The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-09
THE SUMNER TRAVELLER
EQUIPMENT WITH WHICH WOMEN
MAY PROVIDE THEMSELVES.
Wraps, Dust Coats, Gowns and Hats
Especially Suited for Travel
ing Purposes.
correspondence Of the Indianapolis Journal.

than at the present time. Never have so
many comforts been offered, never have
desirable things been so closely united with
beautiful ones. The twentieth century
woman is a creature of luxury and of
sound, good sense combined. Her travelling
outfit has been planned with due reference
to the fact and includes all the essentials
of smart appearance with total absence
of all avoidable weight or burden. The
woman of to-day bows to fashion. as has
the woman of countless generations, but
she makes certain demands of her tyrant.
nevertheless, and is consequently enabled
to go forth upon her summer tour a model
of style. yet fully prepared to maintain her
standard of hygiene, to keep up with adj
being
Taffeta and mohair. two materials that
involve little weight. make the favorite
fabrics of the time and are shown in
variety of seductive forms. Plaits of some
sort in the skirts are almost universal. but
they take so many variations as to be free
of all monotony in spite of the fact. Gen
uine Kilt plaits are smart and are always
effective on the women whom they suit,
but are to be avoided by all others. Both
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charming, requiring only the finish of a
stitched hem. Blue, brown, black reseda,
all dark and quiet tones are in vogue.
When Kilt plaits are too voluminous. those
set wider apart used and for these
Doth the box and the single sort are cor
rect. peculiarly stylish model is nine
cealing each seam. 1t is in habit style and
the plait at the back completely hides the
placket from view. that it is a model of
neatness as well as of style. AS matter
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worn over SILK petticoats made in harmon
izing length. The skirts themselves, by the
way, clear the ground, but are not awk-
wardly short. Favorite coats are long.
While many of the jaunty short ones are
seen and are preferred by the women who
must get all possible effect of height that
tact remains. The newest and smartest cos
tunes are made with coats that extend to
half the length OF the skirt, whether they
are snug fitting or of the blouse with tunic
order. The snug coats are much liked and
covert cloth, albeit the material matches
the skirt. Both silk and mohair are so
made and are essentially smart as well as
ideally comfortable. Over the plated
give the maximum of style with the mini
mum of warmth The tunic coats are
scarcely heavier but partake of the nature
OF the blouse and are less exacting as to
mt. They are made with numberless vsria-
tons In detail but essentially are always
the same The portion above the waist is
I.
The two are Joined at the waist line be-
meath a belt. In some instances the backs
OF the blouses are plain and drawn down
tightly; in others they are gathered at the
lower edge. Both are correct and both are
smart. Which is better depends entirely
upon the needs of the figure. Uniformly
the sleeves are big and ample and therein
lies their one real advantage over the coat
OF snugger f1t. Any woman who has trav-
eled in summer knows the luxury of a coat
that can be slipped on and off with ease.
Ir1a mol he IL
greater comfort, they deserve special COM
mendation, but Dame Fashion smiles on
both alike.
FASHIONS FOR THE SLENDER.
1t is season of fiat collars or none and
these blouse coats follow the rule, many
of them being finished with stole collars
only, but recent novelty is the addition of
hood at the back which terminates at
the shoulder seams and is used in conjunc-
ton with the stole. 1t is picturesque beyond
doubt and charming in the extreme worn
by tall, slender woman but it is not for
the short or the stout When, wonder,
will la mode begin to bear all that sister
hood in mind? Year after year, season
after season, styles for the tall, for the
slender, for the least needy of womankind
(for do they not look well in all things p
are offered by the score, while those to
whom difference in cut or style means all
ness, between smartness and dowdiness,
are entirely left out of the calculations of
that most exacting and most capricious of
tyrants. These hooded coats add one more
possibility TO the list of the fortunate ones
while they add one more danger to those
already lurking about for the unwary and
the unwise. BY some curious law small
women, almost uniformly, admire big
things, short women crave the designs that
suit them least. and stout women are
seized with admira ton for horizontal lines
When modes are all chosen for the tall,
when the handsomest models shown in
clude just those elements which should be
avoided, is IL any wonder so many go
astray? AS / write l recall dear little
Southerner who made her first visit to
pretty things, the brilliant display very
nearly turned her young head, and no ar
gument could dissuade her from the pur-
chase of a huge hat with very nearly a
whole flower garden on 1t. Many flowers
and big flowers were the style. II was a
creature went home crowned with a hat
fit only for a large woman, but serenely
content. Had she not visited the Mecca
of American fashions? Was not her hat
fame? OF the fact that she was overbur-
dened. that the effect was not unlike that
of large-topped mushroom she wss COM
pletely unconscious. yet her really pretty
petite figure was dwarfed. her small face
from being piquant and attractive became
absurd and heavily overshadowed.
AN ECONOMICAL PLAN.
But, to return to the travelling gowns
wise women are ordering two skirts there
with, one of the short plated sort. one long
and graceful for wear when the destination
is reached. The least possible luggage is
apt to mean the greatest possible comfort