The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-23

are very long. indeed. In many cases they
sweep the payements for foot behind a
woman as she walks along. In every case
they touch, and the most independent
woman would scarcely dare 10 go forth
''dressed-up" unless her gown dragged al
least an inch behind her.
On the other hand outing dresses, yacht
ing dresses, tennis suits and mountain
dresses are made very short-mnch short
er than they were last year. Ii is not an
unusual thing 20 see 3 woman with a
mountain dress which Just covers the bend
of her knees.
With skirt as short as this she gener-
ally wears leather leggings, but not always;
sometimes she wears simply the regulation
stockings and heavy Notwithstanding
shoes, and the glory of her calves is re-
yeaIed TO all who may care to gaze upon
them.
party OF Vassar girls made climb in
the Adirondacks thus dressed in very short
skirts A party OF fellows who were out
upon q surveying expedition saw the party
of women in the distance and fastened TO
hail them and invite them to their camp.
To their surprise, and almost TO their hor-
ror, the girls wore skirts that revealed the
bend of their knee and that were tight-tt-
ting and clinging to the last degree.
The point of the story is this: Street
dresses are worn very. very long. and out
ing dresses are worn very, very short
There seems TO be no medium az all.
A very good quality of tweed can be OBJ
tanned for a small sum, and, if one is at ali
a home dressmaker, very good outing
dress, with loose blazer-shaped waist and
plain skirt can be fashioned-all for the
sum of 81. Silk shirts are to be worn
with this. But If one does not care TO 60
TO the expense Of buying silk shirts very
good substitute can be found by using silk
shirt fronts. These come ready made In
the stores in all colors at the cost of $50
each. They are easily made at home. how
ever, and by buying one silk shirt front 70
serve as a pattern for the others, any
woman with a spark Of ingenuity can
make a very good and pleasing variety for
use all summer.
The pale poetic gray, which was fashion
able in the spring, holds its own in August.
But the August gray differs from the June
gray in that it Is more poetic and more
idealized, so to speak. There Is SHIN
mer and sheen and shine about II which
did not appear in the spring grays- The
spring grays were made OF broadcloth,
ladies' cloth, cashmere. or some other
like material, but the August grays are Of
the finest, light silk, so that they seem
scarcely more than q film, so sheer are
they and so graceful.
Gray and white striped China silk is
extremely pretty for these light gray suits.
because a dress made of it requires no
trimming at all and the white renders II
less trying 10 the complexion than the
plain gray. A very lovely suit Of gray and
white with little gray and white toque
appeared few days ago.
The wearer Of this pale gray and white
gown and toque carried little silver and
gray shopping bag. She also had white
parasol with silver handle and from her
belt there hung al least dozen OF those
little silver things which are the delight OF
every woman who can afford TO buy them
Dresden china as g material for parasol
handles grows apace in favor. Where one
Dresden china handle was seen IN the
spring there are now dozen, and yet the
coIo-s are so varied that il is predicted that
the reign Of the Dresden china rarasol will
be long one, because not only It's unique