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Show .' I- Of Merest vfo ; Readers: DAY IN LIFE OF SUMMER GIRL. From the Time She Rises Until Midnight Mid-night She Makes Many Changes in Her Dresses Her Bathing Suit is a Novelty In the Evening She Wears a Delicate Thing in Transparent Trans-parent Embroidered Fabrics New-Ideas New-Ideas in Tunics and Boleros. j (Correspondence Intermountain Catholic.) Paris, June 5. From mermaid to society so-ciety belle, that is the daily transition of the summer girl of 1900. Softly dip-i dip-i ring the tips of her pretty white canvas ; slippers in the waters in the morning, she just as merrily flirts her pretty toes through the mazes of the dance at night. Such a summer was never seen in Paris. Not even during the exposition of Eugenie's day, that wild revel which is the favorite fireside tale of the ancient an-cient grande dames of Paris, was so much fun and folly known! Nor in those days was there such a variety of gowns. The woman who wore an evening dress at night had to confine herself to a house dress in the morning, nor did she ever know the glories of a golf, or bicycle, or outing costume. Even her bathing was done in great privacy from the side of a small portable bathhouse, which was anchored in the surf. In these forward for-ward days the Parisian maiden, American Ameri-can fashion, sports on the" beach and displays herself and her pretty suit to a select circle of beholders, denying nothing to the ocean wayfarers on the BATHING DRESSES. Bathing bosses have been fashioned this yea. ly from the mercerized cottons . look so much like satin. Brilliant"..!.- holds its own among bathing bath-ing fabrics: and the various grades of flannel are all to be . een. The latest and most popular, perhaps, is the new-serge new-serge and which comes in very ught weight. It has a smooth face, not glossy, yet not rough, and is well j adapted to the water as it does not retain dampness Ions. Oriental silks are also much used, but are lined with very thick cloth to keep them from clinging to the figure. The finest, softest cotton cashmeres are used for lining the Oriental silks; and the fabric thus obtained can be recommended recom-mended in every way, as it is light, soft, pretty, and by no means subject to that disagreeable cling which afflicts silk bathine dresses. w nne materials nave not cnangea, except in slight variations of name, styles have advanced considerably and the modes are altered. The summer's bathing dress, were it long, could be worn for afternoon, so beautifully is it decorated around the foot, and so ex- quisitely is the little waist made. i One of London's prettiest belles dis ported in southern waters last week ! in a bathing dress made from the finest i quality of Roman blue flannel. The skirt, which was cut gored at the hips, was made to Hare around the bottom in such a way as to throw the fullness at the back and keep it there. In the very middle of the back was a small box plait, with the box laid underneath, and the small plaits on top. THREE COLORS. A novelty was a pointed flounce of khaki colored flannel pointed at the top and forming a full ripple around the bottom. The flounce was stitched -with black to break the color distance be-. be-. tween the khaki and the blue. The next jacket had a silk blouse of brown, over which was the smallest, snuggest bolero of Roman blue flannel w ith broad sailor collar of khaki, stitched stitch-ed with brown. Black stockings were worn with the costume, and the shoes that set so neatly neat-ly upon the foot were of the real khaki linen. This pretty costume was in three colors, col-ors, and, as none of them were rare or expensive, the bathing dress deserves to rank with the most approved models of the year. In selecting Roman blue, remember that it is the brightest dark blue there is, so bright that it suggests red. and never dark enough to show shades of black, as is the case with navy and other dark blues. Khaki, on the other hand, is a fade tone, never pretty unless as a contrast to a deep brilliant hue. True, they make whole suits of khaki, but these deDend for their elegance upon their stitching and the fineness of their tailor-made finish. Little bathing boleros are boned to act as a support for the figure. They are cut in all sorts of eccentric designs and are intended to clothe the figure more thoroughly than the blouse, which is open to many objections, the chief one being its shapelessness. . There is a fad this season for short sleeves, whether on bathing: dress, afternoon gown or evening costume. The elbow sleeve is the rage, and women with pretty arms are to have their innings. FOR EVENING. ; By evening the girl of the season has j rambled through the mazes of a day's gowns and is putting on her dancing ; dress. This is a costume which this ; season has no claim to simplicity, though many claims to beauty. The lovely mousselines are closely tucked or aecordian plaited, and are worn over the finest of linings. A silk mousseline of buttercup shade was laid in tiny plaits from the belt to the hvn. Around the foot the skirt flared hoto a very full train, not long, but voluminous, and even in front it wasvery full. The neatest little tunic, made entirely of a diamond of lace, j was stretched over the front, like a ' stomacher, point upward, and on each side of this diamond of lace there were panniers of the mousseline. Medallions of lace trimmed the skirt, round and round, in two rows. The bodice had a shirt of mousseline with tiny lace bolero over it. Around the bust there was a deep band of lace and over the arms was another strapping strap-ping of lace, all the lace being edged with tiny ruchings of the mousseline. Just the recuired touch of contrast was given by the band of yellow flowers which extended over the shoulders and were bordered with tiny green leaves. French ingenuity has come to the fore in the designing of chic little articles arti-cles of dress to take the place of their more expensive originals. For instance, there are diamonds of lace made of the most inexpensive imitation Valenciennes, Valencien-nes, and there are good imitations of the Point de Paris laces. If one wants a lace that is not an imitation, there are the Russian laces which fadrly stack the counters of the shops, offering offer-ing their pretty moshes and pleading to be bought. RUSSIAN LACE. These Russian laces come in pretty bits that require no cutting out but can be selected as needed, in any size and in almost any shape.. True, the lace is coarse and the designs not varied, but on the other hand there is a certain complex pattern to the mesh which makes it very desirable as a trimming. The modistes recommend it and are using it upon all gowns, particularly tailor-made dresses which require a finish of lace at the yoke or upon the hips. Lady Randolph Churchill doubtless expects soon to return from the cape, for she has ordered two very handsome Paris gowns, both for evening. One is a heliotront" silU- mull tr mado nvc-r taffeta of the same shade. The tunic is a princess, all of white c hiffon and embroidered em-broidered over its entire surface with heliotrope flowers in silf. The other is a black India material thinner than chiffon -and hand-painted jwith wisteria. This is to be made up over a purple foundation. Both dresses are dancing length, showing that her ladyship is not averse to terpsichore. In copying these models it can be borne in mind that applique of the inexpensive in-expensive sort is very effective and takes the place of embroidery and hand painting. The cheaper appliques are often very good. Where silk flowers are appliqued upon a thin naterial. the applique is laid underneath and not on top of the goods. The effect is much softer and prettier. Each stitch in that case is tak-n on the right side of the goods, strung with a tiny bead of steel or jet. |
