The courier., 1902-07-12
FASHION


of its approval upon some particular
fabric or color. The shade which has
found the greatest favor this season is
Patrick green, and 1t is produced in
only expensive materials.
On the Vanderbilt coach at Ardsley
last week two Of the women of my kin
were charming in Paris hats with
trimmings Of Patrick green. One was
a small, fiat, shepherdess confection,
Of finest Milan braid, the color of
delicately Drowned biscuit. At one
side was splendid green bird Of Par
adise. with long. sweeping feathery
tails, and this was its only ornament
A white straw model seen at a re-
cent afternoon recital showed the
green in the wide velvet ribbons, which
were knotted artistically over the
crown and fell over the left side in
long, double loops. Many of the new
lace waists have a touch of this color
in the tiny pipings or almost invisible
ruchings which adorn them. The en-
velope hat, which was so charming and
for which we paid all sorts of prices
when first imported. is made up in a
three dollar style now and encountered
everywhere.
1t seems a pity that we are forever
forced in this way to relinquish our
French favorites just as we get them
and obliged to resort to something
else. At tea in the Waldorf palm gar
den on Friday, there We're six envelope
hats at one time. Two were of red
one of black, one of black and white
and two entirely of white. They were
of all makes and materials, some i'm
ported and others horribly Grumpy"
as overheard young woman remark.
Another style that bids fair to be
overdone is the lace scarf or fichu fall
ing over the hair. 1t has already
reached the extreme, since many of
the footlight feminine fraternity have
adopted these graceful adjuncts, allow
ing them to fall quite to the waist
line. A vivacious young miss in
pongee silk shirt waist suit had two
velvet ribbons wound about
her hat and trailing from its left sid.
all the way to her comely hips 1t was
not pretty, but did attract attention
""d remark, which. perhaps, flattereC
the wearer.
Ping-pong has given a new impetus
20 the shirt waist trade. A noted
house, where a speciality is made of all
athletic accessories, has so many or
iers for waists that it has had to
double its force in that department.
The wide-shouldered model, called the
is the favorite for the new
,able-tennis game, as it is very roomy,
and yet has a tendency, because of its
breadth across the shoulders, to make
he waist look small. Little fac-similes
Of the racquets and balls are often
on the ends of the ties,
'r just above the cuff, with unique ef-
iect. Yachting blouses still have the
monogram handsomely designed and
on the sleeve just above
he elbow or near the cuff. Shanting
waists, and will remain so throughout
he season.
For charmingly simple little midsum-
ner gowns 1 would commend the pin
hecked silks shcwn at all the best
hops. The Paris and Vienna models
re made up most elaborately with real
aces, and are fabulously expensive
here are, however, more simple styles
II the way down to the severely plain
hirt-waist suits, in which these sum-
nery silks are used. A gown of this
ort in pale blue and white checks, so
mall as to be almost invisible, was
lade with fine organdie fiounces of