Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-08-29
OUTING COSTUMES.
How to Dross When Golng on summer Ex-
cursions


cursions
At this season of the year the short
excursion has come to be one of the
regular affairs of life, and with il como
costumes that the initiated never fail
to follow. 1t is very easy thing, by
keeping ones eyes open, TO distinguish
between the experienced excursion,.t
and the one who mayhap, is going out
for the first time, and does not know
exactly what the manners and usages
OF such affairs are. II is the fine art
of life to know just how TO dress, what
TO carry, what to leave at home and
what to do while one is out First OF
all the dress should be inconspicuou-
unassuming and comfortable. Too
much dress stamps the novice at
glance, and too many fixings and too
much luggage are peculiaritics of mex
perience.
Serge, homespun, cheviot and similar
lightweight wool materials are the
first choice for outings of all sorts.
Young women wear skirt with q
blouse, shirt-waist and blazer or Eton
jacket, according TO fancy. Slender
girls look better in the Eton; stouter
and more mature women are more APP
propriately gotten up with a blazer.
In excessively hot weather there is
very comfortable and convenient ar
rangement of vest-front made with
sides and back of muslin or lawn and
lawn sleeves that come below the
elbows. Over this is worn a very light
weight blazer. This is liked by ladies'
who cannot go out in simply the shirt
waist without danger OF burning the
neck and shoulders with the sun.
There are few people in the world
with such delicate skins that the ordi-
nary shirt-waist is not sufficient pro-
lection. These must wear something
thicker, and as the blazer is liable to
be more or less scratchy and uncom-
| Portable when worn next the skin, this
arrangement is much liked. There are
also entire shirt-waists of lawn made
| for this purpose. They are pretty, in
expensive and comfortable especially
| II the laundress does not put too much
starch in them, A light wrap, plain
hat of chip with little trimming
| something that Is not affected by
dampness or dust-reasonably heavy
and serviceable shoes and gloves, and
a sun umbrella or coaching parasol,
make up the ideal outfit for such pur-
poses.
There is very much in the selection
of footwear that people who indulge in
outings do not realize. Thin, fine
shoes are very hard to walk in, and
when one is going out for the most
part on plank walks and then on
ground that may possibly be damp, a
heavy sole is much easier for the feet
and safer as TO health. The fashion OF
carrying fancy parasols and wearing
delicate and perishable garments on
such occasions is not at all to be COM
mended. In the first place, such
things are inappropriate; in the Sec
ond, they are extravagant, and that,
in the light of common sense, is not
many removes from sinful People
who have money to spare can put it TO
much better use than to waste it in the
purchase and wearing of things that
are destroyed as soon as they are ex-
posed TO the elements.
A suitable and stylish dress-one that
will stand all sorts of weathers and
will come out unscathed from any of
the ordeals of sun and storm-is made
of the special cloth worn by the mem
bers of the Salvation army. II is
| practically water proof and dust-proof,
is handsome enough to make high
class costume of, and is, all things con-
sidered, most inexpensive and every
way satisfactory investment. Whether
in skirt and blazer or Eton jacket, il
makes up charmingly, and one need
have no apprehension If a black cloud
appears on the horizon or the dust
blows in cyclones.
1t is well always to take along, if one
is to be gone the entire day, tiny
shopping bag, containing a brush,
small comb, a bit of powder and a small
mirror, such as one may find at any
fancy store. There are few things
more conducive to completeness and en-.
joyment than the feeling that one is
tidy as to hair and collar and clean as
to face; and this state of affairs does
not always follow trips by rail or even
those upon the water Simple provi
sions of this sort may be arranged in
space no larger than an ordinary
book, and should never be neglected
by fastidious ladies' Toilet rooms are
not always easy to find, and even If ac
cessible, 1t is not always agreeable tc
use the brushes and combs there pro
vided; so it is much better to furnish
oneself with these necessities before
leaving home. IN. Y. Ledger.