Show FASHIONS FREAKS Fashions in Dress for Men Women and Children OUT BOOK COSTUMES FOR MEN Including Tennis and Bicycle Suits The Blazer and the Tennis Sash Costumes Designed for Seaside Wear Each summer sport has a certain style of dress especially designed for it Tennis costumes cos-tumes for men as well as for women are many of them decidedly picturesque A fad t > f tho season is the tennis sash for men which is depicted iu the cut This consists of II long strip of silk a foot or moro wide and usually terminating in beautifully fringed ends Tho sash encircles the waist of the player and is knotted with a flowing effect at the loft kip 1 f 9 1 d TENTHS SASH AND BLAZER Tho blazer is a conspicuous garment this season being decidedly striking as regards its stripes and richness of color French flannel with bright tinted stripes is a fabric much used in blazers All sorts of combinations combina-tions aro displayed and it is difficult to arrive ar-rive at any conclusion as to tho preferences of fashion Alternate stripes of orange and black are exceedingly popular then there are pink and white white and black for those in mourning Tho blazer being cut sack shape permits of the greatest freedom of movement and at tho same timo displays the figure to advantage A cap to wear nt tennis much favored is that known as tho Eton shape fitting the head closely It may match the blazer in stripe and color or it may be of cream white flannel or of some fancy pattern of silk White flannel trousers aro tho sort most largely worn with blazers Bicycle suits nre largely made in dark or gray colors and consist of a Norfolk coat with knee breeches to match in material and color rubbed stockings are affected with this costume and the cap is flat and perked Costume fur the Sea Shore Numbered with many charming costumes designed for sea side wear is tho one depicted In tho cut It is of palo beige colored nuns veiling It is ornamented with a yoke epaulets epau-lets cuffs and bands in dark green openwork open-work embroidery on a beige coloredfoun dation The belt which encircles the round waist is of moire ribbon y k i N l s t r F J I fc o 1 nab c SEASIDE COSTUME If so desired guipure or smocking may be substituted for the open work embroidery shown in tho cut In this connection it maybe may-be said that unlocking with the raised cord is most fashionable The Ring Finger In reply tothe query Which is tho proper engagement ring finger and which the wedding wed-ding J Jewelers Circular replies i Tho third finger is the preferred one for both betrothal and marriage rings although efforts have been made at various times to make the engagement ring finger tho second Two reasons are assigned for this preference of tho third digit as tho ring finger First the belief entertained by the ancients that a delicate vein ran from the third finger of tho left hand to the heart Second in tho Roman church the thumb and two first fingers represent repre-sent I tho Trinity the third being the husbands hus-bands to whom the woman owes allegiance next to God Tho left hand was chosen to show that the woman is to be subject to the man In answer to the objection urged If engagement en-gagement and wedding ring fingers being tho same you have got to break the engagement whereas you are really sealing it tho au I thority quoted says When the betrothal I ring is removed to make place for tho wedding wed-ding ring it is in token that tho engagement I with a fiance is at an end and with a wife I just begun In a word the marriage ceremony cere-mony ends the betrothal The custom of moving the engagement ring above the wedding wed-ding ring is a significant one for tho former not only serves as a guard to tho latter but is a constant reminder of halcyon days whether marriage proves a failure or not Tlio Newest Parasols Tho newest parasols of the year are teat like of enormous size and more rounded than they used to be the ribs turning downwards They are also most daintily trimmed with baby ribbons which are looped round tho edge and carried up tho ribs in bows Thero are several patterns some aro of white laco over pink others black lace over yellow A fashionable woman orders her parasol with her gown as a matter of course just as she does tho bodice to match her skirt Tho very newest parasol handles aro of tho natural wood and forming tho handle of each is the fruit carved in ivory and tinted in the most natural manner A stick of cherry wood has it bunch of cherries as a handle an orange sticii a mandarin orange etc |