The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-08
Women Now Gear Themselves
as Though They Were
Athletes.
FRoCKS VERY BEAUTIFUL
Unusual or Oriental CoIorings
Add to Gayety of Scenes
At Winter Resorts.

Hist, This is the song that the hus-
bands now hear:
''oh, honey, the sport toys are lovely
this year.
'T prithee invest
$50 I will be dressed
an a matter BETTING my station.
Some gear
at takes for each sport,
$50 be a good sort
And hand out the largesse
''That's really you're forte
He does. When he's finished
Believe me it's true
Though she's dressed for the part
He's the best sport of two.
Behold the Lilys of the field, the
Roses of the beach, the Daisies of the
golf links, the Violets of the tennis
court, the Irises of the motor. course
they toll not (only exercise q little)
neither do they spin Except in a
Rolls-Royce or a Ford) vet Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed as
one of these.
Never have sport suits, frocks, and
accessories been more bewilderingly
beautiful. The windows are full of
them already for Southern exposure
at Palm Beach and like Ravens, where
the fortunate fit. We stand gazing
upon their glories rapt in admiration
and our heaviest furs.
All In TurquOise Blue.
In slush ankle keep, while winds
do blow We can still visualize hoy we
will look in that glorious turquoise
pongee one-piece frock banded in
golden yellow this summer IL we are
lucky enough to save enough pennies
for it There is a duclCy hat with tur-
quoise parasol to match, whose inner
side is a mass of tiny puffngs and
shirrings of the yellow figured Dor
der. All up-to-date 1917 model para
soils are wearing their ornate trim
mings inside and a closed parasol is a
closed book. Only when opened does
1t disclose its glories to an admiring
multitude.
Unusual and Oriental are the color
combinations used to band and trim
but always are they hectic to the
highest degree.
A stunning new sport silk like a
heavy pongee called Khaki Kool is
the favored material and it comes IN
daring and unusual designs and all
the vivid colorings.
Sport skirts of this material are
striped in vivid colors as they were
last year, but this season, too, they
will be easily spotted with polka dots
as large as life and twice as colorful.
Hats, parasols, stockings, shoes,
handkerchiefs, and bags are all got
ten up to match and carry out COM
plete costume effect. Among the love-
" new silk sweaters a lettuce green
one, banded. sashed, and sailor-coi-
Jared in white is perhaps the love
lest. but a two-toned sweater coat
IN checker-board pattern that comes in
two shades of blue. yellow. rose or
green and black and white is also a
stunning novelty.
A Fetching Combination.
Cerise, green and gold seem to be
the most taking trio of tints for the
one-piece straight-line sport silk
dresses, but they all have some other
vivid dash of contrasting color to
startle and attract.
Jersey cloth still continues TO hold
its popularity over from last year
into this for sport suits and a new
material called suedene is also very
good. For motor coats OF spring
suede cloth Is the material de luxe,
with Innings OF softest, brightest silk
or chiffon cloth. They are much
shorter than the winter coats and so
full and loose as almost to be mis-
taken for capes at the first fleeing
glance as they dash by on up-to-date
maids I'm up-to-date motors.
F1r VTair Il
necessary to go in for sports in order
to sport those sporty sport toys. In
deed. nay, no, and likewise never.
This summer you will find that these
deIiciously delectable buds will be
worn anywhere and everywhere from
a pink tea to the village green.
MARGARET MASON.