Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
TRAVELLING GOWNS
Up-to-Date Hints in the Matter of
Proper Accessories.
QUIET Tones In SEVERE STYLES
Costumes of Serge or Duck
With Silk Waists.
PROPER HATS AND GLOVES

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
NEW YORK, July % 1899
In my hearing the other day one woman
asked another whether, on some trips she
was going to take, she should wear a black
and white silk, which had seen service or
whether she should wear a duck skirt and
shirt waist. And it seemed then as If all
that has been written and all that has been
said and all that has been seen of the coat
and skirt gown for utility wear had fallen
quite fiat For this woman goes about
and sees things. She does not live on a
side street far from the heart of the city
and always stay there OF course the duck
skirt and shirt waist would be preferable
TO trimmed silk dress even if she did
net take coat to match the skirt For
at least they would have the merit of sim
piclty- And, If, as one sometimes hears
there was a nation to which we are relat-
ed in which old ball gowns were altered
slightly and made to do service as travail
ing IrOckS that day has long since mast
and the woman who dresses we'll be-. II eveI.
so Simply and ineXpensiyeiy, is known nv
me severe cur and quiet tone of her attire
when travelling
A Weil-made coat and skirt perfectly
pam, with shirt waist or waistcoat Of
s uhop ausiVe nue. with hat simply trim
lied' ana gloves, shoes, collar and tie of a
style and shape suitable to the occasion
give an air of distinction which M r,ncb
peuteked or Detrimmed silk could possibly
convey Of course. it seems rather hard
TO dress as one must NOWADAYS in sncb
d way mat certain gowns are always used
lot certain occasions, and the CONSEQUENCE
80 80 q 70 make our best over for sec
cnu pest or even third best is a task
requiring much ingenuity But the yrboIa
scheme OF dressing has so comn1atail,
changed, that this difficulty is not as much
Ttard i; ter req as 1t once would have been
mere Is no best nowadays in the strict
est sense of the word; there is a dffterent
iiUch lof every occasion in life and with
d niue cnange of neckwear one needs very
le" Whole costumes. Where one has on
street dress each season and no otbar ~
often mas such hard wear that the new
year 1t becomes rainy-day dress.
Palmer the Better.
"A pam travelling dress, with only the
quiet ornament of stitching. is 50 much
the need of this season of the wear that
the woman who only plans little trims
about her home town for her summers
outing should bear in mind this need whom
getting her knockabout suit, whether sba.
pGyS II ready-made and tailored or
Whether she has ii made to order. If she
Is only going to have one suit for an 80
siohs' and one OF those occasions means =
journey, She must have that suit cut with
severe ana plain lines. The reason why
Nfl o.
see 50 few in public is because women of
Sood taste who can afford exquisite frocks
wear them only on suitable occasions. And
p Pup cohveyances and places are not suit
able occasions for elaborate toilets
Indeed, it is weH-known fact that those |
women one meets in shops on the streets |
or on boats and trains who are too richly |
dressed are women who have no Dart;nI'
lar social position. although their husbands
may Lave acquired money Therefore |
they have no opportunities for the DISPLAY
OF this wealth and must needs wear for |
the careless gaze of a busy crowd frockS |
which are only meant to grace recenfions
teas and the like. For in spite of the over. |
trimming of the present season the rule
OF simple dressing when going about from |
place to place Still holds. II money is to |
be spent on travelling gowns put ii in |
good materials, and perfection of cut and |
hnlsh, but the simpler the lines the better |
Black and White Trimmings.
The rage for fitted coats still continues.
and the Illustrations carry out this idea in
two different materials. The first figure is
OF black linen gown. Black linen ard
black duck are very much used in plain
gowns, and are also made I'D In outing
skirts and coats for various occasions The
skirt. coat sleeve and collar are all trim
med with an insertion of black and white,
with a scroll pattern. These black and
white trimmings are most effective and not |
in spite of the large number of
1
For ordinary wear this little gown has a
stock and vest piece of white duck but |
for travelling a second collar and vest of |
black duck were made, and are worn when
going about This gave the wearer a
chance TO freshen up when stopping over |
night by changing from black to white
stock.
The second coat and skirt are of brown
serge, trimmed with black braid. With this
coat and skirt the modiste sent home two
silk waists. of green taffeta, accordion
plated, and the other of brown India silk
quite simply made. The brown one was
very cool, having no lining. and suitable
for wear while travelling, and the green one
was to be put in the dress suit case and
worn when breaks in the journey occurred.
The Necessary Jacket.
As the first frock is really a tight fitting
waist and skirt, it necessitates a coat be-
side. If the journey is to be long one. For
one rule of the seasoned traveller is never
to be caught away from home in the north
ern part of this hemisphere without an ex-
ira wrap. The light blazers, or Elton Jack
cts, which are popular this year. are not
heavy or cumbersome, and they add not
only to the comfort OF the traveller. but
also to her appearance. There is some |
thing very forlorn and bedraggled about q |
shirt waist and skirt without a coat when
ever there Is the slightest change In the
whether II takes the form of a
cool wind. or. worse still. a sudden shower. |
In spite OF the tact that heavy ducks, or