The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-13

With the opening Of the game season,
which In most states arrives the first day
of September, there Is an immense amount
of activity In country camps and cottages
that are at all adjacent to those wilds
where game of any kind may be reason
ably expected
The English fashion of going out with
the guns" as they phrase II over there, Is
one that does not cross the Channel to
France, and the Frenchwoman believes that
she is straning the conventions-andi incl
dentally, her own claims to "womanli-
ness'-to the uttermost when she accom-
plishes the luncheon party th8t meets at
some appointed place, soon litter noon
has passed as may be convenient. That
she should herself shoulder a gun and at
tempt n shot would prove hprrifying
suggestion. The very nearest that she VIII
come to 1t Is TO don a short walk
ing costume, in some one or another OF
the pretty brown heather mixtures, and
accompany 1t with a hat in which a wing
of grouse, pheasant or ptarmigan relieves
the velvet trimming Then she really and
: truly believes that she is an enthusiastic
"suivante de sport" or follower OF
sport, to give It literal translation. With
horror she regards her English sister ana
American cousin who boast of their skill
with rifle and shotgun, who can whip n
trout stream or land a salmon. To her
they are simply so many hoydens, tom
boys, and she draws her pretty chifons
and laces around her and fervently thanks
Providence, or her guardian angel COR
whatever 1t Is that she privately substi-
tutes for those time-honored institutions)
that she Is not as they.
But she misses a lot of fun. does this
tastidious Frenchwoman, If she but knew
IL On this side OF the water, where our
girls are brought up to the same free
dom and rivalry In all outdoor sports rs
n brothers q Of
Der is hailed with joy. In camp and cot
tage, by mountain and moorland outdoors
Is the thing. la vie en- plein air." which
the French talk so beautifully about, but
which they leave to other nations to prac-
tice, is the thing and the simple life Is
carried out most assuredly, In clothes, IL
not In all other considerations of the
daily existence.
The lack OF laundry facilities will usu-
ally forbid the indulgence in n number
of lingerie waists during the camping
season, unless the wearer wishes TO play
at being blanchisseuse herself. The ex-
treme GOODNESS Of the weather, however,
on the mountains is likely to discourage
the wearing of such thin and flmy fancies;
and good heavy cotton cheviot or mad.
dras, or even a washable tlannel-one OF
the unshrinkabe kind-will prove far
the better and more suitable choice
The best makers who turn out those
tailor made things-or rather IL would be
nearer the truth to say shirtmaker- made
are calling all of them shirts nowadays,
Just as though they belonged TO the ward
robe masculine, rather than to the
feminine affair. A broad shoulder line,
stay yoke In the back and a plain
severity OF cut distinguishes them from
kAe frllly and fluffy things that have been.
accepted under the title of shirtwaists.
Hence, perhaps, the reason for the change
OF name on the part OF the mannish
makers.
The girl who HES herself to the noun