The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
COLL ERS'
GAY GARB
is TOPIC
Announcements Such
as Sweaters and
Kmickers Are Vivid,
But Practical These
Modern Days.
BY VIRGINIA KINDON.

foursome ahead must stand aside
and allow the fair player the
right of way.
-'he golf days are here, tie
best Of all the year. The sky is
blue, the Potomac sings with a
jolly song. and the blossoms per-
fume the air. And fair PLAYERS
as gay as. the blossoms dot the
course with pleasing spots of
color. The poet sings OF love
on the links. Golf fashions are
the thought of the hour.
Golf fashions are still strange
enough to arouse interesting
comment Twenty years ago the
golfers recruited from the ranks
of the feminine sex We're small
enough in number to make those
that followed the course of the
elusive white ball a. subject Of
conversation and oftentimes I'M
favorable comment over the tea
cups.
For it was not quite proper 10
indulge III SO manly sport, and .
rs if in justification for their
actions. the players wore the
most ridiculous costumes. Skirts
that swept the ground with
alarming and interfering fullness.
high stays and impossible shirt
waists with tight. sleeves-yes .
''shirt waists" for they were still
shirt waists in those days. The
sport blouse. was, an unheard of
thing. An amusing hat, with a
feather to. windward, perched
with uncertain dash above tho
Doiffured hair. So attired, the
lady golfer was ready for the
game.
Perhaps that was where the
term 'lady's GOLF originated. for
when the player was hampered
by so voluminous skirt, so un-
comfortable a waist and hat. sne.
could do naught but play game
where balls in the rough must be.
lifted back onto the fairway. On
the smooth grass OF the greens
, the lady of twenty springs ag y
was at home, and there only.
- . - s5asy-s-4.-
PUT many golf balls have gone
to that limbo where all good
golf balls end their battered days,
since the early 1900 years. and
methods of playing and costume
have undergone great changes.
The girl and woman of today,
for golf is a game for all ages,
scorn the term '.lady's golf" She
prides herself on the strength
and correctness of her stance and
her swing, and IL no caddy is
available she shoulders her own
bag and sticks and follows the
hall. even IL she is unfortunate
enough to get into the rough or
into a gully. Her correct and
nlannish suit gives her encour-
agement. II
Golf and other sport papers
and magazines devote as many
pages and space to women's tour
naments as to mems, and the
rules Of the golf clubs must and
do consider the equality of, the.
sex of the players.
Just as in a riding habit, many
q woman is at her best in golf
togs. The. rough materials, the
well tailored, snug shoulder lines
Of coat and sweater, the trig,
short skirt or knickers, the small,
close fitting hat and smart
brogues. are very Becoming and
attractive. .-.s+.l-
New York Is fond of telling a
story of newly rich woman
who caused great merriment at
= party by her answer to a cues.
ton whether she played the game:
haven't had time to see
which suit look the best in, n
golf suit or riding habit. When
] discover, then I shall take up
that sport"
Amusing, yes. but AS long as
the eternal feminine asserts her
self we shall have those who
place what they wear above how
or what they play. The sensible
woman is the one who brings
I
about a pleasing blending of both,
who appears on the links in at
tractive CARO- and at the same
time Is correctly and comfortably
dressed.
WHILE the days are cool she
will wear a wooden suit whose
coat sweater and matching skirt
and Knockers provide warmth in
q smart manner. Driving over
TO the club she will slip into a
op-coat OF some rough material.
Coats OF tweeds, camel's hair and
Scotch plaids are the favorites.
1t 10 pleasing to note that ap-
propriateness for the occasion,
not extreme color or cut, rules
the cl dice Of sports wear. Soft
tAns. grays and plaids Of roth
combining blue with themselves.
might be called the trinity Of the
separate sport coat, suitable for
golf. motoring and travelling.