The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
No wonder the good old summer time Is
always: welcome. for does IL not usher II
that most delightful girl of the year-the
shirt-waAt girl-who always looks so re-
1freshingly cool and SO delightfully."- comforiT
able?
She is good to look at. interesting to talk
to, and for q days outing the best chum
In the world.
That the shirt-waist girl is pretty apt
to. be good-natured has become a matter
of history.
And. believe It or not, much of her sunny
disposition depends Upon her clothes.
She knows She looks cool and she feels SO.
She realizes that she is smartiy and ap-
propriately gowned. and yet she IS per.
fectly comfortable; consequently. she is in
for a frolic and sees only the jolly side OF
life,
Ttis is the typical young summer girl
and right here let it be understood that the
shirt-waist suit--that most convenient Of
costumes-has a desirable way of disguis-
ing a woman's age.
There have been actual cases where It
has been credited with taking ten years off
a woman's age.
Naturally. this one fact alone is sufficient
to guarantee its popularity.
However. 1t is not only their youth-giv-
ing qualities that make the shirt-waist
suit appeal SO strongly 10 the summer girl.
The new dresses In themselves. merely for
their beauty, are a delight to every woman.
They are twice as good-looking as they
were last year and twice as elaborate.
HAND EMBROIDERY AND
INSETS OF COARSE LACE.
This season they show much hand en-
broidery and many insets of coarse, effect
i've lace.
The skirts are made unlined and are in
the newest approved cut, ~clinging closely to
the figure over the hips and showing much
fullness toward the hem.
All the s~hirt-waist suits have a marked
tendency TO show to its very best advantage
the fetching French curve figure, which
makes this years summer girl the trimmest
and most shapely girl We have had for
inauy q Ions yea.
1t is the Rosalind. a simple little device
for holding belt of skirt, waist and under
skirt exactly in the right place, which gives
this much-to-be-desired French curve.
Shirt-waist suits this year are also spe-
cially interesting, because of their charming
variety.
They are made of many materials ard are
trimmed in many ways.
There are the suits of white mercerized
linen, embroidered in white: there are these
same ali-white. costumes, with lace irsets
tax M the place of the embroidery.
Then, there are the very new and very
sfyiish ehirt-waist suits OF linen crash. with
embroidered borders done in the Russian or
Turkish colmsl
) OF course. all the cotton materials. like
madras, pique, cotton %vestirG, duck. giny-
ham and cotton cheviot. are made up
.oto shfrt-waist suits. but this year. in ad-
.,tion to these suits. there are others OF
poneee embroidered or piped with silk in a
contrasting color, as well as the cookbook
tn1 dainty dresses Of checked and striped
suotprufe ~taffeta. and others Of inohair ST.
eilienne. with its wonderful wearing capac-
itv made in the simple shirt-waist model.
The .ehirt-waist girl Of 1903 is always a
nrished picture.
-...t be put together to live up to her repu-
.ss,sT APPEAR TO BE
caREFULLY DRESSED.
=. n,tter how simple her gown. she must
,oop y as il She were carefully dressed.
81. must pay particular attention to the
~ shsrrs of her dress-the accessories
LIZ Ie,eh Give the hnishins smart touch of
style n,,s, look well to the appropriateness
~ her collar -"