New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-09

afternoon, and as a curve OF the shore brought
the setting behind the blue OF the the ef-
| feet was charming. Croquet is easy game, and
the young women all wore lovely, coquettish COS
tunes, most of them short Some OF the married
women wore long gowns. easily and gracefully
managed under the circumstances, for the sand
was perfectly dry
a pretty little frock was OF light blue linen.
trimmed with tucks and jour work picked out
with white. A gray linen lovely. trimmed with
lot of small gold buttons and worn with red
belt gray straw hat trimmed with red foulard and
loose gray kid gloves, turned up at the wrists to
show red lining. Red is always such an effective
color at the beach that there Is little wonder one
sees so much OF it A pretty gown was of a very
pale blue toile. embroidered In delft blue. The
embroidery-or it may have been brading-took the
form of an odd chain design on the yoke Of bodice
and skirt, both OF which box pleated, while
the cuffs choker and belt of delft blue linen
snowy costume of white dotted muslin
worn with little sleeveless boero OF red CLOTH red
belt and shoes and white hat. The jacket had a
deep fiat collar trimmed with red and white braid
Ing little tabs in front of that fastened down I'M
der the belt and border OF braiding under the
bottom. The hats. soft and picturesque to marked
degree were either large bonnets of embroidered
batiste large ruf1es OF pIeated mousseline or
English embroidery lying the head and trimmed
with ruchings OF coored ribbon with hanging ends.
Comparatively few flower trimmed hats are seen
on the beach The preference is given to odd scarfs
and bows of ribbon long plumes on dressy cha
peaus.
ROGUE A NEW GAME.
The game of rogue Is having great vogue here.
The court is laid our like croQuet court, ana the
game is played in the same way. but the wickets
are about one-fOuTth large as those Tor croquel
The balls are of solid rubber and the malets tipped
with hard rubber Moreover the court is fenced
in with rubber. from which the balls rebound as
IL on a billiard table The game calls for great
accuracy. and is in which women may excel
1t is not possible the beach, for it is necessary
he no aid ont will
The French children most eXquisitely dressed
in the late afternoon. For the greater part of the
day little girls look much like little boys In their
match or in real boys suits of red and navy blue
but few of the little folks are allowed take all
over baths the French idea. evidently. being that
water and the children and the nolnous with their
Ipghi pe1sses ana TooQn croWhe% Ta I b G
dren and a good many of the older people hang
strung to long poles, and wade out for fsh. There
| tide. which Is, the whole, the most charming
| the clubhouses last week there were some lovely
gowns. In spite of the fact that there was to be
/ tnany of the gowns were built with high necks
ts was perhaps que 10 me iatt uae npS T W 3i
dinner on this coast in July means dining in amosl
| pink roses and small thistle that grows Wild on
the sun leaves of pale, sVery green shaue TO pur
accordion pleated cream mOusseline over rose, inset
with motifs of white lace. framed in fine ruching
| of pink mousseline de sole. This trimmed the
| lower half of the skirt and made pretty peerne
! The unlined yoke and close undersieeves were OF
| lace embroidered with pink.
An effective gown of gray mousseline paint
ed with flowers shading from darker gray TO black
| This trimmed with both black and white
Chantiy, and had waistband of red Liberty silk
A gown of rather heavy white silk was made VI
with panels of Irish lace. and had a waistband OF
| a soft supple velvet in shaded red. word about
this velvet which is appearing on some OF the new
gowns. Il is soft that il Grapes like crepe anc
QeS2nS-in shaded
signs and other indstinct patterns 1t promises tC
| be important fabric in the autumn.
In bathing suits the popular fabrics seem 10 ht
| linen and a fine. stiff mOhair. Some variety Is
necessary, for few of the women wear the same
suit two days running. A simple but effective SUI
! is of red and white striped linen, trimmed with
straps of plain red, Stimulating a Golero Ihert