Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-08
SUMMER COSTUMES.
Correct Styles Of Dressing at Smart
Resorts

| HSSOTLS.
Girls and women are so entirely judged
by their manner of dressing when first ap-
pearing among strangers that before going
away for the summer 1t would be well to
give the matter proper attention. In the
| first place. 1t is emphatically better to be
oversimply than, overelaborately gowned.
though I scarcely expect very young girls
| to agree with me in such an opinion This
| does not alter the fact. however, for an
overdressed person is all too likely to be
thought vulgar and underlined, while per-
feet simplicity Of costume each detail OF
which Is the best of Its kind marks a thor
oughbred every time. Incidentally, this kind
Of correct simplicity is sometimes expen-
slVe, and always means great care in dress
ing. which is perhaps one reason Of its de-
noting a lady.
Dame Fashion, 1 know, sanctions short
sleeves in the morning. but the best taste
Is against them. Short sleeves are pri-
marily dress" and a bare arm through
the day means tanned freckled skin.
This style will soon cease to be worn, ex-
cept at their proper time just as good
stockings to their proper time-afternoon
or evening. To be seen wearing them now
In the morning is the height Of bad fashion
as we'll as bad taste.
For morning, unless one Is at an extreme
| ly fashionable place-and even there-noth-
Ing is more correct than severely tailored
WHITE linen waist with linen collar and
any kind Of silk tie one fancies. Plain
linen or wooden skirts should be worn with
| these.
| In the afternoon. II one is going to play
Indoor engagement, a soft wash dress Is
quite as good form as a silk. and some
| times more SO. as in a case where the latter
fabric may be elaborate. For instance. a
| woman should not wear as dressy q frock
| at small bridge party or for informal
| calls as she would for formal calling or
when the afternoon party is to be large
one. The degree Of dress marks the for
| mality of the invitation.
II at quiet summer place, 1t Is the
| height OF bad form for a woman to dress
more deliberately than the others present.
Her frocks may cost a great deal more.
and II she can afford them this Is as 1t
| should be, but for her to go In for ''fussy'
clothes under these circumstances is a mis-
| take. 1t makes her conspicuous and every
other woman conscious that each Is being
overshadowed by the richer. woman
| who wishes to dress should go to a
'dreSsy' place.
permissible to wear a frock cut out the
! very least at the neck until after o'clock
| in the evening. Collarless gowns, of course,
are correct for those who can wear them,
| but only elderly women may wear slight
| VS." except in the privacy of their own
rooms. For club and other informal dances
| one may don either high low necked
gowns, but 1t must not be forgotten that
weekly dances are supposed to be informal
| and to go to one wearing a decolette frock
that would be suitable for a ball would be
emphatically overdressing.
Al time does a woman show her breed
ing more in dress than in costumes for
church. To make the occasion one for pa
| rading her best frock Is rather near be-
ing irreligious, as well as vulgar. On the
other hand, not to dress at all for the serv-
Ice is to lack respect For a happy me-
dunn in the country. nothing Is better than
speckless and fresh white costume, with
~ tfa llr
fashionable place a pretty silk is good
choice. Gloves should always be worn at
church, and a woman should never go with
out hat