Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29

Gloveless Is many pretty girl on the street
and in the public places, and comfortable she
is too, il comfort can be obtained by sensible
clothing. Some few summers ago the maidens
necked garments that are to be seen upon
every thoroughfare would have been horribly
shocked at the very idea of appearing any.
where except in their own boudoir in such at.
tire. and the stiff linen collar, with the high
outer collar of the Dress was the only correct
form for street wear while the hands must be
encased in gloves no matter how disagreeable
and uncomfortable sucn encasng proved nor
how many pairs of gloves it required during
the summer.
Now the reaction has set in, however, and
with such vim that 1t is interesting to specu.
late on what it may lead to. While there has
been.a great deal of controversy regarding re-
form dress, and the whole country has been
agitated over it, yet the peculiar reform that
has, during the past and present warm spell,
been adopted by the ladies. young and old. in
our city had particular forerunner. The
newspapers and fashion writers did not predict
gloveless season, which. while it may brown
the dainty hands, will afford splendid oppor-
tunity for displaying the exquisite rings that
belong to milady. Nor did they TO any great
extent predict q collarless season, but such it
proves to be, and when once the collar is
ignored it is torture to reinstate 1t.
Consider Well Before You Leap.
In discarding 1t, however, it is well to stndy
yourself, somewhat, if you care for your ap-
pearance at all. The low round neck should
not be adopted by any except very youthful
maids with very youthful. pretty necks The
high back with v effect in front Is not nearly
SO trying, and can be worn with safety, and
yO1d da- -lNxya al, Prff
plice neck effect is one that is equally becoming
to old and young, plain or pretty, and more or
less of the neck may be exposed according to
its beauty. or the degree of heat
The gentlemen, with one accord, admire the
innovation and delight in the fact that the
young ladies are caring more for comfort than
elegance and donning, with universal grace
and for almost universal wear, the tennis
blouse, or shirt, as one particularly bright
maiden with dancing eyes always calls
it. even in the cafe, where she said,
within my hearing, one day last week:
Il wonder if it will be bad form
for me to eat in my shirt sleeves" and, whether
it was or not, she quickly slipped her 'blazer'
off and enjoyed fried chicken, French fried
potatoes, iced tea and Strawberries and cream,
anything but her own happiness. She wasn't
and the shirt was sweet little affair of percale
with tiny pink figure in it.
Takes Her Brothers. Neckties.
She, with all her faults was charming, never
theless, but, am straying from my subject
pretty girl has such a strong fascination for me
that it is with sorrow drop her to write of her
ardent admirer, the young man, individually or
coll ectively, who admires the innovation as 1
have already said. 1t may be that there is
grain of selfshness in his admiration, that he
knows the raging attire, adopted for this raging
weather, by the girls means greater liberty and
freedom for him in the same llne-lncreased
comfort and decreased laundry bills.
He doesn't seem to care at all for the en-
croachment made upon his mode of dressing
by the fair ones. but he objects seriously to
having his handsome new four-ln-hand appro-
priated by his sister. One of the most perfect
dressers In Pittsburg confded his trials and
tribulations to me yesterday in a manner cal
culated TO arouse pity in the heart of the most
finty nature.
You see." he said, II never know whether
have tie or net. or a sash, for that matter. 1
think what Ethel can't wear herself she gives
to her girl friends. 1t was only to-day she
drove down he-e with two other girls, and, as
true as live, they all had on ties belonging
to me. One was a delicate lavender
that I expected to christen to morrow
but shall have to forego that pleasure now and
look out for new one this afternoon. It's
really serious, don't know what am going to
do about it, for you know 1t is rather expensive
supplying a whole village with four-in-hands,
but I couldn't say anything when saw those
three darling girls, even though they had
ransacked my dresser in order to look pretty
and probably tried the effect of every tie in my
possession before deciding upon the very ones
that especially admired.
Remonstrance 10 Useless.
'Remonstrance you sayI By Jove. tried it
the other evening and dear little sis just gave
me genuine old fashioned hug, hot as it was,
and said: You really don't care Tom, if wear
some of your pretty ties occasionally do you,
for you have so many you know
"Oh, huml Of course didn't, just thep,"
Tom, with a resigned air.
THoRNE BRANCH.
MIDSUMMER MEETINGS.
Events OF the Week Which Entertained Both
the Old and the Young.
The event of the week is the fashionable we'd
ding tomorrow evening of Miss Jennie Childs,
T.. Or.a