The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21

an of fashion in town for a day is a familiar and refreshing object in the l midst of the summers heat. She fs a striking contrast to the pa1Iid, wan eyed ones who for one reason or an- l other are obliged to stay in town all
 summer, and she blows a breeze into the dim palm rooms and roof garden ! restaurants of the big hotels, and eats
 with gusto that has been pretty ] well baked out of the stay-at-horass
 by weeks of stifiingfheat
 She wears a. suit of linen or fou1ard frock, usually the latter. It Is a bit low in the neck, and the sleeves reach just to the elbows where they ars
 met by long gloves of white-s silk. Her hat is a round, shape with rather wide briIn which is turned up from
 the face and also retrousee fin the back. It is rough straw and whether it is black or mauwe 1t is sure to be
 ornamented with big bow of purple
 may be faced with velvet, but the chances are that 1t fss not This fssths type of hat that the New York wbu1- an of fashion has adopted for this saison or little season" ghe fs pleasant sight is this woman fnstovn from Newport or Long Island, ow the Jersey coast for a day or two and she is also the busiest thing fnag- inable. The approved programme is to arrive in town at some incredibly early hour and get in g. considerable amount of shopping and dress fitting
 in the cool of the day. Later, she ffes her to the Turkish bath, where she takes beauty treatment for her hair
 which has had more than ftslshars of Sun and salt water and Der skin.
 which although can may be. healthy looking and sometimes becoming. she
 has no idea of allowing it to be frrs-
 parably ruined in tone or texture.
 Perhaps, while waiting for dinner at
 which her hard-working thusb<snd fwf7o
 tolls in Wall Street through, all the heat with flying week end visits to his family. joins her. she may take A turn in taxi in Central Park and stop. at the Casino for a cup of tea or an ice. After dinner she win visit roof garden show and reflect that the much pftfed married man who fs tied in town all summer hasnk such
 bad time after all.
 The tennis blouse iIfustratedzfx one
 of the novelties of the seasoun, and
 It IS ideal for the athletic girl whose
 slender lines can stand the effect of a basque" below her belt These
 olouses are made of madras and linen ana nave belts of patent leather with gold buckles. The tie Is of silk of oiack or color to match the belt
 One or the pretty, early sunnsr rrocks is of black and white strfued 1 cotton voile. The collar, cuffs and l buttons are of black Liberty silk The
 mp yoke is cut on the bias The e. companying hat is of natural straw with blue feather.
 The other gown is of white ezs1w<
 embroidered linen. It has a boIero of blue silk linen with Japanese s1esves
 ana Hno embroidered borders--a very
 frenchy frock this. A blue linen bor-
 der finishes the skirt The belt is of black with fancy pIacQue of pals blue The hat is of yellow strzw
 trimmed with wide, soft swathinx of
 pSie blue ribbon and roses, which
 snaoe from deep red to pale pink. The smart and useful ne-hats-arr
 made of Porto Rico panama drzDeS
 With fancy silk scarfs.
 The little frock of Irish linen ss a mooeI from one of the ultra fasf1fox-
 able shops in Fifth avenue. and ff fs oL natural color, a creamy tan in which there is faint tfnge of pink-so very Ialnt as to be indiscernible in some
 Iights The buttons are covered with
 the linen. which is a fancy of the mo-
 ment, and the collar and cuffs are of
 embroidered lawn.
 Very little of the French linen that was so much in favor last summer fs used this season. It was pretty but shock1ngly impractical, and one needed an electric iron and unlimited time to keep a frock or suit of this smooth me linen in anything like prese1table condition. The linen suit of this sum mer is not as loosely woven as the ram1e linen of last year, but they are coarse, like the crash that good dish toweling is made of, and of much the same color. The fancy linen suit is out of favor. The trim scant skirt and short, severely tailored coat are per fectly plain. Once in a while one sees a skirt with few buttons down one side and pleated panel let into the side toward the bottom, but these frr- aginative models are not ss smart as the coat and skirt of severe simplicity