The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11
4, ELEANOR HoYT BRAINERD.


- tons are being upheld in spite
~ Of the latencss of tho season. the
difficulties in regard to certain
materials and the uncertainty as to re-
orders. and in almost every shop
women sre swarminy around bargain
counters or hunting through collec-
Ions Of marked down models some.
what the worse for handling.
Acanny woIna who can convenient
s. wait until juno TO iii out her summer
wardrobe does it: but many New York
women arc ut and away before Jun.
\ on ordinary season. and many others
NO do not leave town until later shop
ear, because they dread the no:
weather that is fairly sure to come.
This wear cold and rain have hung on.
.anp,nnc and chilling enthusiasm
,.oui summer clothes. and when the
at oetk of Ma brought heat and
,.nldity Il found more than the ordi-
nsr, nun'or Of women unpreparcd.
So TN sizes have gone on inerrily
,-i the shops have had a buster air
thai Al any other time during the
season. uI' the hargains-wcll. the
nsrea ne both IN materials and in
'-cchs ha'c been less tempting than
.sla'. The supply Of choice things
ma been too limited and too uncer-
az 20 REALLY reckless
clear ~ out of stock. and only among
We commoncr grades OF merchan dise
Mas the marking down Of prices been
out. as drastic as IL ordinarily Is In
the June sales
Still there are prizes Tor those who
have the patience To search for them
and the wisdom to know them when
they see them.
And" sighed a woman who hao
Just selected and paid for several
handsome marked down frocks in .
y7nh avenue shop and was In the hrst
ehsoa Of reaction from shopping
6sasy, ~ isn't a. deadly to make q
nigtaks this year a. II Ia sometimes.
gAAesS guch q lot Of stunning material
b those frocks that I can surely have
Asm made over beautifully. Surely
Has1S won't Gve us fuller and wider
dartA"
TAsrs u something In that point Of
IN when one 10 buying expensive
au6cexpensive sven a marked
6uVn prtcesand certainly many Of
~ models justify . belief that full.
m cannot 20 much further. Even .
t&stA skirt may measure ave or SIX
Nrds round the bottom. and - for
0sorgette and chiffon and tulle. one
measures them by the mile.
Some women do not weAr the eT-
0snsly full skirt. will not wear Il. but
. majority have fallen into limo > fer
- frocks Of soft summe stuTs are
conceived. And whether one chooses
70 wear the extreme frock or not, n
must admit that at their best they
are amusingly picturesque and that
the occasional woman looks charming
In them. Perhaps a well! known New
York authority on dress was right
when he said:
TT IL only the extremes that really
rave charm n this seasons modes.
One should swing to individually sim
pie o. the e~xtrsvaSantly chic. The
10 betweens do not succeed in being
-!ther one thing or the other. They
have the failings Of the mode without
sny OF Its virtues"
Perhaps he was right-and yet n
sees many women who have had the
courage OF their convictions and m
braced the extreme with only dlsas-
trous results.
To each woman her own salvation.
One can but describe the models as
they appear. and the two fcocks OF our
central group have charm. quite aside
from the question Of the woman who
. 10 wear them. II the wrong m
wears them, so much the worse for
the woman.
The model Of the pointed and scanned
bodice, the petticoat and the fchu was
delightfully."- feminine and piquant, even
though eXtravagant in its period de-
'Als. and it's materials added to its
freshness a. well as to It's quaintness.
Of pink and white checked taffeta 1t
vas fashioned--the small check and
the clear pink Of the old time checked
dlks-and the softest, sheerest. cream