TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXtAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST .0, 1903
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Panel Effects on Mid-Summer Frocks
HAVE you ever noticed that it Is a
"frock" In Summer and a "gown"
in Winter?
To the feminine mind, the distinc
tion is not so subtle as It appears la
type, for -frock" suggests simplicity,
airiness and youth, while "frown" hints
st dignity, richness and more or less
elaboration.
Certainly the Summer frock of 1908
Is airy and youthful, but, alas, not
simple, and no one feature contributes
more to Its elaboration than a panel.
A panel can never be simple, and it
generally Involves trimming within its
borders and as an outline.
In the up-to-date lingerie frock the
panel la absolutely essential. Quite
generally It runs from the edge of the
deep voke to the hem of the front gore,
and then on the sides and back maller
panels are introduced. Even sleeves
are paneled to match. On some of the
finer frocks, like batiste, handkerchief
linen, mull, etc, tills panel Is made
entirely of hand-run tucks, a most ex
acting operation for the home seam
stress. Again tine or coarse lace In
sertion will alternate with horizontal
tucking-, in groups; or, with batiste
tucking, a very open Insertion sug
gesting Irish crochet pattern Is Intro
duced ARaln the panels may be of allover
embroidery, outlined by Val insertion
or line pleatlngs of Val, though the
latter mean that the frock must be
ent to the dry cleaner when soiled,
which Is an item. Insertion or lace
rurTling Is better than the kolfe-pleat-Ing
of lace which Is so charming
when new, but bunchy and inelegant if
poorly laundered.
In silk frocks the panels are out
lined by braid of rather broad novelty
patterns or with bias bands of the1
same fabric, piped with contrasting
color. Often a panel of lace, dyed to
match the silk, is Introduced, or with
pongee silk of natural tone an ecru
lace Is used. A very striking silk frock
recently seen at Newport was of bril
liant almost grass-green silk, with a
panel from yoke to hem of point de
Venise allover, picked out with heavy
gold thread. The tucker worn above
this panel was of extremely fine silk
net embroidered In gold thread. Much
braiding is also seen on the silk panel
and the very latest fad is an applique
of cloth on silk, outlined with soutache
braid or embroidery.
For cloth dresses almost invariably
the panel effect Is secured by braiding
with soutache or a combination ot
soutache with novelty braid. On linen
suits, eitner coarse lace or braiding is
employed.
Figure A shows an excellent method
of Introducing the panel effect In wash
material in wtiat is known hs the
seml-prlneess design. In this pattern
the yoke and panel nave the appear
ance of being In one. In the front, while
the blouse and skirt at sides and in
the back are connected by a shaped
girdle. This works up stunningly if
plain and allover embroidered batiste
are combined with German Val lace.
In this connection, very pretty lin
gerie hats of the Charlotte Corday or
basket shape can be evolved from edg
ing to match the frock, and trimmed
with huge bows of moss-green ribbon
and pink roses, one of the season's fa
vorite combinations.
In Figure B you have the princess
Jumper frock with panel effect extend
ing from the shoulder 10 the hem of
the skirt. This illustration' was drawn
from a gown of white pique trimmed
with heavy lace in Imitation Irish
crochet pattern. A wider hand of the
Insertion was used around the sides
and back gores of the skirt, and tho
gulmpe was of very line allover batiste
embroidery.
Thi hnt worn with this frock is one
of the mid-Summer novelties, a pic
turesque leghorn crowned with roses
and finished with streamers of white
mousseiine dotted with palest pink
rings. These streamers are most be
coming to a young girl, and the softer
and more picturesque, the better.
The elaborate linen suit shown in
Figure C depends for its charm upon
the treatment of the jacket, an odd
combination of Louis and Japanese ef
fects. The sleeves are distinctly ki
mono, without any under pieces, and
re heavily inerusted with lace and
braiding In white cotton soutache. 'I he
cut of the coat in the back Is Louis,
but the front line is broxen by a point
suggesting a vest.
The skfrt has a panel effect easily
Old Age and the Use of
THE woman past 60 is very apt to
think that for her all beauty-aids
are futile. In this view she Is mis
taken. Father Time will leave certain
marks on the human figure and face, but
modern Invention and sclenara have done
niuch to soften those marks. The real
difficulty lies not with the remedy, but
with the woman, who Is too easily re
signed to her fading charms.
Very often, too, the woman at 60 has
more leisure and time to spend on her
appearance than she had at 35. To em
ploy this Intelligently and systematical
ly is to her credit, and not a proof of
folly or vanity. In fact, every member
of her family will be the more proud of
her If she aims to place herself in what
is known as the Dresden class of elV.-rly
women, those dainty, distinctly feminine
persons, whose faces look youthful be
nrath gray or wmte hair, whose hands
ere plump and dimpled despite passing
i ars and whose manners are sprightly.
As a general warning to elderly wom
en I should say never permit yourself to
live In the past. This trick, more than
anything else, will ae you. So often
we hear women say: "Life holds nothing
for m? now, save memories. I live with
my loved ones in the past."
That speech and crows' feet are boon
companions. Naturally the woman of
M or more finds herself dropping into
reminiscences, but do not lndulse this
habit even if it gives you a melancholy
sort of pleasure. Find pleasure in those
around you. Force yourself to be in
t rested In their interests. Plan for the
future. Neer permit yourself to think
that your usefulness is entk-d or your
capacity for enjoyment dulled. If you
cannot play tennis, you certainly can
tike brisk jvalks In the fresh morning
air and p'aji bridge later In the day.
And there Is no law written, or unwrit
ten, against your playing golf.
Do not dress In what is known as a
kittenish fashion, but do not think that
because years are overtaking you, you
must wear dun-co!ored raiment. Do not
brush your hair back severely from your
face and don an uncompromising toque.
Fluff your hair on either side If you
part it. and under no circumstances wear
a severe pompadour unless you have
classic features and a stately carriage.
Anrl right hern. I want to warn the
ideriy woman who would be attractive
attained by the use of soutache braid
to outline the front gore. This with
the braiding around the applied bands
of linen on the side and back gores is
done In the form of scallops. In the
center of which crocheted linen but
tons are sewn.
The semi-princess frock holds Its
own against all comers, and undoubt
edly w-111 be In vogue when the brief
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reign of the so-called sheath skirt and
the directoire gown Is over. While the
dally press glitters with gossip about
the sheath gown, reliable dealers and
importers all say that it will not be
accepted by thu American women gen
erally. A few women of the stage, seeking
notoriety may wear them, and women
of ample means who desire to strike a
note of originality in cress In their
own boudoir or for their day at home
may have one to match the tinting of
the room, but purely as a fad, not for
common wear.
On the other hand, the Directoire
gown is finding real favor among slen
der women. The only obstacle which
against the use of hair dyes.' Nothing
will bring out the lines and wrinkles In
your face more surely than . the appli
cation of a dye to your fading hair. It
gives a hard look to the entire face which
Is indescribable.
If your hair is the muddy gray. Just
between the natural color and white,
there Is no harm In hastening the whiten
ing process and Just now pure white
hair is considered very smart. This can
be done by the use of peroxide of hydro
gen and ammonia, applied with a soft
tooth brush to the hair, which must be
separated into small strands. Then the
hair, is thoroughly rinsed in tepid water
In which a little blueing has been dis
solved. In washing white hair, always
edd a little blueing to the rinse water
as this prevents the ugly yellow look,
especially with oily hair.
Do not curl your hair with the Iron,
as this has a tendency to break hairs
which you cannot afford to lose. Better
far to use soft rags or patent curlers
over night, and right here I want to
speak of the night-cap -which is enjoying
a decided revival. Make this of very
thin China silk. Interlined with fine sheet
wadding in which you strew sachet
powder. This gives a clwirming perfume
to the hair and wards ofT dangers from
draughts If you sleep near an open
window.
A very common defect peculiar to old
age Is bushy eye-brows. If your brows
begin to thicken and turn bristly, con
sult a surgeon or specialist and have
the superfluous hairs removed. Do not
attempt to do this yourself, as you are
apt to break them near the ropt, not
remove them, and they will grow out
all the thicker. There Is a knack In
pulling out roots and all, and at the
hands of a specialist It is net painful.
Keep the brows finely arched, and to do
this use a soft brush, dipped In alcohol or
toilet water. .
Either learn to massage your face- or
have a specialist do this regularly, say
twice a week, with the following
astringent cream which is especially fine
for a flabby condition ot the skin:
Mutton tallow, 1 pound; glycerine. 6
ounces; tincture of bemoin, 2 drachms;
spirits of camphor, 2 drachms; powdered
alum, H drachm; best Russian isinglass,
1 drachm: orangeflower water. 2 ounces.
Try out the mutton tallow In an en
amel saucepan. It should yield about a
teacup of fat. about the same quantity
as you have of glycerine. In a double
stands in the way of Its general adop
tlon Is the fact that the majority of
the women In America who can afford
a large wardrobe are overfed, there
fore too stout for the demands of the
Directoire style. The massive woman
finds it Impossible. The maternal fig
ure Is made absurd by It. And of the
willowy type of woman there are but
few.
Fashion has tried hard to force the
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long sleeve back Into favor, but the
American woman seems to enjoy baring
her arm, and only the woman who Is
keen about keeping her clothes up to
the top notch of fashion and who has
a slender arm to boot is wearing the
long, crinkly mousquetalre sleeve
which years ago was brought Into
style, by Mme. Bernhardt.
The styles are not yet settler! for
Fall, and there Is a marked spirit of
unrest In all the smart establishments.
None Is brave enough to tell Just which
way the wheel will spin, whether the
Winter will be one of greater pic
turesqneness or whether the Summer's
madness In frocks will have a reaction
In favor of tailored raiment.
Beauty Aids
boiler mix these two ingredients and
the powdered alum. In another sauce
pan, over a gentle flame, dissolve the
Isinglass In the orangewater, and beat
this Into the mixture in the double boil
er. Last, add the benzoin and the cam
phor, stirring constantly. Strain and
pour Into porcelain Jars to harden. '
For scrawny, wrinkled hands, try mas
saging with olive oil. First warm half
a cupful of pure olive oil In an enameled
dish, set In a larger one of hot water.
Ay'ash your hands until perfectly clean
and allow them to soak In clear hot
water for at least :o minutes this to
open the pores and make them recep
tive. Pat the hands nearly dry, then
drop a little of the warm oll Into one
hand and massage the other; ' alternate
the hands until the skin refuses to ab
sorb another drop of the oil. Wipe the
hands dry with a 6oft cloth, but do not
wash them. After doing this dally for
a few weeks, you will And your hands
plumping out again.
KATHERINE MORTON.
What to Wear With'
a Dutch Neck
PERHAPS It would be well for me
to begin by telling. you what not
to wear with a Dutch neck, for so
many women seem to select something
quite out of place. For Instance, a dog
collar is to be worn with a decollette
gown only. A girl who wears a high
dog collar of imitation pearls and a
lawn dress cut with a Dutch neck Is
badly dressed. And you cannot wear
colored ribbons tied about your throat
with a huge bow at the back. Still
another style which Is exceedingly bad
form Is wearing a soft maline bow
about the throat. The silk ribbon ts
never good taste with anything, and
the dog collar and maline are for de
collette evening gowns only.
If the prevailing style of oollarless
blouses is becoming to you, then do
not tie anything at all about your
throat during the Summer season. If
you are blessed with a pretty throat,
whiv'h, by the way. is not a common
thing, show it to the best advantai
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and that Is bare. However, many girls
with thin throats, long necks, etc.. do
not look well In the Dutch neck frock;
then a piece of black velvet ribbon,
ranging from a half to a full inch wide,
will make the most unbecoming blouse
attractive. If you cannot have many
things, and have little money to spend,
then the piece of black velvet, tied
snugly about the throat Is your best
investment.
Some of these strips of black velvet
come with three lit&le slides of bril
liants on them ready to clasp about the
throat. Most of the department stores
keep this trinket at the Jewelry coun
ter. Look through mother's Jewelry
box and see if you cannot find an old
fashioned locket, for this is really the
smartest accessory to the Dutch neck
dress. Hang the locket on a tiny gold
chain, which fits the throat comfortably,
and clasp- about your throat.. An old
fashioned cross Is also quaint on a cer
tain type of girl, not the athletic girl
who wears starched linen skirts, but
the dainty, fluffy girl who wears a cling
ing mull gown, made without a collar.
A string of' Imitation pearls or colored
beads make a pretty finish to these
blouses. Lavalieres of all sorts, are of
course much in evidence, but care should
be given to coloring. For Instance do
not wear your corals with a Copenhagen
blue dress. Do not wear purple beads
with a brown frock. Many of these col
ored beads can be purchased for as little
as 50 cents a string, and the averaffe
girl can afford two or three sets.
The girl in mourning will find strings
of beads In black, gray, lavender and the
Imitation pearls and white coral. If she
is still wearing all black, either the black
beads or the pearls will be proper, while
in second mourning she could wear any
of the ones I mention.
There has been a, strong revival of the
string of gold beads since the introduc
tion of the collarless blouse. Many girls
will find that they still have the string
which they had as a child. If the set
you have is too tight for you. any Jew
eler can lengthen them," in such ways
as re-stringing them loosely, putting on
a long clasp, etc.
And let me finish by saying that the
girl with the very long, thin neck and
high collar bones and the elderly woman
whose double chin has begun to fall
away should not wear a Dutch neck at
all. Both should wear shaped collars
made of transparent lace and Insertion,
boned to keep them In place.
MARY DEAN.
Timely Dishes for
Hot Weather
THE housewife with any respect ior
I her nerves and temper will so ar
range her cooking In midsummer as to
let the fire go out within a few hours
after breakfast. She need not Imagine
that the man. coming home from his of
fice at the end of a hot day, will demand
the typical hot dinner. If she could fol
low him to his restaurant or lunch coun
ter down town she would hear him ask
ing for the cold dish menu. With tea
ready to ice In a glass or-china pitcher.
a crisp salad with a dressing made from
olive oil, a cold meat, fish or egg dash
and a nourishing dessert, all of which
can be prepared before 10 o'clock in the
morning, she will find her husband well
satisfied, and she will save her own
strength for a more worthy cause.
Beef Loaf While meat is tabooed in
some households during very hot weather.
a cold loaf will be. found very appetizing.
Have your butcher grind three pounds of
lean beef. Heat one cup of milk and
stir in one cup of dry bread crumbs, two
eggs beaten light, salt, pepper, a small
grated nutmeg and one small onion
chopped very fine. Mix with this the
chopped beef, pack Into a buttered mold
and bake In a slow oven for two hours.
Test by running a fork or knife through
the center. It blood follows the utensil
bake 16 or 20 minutes longer. When cold
turn out on a platter, garnish with slices
of lemon and parsley and serve with
horseradish sauce, made from beating
equal parts of prepared horseradish and
thick sweet cream. '
Jellied Chicken Draw, pick and wipe
very clean a small chicken, cover with
warm water and simmer until the meat
slips from the bones and there remains
of the water about a coffee cup full.
Lift out the meat, and cut or shred
Into good-sized pieces, throwing out all
fat, bone and- gristle. Bklm the fat from
the liquor, add pepper and salt to season
very highly, then bring to a boll with
Fig. A Semi-Princess Gown of Em
broidered Batiste with Panel Effect.
half an ounce of gelatine, which has been
dissolved in Just enough cold water to
cover it. Pour this over the shredded
chicken, stir thoroughly and pack Into
a mold to form. Serve on a bed of let
tuce and pass apple or crab apple Jelly
with it.
Rice Cream with Peaches X nourish
ing dessert. In a double boiler cook
half a cup of rice In a quart of milk,
add half teaspoon of salt. If you soak
the rice over night It will save time in
the cooking. Have ready a tablespoon of
gelatine dissolved In cold water. Then
heat It until clear, strain and heat In
the hot rice. Add a teacup of sugar. Al
low the mixture to cool and add a teacup
of cream, whipped stiff. Pour the whole
Into a mold. When ready to serve, turn
out of the mold and encircle the creamed
rice with peaches sliced and sugared, or
you can stew the peaches with Just
enough water to make a rich syrup and
serve these ice cold around the creamed
rice.
Vacation Days and Letter Writing
VACATION days bring certain obliga
tions in correspondence which none
of us can avoid. And, Indeed, If we
wish to be popular with Summer friends
and hold their friendship through the on
coming Winter, we do not desire to avoid
these obligations.
First, when you find yourself really
started on train or boat, you will dis
cover among your traveling Impedimenta
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little gifts from home-staying friends, a
box of candy from one man, a new novel
from another, a tidy little silken "house
wife" from some nimble-fingered girl
friend, and a morocco-hound volume, "A
Line a Day" or "The Story of My Trip,"
from another.
Every fair vacationist should be sup
plied with nice note-paper or the large
Fancy Work for the
Summer Days
IN FANCY work, as in all other branches
of Industry, fashion seems to have
taken a decidedly practical turn, and the
ornate centerpieces, done In gaudy silks,
over which girls spent weeks and weeks
of hard labor, have given way to hand
made underwear. Indeed, hand-embroidered
shirtwaists are not seen as much as
they were last year all the young girls
turning their attention to dainty lingerie.
Almost everything is done In eyelet and
convent style of embroidery. These nana
made bits of underwear can be pur
chased readv-made in all the shops, but
most women take great pride in turning
out the dainty articles at home.
Night gowns all have the kimono 6leeves
and are cut In one. or at the most, two
pieces. Chemises have come back into
fashion, and even the stout woman can
wear them If she cuts them from a pat
tern with very little fullness about the
hips. Drawers are well fitted about the
hip line, with circular ruffles, buttonhole
about the edge. One of the newest wrin
kles about a chemise is not to Join the
shoulder seams. Finish it off with but
tonhole edare. and work a buttonhole on
each side, and slip dainty ribbon through
them, thus tying the snouiaer togetner
with a little bow. .
If laca is utilized on underwear in con
nection with this eyelet work, torchon of
a fine quality should be used. A fine
French Val is quite out of place with this
type of embroidery, and wears out long
before ths garment does.
The newest work bags are embroidered
linen. Silk bags for fancy work are quite
out of date. These linen catch-alls are
made of daintily colored linens. Including
the natural tone. One of the smartest
haes seen this year was made of a fine
quality of pale green linen, embroidered
In maidenhair ferns. It was lined with a
darker shade of green China silk, the lin
ing showing at the top about two inches.
forming a frill about the top of the linen
bag. Another was made of light blue
linen done In a Dutch design In old blue
Roman floss. These bags wash beauti
fully. Perhaps the smartest things In embroid
ered belts are made of white silk moire
belting, which can be purchased at the
ribbon counter of any department store.
Do not get moire ribbon, but insist upon
having the heavy belting. Have the back
of the belt stamped and embroider all in
white scroll design. Fllo silk is heavy
enough, but the design must first be pad
square cards on which brief notes can be
written.
L'se these to acknowledge your farewell
gifts, and write them promptly. Do not
say, "In a day or so 1 will write her a
long letter and tell her all about the re
sort, the hotel, the guests, etc." A note
of thanks written promptly is worth a
dozen long letters half filled with apol
ogies. If you are going from one house party
.to another, do not allow your newly-ac-'quired
hostess and her plans for your
pleasure to make you forget your last
hostess. Write your bread and butter note
within 48 hours after you take leave of
your hostess.
I am not a believer in the practice of
spending half the vacation writing volum
inous letters, but I do believe in brlef
ded with soft thread. Belts of ecru are
also very smart Just now. The latest of
these seem to be worked In the Walla
ehlan embroidery In brown floss. The
edires should be buttonholed, and a de
sign should be selected that runs all
around the belt. Kmbroider in shades of
brown with just a touch of pink scat
tered through It. Finish off In front with
a buckle made of heavy ecru lace or
mother of pearl buckle. The lace buckle
can be made at home by cutting heavy
pasteboard the shape you wish it, then
cover the form with linen like the belt,
and finally cover with the lace. These
make very effective buckles tor the ecru
belts.
Coronation braiding, both for table linen
and wearing apparel. Is still popular. A
beautiful shirtwaist was seen the other
day. done In a daisy design. The daisies
were outlined in the coronation braid, and
the centers done in French knots of Ro
man floss. The combination of the floss
and the braid was most effective.
Dainty corset covers are made of hand
kerchief lawn, and all the seams are
fcatherstltched. At the left side of the
blouse portion, mark out a circle with a
large Bpool and featherstitch all around
this, and within- the circle embroider
your name, "Elise," "Eleanor," and
whatever it may be. This is the latest
method of marking all personal linen.
Fine German Val lace and insertion
should be used on corset covers of this
quality. MARY DEAN.
Cool Reading.
Th frost is on the window pane.
And Icicles adorn each Bill;
The snow- is heaped on field and plain.
And garbed In white is yonder hill.
The blazlne fagots on the hearth
With ruddy glow light up the ncens;
I'm writing now for all I'm worth
For some December magazine.
Outside, I hear the children shout.
It Is a sleigh ride passing by:
Ah. vouth is there without a doubt. ,
Tho spring of life for them is nigh.
Now biting blows the bitter wind.
The storm-door bangs and drifts ar
seen.
Don't think that I have lost my mind,
Tis for some Winter magazine.
From father's heard there droop tonight
Three Icicles of slender size;
His heavy coat Is frosted white.
But Joy Is shining in his eyes.
Fur mother quickly ,brlngs to him
Hot toddy in a soup'tureen;
I'm writing this with all my vim.
For some December magazine.
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Now quick into the oven hot.
Poor father puts his frozen feet;
And by his side our faithful Spot.
Lies down to get hi share of heat.
And 'round the Are we sit and chat
Of days when the trees are green;
It's mighty hot. I tell you that.
To flil a Winter magazine. V
, Detroit Free Press.
notes to those who cannot share the va
cation or who have done something to
make the vacation possible.
Drop a few lines once a week to the
mother who helped you plan the trip and
your clothes, to the father who supplies
the funds, and to Aunt Mary who gave
you a pretty fan, or a scarf to complete
the Summer wardrobe. This is important.
I have known more than one hostess to
look with uplifted eyebrows at the girl
who reoelved a telegram from home de
manding frantically whether she had ar
rived in safety. You owe courtesy to your
parents as well as to the stranger within
your gates.
This Is the time, too, to show apprecia
tion of the favors young men showed you
during the Winter in town. A few grace
ful, friendly lines, telling them In Imper
sonal fashion of the pleasures you are
enjoying and the fact that you wish they
might share them.
The custom - of sending fancy postal
cards continues, but a person of good
breeding confines himself to Tlewg of
scenery across which an Impersonal mes
sage may be written. Confidences or
messages of a personal nature should
never be written' on a postal.
In Writing home letters be very careful
In selecting your style of address and the '
subject matter. In writing to a young
man, unless you are on terms of boy-and-girl
or family Intimacy, do not use the
Christian name. For the average ac
quaintance, "Dear Mr. Green" Is much
safer than "Dear Jim." "Dear Friend" is
quite obsolete. The same good taste and
discretion should be shown In the signing
of your letter. "Yours sincerely," "Cor
dially yours," are In good taste. Such ex
pressions as "Your aff. friend," "Yours
devotedly" are In very bad taste. Indeed.
In these home letters, do not dilate upon
your vacation conquests, or try to picture
yourself as the belle of the resort. Be
sure that your letters will he passed from
friend to friend, and green-eyed Jealousy
will proceed to make sad sport of your .
claims, real or pretended.
If there are dangers lurking In corre
spondence with friends at home, rest as
sured that even more fatal are the possi
bilities of the correspondence which may
spiing up between vacationists who fall
into tho snare of Summer-time intima
cies. Do not take your Summer acquaintances
too seriously. Remember Hint many of
them are putting the best foot foremost
for a few brief vacation wrcks: ami. in
town, far from the glamor of shadowy
porches, moon-bathed walks and lakes,
they may not prove such desirable ac
quaintance. When you separate, do not
plunge into intimate, contldential corre
spondence. Try them out with a few im
personal, merely friendly, never intimate
letters.
So many girls write and ask me anxious
questions on this topic. "How will I know
whether the young man I met tills Sum
mer at the Pleasure Hotel wishes me to
correspond with him, when we both go
back to town?" "Who suggests the idea
of corresponding, the man or the girl?"
It is the man's prerogative to BUggest
that a correspondence be established, and
the girl who usurps this privilege Is apt to
pay more or less dearly for her Indiscre
tion. Kither the man will draw her out
and have In his possession a collection of
gushing letters which some day she will
wish had not been written, or he will
write a few letters and then discourteous
ly drop the correspondence. If the man
suggests the correspondence, the girl has
nothing to fear or regret, provided she
shows discretion in penning hor own let
ters. When the camp or vacation party
breaks up, the man who wishes to near
from you, dear girl, will certainly know
how to secure this privilege and you
should make him consider it a privilege,
not something that you hold cheaply and
are only too anxious to grant.
He will ask for your city address. If he
has not already learned it, and If he lives
at some distance, will ask the privilege of
writing to you as soon as he returns to
town. If he does not do this, under no
circumstances make the suggestion on
your part. Just consider your Summer
meeting In the light of an Incident that
has been closed for both. Do not take It
seriously. The Summer laddie will be
forgotten and forgiven directly you get
back to town among your old friends.
PRUDENCE STANDISH.
The Etiquette of
Glove-Wearing
GLOVES are a very important factor
of every costume, because it Is un
avoidable that they should be in plain
view all the time. Many a pretty dress
has been ruined by the gloves worn
with It, all because the wearer did not
know the etiquette, as it were, of
glove wearing.
If a few simple rules are learned the
rest comes easily. In the first place,
colored gloves should be eschewed, the
term colored meaning gloves of pink,
blue, green and reddish tints.
Red-brown is allowable, especially In
Winter; brown and black and gray are
always good; white is seldom out of
place, and this year yellowish and pink
ish yellow gloves are considered stylish.
There is no occasion and no time when
it is strictly good form and good tasts
to wear gloves of any color save those
mentioned.
If the dress is in a dark shade green,
navy blue, crimson wear black, dark
gray or brown Rloves-on all ordinary oc
casions; if the dress Is in white or some
light color, wear white or yellowish
gloves.
Brown gloves are good for a'l tailored
suits, but they are not considered dressy
unless the whole costume be of the same
shade.
White gloves are always proper and an
solutely necessary wilh full dress ex
cept on rare occasions, when the costume
is all black.
Black gloves are good stylo, hut rather
somber for evening dress. It is not
good taste to wear black gloves with
white or very light dresses, particularly
In Summer.
Yellowish and pinkish yellow gloves
are much worn, but only with colored
dresses, and not In the evening. Of
course, white dresses demand white
gloves.
Gray gloves at the moment are not
much in favor, but when they are
worn they usually accompany black
tailored suits or gray costumes, either
tailored or dressy.
Not only must the color be correct and
appropriate, but the material must also
be taken into consideration.
Glace kid gloves are imperative for
full dress except in very hot weather
and may be worn with almost any cos
tume. Glace kid is expensive, but it
wears and cleans well.