Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-25
FOR UP TO- DATE WOMEN
Umbrellas for Golf, Coach and the
Bicycle.
The Latest Shapes and FrfIIs for
Dress-Up Pnrasols-A Flag
Handle With Gold Stick.


Special Correspondence of Tie Evening Star
| NEW YORK, June %, 1898.
| If you meet a woman who carries long,
| rather substantial-looking stick, one end of
| which has on il the little protuberance of
| wood which we invariably associate with
| golf stick, and the other has a silver top
| and leather covering to hold it by, while
| the middle is covered with stout piece of
| leather which evidently comes on and Off
you may know you have encountered golf
umbrella. In the form 1 have described it
| is to be met on its way to the links; I'M
furled, with the leather covering laid aside
| and the bright red silk frame which it hides
| disclosed, il may be seen at the end of the
4 game.
pealS the real necessities of the
| case is an umbrella or parasol for cyclists,
| which folds up in small enough compass
| to be carried under the seat without incon-
| venience, and is light of weight that
| when unfurled and fastened behind the sad
| die or to the handle bar it is not felt as a
| burden. The air stirring would have to be
| light indeed when a bicyclist would care to
| unfurl parasol on a ten-mile spin. But
| sudden rain with no available shelter for
| wheel or wneelwoman a rest on stretch
| OF torrid, unshaded sand, would make the
| use of this new parachute quite apparent to
| every cyclist.
| Besides the new golf umbrella, which
| bears its hall mark on one end there is
| red cotton umbrella a long stout bam-
| boo stick. which Is especially adapted for
| the seashore or for golf links. These nov
| elites in parasols and umbrellas show how
| strongly sports have taken hold of us as
people
The newest parasols for dainty gowns are
| a marked contrast to the plain, strong ones
| just described. Brocades, taffetas and laces
| all figure in the picturesque and becoming
| frame which the summer girl will raise,
| lower, or simply twirl, In conjunction with
her organdie and silk summer gowns
| Tha hrno 1Ga ar npyhnnS q
| taffetas have been popular for some time.
| One of the odd Shapes has what is called
a "shed" of lace, and it is eXactiy what
| the name implies, lace edge put en- the
| ribs in such manner that 4: looks ike
| the sloping roof of a house, and If it were
| only of some rain-defying material instead
1 of lace of cobwebby film, it woul1 shed
water like the proverbial duck. These
parasols with a shed are generally of
| brocade. One which would harmonic well
| with hunters green was of brocade of
pale green and white stripes, with a tiny
| pink flower running over it. Beginning at
| the top there were, at intervals, three
rows of narrow fluted ribbon, until the
lace was reached.
Late Effects i'm Ribbon FrilIs.
| These frills of ribbon, by the way, are
| seen most of the summer parasols.
| Sometimes they cover the whole parasol
| from top to brim, and sometimes they are
| in clusters. They give decidedly the pref
!! though some of the green silk paraSols
with rows Of white futed ribbon entirely
covering them have very summary and
| pleasing look.
Sometimes frils of soft silk are used in
stead of ribbon One taffffeta parasol
which can be had of course, IN colors to
please, had insertions of wide lace at regu-
lar intervals, and these insertions were
edged with three frills of soft ribbon.
This was rather an elaborate amount of
| trimming for parasol. but 1t did not lock
ornate.
If one is looking for something quite I'M
common there is what is called the
'pagoda'' shape. 1t is parasol of grace
full shape, high and narrow. something like
an inverted, wide-mouthed vase. At the
end of the ribs the steelS are bent upward, |
giving that curious effect of the pagoda
which, as you will remember from your
japanese prints, is most graceful. This
parasol is also covered with dainty bro
cades in various hues and is lined with
white silk.
The white parasols are, as usual, clique
quite TO themselves. One sees them f1uted
with white ribbon from top to brim, coy
cred with rare lace, or fiounced with white
chiffon. Many women who do not believe
| in pure white in conjunction With their
compilations have their white parasols
| liEed with becoming shade, but this is
according to individual fancy, and Dame
Fashion does not concern herself with it
Patriotic danes have been seen with white
parasols with three futed ruff1es of white
and blue ribbon on them. The effect was
certainly cneer1ul, Whatever one might
privately think of this last flag device
Plain Taffcta for Every Day.
1t is all very we'll to have dainty para
sol, or even more if ones purse warrants
for afternoon gowns. But If one can only
have one parasol the coaching taffeta is
the most serviceable and in the best taste
1t comes in all shades of silk and has a
short, thick club handle. 1t is used on sall
occasions, and if of a good quality of silk
can be hoisted in a shower without any
detriment to its colors and with a sense of
comfort to its otherwise unprotected owner |
In direct contradiction to the coaching
parasol is the long-handled affair which IS
also very much worn. So for once We
need not all have exactly the same shape
The long handle is very smart, and it is
picturesque also when used a walking
stick remembering to lean but lightly up
on 1t, for it is not thick). These long
sndled parasols are some sort of an ac-
compartment of the shepherdess hat |
which, by the way, seems to have gone to |
its proper home, the country. For not once |
has 1t been seen upon the city streets in |
spite of its great sale and popularity.
If one wishes to be patriotic in the mat |
ter Of parasols and yet not fiaunt the |
colors of ones flag in glazing way there |
10 parasol of flag" blue, with a plain |
handle of gold finish, and into the end of |
this handle is set small American flag.
1t is gem within the gold and to have
this sort of patriotism one must also have |
well-filled purse in spite of the quiet |
look of the flag" blue. MABEL BOYD.