The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28
THE SUMMER GIRL OF 1908.
SHE WILL WEAR 4 PICTURE HAT
AND WON'T BE ATHLETIC.
No AutomObilinE for Her-She May Drive
n She Can Get q Pair Of Horses or
FOur.in.Hanh-GOf to he summed
Good Looks Her Aim at Present.

Good Looks Her AIM nj present.
With July appears every year the summer
girl This year she promises to exhibit
some interesting new traits.
For one. thing, the indications are that
the 1903 summer girl is not going in ex-
travagantly for automobiling and she is
not going around bareheaded. no matter
how beautiful and mxuriant her hair may
be
I'VE got through with the bareheaded
fad two summers ago, said a young woman.
.and we don't mean to take it up again this
year at any rate-if ever
Some of us found out then that our COM
plexion suffered lot. We also discovered
that keeping the eyes unshaded in the sun
makes wrinkles just over the nose.
This summer we are going in for picture
hats-not the Gainsborough so much as
hats that droop more and almost take the
place OF parasol, they project 30 FAR IN
front. You know the kind.
The only time any of us will be seen
strollng around bareheaded is after dark
or cha drizzly. foggy day There is nothing
so good az fog for the skin
The real reason, though, that the SWEETEST
Of the summer girls mean to wear the pict-
TIRE hat during the coming season is that
they intend to drop automobile driving
"a leading feature of their pleasures.
Such is the fickleness of grlkind' Only
one year ago every summer girl was taking
auto lessons To take her men friends
for a spin was an accomplishment she
cultivated to the utmost.
At the resorts most favored by the sum-
mer girl she could be met whirling along
at any hour wearing close-fitting
cap. or perhaps without hat. and
trig automobile costume, Not so this
summer. The girls say it doesn't pay
- that rushing along at forty-mle-an-
hour speed every day hardens and roughens
the skin and reddens the eyes. unless the
face is heavily yelled And what handsome
girl wants to hide away her charms under
a thick covering of grenadine?
Besides that, the fluffy, frilly, fragile
gowns Of shimmcring embroidered silks.
grapes and chiffons, draped with laces
and with floating ribbons and trailing
sashes, and which are among the strongest
cards in the summer girls pack. cannot
he Worn to advantage in an auto. To
begin with, such gown would not be
comfortable, and. moreover. no garment
that is not taut and closely reefed can 90
through the wear and tear of an automobile
spin unscathed. Repose, not whrlwind,
"a the natural element OF chiffons.
On the other hand, a woman may occupy
the box seat of tally-ho or drive a spank
ing pair to a surrey or any other style Of
trap she prefers and may wear the most
fetching costume her wardrobe contains.
In fact there ia no place where she can be
seen to better advantage.
There the picture hat is at its best and no
detail Of thousanddollar costume need
he lost to the vision Of either man or
woman who gets in the way of it, For
that reason-at least it is presumed that
Is the reason--this years summer girl
has for months past been diligently prac-
Using with the reins. much to the delight
Of driving teachers In general, and at a
great sacrifice Of pocket money and morn
hR maps on the part Of learners.