The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-06-02

New York, June 2.-The time is now
at hand when every girl who can af-
ford, It will take one or two weeks. at
least for a vacation; and no sooner
will she have decided upon where she
will spend the summer, than she will
have to decide upon the question of
what shall wear"
In the next few letters I, purpose
taking up the subject of the special
outfit for the various summer re-
sorts; and the first I shall consider
will be the wardrobe of the summer
girl in the mountains.
Perhaps in no place is there a great
er need of the durable, the chic sport
ing or outing dress and greater num-
Der of them than in the mountains for
the climbing, the rough usage and long
walks over all sorts of soil and roads
are extremely hard on anything but
the strongest material of dark and
lasting color; yet in no place is bright
coloring more effective and pleasing
with the great stretches Of green hills
for back ground.
Without you intend to live the life
skirts and blouse waists must form
the most important of the mountain
summer girls wardrobe, and in no
outfit can one put old clothes, re-
newed, Of course to better advantage,
in which case one feels so easy in their
mind about spot and rents, or even
ruination complete; lit was only an
old dress. you were trying to wear
out" a#
First, you must have "going away
gown" Let this be your new gown,
the one you must keep in good order
SO you may come home looking as
though you had come out of the pro-
verbal bandbox, instead of one of the
bedraggled looking creatures so many
of whom one sees pouring into the
urban stations at the end of the va
cation season. This dress may be
planned to do service as a business or
Office dress during the coming autumn.
Suppose for its construction we choose
a dark green chiffon mohair of a good
quality. Make the skirt from a five
gored model in which the back gore is
an applied box-plaited section, while
the front has a centre seam stitched
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Around the bottom put six rows of
machine stitching. The coat is an
easily constructed affair on account of
its loose fitting lines, which require
little shaping to make it fit the form
The front is in box style and closes
under a fly, while the back is semi
fitting. The two-piece sleeve is
stitched several inches above the lower
edge to give the cuff finish, and the
collar may be faced with velvet. Cut
your lining, of taffeta or nearsilk, the
same as the outside and face the
fronts. If the summer girl must make
her own clothes, would advise a sim
pie model, and this model is very easy
of adjustment. \
Another coat, an adoption of the
popular Elton, might be used instead
of the box coat described T; but the first
model given, the box coat has this adj /
If made in any serviceabIe
color that it may be worn with all
sorts of skirts, whereas the Elton is
more suitable for wear with the suit
for which it was planned, with the
of the little odd affairs in
black, or white, or lace. The Eton in
Elton, back and front having a broad
fiat collar reaching to the shoulders
which extends both back and front i'm
to a plastron effect. The front is
slightly cut out at the neck to show a
fancy vest, while below the left side
overlaps the right and is fastened with
a large fancy button and cord loop.
The sleeves are in short length and
the band cuff may be closed at the
seam. m
The next question is, how many old
that are no longer suitable for wear
to the office. Perhaps like one girl I
knew, there is last winters suit in one
of mixed suitings SO fashionable last
season. Cut it off around the bottom
where 1t is worn it will probably then
be long enough for outing wear--haVe
1T neatly bound, cleaned and pressed;
and should it be too short by previous
renoYations, lengthen 1t with some
goods that matches as nearly as pos
sible, and cover with bands of braid,
or bands of contrasting goods Take
the lining out of the coat, rip out the
padding, make it shorter if too long,
put in a new, and thinner lining If
the old one is too worn for further
service, recover the collar and cuffs,
and then as with the skirt have it
cleaned and pressed You will now
have a suit that will do you good
service in evening drives, excursions,
on the lake or those cool evenings that