The times., 1898-06-05

the shoulders The most captivating
water gowns are those of white cloth
touched UP with gold and blue braid
and in place of belt an officers sash
Is wound about the waist and knotteI
to one side. The white boating suits
are made chiefly of fisherman's twill
a new thing under the sun, and a re-
lief from the Cowes serges. so long and
faithfully worn. Another adorable sea-
side goods is white summer camel
hair Needless to say. this is an ex-
nensive thing and the long hairs in II
are a silvcry white, which gives the
goods a slimm eTing. electric quality
tha1 has never been seen before.
Though rough and soft this goods is
not hot or heavy, and some women
there are who wear a nice. new cotton
thing called cotton corduroy. 1t really
seems to be nothing more ,han a pique
of unusually high rib ard in good
sanding: among the salty fabrics is
faced pique that is tan. gray. blue or
green on one side and plain white or a va
riety tint on the other
Smartly pretty boating shirt waists are
wrought of cotton canvas, that Is ike a
heavy cotton grenadine in quality, and a
number of these button up in the back
certain number OF women even use
little gold studs in the rear of these shirts
and wear with them Roman collars, about
which white ribbons are bound and tied in
full bows behind.
With the advent OF so much military
and naval activity a prompt response has
been made by the taiiors and dressmak-
ers and braid has come to the front again.
This is especially true of the sporting
clothes. Nearly ali the braid is gathered
on. and, TO show their fidelity to the ques-
ton OF paramount interest, the women
have the placket holes of their yachting
suits laced up. as a sailor laces his
breeches These laced skirts fit snugly
about the hip and flare broadly at the
knee. A good many bicycle women fol-
low this rule. too. not so much because
it is a sailor fashion. but because Ii is a
nice way of making a skirt fit closely
and safely al the waist White dog skin
gloves. their giIded buttons bearing Gag
les as a decorative design. are also
numbered among the novelties. and be-
cause the sailing done by women this sea
son viii be chiefly in land locked waters,
elaborate headgear is the rule for yacht
decks Tulle and flowers and fiuttering
streamers burgeon aboard the little boats,
while the only thing classified as a dis
tinctly yachting hat is sure to bear about
its crown a group of Valkyrie wings.
These are the remnants left from that long
slaughter TO winch tne nlrdS submitted
and they are quite the prettiest feathers
ever worn. Oddly enough. there is a tacit
agreement among the women this season
about the red chiffon, gauze, or grenadine
veil. They say that a red veil is won-
derful protection to the eyes. So. Ii is on
snow fields, but there are doubts as to its
usefulness in other emergencies. How
ever, the red veil flames abundantly al
ready on every land and sea scape, and
il certainly sheds a most becoming glow
on the cheeks of its wearer, whom it does
really protect in a great measure from
sunburn.
The straws that show which way the
wind of fashion will blow are those that
are already fitted with wide or narrow
ribbons tying under the chin. Milliners,
who prophesy with authority. say that by
next Autumn all our headgear will be
comfortably tied on. The little bonnets
are already, and the next branch of milli-
merry finery TO be attacked by this ap-
preaching epidemic is the wide hat. So