The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-18

tnnic effects and deep bands on the skirt
There must be all kinds of gowns in
the summer outfit of fashionable wom-
an-something for morning, afternoon and
evening. and special gowns for outdoor
sports, without which life at the summer
watering places would lose half its charm
But the yachting suit is as truly feminine
as any dress this season with it's long
skirt, shaped fiounce and festooned bands
of satin edged with fine silk gimp. White
seems to be the prevailing choice for this
sort of dress, and colth, serge, flannel.
plain linen and duck are the favorite ma
tertals. plain linen and duck are the IA
terials. All kinds Of gowns are
affected by the fashion for long skirts
wuflot very much regard for the pur-
pose for which they are intended To
De sure, there are degrees of length, but
the yachting skirt is long enough more
than to touch the floor all around. and
even the bicycle skirt has added inches.
The circular fiounce In varied widths ia
the feature Of many of the Yachting
SKIRTS, but others are cut with the long
naring cores and trimmed with wide
stitched bands. One elaborate model in
white cloth has two bands of white satin
cut IN festoon scallops, and finished on
CNoN WIN lilIeC rows OIL HE White
SILK braid. Bands cut in waved lines on
the edge and finished with a fine silk
gimp form another pretty skirt trimming
Out the plain bands of cloth covered with
many rows of stitching are more suitab BILE
than the satin for strictly yachting pur-
poses Many rows of stitching in col
ored silk make a pretty finish on the
white cloth gowns which in some in
stances are made with blouse waist
finished with a deep sailor collar. a white
chemisette and stock Of tucked silk. and
sailor tie of white banded across the
ends with blue silk
Fancy coats OF various kinds. mostly on
the Elton order, are the other forms of
bodice worn with q shirt waist or fancy
vest. Black linen shirts, finished with
white stitching and embelished with a
wh1te lawn necktie, are the very latest
thing to wear with the white cloth skirt
They canont be becoming to the aver
age woman, but the combination is AZ
least a novelty in summer dress. The lit
Tie coats are made with the usual revers
covered with satin and rows of gathered
lace or Of finely tucked taffeta White
satin. we'll covered with rows of black
stitching, makes effective revers for the
light cloth suits, and narrow piping of
black on the edge is a nice finish. Skirts
OF these white cloth costumes, which are
made Up in frst-class manner have
"HIte -ldhetd foundation skirt, and
pepium overdress is not unusual This.
cut ii; broad points or scallops and trim
med with narrow stitched bands like the
underskirt, makes a very stylish skirt
Cloth, and fine flannel with a cloth fin.
1sh. In the light colors and navy blue are
both made up into yachting suits. One
very striking model in dark blue has
three scant shaped 1oUnces around the
skirt piped on the edges with white.
These are fully six inches wide, over
tapping each other little, a white pip
ing finishing the upper ffounce. The over
dress Is spotted all over with small en-
broidered rings of white linen such as
are used in the Renaissance lace work.
They are also sewn on the blouse bodice
which Is completed with white pique and
white pique vest.
yachting suits of linen and pique are
very much the fashion, and checked lin
ems in the natural flax color are worn by
the English women for what they call