The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-30
Of Interest to Women

A yachting costume made to order
was of white serge made with cir
cular skirt beautifully trimmed with
very narrow bias bands of white silk
edged with q line of gold braid. 1t
had box coat with the same bias
bands up and down the sides OF the
front and also on the collar and cuffs.
The sleeves were mannish and plain
In style and shape, ending in small
Guns. The coat was double breasted
and fastened with gold buttons. The
hat for this suit was in turban shape
In heavy black straw, trimmed with
black quilts and finish of black vel
vet. The hat pins were mounted sea
Shells. pure white and mottled and
held In gilt claws. There was also
one small gilt trident.
A variety of tennis costumes are to
be seen this summer White linens
or colored gray or ecru are most in
evidence. The skirt Is invariably
plain, but the blouse may be as pretty
as desired without being too elabor-
ate. One of these dresses was Of pure
white, light weight linen. The skirt
was plated over the hips and ended
In two twO-inch tucks. 1t was short
enough to leave the feet perfectly free.
The linen bodice was decorated with
eyelet embroidery, but not deliberately
so. The sleeves covered the elbows
easily, but no more, finishing In turn
back cuff scalloped and eyeleted to
match the turn over collar. "A pale
blue silk sailor tie gave charming
touch to the costume.
With over 1000 delegates to the BIZ
ennial convention of the National Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, and with
thousands of others in attendance at
every session Of the convention, in ST.
Paul, the women of America have
made themselves powerful influence
for good.
They nave again demonstrated by
their very remarkable addresses that
women Of today are thinking; that
the problems of home and also Of
society and of state are receiving
their intelligent, serious and energetic
attention.
Amongst other subjects of general
interest on which at the recent con-
vention they made their influence felt
were the pending legislation on meat
inspection and that on pure food, also
on forest preservation, better schools,
compulsory education, juvenile courts
and child labor in factories.
With the growing perfection of
women's organization and with the
self-discovery of women's powers by
women, must come the franchise to
women. With 1t politics will be puri-
fled and respectable men who now SO
often leave the polls to the care of
grafters and self-seekers will be
spurred to patriotic interest in their
own voting through the activity of
their women folks.
AS one speaker, woman lawyer,
expressed 1t, the women who belong
to these federation clubs have some
thing else to think about and talk
about besides bridge-and Bridget"
1t was noticeable how many high
ly educated, alert and womanly wo-
men of advanced years were active in
doubtless not only mothers but grand
wife came to the ripe old age of forty
five or fifty years she was expected
to don "old women's" costume and sit
and dress as her daughters would
have been scandalous forty years ago,
while for mother" and "grandmothe
to go of to convention and speak in
public, words of burning eloquence on
great national themes was truly I'M
thinkable. The world has progressed;
there is not only new woman" but
new world-standard for women and
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