Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-18

clusion that an. feathers make fine birds. pro-
vided the birds know how to wear the feathers
That's q big proviso. however All the me
clothes in the world won't make stylish
woman, although many women think So style
h in aiviiuhlIty and must shine through the
envelope in which fashion encases the woman
oflour day. have often heard my male friends
say that dress suit accentuates the vulgarlty
Of the yulgsrian. bv which | presume they
mean that he hasn't individuality enough TO
animate the covering. He ~ like a butcher In
u doctors gown; he may NIL 1t, but II dOesn t
give him any dignity.
These summer flowers among which j have
beer botanizing for types are now IN fullest
bloom. They will keep their beauty intact for
several weeks to come. but a. August goes out
you'll find that their delicate petals begin to
show wear and tear. like the real blossoms ut a
flower show in its last week. II i were a man
e in search Of a wife I'd 90 TO the summer re-
sorts and MOO these midsummer maidens. for 1t
seems to ms that the moment a young girl lays
aside her mask Of rice powder and takes Oh her
hat and gloves, that moment she steps. SO
to speak. out of societys masquerade and
becomes her own natural sweet self.
DIvISELY TALL
I have a number of types in nv note book
Take. for instance. the one set at the head of
this column initial ornament. This is the
stylish girl divinely tall. with the gait and bear
ing of duchess in plain clothes. Everything
becomes the stylish girl. and the strange thing
about her is her placidity. Iou rarely see her
ruffiei- l mean this for pun, for her cos
tunes are prOvOkingly plain, and yet the men
turn and look at them-nO. her: no. you can I
disassOciate her from her toilets. You can
some women. and say. ''Hov plain she'd be in
ordinary Clothes | have called the stylish
girls costume PrOvOkiugly plain So they are
at times. especially In the morning.
lOu meet her ON the hotel veranda
wearing IiCh-cOlOred wooden dress with semi
clinging skirts and bodice whose nit is perfec-
ton. with vest opening on a pink, yellow.
mauve or blush chemisette. plei,ted. chiffoned
and held In place by white fawE-cOlored
leather belt. and plain straw shading her lus-
trous hair. trimmed with gauZe to match the
vest AMI set of with two three wings set
yedetie-like. The stylish girl Is rarely what
men call a bowling swell She affects artistic
plalnness. and above all things artistic har-
mOny- You never see the stylish girl with a
disco-d in costume She comes upon
You like landscape in soft tones. She
hasn't the faIntest suspicion of a swagger
about her. and while she belongs
TO the category OF plain girls. vet the more YOU
study her the more she fsscInates you. She is
Ike cavIar-she doesn't SUIT the general. but to
the cultivated taste she Il simply delicious and
no summer resort Is complete without her. L
heard - college athlete vino wins every race and
gets Ilueked at every examination remark of
the stylish girl: ''She may be out of sight, but
can always feel that she Is around" very
graceful compliment by the way.
SUMNER TOILETS ~ CREPo,s AND FaI1LE
Number 2 il what the boys call a jolly girl.
always wearing gooj eloIkeJ. but putting no
thought in the matter. wearing them simply