Middletown transcript., 1894-08-11

ers, and that is saying much for the
size of her collection. The shirt waist
is accommodating. and that is charac
teristic of which the summer girl ap-
proves. When she wishes to appear
as tailor-made young person her shirt
waist is very stiff affair. 1t has
high standing collar, very glossy cuffs
and shirt bosom which is immacu-
late and in color-well, If possible it
matches her eyes.
After the summer girl is tired be-
ing tailor maid, she dons a delicaey
tinted shirt waist of soft clinging ma
terial, which is billowy with ru flies
lace or sheer embroidery. The canvas
belt about her waist gives place to a
much wrinkled waist band of soft
silk OF crepe.
Many of the new shirt waists of
null or lawn are trimmed effectively
with narrow black lace. Others are
adorned with accordion-plaited frills
of the material. When embroidery
ruff1es are used they float from bead
ing through which narrow ribbons are
run. This arrangement is very ef-
fective in outlining yoke, and some
times three or four lines of ribbon-run
beading are used as heading.
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The linen covered telescope"
satchels are by far the best for the
Summer girl, who is going for too
short a visit to take a trunk. In them
she may place her lawn and linen
gowns without fear that they will be
wrinkled irredeemably when un-
packed; the telescopes are as easily
packed as trunk.
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Do you know that the term "strong
minded" as related to women is being
fearfully misapplied and misunder
stood? Just now a woman hardly
knows whether she Is being compli-
mented or not when the epithet is ap-
piled to her. Men openly pronounce
against this class Of women, regard
ing them as persons devoid of feel
ings of their kind or as human mon
strosities from whom one should fee.
Just what is meant by a strong
minded woman should be left for the
woman herself to declare. It simply
means woman capable Of thinking
her own individual thoughts, uninfiu-
enced by any one; woman keen
to see far into human nature
and to adjust herself thereto.
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When, oh! when will our novelists |
cease to present to our notice youth
and beauty to the exclusion of the |
more enduring qualities of humanity?
Miss Beatrice Harraden is to be
upon the fact that she |
has had the courage to introduce to
us heroine who interests us perhaps |
the more intensely from the fact that |
she stands almost alone among
the heroines of modern fiction-a wo-
man neither beautiful nor young.
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Be sure to have in your summer
wardrobe at least one dark gown. Let
it be of some cool, sheer material and
made SO that it combines comfort
with, style.
Lady Henry Somerset regards the
bicycle as second only to temperance
in its improving effect upon society.
She speaks of the bicycle in connec-
tion with the working classes with
positive warmth. "a revolution" she
says, sis being slowly wrought that
will entirely change the aspect Of
life for working girls. The country
with all it's re-creative charms will
soon be at their doors. The privilege
hitherto belonging to the rich-a Sat
nrday to Monday in the country
when the sultry air makes town in
fast becoming possible
10 them, and the new friend that
brings with it these fresh hopes is
lone other than that swift steed of i
'teel, the bicycle. hope we may in
,ur practical English fashion turn the
aew dispensation to good account for
working girls by arranging to receive
Of bicycling clubs either in
ome little cottage adjoining our own
ZONES. or by now and then inviting q
= rty Of bicylists to our gardens In
he neighborhood ofsour cities and
argetowns, and thus sharing with