Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16

| red celluloid buttons on these gloves are
prettily ornamented to represent capstan top
or compass points. while the vail that in
sures the tlmid sailor woman against tan and
sunburn Is now made Of finest batiste, or
what is both cooler and lighter, of tulle, a
dark blue or green tint. woven double In
mesh.
In this year Of invention and advancement
the lady OF fashion who goes yachting
dresses as carefully for the occasion with
out as within. We have now the yachting
corset-very short on hips and bust. as all
now corsets are, and It's few flexible bones
held In place by a network OF narrow white
bobbin bands. This corset is worn over a
combination of Isle thread or woven gar
ments, or the same thing in mixed silk and
wool and a bright gloria silk petticoat is cast
over that. The whole arrangement is
schemed out for the sake Of avoiding weight,
to facilitate easy movements andsto at once
keep the wearer cool. but also from chill.
On such underwear yachting skirts OF
tweed and the heavier cloths are worn with
out silk Innings, and the lightweight serges
and cotton are either lined with silk or made
on separate silk petticoats. All water skirts
are cut on the bell pattern and the red
tweed shown is decorated with d new serge
| braid, at once loose and very woolly. The
red tweed has its full braided bolero coat.
lined with a red and white taffeta silk to
match the shirt used under 1t. while the
owner Of the suit when she finds 1t desir-
able to make a change, can throw off both
coat and waist and draw on a sweater of
white silk, bearing the yachts name In red
across the chest. The bottom of such a
sweater is usually worn in a series of two
inch wide tabs, that are about as long, to
fall around the hips and under a belt Of
white or red suede that has a steel harness
buckle.
The collar rolls up high and close about
the throat, and in white, blue or red silk
these are to be worn through the hot
weather by fashionable women In place of the
wool ones. Another substitute for boned
bodices and coats are shirt waists of the
heaviest white corded silk, worn with white
linen cuffs and collars, and. instead of leather
belts, wide folded girdles of bias silk, fas-
tened in front with huge skeleton belts of cut
silver, or four-pronged bars Of French bill
liants.
A REVIVAL OF THE DICKY.
On every hand are for sale, in linen or
silk, small and large dickies. for which of
late women have conceived a great fond
ness. Among the sketches is shown one Of a
white French serge, round of skirt, and it's
blouse coat half-unbuttoned and thrown back
in revers. to display a dicky shirt front of
white linen. To the eye of the casual OBJ
server an entire shirt waist is suggested,
and a big plaid cushion cravat of silk is
crossed upon 1t. The design in simple lines
most carefully typifes what is, on the whole,
considered sweetest and best In a boating
suit. for, with rare exceptions, the full
blouse waist predominates, and when white
linen is not wished for in the neck a dicky
of vivid checked red. and white plaid silk,
with a turnover neck frlll of white lace can
be substituted. Four-in-hand, cushion,
string and grenadine ties are all Of service
in the way of neck adornments when dressed
for the sea. while in case Of cold weather
there are charming silk scarfs sold to wrap
twice about the neck and tie on one side,
letting tasseled ends fall over the shoulders.
These are nothing more than knitted silk
adaptations of Venetian gondolier sashes,
that are picturesque and useful, neverthe-
less. When not needed for warmth, IL is
proper to knot ones silk muller sashwise
about the waist, and, for afternoon tea on
deck, either a linen or checked silk dicky
can be slipped out and a lace or chiffon
front introduced. By this means the question
of dressing for dinner at the seaside is
promptly and comfortably settled, which in
a measure accounts for the many open
fronted yachting suits.
IMPORTANT DETAILS.
In the afternoon, too, on deck, heavy
leather ties are exchanged for low-heeled,
round-toed slippers, made of white, or clear
navy blue glace kid, having tiny gold
' anchor buckles on the instep. or for slippers
quite as pretty made of snow white canvas
cloth, having a small steel cromwell buckle
holding a big flap of whitewash leather on
the instep. All these deck boots have the
thinnest slice of leather and their bottoms
carefully roughened, in order to prevent
slipping. The one jewel worn with any of
the water costumes above described is a
bracelet that one can have In silver or gold,
for good taste does not approve of the yacht
ing chatelains, hatpins of special nautical
design, jewel beaded chains to which tiny
binoculars are attached. or ultra marine
brooches literally begemmed. for which there
Is a strong effort being made.
Occasionally a carefully costumed woman
wears a little silver pulley block. or tiny
white enamel and gold round life buoy
brooch, but her only special ornament is
a thick, flexible silver cord bracelet, on
which Is strung a tiny watch and a silver
and compass Of the sizes of the
watch. This fastens rather closely about the
high wrist, or in place OF the cord a white
wash leather strap is used, snapped together |
with 4 silver button in place of a clumsy
buckle. On all the little pieces of yachting
jewelry inside her various deck hats. her |
shoes and on the bands of her clothing, the
wife of d yacht owner has engraved and
embroidered. not her own initials only, but
the name OF her husbands boat and the
private signal In the colors of the bunting.
There Is a commendable simplicity OBJ |
served In the seaside and boating suits for
little girls. Their dressmakers may utilize |
an the materials adopted by the grown-ups,
but the favorite model this summer for a
small girls beach dress Is blue or sand
brown serge, made with a killed skirt and a
RUSSIAN blouse waist, gathered In by a wide
black Vanished or w~hitewashed leather belt.
A strip OF white linen Is slipped inside the
straight hand collar. and a wide brimmed |
checked blue and white straw hat tops off
the sensible suit. Rubber, solid pig-skin |
sand shoes and scarlet socks or long black
stockings are the final addenda, when the
youngster wears her shoes at all. for this
year the most fashionable mothers are to
follow the new cure of the fresh-air maniscs |
and improve the carriage and complexion of !
our future debutantes by giving them bare
loot INNER NINA FITCH.
WOMEN IN DIPLOMACY.
Why Mrs. MuriIIa NJ. Kicker AnnIiel