The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-28
HOW TO DRESS
FOR THE OUTING
ON THE FOURTH

Every girl who has received an in
vitation for an Independence Day
haunt is endeavoring to decide what
to wear. 1t is a wise young woman
who tries to scan her wardrobe with
the eye of her host or hostess.
If invited for the weekend at some
hospitable country or SUBURBAN
home, try to recall the favorite
methods adopted by the hostess for
entertaining. If she has ample
grounms or belongs to a country club
and goes in for athletics, lay out your
gowns accordingly. Take your best
fitting walking skirt, your smartest
tailored shirtwaists, and your most
mannish cravats and stocks.
And as YOU value that woman's
friendship, don't wear your best bib
and tucker on the train. pretty
girl recently went to a house party
forty miles from town attired in
dainty dotted muslin and flower
crowned sheperdess hat. She does not
understand why her hostess almost
gasped on receiving her. Always
travel in gowns that at least suggest
the tailor's hand
If your hostess goes in for porch
parties, dim corners with music, and
perhaps a dance, pack up your film
iest most coquettish frocks. She VIII
expect you to be a real summer girl,
and the men in the party will proba-
bly, line up in white f1annels.
But If you are not joining a house
party, and are bound for one long de-
licious day out of town with the dear
est chap on the face of the globe.
dress to please him; and that means.
be sensible. Just remember that he
wants to give you a good time, and in
cidentally have a good time himself.
Neither of you will have good time
if you wear tight Shoes or long skirt
that everybody in the crowd before
you, behind you and around you man
ages to step on. Don't imagine that
because this is Independence Day you
are to celebrate in your most bewitch-
ing gtwn. THE onliest chap has
probably seen you under the most ad-
vantageous circumstances, in a dainty
party Dress all tufts and flowers and
furbelows. Now show him that you
add to a pretty face and a fancy for
! dainty things, good common sense and
tact.
Wean comfortable walking shoes or
ties. A man likes the clinging sort of
girl-in theory. In practice he wants
not a beautifier. Your skirt should
clear the ground by several inches.
Let it be either light weight cloth or
pique, or linen, or duck, but be sure
that it fits you well, has a neat flare
and gives you a generally trim ap-
pearance. Don't burden yourself with
many petticoats. The beach, the
mountain path and the boat are not
the places to display lingerie.
a oicf hat to
but neat and well Numbered. Lace,
chiffon and other transparent fabrics
look dainty as you leave the house in
the cool morning. When sea air and
hot sun have done their work. such
raiment outfades a faded flower
trampled under foot.
Dress your neck comfortably, and
wear hat that win not be ON your
conscience all day. Better a bargain
counter sailor that defies wind and
rain and dust than your choicest con-
ceit in tulle, flowers and feathers
which must be preserved as carefully
as your morals and your manners.
The girl who is dressed for the
| crush and good natured raillery of a
| holiday crowd is the girl who will
help a man meet the buffetings of the
world when the courtship days are
done. The girl who starts on her hol-
iday trip in white kid slippers. a dim
| ity frock, blue ribbons and picture hat
will tangle her household accounts
when the honeymoon is past
Men are beginning to realize these
little things, and many a girl is judged
by the frock she wears on Just such
days as this. There is a time and a
place for all sorts of gowns, but a hol-
iday jaunt is no time for Miss Flora
McFlimsey to air her fine raiment
She is the girl that the average man
| prefers to-leave at home.