The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-29

TT was happy day for femtn1nity
 when fashion prescribed sports
 clothes as the proper all day rail ment during the summer time. So comfortable they are, so cool. so ready for anything that may come up in the way of outdoor fun and spick and span in aspect. The summer girl lives in her short sports skirt and blouse with shady hat and fetching bright coIored sports coat from early morn till even, and sometimes all through the evening. too. except on special nights when dance frock is in order. If anything comes up in the way of golf, tennis, a motor spin. a tramp through the woods or a skim over the bay in sail or motorboat she Is ready for it without having to change from frills and furbelOws into some thing sturdy.
 And the sports costume is sturdy even when 1t is dainti1y pretty and charming. This year a good deal of silk woven stuff goes into it. Silk jer- the summer girl this season will have not only stunning silk sweater in her favorite color, but also a silk jersey skirt to match and perhaps silk jer- sey sports hat too.
 Paris advocates leather on summer sports costumes-the soft, supple glazed kid which comes in rich color fngs, and many of the new separate skirts and coats have strappings and trimmings of this glazed kid with snap py accompaniment of buttonss A model in point is a sports suit of silk jersey in the new pigeon blue shade with trimming of smoke gray glazed kid. The same model comes in orange silk jersey with black glazed kid trimmings, in 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 the coat, whose fullness is confined by a long sash which knots toward the side. Col lar. cuffs and facings on the oblique 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 skirt, collar and pointed cuffs of white glazed kid and white pearl buttons on the coat. l.
 This is the heyday of the smart sep arate skirt-a sports skirt, 1t is called these days-and 1t may be gored, cir cular or plaited. Pockets it must have, and set obIiquely at the hip or in patch pocket style at the front they have a very 3auntys sWagger effect, especially when the sports girl thrusts her hands within them An 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
 
 material. it flares smart1y and is short enough to show the buttoned walking boot or the low heeled sports shoe in it's entirety. Skirts of wool material are faced at the hem with a light. resilient material not afrected by dampness or even an occasional drenching, to give the proper harfng lsae The sports skirt of silk or wool jersey does not flare. but falls in soft folds. Particu- larly smart are plaited sports skirts made of striped serge. The stripes de- termine ths width of the plaits, and usually the stripes are an inch and a half wide Skirts of this style show dark stripes pIaited outside. the flare of the skirt revealing the inner, white stripes, and the stitching of the stripes down to the hip makes the upper part of the skirt a solid color. SometiLnea the white stripes come outside, and this effect Is also excellent
 If the sports skirt and coat are boy