The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-05
WHILE JULY DAYS BEGIN
Then the Interesting Girl in the
Blouse Rejoiees in the
Field.
Her Blouse Is Sometimes of
Silk and Sometimes of
Flannel.
Stunning Shoes Are Also in S~ty1e-Soms-
thing Of Summer Millinery-Also
of SuInnler Gowns.

Especial Correspondence of THE INDEPENDENT.
"EW YORK, JULY 1.-THE GIRL IN
IpJ the blouse is the girl who is inter
TX esting. That is, of course, there
y may be interest in the girl or inter
est in the blouse or interest in both girl
and blouse, which last is from some points
of view the most TO be desired state of
affairs. 1 spent one frightfully hot evening
this week in a school for teaching English
to immigrant Russian Jewesses. maintained
(the school, not the women) by the Baron
Hirsch fund. The low-browed, swarthy,
graceful creatures were interesting, and
they wore blouses, and these blouses were
also interesting. being of light figured
cambria and fastened with small white
pearl buttons. They wore dingy leather
belts and at least half of them had tucked
under their belts pessimistic daisies or
heavy-hearted roses of the sort you buy at
the rate of three for five cents on any street
corner.
Their blouses were not of the kind that
usually find place in q fashion letter, though
even better worth considering than those
other blouses worn in a tennis match it was
my good fortune to witness the morning
after the school visit, which dissipation |
wound up by taking a night train for New
port.
The Newport tennis players were neither
low-browed nor swarthy, but l doubt if they
were as graceful as my Russians. Your ath-
letic girl somehow does not run to grace as
rule. They wore silk blouses in two cases
out of three. A girl who appeared to be
particularly good at something the experts
call. ] believe, a fore-hanG volley, wore an
especially pretty blouse of pals-yellow silk
with a yoke of sole de chine in a deeper
shade of yellow. The full sleeves wero of
the darker tone also, and were
gathered into silk cuffs which
looked too tight though the
Slim brunette managed to use her slim
olive tinted wrists pretty actively. There
WAS a gold passsmsnterie trimming on the
blouse and on ths white wool skirt, and the
little fiat snilor hat Of white chip had Il
twist of yellow null about it and 4 twist of
pale yellow velvet under its brim.
A blouse of white surah was rather effect
i've, combined as il was with 3 yoke of pleat-
ed silk and black velvet, and with full
sleeves with black velvet cuffs. This was
Hotn with Il white flannel skirt trimmed
with graduated rows OF black velvet ribbon,
and with a black sailor hat above which
rose two white wings.
An exceedingly attractive blouse was
worn by an exceedingly attractive girl,
begging the pardon of the enthusiastic ten
mis- people, who didn't like her at ali be-
cause her underhand service-I don't play
tennis myself, SO | hope, with a spice of
lear IN the hore, | may he getting these
names straight-was 80 very awkward. 1t
WAS in Il delicate shade OF pink and was
trimmed with points of black velvet.
Girls who were not playing wore jackets
over their blouses. One was of striped blue
and black silk with loose fronts. Another
was in q pale lavender flannel and was worn