The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31
ELLEN OSBORN'S LETTER.
DECORATION DAY MARKS THE
OPENING OF ANOTHER YACHT
ING SEASON.

Golf Cycling, outing Gowns-Thc
very Latest word Upon the Recre-
alton Toilets of Feminine
America.
Copyright 1886.
New York. May 30.-In the de-
l,cously illogical way of such def
nitions. Decoration days is said TO
mark the beginning of the outing season.
The lines of veterans marching past. the
empty sleeves. the halting gait the tears
and cheers that greet the old flag, the
flowers that fall on nameless graves and
lofty monuments as If to bury out of
sight the ugly memories of war, and the
smiling heaven that bids all be peace
again-what have these to do with cleek
or paddle. oar or wheel2 beautiful day
il Is and one worth pOndering by every
American, but 1t Is the END of the be-
ginning. Even yachting, the latest Of
the sports 10 assemble as notaries is al
ready well under way. AS for golf, cy-
cling and such active exercise
Why the season has been open long
enough for outing fashions TO wax ana
harden in their mouths Ike jelly so that
they may be handled as historical facts,
like that of the Plymouth Rock debarka-
The bicycle gown, for instance, is in
material very various, but IN cut III mas
practically only two variations, ana these
You may have boomers if you will
and il you have strength OF mind 70 stop
there and not make them khckerbocker
and not substitute a man 8 golHng cap
for your pretty shade ana not 40 any
of the things that-iwell, lots Of nice girls
do wear boomers, Of course, ana 10 stop
right there; lots of them.
| suit Is the divided skirt. Skirts undivided
there are none, except in the homemade
-pff n
/ gowns. A mere man wouldn't suspect
/ the fact but that broad middle front
| breadth, with the buttons down each side
! is removable, and when 1t is taken away
my lady stands in true divided skirt
| fit to delight Lady HaDbertOn ana otner
martyrs of a dozen years ago II contains
! considerable cloth and cannot by any
stretch of courtesy, be called an ideal
| arrangement for ground and lotty tum-
/ bling, but 1T is a skirt and 1t Is short;
and it will do A woman don't, as rule
| care so much about 'scorching' as about
| looking sweet on The seat Of bicycle
| built for herself with or without an
| other For that matter, one scarcely
! sees ladies riding tandems now though
| the new "sociables" have their admir-
Assume that She Is to have divided
| skirt with a front flop, Ii IS left to my
| lady to select materials. These should
/ be light in tint and texture, and II there
is 81 dash Of yellow in the drab, a dust
| colored gown Will be produced. Here,
again. the solid virtue OF the dust colors
]
! does not always prove aIluring. Ine
4 prettiest cycling dress I've seen lately
/ had a skirt, or two skirts, with but a
/ Single belt, of pretty blue and white check,
| the white predominating. The tiny jacket
/ was dark blue, but about the lapel, half
/ an inch in from the edge ran strip Of
whole was simple, yet extremely pretty.
| For Newport, where cool weather may be
! expected, two pretty suits have been de-
1 signed One Is of dark tan, short skirt
/ and double 4oreasted jacket to the hips,
/ and the wide square lapels are filled In
/ with fawn color. yachting tie and linen
! front lust show at the throat
1 The other suit has plain hat with two
/ duills, a dark blue skirt with wide white
military braid and a round bottoned
| Jacket. braided likewise and furnished
/ with an agonizing high stock collar. one
| of these costumes IS very suitable for
| real work and one is very pretty. Can
YOU tell which Is which?
| For places less favored, or for wearers
| less cool booded, these close Jackets
! would hardly do. Cycling IS warm work,
and the majority OF far riders will DO
the shortest kind Of jacket, tied on the
| handle bar at that!
| shapes have scarcely any rivals, though
| some bicyclists do wear picture hats OF
| moderate dimensions defying the wind
with hat pins. But there Is one suDsti-
| In their way, our British cousins are
| unfntentionally numerous. Lots of wo-
/
1 Jameson" in honor of Dr.. Jim and his
"heroes," no matter whether its light
| tint and wide brim are becoming or not.
| There are heroines in BritainI
| Describe a bicycle suit and you have
described a golf suit, In many cases.
| Golf is a rich mans game, true enough.
But women who are not rich can play
and make one costume do for both pas
times. II one is made, it should have
| a short skirt, not necessarily divided.
mare preferably Of pig snowy plaids IN
a tam cap go well with the OUTFIT A
cooler sport than cycling Is golf-that
must be admitted.
There are little IDEAS in dress like these,
A gray blue flannel. tailor made, with
| min stripes of dark blue, cuffs and collar
of white leather and a lining of red silk
! A close white serge suit with collar and
revers of black velvours MORE; good for
I a yachting or lawn party gown.
A summer evening dress for out al
town; Pale blue satin with trailing apple
blossoms and sleeves Of painted chiffon,
| The apple blossoms were painted on and
! there was the green of the foliage to Off
set their pinky white and whitley pink
| And upon the SHOULDER a bunch of them
Long crumpled sleeves of semi-trans.
parent gauze or tulle are worn as an ever
present help for women with thin or red
The grass-linen-over-siIk absurditv ec
| common this year, has Of course its ana.
| logue in underWear-the oVerskirt Oh
thinnest muslin and insertion worn above
IN underskirt of red silk or pink tar.
| fetas or OtheI seuuctlFe sluiAs. say you
begin with pink tafeta; then comes
an oVerskirt Of an ACCORDION pleated mus
lin with rows Of ivory tint Mechlin lact
set in; then a ban room gown of PINK
satin and the fal-lals herewith appropri-
| ate.
The fchu, thus: A morning gown OF
light pink crepe, embroidered with faint
" blushing daisy buds, vatican pleats
Of course, and over the shoulders a wide
Louis Seize scarf Of muslin edged witt
| lace
| There are many silks striped with The
| old narrow lines which always seemed
irr,r.liad rrtlar1 man linrnl =,