The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14


 own small town, think that she is going to be adequately pro- ! vided for sports at fashionable sum- mer resort if she packs into her trunk the short duck or khaki skirt, loose | shirtwaist, ruDber-soled sneakers and tried and true sweater that have proved an ample equipment at home Unless she is a marvel at tennis and can swim faster than any other woman on the beach, and play golf in the masculine class, she will be very much in the background and will feel un- comfortably shabby and rustic in her "old duds" that were so delightfully."- comfy and correct in the home town.
 Excellence in any sport raises it's possessor above questions of clothes, just as genius or enormous talent in an art will atone for lack of man. ners required of less gifted folk. The girl who is remarkable swimmer may wear any old bathing suit and still be the center of attraction; and she who can drive ball and execute Lawfords on the tennis court may play in a draggled skirt cut by last years pattern and no one will criti- else her But thoee oe us who belong
 
 amateurs or tyros in oa- chosen sport must look the part at a,ast or be left hopelessly in the background.
 A Special Trunk For The Sport Outfit.
 The fashionable debutante who goes in for athletics-and most debutantes do. strenuously-will need a whole trunk for her various sport costumes; and her maid will have a busy time of it keeping her dancing frocks and her sport clothes in order. for one morning on the tennis court will re- duce nice white skirt and fresh silk shirt to ntter hopelessness as far as second wearing is concerned, and one scramble up brambly mountain will mean hours spent in careful repair ing.
 Before leaving town for the summer souting provide wool threads to match tweed skirts in case a rent has to be darned invisibly; see that extra but tons are ready to replace lost ones, ana py all means spend three or four dollars for an electric iron which may be attached to the electric bulb in the hotel bedroom-if you have not n maid who can go down into the hotel \ laundry. Such an iron will prove worth its weight in gold, for soft little silk and batiste blouses may be washed in one's room and pressed out in a few minutes, and the hot iron will also do wonders with lingerie frocks that have become crumpled, from long sitting in piazza chairs on warm evenings Be sure, however, to provide along with the electric iron a small pressing board which may be laid in the bottom of the trunk when packing. Do not try to do the pressing out on the top of the hotel bureau. for even with a thick bath-towel and sheet under the iron. an ugly blistered scar may show itself on the polished top of the bureau and condemn you in the eyes of the land lady who, naturally, does not encour- age laundering in the rooms.
 If there Is a special trunk for the sport clothes-an inestimable comfort everything can be kept sorted and ready to hand at saving of minutes when one is in hurry to get out on the bay or to join waiting companions on links or tennis court. Rubber soled deck and tennis shoes, riding boots. heavy-soled golf and tramping boots. special stockings that accom- pany them; the collars, ties, belts and other small belongings that belong with athletic togs; the short petticoats, athletic corsets. not . too elaborate brassieres-all the necessaries for a correct sporty appearance and com fortable enjoyment of out-of-door pur- suits-may be kept handily and con- veniently in such a trunk and one will not have to scramble madly through ,iles of laces and lingerie for the par