The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-23

| do not care for such games ! do at least
like the dresses and capes and jackets
! and the hats and the shoes and also the
expression on the faces of the golf
girls.
The needs Of this game have been
productive in working what some call
reform in dressing for out Of door
| sports, for 1t is not so very many years
ago that it would have been a scream
Ing farce to see girls try to play this
game and hold up their skirts so they
could move at all. Now see the neat
and natty short skirt, the mother of the
sensible and pretty rainy day skirt,
and that made especially for pedestri-
ans. The skirt is short and wide
enough. yet not too full. and is cut so
that it hangs to perfection. 1t is quite
fully ornamented by several rows Of
stitching. and II fastens so that nothing
short of an earthquake could tear it
loose. 1t has no ugly and irresponsible
placket to, come open, but just an open
ing In front which is fastened with in
set where they are the most needed.
Some of the golfing skirts are plaid,
and others are In plain stuffs. 1t is diff
f1cult to say which are the prettier, for
tastes differ. The walking skirts are, l
think. more refined in rough surfaced
plain stuffs. There Is such a choice of
them that no one need go without just
nh oh ha do
skirt need not differ from the others at
all. for the material offered especially
for the rainy day is as far as appear
ances go exactly like the other goods.
only this has been rendered WATER
proof by some kind of treatment while
the wool was yet in the yarn and I'M
dyed. This process is called cravenet-
ting. and it is put on everything now,
even grapes for mourning and some
silks. 1t Is said to be done by electric
ity, but no woman cares what the proc
ess is so long as it gives her cloth just
as handsome as any in the market,
with all the best colOrings. at the same
price. This makes a garment absolute
ly impervious to water, and as it has
not been made so by rubber it does not
smell like those horrid denominations,
mackintoshes.
The SWEETEST of the new golf suits
may have cape in regulation style,
but the body is fitted with the smartest
of snug habit basques, with tiny tails
in the back, and there is vest of figur-
ed wool stuff in vesting cloth. The
Jacket is of some warm and solid mate
rial and is finished like any jacket,
with close tailor stitching, and lined
with white or very light cloth, and this
is stitched with black silk as closely as
possible. There are cuffs to match. In
side the vest is a chemisette, and to
this high collar ar 4 mannish tie. The
collar and cravat are made Of silk and
are very stylish.
! Can we leave the golfng girl without
saying a word about her hat? No, or
at least l cannot, for the hat is the top
knot of all the costume. Just now the
rikkitikki is the very SWEETEST of all,
and what is not said in praise of those
knowing felt hats, with their bright
and pretty scarf or dotted or plaided
silk, would not make much of book.
Felt hats made double and stitched
together in the same close lines as
those in the decoration of the rest of
her suit are the very best of all. These
are seldom bound and have the crown
dented in, and the drapery of the surah
design is preferred. The Persian de-
signs are much liked, and so are the
plaids. The one in the illustration is of
felt stitched and trimmed with a stiff
self drapery and bow with ends.
OLIVE HARPER.