The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-06-23
DAY IN LIFE OF SUMMER GIRL


From the Time She Rises Until Mid
night She Makes Many Changes
in Her Dresses-Her Bathing Suit
is a Novelty-In the Evening She
Wears a Delicate Thing in Trans
parent Embroidered Fabrics-New
Ideas in TUNES and Boleros.
Correspondence Intermountain Catholic.)
Paris, June 5.-From mermaid to so
ciety belle, that is the daily transition
Of the summer girl of 1900. Softly dip
ping the tips of her pretty white canvas
slippers in the waters in the morning,
she just as merrily f1irts her pretty toes
through the mazes of the dance at
night.
Such a summer was never seen in
Paris. Not even during the exposition
of Eugenie's day, that wild revel which
is the favorite fireside tale of the an
clent grande danes of Paris, was so
much fun and folly known!
Nor in those DAYS was there such a
variety of gowns. The woman who
wore an evening dress at night had to
confine herself to a house dress in the
morning, nor did she ever know the
glories of a golf, or bicycle, or outing
costume. Even her bathing was done
in great privacy from the side of a
small portable bathhouse which was
anchored in the surf. In these for
ward days the Partisan maiden, Ameri-
can fashion, sports on the beach and
displays herself and her pretty suit to
a select circle of beholders, denying
nothing to the ocean wayfarers on the
bay.
RATHJNG DRESSES
Bathing dresses have been fashioned
this yea lely from the mercerized
cottons 4 look so much like satin
Briliantine holds its own among bath
ing fabrics. and the various grades of
flannel are all to be oeen. The latest
and most popular, perhaps, is the new
serge and which comes in very light
weight. 1t has a smooth face, not
glossy, yet not rough, and is well
adapted to the water as it does not
retain dampness long.
Oriental silks are also much used |
but are lined with very thick cloth to
keep them from clinging to the figure !
The finest, softest cotton cashmeres are !
used for lining the Oriental silks; and |
the fabric thus obtained can be recon-
mended in every way, as it is light |
soft, pretty, and by no means subject !
to that diSagreedble cling which afflicts |
silk bathing dresses.
While materials have not changed, |
except in slight variations of name, |
styles have advanced considerably and |
the modes are altered. The summers |
bathing dress, were it long, could be |
worn for afternoon, so beautifully is it |
decorated around the foot and so eX- |
quisitely is the little waist made.
One of London's prettiest bellies dis
ported in southern waters last week |
in a bathing dress made from the finest
quality of Roman blue flannel The |
skirt, which was cut gored at the hips, |
was made to flare around the bottom /
in such a way as to throw the fullness
at the back and keep it there. In the
very middle of the back was a small |
box plait with the box laid underneath,
and the small Blaits on top.
THREE COLORS.
A novelty was a pointed fiounce of /
khaki colored flannel pointed at the top |
and forming a full ripple around the
bottom. The fiounce was stitched with
black to break the color distance be-
tween the khaki and the blue.
The next Jacket had a silk blouse of
brown, over which was the smallest,
snuggest bolero of Roman blue flannel
with broad sailor collar of khaki, stitch
ed with brown.
Black stockings Were worn with the
costume, and the shoes that set so neat
ly upon the foot were OF the real khaki
linen.
This pretty costume was in three coll
ors, and, as none of them were rare or
expensive, the bathing dress deserves
to rank with the most approved models
of the year. In selecting Roman blue, |
remember that it is the brightest dark
blue there is, so bright that it suggests
red, and never dark enough to show
shades of black, as is the case with
navy and other dark blues. Khaki, on
the other hand is a fade tone, never
pretty unless as contrast to deep
brilliant hue. True, they make whole
suits of khaki, but these DEPEND for
their elegance upon their stitching and
the fineness of their tailor-made finish.
Little bathing boIeros are boned to act
as a support for the figure. They are
cut in all sorts of eccentric designs and
are intended to clothe the figure more
than the blouse, which is
open to many objections, the chief one
being its shapelessness.
There is a fad this season for short
sleeves, whether on bathing Dress ;
afternoon gown or evening costume.
The elbow sleeve is the rage, and !
women with pretty arms are to have :
their innings.
FOR EVENING.
BY evening the girl of the season has
rambled through the mazes of a days
gowns and is putting on her dancing c
dress. This is a costume which this g
season has no claim to simplicity, s
though many claims to beauty. The c
lovely mousselines are closely tucked c
or aceordian plated. and are worn over c
the finest Of Innings. /
A silk mousseline of buttercup shade c
was laid in tiny plaits from the belt to y
the hsn. Around the foot the skirt '
aared into a very full train, not long. @
but Voluminous, and even in front it I
wasvery full. The neatest little tunic, O
made entirely of a diamond of lace, e
was stretched over the front, like a 4
point upward, and on each d
side of this diamond of lace there We're n