Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-06-11
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mcr vacation Men. who have been
hard a. work behind the counter tho
desk, or in the shop begin to look
over their o. books and other fishing
paraphemalla. while women are Boz.
shining 90 wrostlo with She oycriaai.
Ing problem uf what to wear A man
may be- satisfied with "a hook. "a line
aud any primitive pole. and start ON
his vacation with nothing but this
primitive fishing OUTFIT. an old suIt of
clothes and perhaps an extra flannel
shirt confident OF having q good timc.
But n woman would rather giyo up
her vacation dld she not have nn an.
propriate OUTFIT and plenty OF nice
things Go wear in the case uf wealthy
women The solution OF the vacation
oulht problem Is simple enough. They
simply get what they want or think
they will want and that ends 90. with
women who are less endowed with
worldly riches the problem ls not ao
simple
Fortunately This year fashion has
come tp the rescue of the working or
business women and with Uup
taste and ingenuity they can no Thorn.
selves oui neatly and bec0mlnriy with.
out emitting too deep into their bank
accounts shirt waist suits of linen.
canvas or mcrcorised cotton are their
saving They cost comparatively Do.
ie lunk nlwaYs neat and trim and
wear Incredibly long without losing
lheir freshness There are two WAYS
. Of accomplishing the same end ono
ia hy making up a shirt waist suit
skirt and shirt waist ~ tbp same ma.
iorial or boy making skirt and Jacket
| or the same material and woar sapa
rate waists of different material with
them These linen suits are a rront
blessing to women who wish to lool,
neat aud cannot afford Go spend much
I money FOR clothes There are Of
course. many other summer materials
which can De used for more elaborate
summer costumes. but they are invarl.
ably rather expensive and not durable
enough 20 Withstand the wear and toar
ui vacation trips. The thinner grsdos
OF linen and cotton are more suitable
Tor the purpose aud give better effects
" made up into shirt waist suits
Two OF those suits. with two or
three extra shirt waists. are about all
mat working woman requires for her
vacation outdt % would scarcely be
sufficient for summer season M New.
port or some other fashionable resort
pui Tor real outings they are lust the
thing. The basis for the suits lends
itself io any amount 90 elaboration
according To the taste and the means
Of the owner n hand embroidery ir
used 90 considerable extent In trim.
ming aud ofnamontlng the suits. their
cost may be brought up 10 quite a bieh
hNuro. But the wise woman will mot
De too extravagant In trimming her
skirts and waist for vacation woar
laces look very pretty ON such suits.
but they are not practical, as they
are rather delicate and cannot stand
hard service. Tho best plap A. IN
make the suits as simple as possible
without making them too shabblly
plain Use no delicate laces or otbor
trimmings. but something more sub.
Htantial. that does not catch al every
plade of grass and does not tear too
easily. As 10 the choice Of color. n
may be suggested that dark coJors
should be avoided. as being too hot
while white and too light colors are
not practicable. because they soil toy
quickly The various eravs and
browns. which are shown IN a wonder.
tul variety this year are tho colora
BEST adapted TO vacation suits.
summer rains are very refroshlnF
and women who greatly mncr from
excessive summer heat invariably wei.
come summer showers. unless they
happen iO be- out ht the time without
an umbrella or rain coat and mo- abel.
ter near or IN case thoy are compelled
10 go out Ia spite of the rain. I'm.
nrellas are a mighty poor protection IN
good summer shower. aud rain coats
that may be perfectly waforproof and
seryioeable iu cold weather are simply
impossible 10 summer time. The I'M.
PRODUCTION of some now watorproof
materials un the cravonette order has
hllcd long hnlt want and practically
solves the rain coat problem. lno
new waterproof tadetas are almost az
delicate as ordinary dress silks and AZ
light as gossamcr. The material can
% made into regular rain coats or
fashioned into outer garments Of M.
most any description They are light
and yet giye full protection 90 case of
rain Tho rain coats proper are made
iull length aud cover the weRrer from
neck Ia hem, but some OF tho coats.
designed for driving or automohlllne.
are only threequarter length.
The array OF new summer silks Of
tered thls year Includes Bengal and
Toxic cloths and MossalIno. Dotted
and lowered foulards are also quite
popular particularly the former Many
% the foulardB have small and stlH
conventional designs They come in
various colors. principally Ia blues.
browns hellotropes ana greens. spot
ted with white. On the other hand