The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05
Stripes
 of Distnc on and For Cross

q was happy day for esnain1nity
 whom fashion prescribed sports
 clothes as the proper all day rai-
 ment during the summer tinne. So comfortable they are. so cool. so ready for anything that may come up 1n the way of outdoor fun and so spack and span in aspect. The summer girl f1SxSs in her short sports skirt and s6spnse with shady hat and fetching IHE1ghx co1ored sports coat from early Emorn till even. and sometimes all Through the evening. toos except on special nights when a dance frock is in erder. If anything comes up in the way Of golf, tennis, a motor spin, a @R@zmp through the woods or a skim DvSr the bay in sail or motorboat she ls ready for it without having to change from frIlls and furbelows into some lining sturdy.
 And the sports costume is sturdy Even when 1t is daintily pretty and
 aarming. This year a good deal of sgf1k woven stuff goes 1ntofit. Silk der- sney is the favored sports material, and the summer girl this season win have not only a stunning silk sweater in her fawor1te color. but also a silk Jersey skirt to match and perhaps silk jer- @ey sports hat too.
 Paris advocates leather on summer Sports costumes-the soft, supple glazed kid which comes in rich color dngs. and many o1 the new separate
 
 Trimmings of this glazed kid with snap py accompaniment of buttons. A model zn point is a sporta suit of silk jersey 4n the new pigeon blue shade with Trimming of smoke gray glazed kid. The same model comes in orange silk dersey with black glazed kid trimmings, zn tan with tan glazed kid and in white with blue or green glazed kid. The gored skirt closes down the front with glazed kid buttons, so does tae coat, whose fullness is confined by . long sash which knots toward the side. Col- lar. cuffs and facings on the ob1fque pocket openings are also of glazed kid. Another sports suit of wool jersey has a. belted coat with yoke and deep patch pockets and perfectly plain, ripple Glxirts collar and pointed cu1Es of white glazed kid and white pearl buttons on 4he coat.
 This is the heyday of the smart sep @rat@ slxirt-a sports skirt, it is called these days-and if may be gored, cir cular or p1aited. Pockets 1t must have, 8ocke4 style at the front they have q very 5aunty. swagger effect. especially when the sports girl thrusts har hands within them in imitation of her big brother. The sports skirt may be Of tweed of serge of wool plaid, of shep- herd checked worsted, of linen. of paque or even of silk. but whatever it's material. 1t flares snnartIy and Is short enough to- show the buttoned walking boot oE the low hseled sports shoe in it's entirety. Skirts of wool material are Eacsd ak the hem with a light. resilient material not affected by dampness or even an occasional drenching, to give the proper 1aring line. Tho sports Ulxirt Of silk or wool jersey does not Nnra. but falls in soft folds. Particu- arly smart arc plaited sports skirts made of striped serge. The stripes de- xermtne the width of the pIaits. and usually the atrfpes are an inch and a half wide. Skirts of this style show 6arIk stripes pIaited outside. the flare srG the skirt revealing the tnnex. white stripes. and the stitching of the stripes Nown to the hip makes the upper part 70 the skirt solid color. Sometimes Mhe white stripes como outside. and this Sefect is also excellent
 If the sports skirt and coat are boy