue serge. AT intervals she fluttered
pretty and unsubstantial handkerchief of
bright red null A laughing girl, who
was passenger in a rowboat, was in a
costume of sea-green serge. III | remember
correctly, she was the one who had on
little scarlet fishing cap with tassel hang
ing down over one ear. The prettiest
water toilet was white serge protected by
blue jacket with gold braid and brass but
TONS Light dresses OF India silk or gray
print were common, and with these were
seen flower hats and gauze and lace para
soils. One girl wore close-itting sleeves
coming only trif1e below the elbows.
There is SO much rowing done by women,
when it Is not a question of regattas but of
country streams, that some of the stores
are providing rOwing-glOves without fingers
a convenience in June, but by August the
summer girl will probably revert to the good
old fashion of sun-browned hands.
Some attractive costumes were noted at
flower party on Wednesday. Are you fa-
miliar with such festivities2 Know then
that the fortunate woman who has a coun-
try-house at New Rochelle or Tarrytown or
Flushing on Long Island or anywhere with
in easy reach OF the city sends carriages
filled with aZaliaS and the first of the noun
tain laurel to the railway station for her
friends, thus perhaps canceling many social
debts contracted during the winter. For
the merry men and maidens thus set down
at her gates there is tennis on the lawn or
tea on the piazza or music in the parlor
and for all or several of them who enter
fully into the spirit of the occasion there
are baskets tied with ribbons and guide
to take them into the woods and the byways
for ferns and June flowers.
The leading spirit of the flower party
above mentioned was wide-awake indi-
vidual of 10 or thereabouts, who wore a
coat Of dark-green serge and white petit
coat striped horizontally with green. There
was a white India silk vest. white cloth
cuffs and revers and a large hat of green
lace straw trimmed with white, golden
crowned narcissus flowers. Green and
white offered a prize to the person who
should bring her the greatest number of
Jack-in -the-pulpits, and this was won, but
not by young man as seemed appropriate
but by sprighty girl in light gray over
reddish brown with horse-hair hat
trimmed with reddish muslin.
The most elaborate toilets did not ven
ture off the shaven turf in front of the
house; it's the worst feature of elaborate
toilets that they never can. A slate-gray
gown was very pretty, with under-dress in
one piece, held in at the waist with sash
and having tight sleeves with small back
buttons. Over this was long tunic, tight
fitting behind, loose in front and with hang
ing sleeves trimmed with black cords. The
blush straw hat was trimmed with black
and yellow flowers. The most novel hat
noticed was shaped like mushroom and
had foundation of Neapolitan straw, which
was, however, so covered by the flower
bed in full bloom upon it that only stray
glmpses of the straw were had, and these
but rarely. Glover blossoms, daisies and
buttereups opened as in meadow, inter-
spersed with grass and strawberry leaves.
The effect would have been good, probably,
on young girl, but on the matron who wore
it the word was bizarre.
When alls said there's nothing more at
tractive to be seen this season than the gay
little cotton gowns and. the plaided percales
butt0ned up the back very probably, though
this is lnconvenlent, aud Frightening the
landscape with old reds and pinks and re-
seda and yellow. With these are worn long
lace scarfs or Marie Antoinette fichus tied
on the breast, with the ends hanging down,
or little V-sbaped wraps Of lace aud ribbon
with high sleeves of gathered lace and long
ribbons tying at the neck. The burning
poppy-reds begin to show themselves now
that summer Is upon us, and everywhere
one sees the warm russet-br0wns, grays that