Palisadian., 1925-08-21
Outing Duds Are
Neat~Not Gaudy

The descendants of Diana and the
fair followers of Sir Izaak Walton are
sometimes overshadowed by the more
spectacular feats of the Glennas and
the Joyces, the Helens and the Su-
zannes. yet despite their comparative
lack of publicity the cults of rod and
gun are numerically greater than ever
in the past. Long before then, writes
a fashion correspondent in the New
York Herald-Tribune, May Sutton
went boldly into Wimbledon and
brought a championship back with her,
long before women were regarded as
anything but a decorative background
on links and courts. hunting and fish
ing, riding, canoeing, swimming and
camping were regarded as tie eXclu
sive haJlmarks of the sportswOman. In
later years the term has taken on a
new connotation to the end that what
is Low known as the sports dress-in-
tended for golf, tennis and the fair
| locker er-on--bears little relation to the
eXhilarative life of the wide open
spaces and would never be appropri-
ate for the whilom journeys back to
nature
Which. perhaps, is just as well. The
nature-loving girl who spends patient
hours fighting the speckled trout, who
sturdily paddles her own canoe
through the quiet lakes of the great
mountains, who pitches her tent
wherever nightfall finds her, has ever
been trUculent under the restraining
dicta of the mode. For many years she
rejected the frilly DEGREES of Paris in
favor OF the conservative and eminent
ly practical costumes of London. Nor
could you blame her for in it's earliest
versions the Paris rough sports frock
completely missed the atmosphere.
The thought that even the French cou-
ture would dare dictate what she
should wear when she hunted or fished
or padded was sufficient in itself to
seasonally ALLEVIATE her from those es-
timahle artists.
Light, however, has come to the
maisons of the grande couture Basing
their designs upon the solid founda-
tions of the practical English costume,
they have added thereto the chic that
is Paris, to the end that the French
rough sports costume for the wide
open spaces is now sufficiently practi-
cal for the most hidebound Briton,
and 1t incorporates in addition an es-
Se-,tially Partisan smartness. The
creators themselves have wisely re-
Trained from adding seasonal improve
ments solely in the name of style. and
what changes do occur from time to
time are made, apparently at least, in
the name of practicality.
Dispense With the Skirt.
Many fishing costumes entirely dis
pense with the skirt and consist mere
ly of a knee-length coat and trousers,
the former buttoning high at the neck.
Corduroy and covert suits frequently
feature sleeveless jackets, In which
event cotton crepe shirtwaist is worn
underneath The cotton crepe shirt
waist. incidentally. is an invaluable
adjunct to every rough sports excur-
sion, inasmuch as it does not wrinkle
readily. and in addition requires no
ironing after it is laundered
The effect of the camping suit is
hardy and it must obviously be car
ried out i'll every detail. High-heeled
shoes, silk stockings or vivid waists
would hardly harmonic with the
roughing-it atmosphere of the tenting-
out costume, and must. of course. be
carefully avoided. Yet the tendency
toward rough clothes can also be
easily overdone, and is by many wom-
en- who spare no efforts in an endeavor
to be natural, and achieve instead an
unattractive plainness. The ideal out
fit is neither anonymously ornate nor
severely plain, but it strikes a happy
compromise between the two.
English woOlens are favored in the