Evening journal., 1907-07-24
The Prevailing Models and
Fabrics Told by Americas
Fashion Authority

type of vacation-g girl come to the front
for a seasons popularity. One year
its the tennis-girl, or the golf-girl, or
the canoe-girl; but this year it's the
motor-girl. Her aggressive, efficient
Rir, her clothes, her mannerisms all
spring from the automobile. You see
her all over America, North, East,
South and West, and you will also find
her driving through England, France
and Spain where the roads are con-
sistently better. The feminine de-
votees OF this sport are legion"
That the motOr-car and the motor
girl have affected fashions there can be
no doubt. The most casual observer
has noticed this. Everywhere we see
'women's styles with the mark Of
motor distinction We find also that
pther sports embodying the out-Of-d door
idea bringing out in a measure. their
own adaptations Out-of-d door life
camping. mountain -climbing, tramp
ing-is gaining a widespread favor in
this country.
1.-THE girl who motors or the girl who
tr. mps," Mrs. Osborn writes further,
'or the girl who goes camping or
climbs the Adirondacks, needs an out
fit very little like that of the young
woman dancing her nights away in the
ballroom of a fashionable hotel.
"And the chaperon in this out-of-
door atmosphere of summer life-well
she, too, is different. We cannot hope
to sell her nearly so many stately din
her gowns or ball dresses. The cos
tume in which we shall probably find
both mother and daughter is the trim
shirtwaist dress or the graceful cotton
gown beneath a sometimes needed au-
I.f1. ILL
This out door influence is more and
more noted as the season advances in
the popularity of cotton dresses over
silk and the temporary decline of the
evening gown. We find ourselves en-
Toying the freedom and simplicity in
dress that comes from summer life in
the open. Informality is the keynote.
Cotton dresses, it must be remembered,
are not necessarily cheap because they
are cotton. There is no fabric more
dainty, more desirable than a nice
weave of cotton-nor more costly, for
that matter, if one has luxurious
tastes and means.
The demand for cotton fabrics this
Summer has been unprecedented, has
been so great in fact that prices have
been raised considerable. II is advisa
bic, in the light Of this fact, that those
WIO are tlOlAilltdAAl AnNAlllEu
buy their next Summers cottons now,
for prices are sure TO take another
Jump in 1905. The demand will, no
houbt, be much greater because women
hre beginning to appreciate the pos
sibilities and beauties of cotton for fine
gowns
However conspicuous the tremen-
dous vogue Of cotton may be, silks
still prevail to a certain eXtent-es-
pecially the pongees, which term in
cludes the rajahs and shantungs, that
may be found in all weights, colors
and finishes and at prices that range
widely enough to suit various pocket
books. These silks are especially eco
nomical in wear because they may be
easily cleansed at home with naptha.
Many we'll dressed women are OBJ
tanning the effect of silk by wearing
suits of heavy linen often in the natu-
raj colors. Muslins, lawns and dimi-
ties, of course, still have their usual
number Of wearers, and always appear
summery.
For those who prefer silks" Mrs
Osborn continues, I'VE are designing
some wonderfully pretty things, among
which is a dress 1 will describe foI
you The material is the richest OF
messaline silk, dark brown. The skirt
otherwise plain, has an irregular
fiounce around the bottom and up the
side almost to the waist. In the little
embroidered bolero coat, sleeveless ano
with huge armholes. 1 have originated
a development of the bretele idea
The coat is little more than bretelles
fastened under the arms"
For dress occasions, lingerie gowns
are completely in the ascendant.
model that has recently aroused much
favorable comment is one of white
batiste with an unusually handsome
V-shaped corsage of Renaissance -en.
broidery The skirt also embroidered
is voluminously ruhied about the feet
the whole effect being indescribabls
cool and fluffy.
The lingerie styles this season are
airy, smart and exquisite, well match.
ing woman's infinite variety. Another
dress on this order is cut princes!
with unique fastenings in the shape o
tiny pearl buttons straight up the from
beginning a little above the knee and
extending almost to the top of tn,
bodice the latter being elaborated with
insertions of dotted net. The bottom
of the skirt is made with a full fiounce
OF course the vogue for thin dresse!
has brought out the need for man,
wraps. Little coats of all descriptions
are provided for all occasions, many o.
them picturesque and made of all ma.
terials from silk TO calico. Some yer,
smart ones are shown fashioned o.
India prints or embroidered calico
lined throughout with chiffon. Wher
hat and parasol arc needed they arr
chosen, of course, to harmonize will
the coat-indeed in many instances
they are made, of the same material.
"A beautiful wrap" concludes Mrs
Osborn, suitable for wear with th'
light summer fabrics is creamy silk
coat in seven -eights length in man
DARN effect. The coat is slit at tn
sides from the waist down, and il
detail is one of the most charming
designs imaginable. The body of tn
coat is embroidered in a conventional
ized pattern of roses, while contrasting
embroidery on the collar and sleeve
is In many shades of tan and cream.