The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-01
Fashions and Society,

"a bling and complaining because
n there has been 50 little gayety
during the warm weather. there
are others Who are simply charmed
for . chance % catch their breath. as
Il were Surely during the summer
months one should be free from social
duties and formal calls. and yet, alas
there are some dear deIuded ones who
are highly offended II ron are -out~
on your day I do not know OF any
one who pretends TO keep strictly 70
their day Just nov, and II you are
caught on the wing it Is generally in
an Empire gown or something less
generally less
And why not2
Don't for a moment delude yourself
with the idea that there are no gay
goings on. simply because you fail to
hear OF them There is a certain gay
coterfe here who could never allow
such a state Of affairs to exist. and
many q delicious supper is partaken
Of sub rosa, and many a nimble dime
exchanges hands; but who is the
wiser? Surely not the looker-on.
might tell of other gayeties, but per
haps il would be better not So you
see the summer time is not wasted
after all, and Satan finds mischief for
idle hands to do. And better still, he
never tells.
II requires more than the normal
set of fingers these bright summer
days TO enumerate the red gowns that
can be seen fitting about the town
and on the hotel verandas For com
| forts sake, for the last three years
red has been worn on the golf links
and having once formed its acquaint-
ance, we have layishly adopted it,
even to the requirements of a full
/ dress toilet No woman hesitates any
longer to wear, for example, a hya-
cinth blue foulard figured over with
huge scarlet peoples, and on top Of al
this riot of color she will perch g
| hat of poppy red straw, trimmed with
! hyacinth blue foulard that is pow
dered with poppy red dots. When she
| raises and opens her parasol it IN
| folds as q cloud of tulIe fire and heI
| jeweled ornaments are usually rudy
! rubies, garnets or other bright san
| guine stones. Where these startling
frocks do display themselves to best
advantage is on the croquet ground
or on the seat of private automobile
| Nothing short Of a decollete fall dress
1 is considered too elaborate for the
croquet lawn, and red is the proper
color in which to enjoy this revived
and ladylike sport.
II is in the cool of the day wher
the game is in full swing that fash
ion chronicler gets the best chance
to observe the mode, and so far as
the croquet lawn makes revelations
the expressively long skirt, spreading
/ out prodigiously at the feet, is the
| shape to be followed for some time tc
come.
As the exquisitely clad woman step:
| about after the balls. it is essential t
| lift the front of the shirts sufficiently t
permit safe locomotion. There is {
| great art of doing this. for many of tbs
skirts are of satiny surfaced foulard:
| sun pleated. ten yards wide at the foo
! and then supplied with a thick. gauz'
| ribbon ruche at the tip end of the trail
| ing garment.
The sun pleating is so accomplished
| that the skirt clings close as far dow
| as the knees and flares like a double
petunia below. With such skirts tn,
| proper petticoat is made narrow to tbs
| knees of taffeta. Below this gathered
and aecordian pleated fiounce of soft tat
| feta is set on. and over this falls {
fiounce of white lingerie batiste that i
entirely concealed by overlapping frill;
| of lace 1t is very much the fashion Il
| carelessly cut the rear of the dress Skin
| a suspicion shorters than the trailing lac,
| petticOat. the glories of which peep forti
| with great effectiveness. This point i
particularly emphasized in lawn part.
| gowns.
Just now there are two DISTINCTIVE
| STYLES of summer automobile dress. Tn
private ones are not yet in use. but the,
| viii come, and we might as well know
how to dress for one. One frou frou
rosy red. and long skirted and worn
when the groom handles the lever. Tn
other is red and simple and becoming
and worn when the owner of the tral
drives herself.
Among the recently developed varia
tons in fashions IS the fancy for wear
ing lace hats TO informal summer din
/ ners. When the dinner is large, YER
formal and at the house of new &C
ouainfance the hat is not de regeur. bu
for less eeremonious feasts it is not onl
proper for all airy, fairy species OF hea
gear. to be assumed with the low necke
and short sleeved evening dress. In
/ hat is any size or shape one may desire
| hut II is al Of lace. Flowers. feather
and RIBBONS are not permitted. but jew
eled ornaments are literally employed
| and the most elegant of these trifies ar
formed on heavy lace of one tint. an
trimmed with light net lace of anothe
tint.
Mr.. Ned Macfarlane gave a dance q