The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27
By ELEANOR HoYr BRAlNERD.

" hERE are plenty OF pretty cot
ton materials: but where. oh
where. are the pretty cotton
frocks?
Perhaps warmer weather will bring
them to light. but for the South.
ern season little was done in either
cotton or linen; and. 80 far. cotton and
linen figure conspicuously only IN
models Of the cheaper grades. APP
parently the enthusiasm Of the cotton
frock enthusiasts exhausted itself last
season and to-day. in the reaction,
feminine favor Is swinging to silk and
chiffon and marquisctte and Georgette
crepe for afternoon veal while for
morning sports clothes are all con.
Quering.
The man who has more to do with
successful made in America modes
than any other shrugged his shout
ders when asked why there were no
cottons in his long and extraordinary
good looking line Of models. !.
II don't know" he confessed. II
Just couldn't see them. That was all.
There doesn't appear to be any feel
inc for them, m need Of them In high
class stun.
"Of course. simple cotton frocks al.
why's have their uses. but the expen-
sive cotton frock doesn't seem ( o ap-
peal this year. Chifons and Georgettc
cFepes and occasionally a marquisette
have taken the place Of the lingerie
materials to a large degree. and the in
creasing habit OF wearing smart sports
clothes straight through the summer
day until time to dress for dinner has
ou. out not only the dressy afternoon
frocks in cotton but the simpler cot
ton frocks also.
"Women seem inclined to put their
money into sports coats and skirts and
frocks and sweaters and blouses in
stead Of buying the traditional mus
Inns"
whether the charm ~ the sports
clothes led to the slump in cotton AMI
linen frocks. " the decline in cot
ton and linens led to the production Of
extra good sports clothes. il Is an In
d~Sputable fact that never in the his
tory Of clothes have the garments for
sports Yea and particularly for tn.
exciting sport OF looking on at sports
been 80 altogether alluring.
Only n very stoica. woman can pass
them by. and 1t even requires n pro-
nounced degree OF stoicism to refrain
from buying the mos; impractical an
extravagant Of the offerings in the
sports class.
There are those white satin sports
costumes! Yes. white satin. To tn
older generation. eve TO the part OF
the younger generation that takes its
sport theoretically and seriously. II
does sound foolish. but one must bear
in mind tn" fact that the average
woman does not put on her sports
clothes because she wants To indulge In
active exercise. She puts them on
simply and solely because she knows
she looks uncommonly we'll in them
and feels uncommonly comfortable IN
them and because sh" IS fairy sure 10
dawdle around out OF doors for a part
Of the summer day.
White satin will do we'll enough for
the dawdling. for thu vcranda. the
beach or thc country club. ard ii looks
well. It looks exceedingly well. Soft
full! plain skirts. hanging rather
straight from the waist hand and
emartly belted In the satin. a plainly
tailored. cleverly cut sports coat
loosely belted. a simp,' blouse o. some
soft white crepe or chiffon or C%eorget:c
nothing could be more becoming.
more informal. and. after AL. why not
Q satin sports suit when all the world
wears silk sweaters and silk popl!n
sports coats in delicate colors? The
satin II of the excellent quality for
which the purpose calls will yea well
and clean admirably. will indeed show
the soil less readily than the tussors
which are accepted sports materials.
II IL said that the vogue OF satin is
% spread far beyond the province o.
sports. In the most exclusive houses