The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

VI Y AVE you fallen IN love WIN tne
\ new golf vests!
Fl IF YOU have not, then one or the
/ other of two things is certain
either that you do not play golf TO
anv extent or that you are not coca
and never trip gayly overs the campus.
For they're all the rage just at present.
and fit and fine rage they are, too,
The girls who got up early enough 70
defv the winds that sweep over the Ere
sidio links found coats awfully IN the
wav w>he sleeves bound and the action
of the arm was not as free as it ought TO
be to give a smashing blow.
The next thing they tried was
sweater. Just an ordinary sweater. but II
is such a homely affair that only the
bravest really felt at all at home in them
And then again, there was the question
of sleeves
The manufacturers felt that. something
new was needed but they couldn't tell ex-
actly what. At last one clever felioW nit
upon the idea of making jersey tnat
would be swagger looking and still De
warm and comfortable.
That man knew what he was about.
With his eye for business. he must have
had one for golf.
had one packed away snugly IN her trunk.
What a surprise she would spring on the
girls, but she wouldn't until there were
a lot of them on the clubhouse steps.
1t was a soft jersey, with raised ribs
The back fitted snugiy and was made TO
exactly fit the space between the top OF,
the belt and edge. of the collar. BY way
of contrast the front was striped with
white. There was the red and the White
stripe alternating. The vest, by the way,
was red as most of them are. T
The collarless effect is still fashionable,
and this particular one was like mans
Vest-V-shaped and double breasted. The
buttons were put on wide at the bottom
and narrowed. toward the waist. The last
two Were on the tiny dip that all the
Kangaroo girls insist on having.
To say that she made sensation would
of all the girls on the links and half the
men were wondering how they could get
sweaters that would look half as swell as
the dinky little vest did.
And that was the beginning OF the golf
vest in San Francisco. stt.tf
May told Alice and Bob told his sister,
and that was the way i went. And And then
tramp hole to hole subimeiy con-
scious that they look well, that the snug
fitting jersey shows their figures to the
very best possible advantage.
Palo Alto is not so far away but that
its girls see and know all that is going on.
The gaudy red vests suited them exactly.
What could be better for them to wear on
the quad? Nothing. They were perfec-
ton.
So the two classes OF girls are rivals.
The only difference is that Stanford goes
in for the red and the golfers are not
particular Anything swell or smart look
Ing pleases them just as well.
A dapper one Is OF a closely woven jer-
sey; not striped, but more on the dia
mond shape White stars here and there
suggest stripe. There is a collar on this
one but il is Ofaa broad red and white
plaid and the edge is bound in red silk.
The material is very much like the reg
ular goIfing double faced, On the left
side there is a tiny pocket just large
enough for a watch or for car fare. 1t
hardly looks like one. IL is SO small.
bat II answers the purpose just the same.
many different designs is mystery tc
most people There are about baker S
dozen, and every one or them Is de-
sidedly different. One might think that