The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06

The VACATION GIRL IS READY SUMMER CAMPAIGN
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The summer campaign Is on, for the
vacation girl is leaving town. She is good
to look at boarding the trains and the
steamers for the summer days are all be-
fore her and she is happy In the anticipa-
ton of new fields to conquer.
All her gowns have been designed with
care to their suitability and the sum-
mer girl of 1903 will display at every time
OF day the correct dress for the occasion.
There was a time, and not SO very long
ago, that, no matter how charmingly a
woman dressed in her own home, she
showed tendency to be overdressed when
travelling. The vacation girl of to-day
proves that this time Is past. Her trav-
cling gowns are the acme of good taste
She is fashionably gowned, but never con-
spicuously so, and. what is perhaps best
OF all, she is comfortably dressed.
The travelling coat is a special feature
of this summers fashion, and it is as va
r1ed as are the girls who wear it. For
la long journey there is nothing more prac-
teal than the long, loose-fltting dust coat
of dark blue or brown mohair Sicilienne.
It is made up unlined, so that it Is cool
and comfortable, and its dust-shedding
qualities are well known. The fact that
1t is light in weight is another Of its adj
vantages. These long, loose-ftting coats,
which so successfully protect the gown,
are also made in Wooltex taffeta in black,
dark blue, deep red, gray, dark green.
and without, and many of the most stylish
are trimmed with smoked pearl buttons.
| One particularly smart looking travelling
coat of tan taffeta Is a long, loose fitting,
double breasted garment, made with an
unusually odd-looking sleeve. The sleeve
proper Is merely an extremely wide coat
sleeve but at the top there is a novel cape
sleeve, which Is trimmed with stitched
strap of the taffeta and fastened with
1 pearl buttons.
! A dust coat which Is much more ap-
propriate for automobiling and coach
ing than for travelling, Is a long, loose
fitting garment of white mohair, made
up unlined and having deep shoulder
cape. The novel touch of this coat is its
trimming Of dotted green panne velvet,
which forms the shallow collar, the little
square-shaped revers and the extremely
novel deep cuff.
The coat is also trimmed with big pearl
buttons For coaching it Is made with
the cuffs and revers Of bright red panne
velvet.
Pongee and linen coats are among the
new travelling wraps, too. They are all
| loose-fitting models, some three-quarter
length, and some reaching straight to the
hem Of the gown. They invariably show
| the shoulder cape and a sleeve, which Is
wide and flowing at the wrist.
For the young woman who cannot at
| ford to buy a coat specially for travel
ing, but who must make her one summer
coat do for many varied occasions, there is
/ nothing this year so entirely satisfactory
as the corset coat with it's many gores
which so effectively molds the garment to
the figure and displays to advantage the
new French curve, which the summer
girl has this year and ..which5 is .due to
the Rosa1ind, a clever little device which
lengthens and prettily curves the waist
line. The corset coat in lightweight
covert cloth makes a good looking travel
ing jacket and an all round convenient
coat for wear thruout the summer.
The newest coats are made with a. full
sleeve, which Is gathered into a smart
looking, buttoned -over strapped cuff. -
Black and white effects are decidedly
the fashion this summer and very many
of the travelling costumes are being made
up OF black and white check, plaid or
striped taffeta. These gowns for travel
Ing are distinctly tailor made and are
skirt and coat costumes made unli1ied