The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-07
THE HON G,
VACATION WARDRoBEs-


An article so full of good advice gained
by practical experience appeared some
time ago among the 'sWomen's interests
in the New England Farmer. that we
herewith repeat it:
Everybody who has ever gotten up a va
cation wardrobe knows that she put in a
great many things that she never wore,
and left out just as many that she wanted
the worst way" 1t really does seem as
if one must spend ones vacation in assplace
in order to find out just what she ought
to take to wear, but by exercising the
wits provided by one's gray brain matter
at least some rof the probable mis-
takes in wardrobes can be made improb-
able.
remember the natty boots and smart
slippers that l carried into the White
Mountains once, and also remember
how / sat on the dry piazzas and anathe-
matized them and thought Of my stout
boots at home while the other vacationists
tramped and climbed round and had a
fine time in their comfortable canvas
loOUSOnLs AAO1 ICkAo1AU0i3 lOE I dl ways
buy my experiences dearly, the compla-
cency with which l went the next sum
mer to the beach, not armed, but footed
with canvas shoes, and every time we
went boating with the tide bit low I
got my feet wet. while the others in the
satisfaction and my idiotic canvas ex-
tremities with commiseration. Then
again, recall summer at Bar Har bor
where carried lot of water proof and
road proof footgear, and where I never
needed anything but show slippers for
the ballroom, and elegant shoes for car
rage wear. CHM bling into tallyho does
show off ones shoes SO
A mistake that almost all women make
in their summer wardrobe is to provide
too many washdresses. They are good
things if one owns or operates laundry,
but they cost the price of buying and
making over several times If they have
to be laundried away from home. A
wash dress, moreover, looks we'll ouly
when it is absolutely fresh. It is the last
thing in the world to wear off on q day IS
jaunt, for after a few hours, and very
little crowding, not to mention the inev-
liable picnic shower, the wash dress
wearer looks as if she had just come from
the beggar's rress. Cheviots, serges,
tweeds, etc. make good dresses for the
rocky mountains and the sandy seashore.
On hot days the shirt waist and duck
skirt are comfortable. But serge is mis-.
cradle stuff in the country in the sum.
mer, because it catches the dust so readi-
ly. Brilliantine, alpaca, mohair or linen
makes good dress skirt for the country.
The patent lifters that shorten them for
walking and lengthen them for observa-
ton in the village, are good things in the
right place.
Wash petticoats cost so much to laund-
er they are impracticable in the eoonomi-
cal wardrobe save for ,casional use. An
alpaca pettiooat keeps the dress out well.
is light and clearly. By having two. one
black and one very light. they can be
made to answer under almost all gowns.
The hat that needs careful adjusting
and veil every time it is put on is not
the thing for the hotel piazza, the i'm
promptu walk, ETC., and the sailor, or self
trimmed tourist chapeau, that needs only
to be placed on the head, is a necessity, If
one wishes to enjoy all that is going
There must be some gloves, like the wash
chamois, that Can be put on in trice,
| and which can be washed when dirty,
and drieo to look as good as ever. Get
the best quality. They cost little more,
but they wear. The cheap channels gloves
wash into holes the first time they are
cleaned
The girl or woman who is going to be
on exhibition in crowded dining rooms,
onsooaches, on piazzas, at hops, ETC., where
smartly dressed women congregate, needs
| great many of the decoration accessories
of the feminine toilet, the collars and
collarettes, and capes and fichus, and
corselets and girdles, nice gloves, and
| line shoes, and fetching millinery and ele-
CANT sunshades, and the latest things in
| wells, and cardcases, and SO on. She needs
dancing frooks, and dinner dresses, and
| festive bits of needlework to idle over, ct
cetera.
But the girl who has fortnight's va
cation from the store, or shop and is 60
ing tosboard whore all the comforts of a
home are given for five dollars a week
needs shoes that are easy to walk in, and
none thas are fitted to dance in. She
wants walking dress, and a wrap that
will stand knocking about for the ham
mock on cool and dewy evenings, for
long drives after sun down, or the pine
grove, etc. She needs supply of woven
union undergarments that require only to
be washed and not to be ironed, plenty Of
handkerchiefs, one small umbrella that
also answers for sunshade, supply of
cold cream for sunburn, and stout gloves;
one dress that is suited for church of q
Sunday, and pretty, half-low frock for
the possible festivity of an evening and
nothing more in the way Of dresses than
g travelling Dress and number of waists
that can be worn with her stout walking
skirt; the latter must not be the skirt of
her travelling gown, If she wishes that
nice to return home in