New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-08
WOMEN md TRAVEL.
Summer the Field for Observation
What Not to Wear and Do.

There is nothing that marks the lady more &C
curately than what she wears in travelling" says
an observer Of wide and varied experience. 'Bien
gaDte ct chausse is not quite all. much as these
items count, although there is a pre-supposition
that wearing the right gloves and shoes will
otherwise well dressed. Summer affords the best
field for observation, and sometimes the costumes
Of the Womankind upon the Northern highways at
this season are enough TO give an onlooker pros
tration Of the nerves. New England is the chosen
hunting ground for health and refreshing and any
considerable journeying its extent affords food
for reflection and warning. sometimes entertain
men- also.
Take the well dressed woman frst-though it is
not she who is noticeable at first sight as is her
more striking sister traveller. And here it is that
old Dr. Johnson's rule holds. about being
well dressed when one does not notice what she
has on serViceable travelling suit incOnspicuouS
though as handsome as may be- forms the first i'm
peratve necessity. Coat and skirt with shirt waist.
silk or lightweight stuff costume entire, with a
long dust coat, approved travelling wear. In
Of shirt waist, some quiet shade is apt
look better than white at the journeys end. Some
suitable kind Of hat with not too many too
much Of veilngs And nothing Of jeWeled effect.
except the possibly elegant accessories of a jour
hey, ualelhng bag, QnpreNa, drinking cup. smell
ing bottle and tie like-nothing which suggests
OF travelling costume is made up of the requisite
.'One does not have to search far for the i'll
dressed traveller Her name is legion First of
al something startling attracts ones attention,
q redundancy Of veil a light fragile hat pro-
fusion Of rings on ungloved hands Doubtless many
jewels for safety's sake Conspicuous Jewels, it
goes almost without saying. are # in open sight,
much more in danger from the keen eyed thief
than ii in some place OF safekeeping the per
son Another questionable proposition as the
Resterners say, such caused d young college
man the other day 10 ask Why do women wear
80 much millinery ABOUT their WaistS2 is the
reNaleut fashion Of thin shirt waists worn over
low rocked. lace trimmed. ribbon run corset coy
ers. The probable pink Of the ribbon and the eyi-
Senr mink Of arms aud neck nav he c,-.-i5a-ai7
beautiful in the right place wherever that is: hut
for public appearance they ought to he relaoat "a
TO the country girl and the circus Pink in Dro-
fusion, by the way, more than any other color
sets its wearer down as hopeless-speakiug from a
travelling fitness point Of view.
-'One sees queer sights on some JOURNEYS as for
instance the other day pink tulle hat worn with
a white lace collared black silk coat and a light
+tamine gown on a trip from the metropolis TO the
White Mountains. all looking more than ever out
tu-e stood the fortieS
Another noteworthy sight was q rn557Io ,ros
evidently unmarried woman. with large gIoveIess
hgrineed hands, who at intervals took nom her
"f paper and carefully rubbed her face ana 6 Ds
ana II was such a vigorous rubbing for a 49,
a1y that she looked all the warmer for If after
As 20 conversation. traveller last Wool ~,
.''d- country traln would gladly have taken to the
ICONS NO sucn escape been possible to avoid
her detailed excited account ~ tI- '1llGes
mi illnesses It was striking object iIII,e+rg tor
81 me general rule-don't talk personalities in
Somebody probably Emerson. has said +,,o+ -
sence u heat and haste indicates fine oIisif+iaS.
surely this is true nowhere more than in ta,-i1i'
The woman who makes herself an oFnovio-,e LIS
Dor. fans herself heatedly takes m q Iss u
amount Of room mOps her face pyharsti,,ai,- elila
herself conspicuous in any way llv Sreee 10y, makes
may be a lady, hut she does not carr -
tails in sight Simplicity and considers tior oeri
BUSINESS stamp a woman immediately ae 'U..S2tGu-
IN SAVIOR faire and genuehood' ii's