The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-06
One of the Novelties
of the Mountain
Girls Outfit.
sSUSPENDERS AND GOLF SKIRTS.
Fair Maidens Wear Gal
luses" and Discard
Stays.

should register before she sets out upon
.aer summer travels it is to abstain re-
eigiously from the gossip feature of
Eeminine life at hotels and cottages at
khis time of the year. 1t would seem as
Though there will be no respite from
Abe evil, writes Diana in the Philadel-
phia inquirer There viii always exist
Acoterie of feminine anarchists who re-
sent any attention accorded to their
more attractive sisters. And there are
others foolish enough to be jealous of
Abe good looks and the good clothes OF
Aheir fellow guests. The spirit of i'll
STATURE seems to be in the air. ana TO
#ve and flourish and grow strong DUR
Ang these days when nature is at her
Aovaliest and the heart should overflow
with a sense of benefits received. The
Anatron or the maid upon whom the APP
Aroving masculine eye is cast across the
dining room is the special target
Aor ill-natrred whispers; the beauty
d torn to shreds; her hair, teeth and
Complexion being always condemned
Is palpable frauds while the woman
Whose only charm is a wealth Which
Abe displays in her gowns and gems is
baked over the Goals and condemned
Nor her bad taste. Luckily, there are
@one women whose care for their child
Gen occupies them, and whose husbands
are the victimized recipients OF what
aver criticisms they may find time 10
snake; but the hydra-headed evil of
feminine gossip fattens on the hotel
Dorches from now until the autumn.
OF all the novel things TO be seen in
khe mountain girls outfit, the oldest of
Rhese will surely be her pair of wooden
peasant shoes. Just fancy i'll The
idea has been cherished as a dead Sc
cret, but now it is out at last. The
girl who goes to the mountain lakes
must go tramping along damp trails,
and so she is going to wear these big,
clumsy shoes, for she announces they
are a lot more comfortable than heavy
boots and goloshes. Only few shops
import them, and the proprietors have
made a small fortune already, for they
cost but few cents on the other side,
and here they sell at S. pair. There
is a lot of fun in learning to walk III
them. One must place the heel on the
ground first, else they slip off, but that
only makes it the jollier, and before the
season is over We may expect to hear
from the mountains q lot of interesting
things about the swell girls of the
''Klumpen" Klub.
With the growth of the Trelawney
fad, croquet has come into favor. AT
the period when Trelawney fashions
were most popular, croquet was at its
height, and SO in the natural course of
events, the game has found renewed
favor among the maidens who are
gowned in the Trelawney costumes.
The present mode of playing the game
is more complicated than the old. More
skill is called for, more technique need
ed in the manipulation of the many
colored balls Even the wire hoops
are set up by a different rule. The
heretofore straight lines of the rings
are done away with, and they are cross
ed and tangled until it requires long
practice to guide the mallet for the diff
ferent strokes.
Lovely woman never looked lovelier
or more bewitehing than when gowned
in diaphaneous muslin with pillows of
lace and gay streamers of delicate hued
ribbons, she stood, her dainty shod foot
poised on ball Mallet raised and
with an earnest set expression on her
pretty face she considered just how
hard to make the stroke which would
send her opponents ball flying over the
field and far away.
There is a tremor of uncertainty and
fear among the ranks of the athletic
and shirt waist naidens. 1t is softly
whispered among those who think they
know, that the kneH of the reform skirt
and linen collar has been rung, and that
the girl or girls will in the near future
be the dainty befrilled frou-frou girl of
the early fifties. Critical observers
may perceive signs which point to such
q radical change in the feminine world
e There are more thin gowns seen on the
streets and at the summer resorts than
there have been for many years back
The. shirt waist and golf skirt are still
s. very much in evidence, but where not
long ago a stock of shirt waists and
one golf skirt were considered saffi-
Gent for a summer outing one now
nnds that without becoming as languid
as her grandmother was in her day, the
up-to-date girl takes more heed of her
appearance.
This may be because SO many have
cried out that men We're better pleased
with the frou-frou girl than with her
more Independent athletic sister, Wo-
men may deny the soft impeachment
that they dress to please the men, but
as this weakness has been a falling Of
the gentler sex for many years, it will
take great many more for the strong
minded women to mould their weaker
Sisters to an utter indifference of the
good opinion of some favored man.
AFTER all is said and done" remarked
a wise woman, man is really the ar
bitter Of women's Dress
The girl that hasn't tucked away in
her summer luggage at least a half
dozen pairs Of suspenders-real true
suspenders, Just like her big brothers,
-Oiilg ollldlleI, Oh COuI5e-Wlll De sorry
when she meets the other girls on the
golf links, for suspenders are as i'm
portant a part of the golfing girls out
fit as her silver-tipped clubs. But
pray what are they supposed to hold
up?" timid summer man has been
heard to ask. Her golf skirt, of course,
you old silly. Have you yet to learn
1hat The know-all girl doesn't wear stiff
stays while playing golf and so the
bands of her skirt are not bit easy
when the least tight. To obviate all
this we are just going to follow the ex-
ample set to us by the men. They
a1now how to be comfortable. We do
not blame, but only envy them.
N- OF course the susDenders are lot
more elaborate than those worn by
men and are always in certain har-
n1ony or tasteful contrast with the
shirt waist and tie. One pair lately
made were of white silk, embroidered
in meadow daisies and were to be worn
with white pique suit and soft yellow
ascot A nile green pair were designed
to go with flaring red shirt and green
stock to match The susDenders are
fashioned of silk elastic and leather
straps, Just like a mans" only the
buckles are beautifully jeweled or mon
ogrammed and sometimes enameled in
dainty floral designs. The Jewels are
Get In the form of q flower buttercups
wood yiolets and dandelions being the
favorites. To wear pink silk suspend
ers embroidered in pale blue forget-me-
nots and a solitaire set In each buckle
is a sure indication that girl has a
thoroughly up-to-date sweetheart, and
almost every other girl turns green
with envy. mo, haven't extravagant
tastes" said the man with the CAV
scarf twisted around his soft gray hat.
- really don't envy the men who have
yachts. / don't care button about