The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-20

its bows. On the shoulders yet more
dark ribbon, sleeves which are unfor-
tunate. but inevitable as the styles go,
are trimmed with it yet again, and un-
derneath the low-cut corsage is soft
mass Of delicately-tinted lace - just
that sharper note of contrast which
the season kindly allows. This is, in
deed, an effective costume.
AS the time for the cup races
draws nearer, Newport is keenly ex-
cited over the prospect, and one fair
maid | know is prepared to vanquish
the bold sailors from abroad with an
exquisite yachting costume which is
capable of infinite variety, but hardly
improvement. The skirt is plain, dark
blue serge. So much is almost matter
of course. The dark blue jacket has
wide lapels of white, flung well back
from the front and decl1ed with mill
tary-lool1ing braid and ''frogs' of blue.
( Below the waist the jacket skirts are
Killed back again with the white, and
| the cuffs and collar and the natty
pocket flap are white with blue but
tons Blue and white again fit out the
wise little head which was SO wise as
to choose such smart and suita bic
| array.
The season has likes and dislikes. It
| likes:
Wide, heavy belts Of dull cleaning
metal;
Linen for homely occasions;
Low shoes, black, tan or white;
White stockings, at last: trial to
| the sex which likes ankles to look
| trim as well as be SO; which is that: or
| both?
The jacket dozen kinds;
Bows, and ribbons and ruf1es and
| things that flutter;
A wilderness of lace, clinging wher-
ever lace can cling;
Sleeves invaluable to the museums
of 1898; but popular because--oh these
girls!-a big sleeve makes comfort
able waist look small.
1t dislikes almost nothing. It is
generous in it's scope. So may 1898
with its follies and for them win for
giveness.
Impressions are now vivid in the
mass, and in the mass ones impression
is of the wonderful and the details Of
costume. We are French rather than
English in dress, English rather than
French in ideas and sympathies We
wear our skirts tight about the hips
and curving outward at the hem, just
enough you know, but not too much.
We tempt the breeze with ruffies
i 4
month ago, and we cheat the roguish
sun with parasols more gorgeous OF
hue and fantastic of shape than ever
before. We wear upon our hats chiffon,
edged with lace, huge ribbon bows,
few flowers, few plunes, many wings"
black and colored. We cling to the
Jacket because we love it and to the
founce because to it the costuner con-
strains Us unwillingly. We revel in
lace ashore and braid afoat. We de-
light IN compelling admiration from
the affronted eye by strange and unholy
combinations of color, green aud pink,
sage and orange, yellow and red. We
are by degrees diminishing our wing
like sleeves looking meanwhile for the
expected signal that shall bid them
utterly vanish. We know that they
are doomed, but would not be the first
to lay the old aside. We are comfort
able in silk blouses and virtuouslr
chol1ed in high collars. We wear at
lawn festivals fussy things which men
admire because they look feminine.
and at teas clinging things which
women admire because they are beau
tiful. We 90 forth richly clad IN bro |
cadc. and we linger in linen Young |
women wear lavender and lilac and |
older ones triunphantly don youthful |
whites and pinks-
ErLZx OSBORN.