The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-04
Social Life in Fashionable Summer Col
onies Elaborate Lingerie ToileAes
for Afternoon Teas and Gar
den Parties Maybe.

I The social season In the summer colonies
is now ct It's height. Bar Harbor, Nara.
ganse,t. Southampton and mediterranean
Newport are gay with beautifully gowned
women. Each day Is one round OF pleasure
Breakfast Is served In nlladis boudolr, or
she partakes OF this early meal In the
morning room frocked In the daintiest OF
morning gowns, and 10 all probability she
wears ianc OF those new fascinating morn
Ing gaps: THEN follow In rapid succes.
sion day after day, luncheons teas, bridge
parties motoring. bathing and grand for
NAL dinners and dancea The days arc
all too short for miladi OF fashion, consd-
ering the number OF Invitations she must
accept and the people she must entertain.
OF course, II she Is summerng at one OF
the fashionable hotels, she has no house
hold duties Ike the hostess OF G great
country house. and can, therefore, deyote
more time to her toilette and her pleas
ures.
Life 1T these fashionable summer resorts
Is very Interesting, indeed, to the locker
on. The display OF wealth Is dazzling,
but tlf most interesting part OF 1t ali, at
least from womnn's standpoint, are the
clothes which these people wear, and how
and when they wear them.
Though the motor car has displaced the
victoria and It's princely high steppers 10
marked degree, women stll take TIE
customary afternoon drive along shaded
avenues and boulevards gowned Ia the
most exquisite frocks. Sometimes, esDe-
cially when calls are being made, the
dressy trock Is covered with smart GENT
dressy auto coat Of silk or some other
light weight fabric suitable for the pur.
pose, effectively trimmed with bandings or
ora,dlnss in self or hermoniZing color.
This miladi of fashion lays aside when
she steps from her car to enter some ia.
iat'al home, faultlessly gowned and bon
netted In the smar,est of bcplumed head
gear matching or harlnonizing with her
costume
Dressy hats, by tho way, are an lnt.r-
esting feature OF midsummer cosruminp
the Ieghorn has found unusual favor this
summer In the natural tone, and Owed
shades as WE'LL though these latter ere
not by any means IN the minority. Their
mode OF trimming Is varied, ribbons
flowers, plumes and leces, the latter posed
In entirely new and novel ways. One bat
OF this type has the high round crown
ftied with princess lace covering. and
the hrim Is covered with the princess
lace deeply scalloped and shaped to tho
icshorn brim. The white lace makes N
attractive combination with The yellow
iefhorn. white roses, green leayea and
white piumes used as Trimmings. The
aressy hat is the large hat, sud It's brlm
Is either straight or rolled az one side,
this treatment being very becoming 10
many faces
In costumes many creations OF f!my
ehifona, nets and aoftcst OF silks In the
most beautiful eoloFings are seen at after.
noon tees and garden parties, in company
with the dain'iest OF lingerie frocks' Inc
long trained Skirts eweepiug gracetnl,y
over yelsety lawns and elaborate SIM
shades fitting carelessly ever droopfsp
shoulders, The droapiag shoulder l,,e
by the way, still carrct all before II. n