The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-04
Dame Fashion


cation. Men, who have been hard at
| word behind the counter, the desk or
the shop begin to look over their
| fly books and other fishing par
aphernalia while women are begin
ming to Wrestle with the everla sting
problem of what to wear. A man may
primitive pole and start on his vaca-
ton with nothing but this primitive
| fishing outfit an old suit of clothes and
perhaps an extra flannel shirt, conf
dent of having a good time. But a wo-
| man would rather give up her vacation
did she not have an appropriate outfit
and plenty of nice things to wear. In
! the case of wealthy women the solu-
| ton of the vacation outfit problem is
simple enough. They simply get what
| they want or think they will want and
that ends it. With women who are
less endowed with worldly riches, the
problem is not so simple.
Fortunately this year fashion has
come to the rescue of the working or
business women and with a little taste
and ingenuity they can fit themselves
out neatly and becOmingly without cut
ting too deep into their bank accounts
-
mercerized cotton are their saving.
They cost comparatively little, look al
ways neat and trim and wear incredi-
bly, long without losing their freshness
There are two ways of accomplishing
the same end. one is by making up
shirtWaist suit, skirt and shirt waist of
the same material, or by making skirt
and jacket of the same material and
wear separate waists of different ma
a great blessing to women who wish to
look neat and cannot afford to spend
much money for clothes. There are. OF
course, many other summer materials,
which can be used for more elaborate
summer costumes, but they are invar-
iably rather expensive and not durable
enough to Withstand the wear and tear
of vacation trips. The thinner grades
of linen and cotton are more suitable
if made up into shirt waist suits.
Two of those suits. with two or three
extra shirt waists are about all that a
working woman requires for her vaca-
ton outfit. 1t would scarcely be suffi-
Gent for summer season at Newport
or some other fashionable resort, but
for real outings they are just the
thing. The basis for the suits lends it
self to any amount of elaboration, ac-
cOrding to the taste and the means of
the owner. If hand embroidery is used
to a considerable extent in trimming
and Ornamenting the suits, their cost
may be brought up to quite a high fig
ure. But the wise woman will not be
too eXtravagant in trimming her skirts
and waist for vacation wear. Laces
look very pretty on such suits, but they
are not practical, as they are rather
delicate and cannot stand hard service.
The best plan is, to make the suits as
simple as possible, without making
them too shabbily plain. Use no deli
cate laces or other trimmings, but
something more substantial, that does
not catch at every blade of grass and
does not tear too easily, AS to the
choice of color, it may be suggested
being too hot. while white and too light
coIors are not practicable, because they
soil too quickly The various grays
and browns, which are shown in a
wonderful variety this year, are the
coIors best adapted to vacation suits.
Summer rains are very refreshing
and women, who greatly suffer from
excessive summer heat invariably well
come summer showers unless they
happen to be out at the time without
an umbrella or rain coat and no shelter
near or. in case they are compelled to
go out in spite the rain. Umbrellas
are a mighty poor protection in a good
summer shower and rain coats. that
may be perfectly waterproof and SER
viceabe in cold weather, are simply
impossible in summer time. The intro
duction of some new waterproof mate
rails on the cravenette order has filled
a long felt want and practically solves
the raincoat problem. The new water
proof taffetas are almost as delicate as
ordinary dress silks and as light as
gossamer. The material can be made
into regular rain coats or fashioned
into outer garments of almost any de-
scription. They are light and yet give
full protection in case of rain. The
rain coats proper are made full length
and cover the wearer from neck to
hem. but some of the coats, designed
for driving or automobiling, are only
three-quarter lengths
RepOrts from Paris say that the