Evening star., 1928-06-03
Summer Clothes.
BY BARBARA BROWN.

Add to these prime necessities-tne
hat. the dress and the shoe--such ad-
iucts as Summer coats, sweaters, scarfs,
gloves and stockings and, II you want
them, the dozen and one accessories,
and tt would seem that instead Of an
easy, a very hard task confronts the
shopper IL she has TO sort out Of the
mass the items that suit her best.
Here are few suggestions that may
prove helpful. but remember that ac-
cording TO whether you are going 10 be
at the seasfore or in the mountains.
the North or in the South. at home Or
abroad, in the city or the country. at
hotel or cottage. your needs are very
different.
Sport clothes are good" everywa-~e
and all day long. They gain in popu-
Iarity every year, and this Spring at
many a smart luncheon party the guests
have worn sport clothes. Their perfec-
ton of line and simplicity make them
especially becoming TO the slim figure
that most Of US try TO have today.
Sweaters and scarfs are really neces-
sites. and are charming additions to
the simplest wardrobes. Worn with
colored or a white skirt, the new
sweaters make a fashionable costume
White tub silks in printed patterns
always pay good dividends. They are
becoming and practical, with the added
asset that they can be dyed and used
a second season.
Linens are lovely to have, but the
fact that they runpie easily makes it
wise idea TO vary your linens With
cotton materials.
Proper wardrobes for seashore re-
sorts present a special problem, for
damp days have an effect on certain
materials; pleats hand In their resig-
nation, certain fabrics get slinky and
limp and forlorn looking.
When selecting your dresses always
find out If the colors. are sunproof or
colorfast, and 1t Is always a real econ
omy 70 pay little more in order 70 get
a guaranteed fabric. Fortunately. most
materials are, and for less than IS even.
you can buy dresses that will stand
water and sun without fading, granted,
OF course, that they are washed accord
ing TO the proper directions as 70 tenn
perature Of water, and the right kind
Of soap. Be sure, too. 70 buy the white
SIX stockings that are guaranteed not
to turn yellow from repeated wasffrcs
There are no hard-and-fast rules.
though, but you viii find that a yotIe
or some like material, to wear 10
parties, a tub silk, several wash cot
tons. sport skirt With a couple Of
sweaters. an inexpensive white coat and
a lace evening dress. added TO your
Spring wardrobe. with perhaps three
hats, black, a white and a colOred
one, and three pairs Of shoes. sport.
afternoon and evening ones, plus stock
ings TO match, win make you an ex-
tremely well dressed woman this Sum-
neT.
And, indeed, where a woman has a
number Of dresses left from last Sum
mer, she viii not need Just that man
new ones. for she can, With but slight
alteration, wear them again this season
For, with all that Is new, the changes
in style are not radical. As one fashion
expert put it. NO longer viii women
change suddenly from one extreme 10
another these practical days. They
have established a more or less perma-
nent style for themselves. SinpIicfty
OF line, with its adaptablity TO ali
types. its youthfulness and becoming
ness is somewhat standardized with
the women Of today"