Show linen or cotton for summer wear town costumes cool chic prominent in fashions of the moment to judge by the groans and sighs one hears about keeping cool in correct town clothes during sIiM JIng summer days one would suppose e fas fashion illon had been so contrary as to give t this his problem no consideration out but a few jaunts a bout about the shops quickly rec veni that this Is far from tre in fait fact writes a mahlon correspondent to in tile new york times so amply has fashion provided for fir towo town costumes at onie once cool and chic that there Is no excuse for the parade of light be dra bugled ex es afternoon and ex evening chiffons that so frequently bedei bedeck b our streets the woman executive who dally sets forth for the ottlee knowing that slie she must preserve a trim fresh up ap pe artince all duy day has discovered a number of nays eye of doing this both coolly and smartly and the file rest of us as whether to ID business or not would do well to take a tI tip from her slie she tins hns first of bit all welcomed with open arms the tr trimly aly tailored tall oreil little suit of pique or linen in black navy blue or brown certainly nothing i I 1 could lie he cooler or more appropriate for town wear anti and incidentally the cost does nut not prohibit including two I 1 or three such suits in ones summer town wardrobe A panama or natural colored straw auch as baku with simple p 1 e tan band d in a a color to match the suit Is if lie ie ideal hat but for these suits both from style and comfort points of view douses blouses of handkerchief linen dotted to siss or 01 checked printed chiffon may be short sleeved slee ked long sleeved or with etli no sleeves at all and with boutonnieres accent their color would help lend variety to the suit on its many appearances during the season bare arms not so good As tin on alternate or substitute for this suit one me may choose a dress 1313 with v ith or i without knout a jacket to match of the same dark colored materials linen pique shantung variations on these plain fabrics are the dark pique and linens that thai have one fine silk flecks or tiny diamonds woven into them thus offe offering ring a cannee for contrast con between dress and jacket in style stile these dresses di esses have a ta tailored simplicity feminized by crisp or gandie gandle collars and cuffs or by brightly colored hells belts with artificial flowers bowers to match where there Is an accompanying jacket jackel the dress may be sleeveless but cit otherwise ber short or lung long sleeves or bare arms concealed by little capeless cape lets tire lire the rule wholly bare arms being frowned upon for town the possibilities of cotton for town wear are by no means exhausted by pique and cotton linene there still remain several cotton materials that are even cooler and are equally 11 appropriate V prop rIale and fashionable tor for city wear dotted swiss Is 19 one of these and while this Is subject to consider able wilting inthe in the course of the day it if hns has a crisp piquancy bieu uney that thai Is very appealing especially for the younger busI business riess aspirant cotton credi crepe volle voile in tiny allover all over printed patterns on dark grounds Is cool and correct cor reit and there Is lie hie sheer crepe cotton a cross the rho printed sill ensemble one of the seasons season favorites between a georgette and the sheer est wool crepe which palou called and sponsored la in one fine little designs of striped effort effect probably tile universal favorite among well dressed business women Is the silk crepe print that Is dork dirk of background unil und light and ana dinall ot of figure these prints lime have it grenter greater degree of formality for mailly suiting them to town and obilee wear and with dainty plainly lingerie touches pla sirons or restees and interesting intel estling cleee and tope cape treatments tire are us its coot cil in actuality us as they are in appear ame printed crepe suits shills alth linen tuck in blouses blouse sand and u variation I 1 e 1 of the print dress much in favor and ensembles ense nibles of print dress and plain or printed com coin offer a practical and com coin fordable for table solution to ou our F variable hut but and cool summer suanner jays dis all are Very SImple all of these outfits as in fact all in town summer bummer costumes should be are very s1 sa dimple m pie in style the cut may be as in gricate as a crealon but like hers the result Is one of elegant simplicity feminine nil and sophisticated but utterly devoid of the slightest tinge of 0 fussiness specifically tills this means that hut even hertilla hellines hemlines hem lines ies of moderate length restrained restrain tt circular flares and pleats and conservative color schemes are infinitely preferred to be avoided are large light colored designs on chiffon dripping points an and sleeveless pastel frocks whose real place Is m u the tennis court from tile the fo foregoing it should not be co concluded that sheer crepes cerepes printed in the same conservative types of designs seen on crepe ure are out of 0 place but it Is essential to appropriateness tor for daytime town wear that plain crepe elizabeths ellza beths or small figured or checkered cleck ered chiff oris bi be cut 61 without thit that elaboration which immediately places them lu 16 tile the category of afternoon frocks this same rule applies too to hats hate large hats bats with exaggerated brims have no p place ince on the street por for has bus the obviously sports hat bat or beret the ta tailored straw with medium or conservative serva tive trim the recently revived sailor or the ever so smart draped brown bron linen suit affords afford chic and comfort on a warm day i beret lieret adaptations of pliant visca straws leave one ample choice tor for hats that will suit sult the wearer as well as aa tile the occasion the present v vogue ogue for white lis I 1 ils of town style and cut offer a smart possibility to I 1 the e vi woman who wishes a striking suimei millinery accent and the well groomed woman no matter what the weather never goes about town without being properly gloved the dull stockings the shops have been screaming about for months are post past the flush fashion stage whether or not they are with us forever ja a very elastic word in fashion vocabulary Is something else one pro prophet phet declares they will be the only kind made within two or three thre deurs eyears another predicts pi edicts they will be good only as long as the vogue for stan accas series persists in any case cus ethey they are good now and for the lie benefit of those who tried me hie very earliest ones and found they did not wear well ft ell it may be added that constructions have been improved I 1 makes ankles look slender the lowdown low down on this particular fashion Is us follows f thrift if you please Is the soil from which it grew you do not hear much commotion about dull hose for the go good 1 I reason that the expensive sheer in ingrain aln hose are natura naturally lly quite dull it I 1 Is the army of women who pay aro around nd 2 for a pair of stockings that the dull finish attracts why because it Is prettier because it maxes mares the ankles took look more slender maybe gut but just possibly the fact that it makes a cheap stocking look like an expensive stocking has something to do with the case tile discovery was first made by some clever cleer girl who found she could kive give her evening stockings a nice dice dull elpe look by the simple method of wearing them inside out word got about all the young things began to do it and a fad was born A stylist forever on the lookout lor for infant fads that may grow up into full fledged fashions realized here was an idea and before long there appeared for 3 2 or a little less stockings that were dull os as dull thanks to some twist of the thread or chemical process several types are now cow on the market tile development of this fashion has fins lieen been hindered by some p alent but ut once it Is a unie tr igli bened out you suu way may expect to hear more about dull hosiery stockings will be darker inthe fall according 10 to reports from fr m parts at present tile the varying brownish shades are worn will walh light sum suil liner ner costumes for evening it Is still snarl smart to wear stockings the exact color colo of the lie flesh the rocks frocks of or gandie gandle batiste and the burlous sheer mullins muslins lins thul ore are replacing for midsummer the chiff chiffnie nis and oil crepes cerepes of lust last year require a tl new sort of shoe noil ami fie need Is handily iet by pumps and strap simp sandals of linen they them are of u title or tinted linen embroidered in similes abodes th that a I 1 farinon I 1 ze with fill the he frock of plain or printed material or add to the charm of tile the allwhite all white while summer suni ner dress linen also ap pe pars rs lo in shoes of the spectator sports spora type |