The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-19
FADS AND FASHIONS

New York. July 1s.--Now. that the
summer season has at last begun in
earnest. 1T is quite ti~>ely to speak of
the latest styles in -.%ung apparel. es-
pecially for the 5>eunger women and
girls. There - many new and at
tractive things IN motoring and riding
costumes, but they differ principally
in the matter of material, not so much
in cut.
Outing hats OF all kinds are rather
more interesting than usual this sea-
son. To be sure, there Is little that
is absolutely new in shape, but new
materials and combinations of mate
rails and new tricks of trimming are
in evidence The eponge which is so
prominent as frock material and trim
ming has been used for outing hats,
too. and is blocked into all the small.
close hitting ron brim shapes The
wide vale pique and cotton corduroy
are treated in the same way and the
regulation corduroy, too is used, par
ticularly in the soft light browns.
Then there are combinations of
straw and eponge. straw and linen,
straw and white felt. Sometimes both
the straw and the other material are
white. Sometimes a hemp braid of
gay hue trims a soft white felt and
faces its brim. Panamas are as popu-
lar as ever and there are other, cheap
er supple straws blocked In the roll
brim Panama shapes
Sailors with crowns and brims in
verying degrees of height and width
are shown in rough straws and in soft
felt Tussor, taffeta. quaint lowered
silks. linens and cretonnes are all used
for the stitched outing hats and for
sitter shapes in combination with
straw.
Clever little tennis hats of the
round close crown and narrow rolled
and rim type are made in soft white
felt or other soft material and have
two tennis rackets, made from fine
dark blue silk braid or cord, crossed
on the front of the crown for the only
trimming.
Sweaters of the knitted kind are be-
ing hard pressed by the blazers and
Norfolks and Maclkinaws and perhaps
for that reason have taken on many
new variations. The English sweater
coat on severe coat lines but knitted
woven to simulate knitting in soft
Angora wool is considered very mod
ish for real service and comes In at
tractive heather mixtures and in the
soft grays, browns and green's.
New, light weight sweaters of very
fine feecy Angora wool are shown and
silk knitted sweaters as well as wool
sweaters with collars. cuffs and pocket
bindings of knitted silk in contrasting
color popular The college and
club color stripes used for the gay
blazer coats are echoed in knitted
sweaters
The blazers are being done to death
and many of them are too crude In
coloring to be becoming. but they dc
brighten summer outdoor scene, and
worn with white skirts and little
stitched hats of the stripe with rolled
brim of white are gay and jaunty fol
youthful wearers. Less spectacular
are the loose, comfortable Norfolks in
soft wool They are ample. well sup
piled with pockets and of bright. solid
color, red or green or blue. White
Norfoiks, Norfolks of white and black
check or stripe or heck. of mixed
tweeds. of corduroys or any materia
of sporting wear sanctioned by the
fashion makers.
The plain and plaid Mackinaws with
or without hoods belong in the Nor
folk class and have been worn by col
lege girls for several years, but have
only this season come into genera
use. The college girls. too. have pop.
ularized the black rubber coat ane
souwester for rainy weather wear anS
while the costume might not look wei
on Fifth avenue il has much to com
mend 1T for sporting uses. making tn,
wearer more secure against heav.
rain than any of the dressier rain
coats and more conventional hats
For tennis wear any simple linen o
serge or cotton frock will do, pro