The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-14
DAINTY
FOR 4 MIDSUMMER \ L /
The Mant1ish Girl Has Been
Transformed by Dress Into a
Sweet Feminine Entity.

Midsummer fashions arc dainty ind feminine
before all else. Tho niannish girl and wo.f
man have departed. leaving little trace. IT
Is q year OF Tho essentially feminine, nnd
thrills and furbelows, ethereal creations pretty
shoes. Haunting ribbons and bowitching
scarfs greet one Mt every turn. Even when
abe plays tennis or wclds lier golf sticks.
tho up-to-date woman manages to avoid over
severity, and during the hours given oyer
to less athletic occupations she is as womanly
a creation IN her apparel as tho great Srnt,d-s
mother whose costumes shc has boon study
!, Ing with such earnest zeal. is 4
I8E Earlier In the season she wore many o.
her gowns with questionable grasc. IheN
swinging arms. the long strides acquired VITA
the severe tailored gown. tho stiff linen
collar and tho heavy, shoes seemed difficult
to renoGnce. and the result often was Y q
strange one. but Acnston, has done much ana
nninous skirts and the like are no longer ne
they arc worn with far greater grace give
picture isr n9re t. snd tut @e me-
we'll made a clothes often VIII .remake 1the
p,an, develop In him latent dignity and sGlt.
Respect. Apparent " 1T has been mpossiole}
10 wear these lovely feminine gowns, /, and \ 9
fall of their In fluencc, for assllredly tho
pictures presented to-day are more attraelne
The Three Piece Suit.
Il Perhaps the most notable, or the most stg-
gestive., Of g Ill tho n,idsumer creations IS
the three-piece maeh T., a la ne
toni, hut as the season adv anccs. II appears
TO gain such IA to indicate my
be looked tor I'm numbers with the Bfall. The
wrap I, is d sometimes q bslero,s sometimes Y, y
blouse sometimes only a fichu. but WAYS ~
is one with the wa q nd Skin. ssa # IA
Latest Wraps.
Wraps for evening wear, and searfs %. dra Pc
about the shoulders by day grow more ana
iSors luxurious. moro and moro char nling. The
latest scarfs are of rlnco or net and are SIM
ply straight bands that arc tdraped about ane
shoulders.-seryngs no practical end. but lend
Ing grace and charm TO the wearcr; but also
theresare many shaped In pelerine style ana
made e eifton e re seen Both
Chantily$ and guipure and In both black and
white, the lace being made for the PURPOSE,
up Of a mass aof ruchea and frIlls. but always
r ngYer aea@
eapes IT, combined With long scarf ends, and arc
e sssn ed an and Iaf made ana
soft. The chit on. too, makes some enarmlhs
scarfs. and is 50 simple as 70 commend -
Sleeves & show more notable change than
any other feature Of dress and give GER aln
that always precedes an Fullness s.
Green's ever upward. and with that change is
coming broad, rather than drooplns shoula.
ers. I'm many instances cuffs have. only.
been widened to depth Of five or SIX inches.
others again sho wthe puffs TO the elbows only
while in still later arrivals It has crept up Y
DO only the length of short sleeve. u
All OF which goes to prove that we are 10
/ show less dropping shoulders as autumn APP
proaches and sundry other ahang a
/ souls. 4 Changes SO far indicat ed Z are smottiy
/ III the seek YES and these variations are easily
i brought ABOUT. inasmuch as how make less
l from more is problem Of the simpler sort:as
Ai'o' MAY AI!ANTON.faE
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