Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-20

smart world for this time honored combina-
ton. Gowns In flannel duck, bunting,
pique and linen all present the homely blue
and white effect, and designs were SO sim
pie that it looked If the fashionable
world must think anything else vulgar. 1t
is astonishing how unpretentous smart
women often are in the clothes designed
for all outing occasions. So when one
comes across a frivolous yachting frock
furbelowed and foolish to the top notch, the
mind pictures with it a pair of uneasy sea
legs Only a novice in marine pleasures
would buy such a gown, or expect to be
happy in it, for rolling decks, salt sprays
and brisk winds require toggery that will
stand wear
Boomers Better Than Skirts.
The under rigging necessary for correct
yachting gowns also leans to the practical,
for more boomers are worn than petit
coats. and no attempt at ornamenting them
is made. Wash silks, either in the color of
the costume or in black, are used for them.
Pretty and novel yachting details are seen
In belts, stockings and caps, which last are
soft wool 'Tams'' on the bereh order. The
belts are or white and colored ducks and
piques, with sometimes a contrasting band,
in plain or spotted stuff, down the middle.
They extremely narrow at the tongue
portion and gilt harness buckles give them
a pretty finish.
The stockings-to put 1t mldly-are loud.
With the most brilliant colors there are
pronounced piebald effects in pattern, open
worked insteps and elaborate clockings, all
of which magnifcently make up for the
plain frock worn with them. The sex is
nothing If not inconsistent but when it is
considered that fancy stockings do not In
terfere with the business in hand the pres
ent lapse may be explained. Far below the
surface of things there is generally a rea-
son for woman's madness; and incidentally
the rest of this reason is that the gay
stockings are really fetching.
She Likes Silk Best.
Going from this dry sea pleasuring to
the wet sort, one feels inclined to marvel
at the frivolity of the fashionable bathing
girl. Her salt dips will be taken in moth
ing else than silk. satin and brilliantine of
the gayest pattern. The little suits which
these rich textures realize are also most
deliberately made, ribbon lacings, stitched
bands and tucks and shirrings knocking
all preconceived notions Of salt water ex-
igencies the head.
The old blue flannel bathing suit OF
baggy make and shrinking tendency is con-
spicuous by It's absence. In its place the
new models suggest with their short puft
sleeves and smartly flared skirts stage
shirt waist gowns or French doll dresses
| The blousing bodices. which are as long
wasted as those for street wear, are cir
| died faulty into corseted waists by
gay wash belts Many bodices are high
| in the neck, but the sailor collars OF
| others roll away from an open v of mod
| est depth, or the neck may be cut out round
/ or square. In no case is the bathing decol-
| letage very low, though the sleeves are in.
| variably the shortest puffs, and the skirts
are Of the most abbreviated description. for
here. as well as against stockings which
| Initiate socks, the line Of taste is drawn
| Some regard for propriety-as the beach
| signs put It's the first and only command
| ment for bathing clothes.
number OF the best shops are showing
bathing suits patterned accurately after
the French models. all of which allow the
trousers to appear below the edge of the
skirt. The American method of having