The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-09
Daisy May Writes Of
Correct Attire Far
the Athletic
Maiden.
rcopvright. 1893. by Daisy May.I

copyright. 1893 by Daisy May.l
"Fancy a golf girl in a sunbonnet!
said Jack, with fine scorn. a week ago
His remark was presumably cluoroom
echo, for some whispering angel had
exposed the truth Today he is ready TO
pen prose poem to the bonneted be
ing who introduced this newest Wrinkle
on the links. There has been for some
months a distinct effort on the part or
purveyors of fashionable raiment To-
ward reviving the picturesque in dress
and discarding the severe. But II was
the privilege of the golf girl TO crown
the effort with success. Her appear
ance on Hampstead heath in Scotch
suiting. broad soled, mannish shoes and
a love of chambray sunbOnnet was the
Irresistible argument which settled the
question. AS this particular golf girl
wears the smartest sporting clothes of
any woman from Westchester to Long
Island. her word is law and her origi-
nalities are copied.
From now on we may anticipate
startling feminine frills in combination
with the most mannish got up young
women of the period. The typical golf
girl clings as tenaciously to her knlck-
erbockers as they do to her. which
means they are made of SILK jersey
cloth and by tailor who we'll under
stands the art Of breecheS fitting. She
has lowered her record for short skirt
wearing and now does violence to her
vanity by adopting a 40 inch skirt.
which well cOpceals her slender ankle
and is deeper by three inches than the
one she donned last season. The skirt
preserves intact the severe simplicity
of a tailored garment, as does her prim
REFER, with its series of patch pockets
Then her shoes are of the common
sense variety, stout calfskin and beV-
eled soles.
So much tribute she pays to the good
fellows who took her under their pro-
tecting wing and taught her the exhil-
arating delights of golfng. This done,
she lapses into the deliciously feminine
habit of choosing delicately colored silk
en- things-for instance, a frilly white
silk petticOat which in rebellious spir-
it escapes the confines Of the heavy
dress skirt on the occasion of a partic-
uiarly vigorous stroke, both proving in
comparable distractions for her oppo-
nent. Next to carriage riding, most wo-
men love best silk stockings, and our
golf girl is no exception. She has cast
aside the heavy wooden hose by which
a year ago she was handicapped and
refuses to wear shirt waists except of
sheerest cotton stuffs. To further fasci-
nate and be a bit more beguiling she
frames her bOnny face in quaint sun
bonnet, which makes her the prettiest
outdoor girI' picture yet produced to
tempt man and artist.
Manufacturers, with due Difference for
COLTS Scotch ancestry, insist upon pre-
senting plaids of every known and i'm
Rginary clan that ever did or did not
Rxist in the land of the heather. There
fore there is plenty of choice in colors.
but few plain clothes for costumes. The
rorrect golf suit is skirt of reversible
plaid, with jacket of plain cloth
matching the predominant shade of the
skirt, which latter is two pieced af-
fair, lily shaped in its make up. The
front gore has two broad pocket flaps.
which inhibition and relieve the necessi-
~ for a placket. The back and side
cores are cut in one piece, fitted skin
tight for depth of ten inches. when ia
pering folds like lily petals spring into
being. The new REFER is as trig and
trim as the most fastidious masculine
mind could demand. with two match
pockets on line with the breast and |
still another on the top of the left |
sleeve, where a wee watch finds q hid |
ing place.
Gold embroidered golf sticks frequent |
~ adorn the collar, which rolls slightly |
to meet acutely pointed revers above /
two rows of brass buttons invariably
bearing like insignia 1t is quite a |
matter of individual preference whether
ties or high shoes shall be worn. b1,t II,
either case they are built on the bulldog /
last-the more clumsy in appearance /
the more up to date. The useless rub
Der disk which heretofore peppered tbe
sole of a golf shoe fails to aDpear on |
those of 1899 AS to shirt waists the
soft, starchless ones appeal most strong
ly, though the so called strong minded
young person is still to be seen in ducl,
and cheviOt which smack of the laun-
dryman's efficiency in the use of elastic
starch.
"hen the headgear subject is reach
ed, even the conservative woman fai-
terS IN deciding between the sunbonnet
which is most adorable. and the unpret-
ty rough and ready sailor. which has
outbld its alpine rival for field usage
Though she choose the sailor. and there
by make mistake, which Il would nm
douotedly he according 20 my opinion so
long as the picturesque sunbonnet is in
reach. that Is no reason why / should !
overlook the good points of the afore- 1
sand sailor hat. II is wide brimmed. Of I
pllaole straw and may be had in any
color The crown IS encircled bv folds
OF white silk buckled in place at tho Iaft
side, and white also Is the sroun of
qullls outstanding. So much for eener- /
alitics concerning the fashionable attirs |
OF the golf girl.
Ot course the ultra smart adjunct NJ |
the golf girl is the bonnet. which r,ue+ /
be particularized. 1t is made AZ aov-sr- |
Ell muslin, or chambray Nln do if you
prefer II. 1t is somewhat Shaker shan +
ed, but not quite so close fitting L =
rather compromise between II and a .
poke bonnet With curiouslv corded (
curtain at back and the stiffness of The
front piece stitched in. 4 f9oppv firm
finishes il of around the edge. and. ,-o,,
can well imagine the coQuettish iunu-
nence OF girl so got up. / took 4 run
down 70 Dorothy's country house tbs
day my girl" and her bonnet made
their advent, It was q glorious after
noon. and the golf crowd vas most en-
Rrgetic. Everybody was interested and
interesting. Tor new clothes were M =
discount About the time we had cess-
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