The sun., 1900-06-17
FEMININE GIRL IS BACK.
PARASOL TENDENCIES ABUNDANT
PROOF or THE FACT.

PROOF or THE tACT.
Fluffy Gowns Are in Order. ana These Have
Brought the Parasoi to the Front Rush
Elaborate Handles Ars,No Longer sought
Materials Used In the New Saa Shades.
The woman who doesn't spend an sxuava-
giant amount OF her allowance this season
in rotous buying OF parasols. either has un.
usual self control or is lacking In feminine
taste. Never before were sunshadss OF one
sorteand another so attractive The eternal
feminine instinct is ass 'rtins itself with grow.
ing flrmness and mannishness as q feminine
affectation is stinotly and undeniably going
out The summer girl will go IN for out-of.
door sports and wear golf skirts and shirt.
waists and even drive OF walk about th9 coun.
try, without wearing hat, but her golf skirt
and she will wear soft silk and ribboo
and lace collars with her shirt waists; and, II
she dofrs the hat she make up for it by par
tiouarly knowing parasol.
The freckled lobster -hued sun-baked gin
isn't 70 be in IL this season. 90 the prophets
ss No more s fs sr syss ,ss up S
arms 50 that the sun may get IN thorcueh work
and achieve wonders IN the line of tan and
and sunburn cures are being packed with the
| summer wardrobes Of girls who would have
soorned them last year, One really .can'S
SS hns s and .o SSsi shades ana
low cut house rrocks. hchu draped, II one q
gong IN ior tan and ana irecles The DAY day Si Irlils
to bs an Evelina and a Dl Vernon foied IN one.
| There are outing hats Of every shape and
tultly protect the face. Then there is the
| long line Of bewtching sunbonnets which
began triumphant career last season, but
pink or blue version OF tho sinbonnet Of o,ir
| srandmothers TO marvellous and fascinating
creations OF chiffon Or null warrant ed 70
| vest oven homely girl with charm.
This will be terrible season for the SUM
nSaa h bsI SE gSsd s sIs
feminine girl, IN an orsand'a gown and Acwer
covered picture hat of chiffon % sun !, bonnet:
Then to go back to first principles there
are those those @Paraso!s; para No buying one Whit
Or neutral icy hned paEEaso! saI and making 90
dor DOZEN m They come in all The soft @ pastel shades
and the prevalence OF the pink ones adds an.
n' To- ts s2 wbo eannof Of p1sts
under under a shell pink paraso should tsks treat
ment for her face, Add the pink parasol TO
the organdie. irack and where's your poor
The coaching parasol is tho fsyorite q the
hour. 1t is q stifI parasol in taneta or heavy
The stick Is very heavy and large and s CUT
of blunuy without ferrule. while the handled
| epd also terminates blunuy as though chopped
| Of or swells intO q heavy knob. The cover.
ing is in plain delicate colYrs or 10 an ocossIonal
com AsEer Blue or vivid crimson. Other
and nsrs elaborate parasols have slender
| sticks and are covered IN Dresden silks. taffet2
applied with ecru lace or embroidere4 by
hand. heavy poire, in delicate shades. Many
OF these parasSls Toy are in plain s,k of paste!
by one city trm Is the winding OF the long
senoer DVectolre sticks with narrow ribbon
10 match the cover. Not trace Of the wooden
frA - Nn q ehA nf Nha tsAxN
handle. where long loops and ends of the rib.
"A rose pink or pale lilac parssol IN this style
is rs dainty and feminine thing as one could
See in a days journey, and ooYpqra advely
cheap parasol can be Transformed into the
latest French mode, II lis owner he's clever
dollars will buy n parasol of this fashion. and
even siX or eight dollars will make one pos
SCISSOR Of a very fetching coaching club para
| sol. In fact, for once, II Is true II amazing.
that the SWEETEST thing Is not expensive.
The DAY Of the elaborate handle Isl * past SMS sne
| gold, silver, jewelled ivory and inlaid hendles
INTO which any amount of money could be
nut. 4 plain wooden stick and handle Is tha
pToper thns.he preference in pn!S the psTnsSi: 1%
Wen with DC eIicate tints One Of The beat shop,
S G yaS has as hevs
siderable AtteI ton aud have sold rapidly anon!
, extremists; The stick i OF dark WOOD az
| most let black, ana IL ike all the CluD SUCKS
very heavy and bulky but, at the handle \
is carved into a large animals head. BLACK
cat with elarng green eyes, seems 70 be hrs
| favorite and q rams head with dull gold
horns holds second place. Then comes Z
cows head with the gold horns and tinklin z
gold cow bell strapped around the neck. The
seem a trife awkward. but the workmanship
Of them is excellent and they are n ore attIac-
tive in the seeing than in the telling, II 9
misbt d carry arr One one Of these bizarre styles, IL
coaching &c occasIons' and look decidedly, chic
| but the girl of few parasols would better
stick 10 handles of flrze and twisted ribbon,
The money one can not spend In handles
may be put into parasol cover There arr are
two or three hundred dollars for lace covered
parasol, but even in these cases the handles
are still simple and expensive az they arc, re
vogue or the style OF the stlner ones Flum-
ness and elaboration have slipped down from
the parasols to the frocks and the former musl
| make up for their severity oi form by dei,cacy
"'i' The most artistic and elaborate parasol ol
the season is hand pain painted HeTS; ; TOO: hiis fhs
or a pale tint and the form Is severe, though
sccA sionally the silk is gauze covered and
the poiotng Is done upon the enuLde ;d co. ARos' ts
Of Of the he, work and the fame u the arti.t.
The @ hsnd svHs Sn
Of artists this season. and some ,well-knowr
flower painters have condsscended TO execute
special orders charging high prices for theiI
condescensOn. One New York woman
whose fondness for orchids is well known has
recently ordered heavy white parasol covei
nainted in scattered clusters Of purple orchids
by wcll-known ho~er painter and Is paying
q most eStravagant price for ber whim. Pop
pies morning 1lores water lilies and all broad
leaved decorative flowers are populM IN
| parasol decoration, while binches OF pals
primroses are very much m evidence on silks
| of faint primrose ti'ts.