Chattanooga Daily Times from Chattanooga, Tennessee • 18

THE SUNDAY TIMES CHATTANOOGA TENN SUNDAY MAY 24 1898 18 ummeif A DUESDE BALL GOWN PICTURESQUE MOIINIXO XJOBE Flffured Cretonne Lined With Bine Silk Is Charmlwr OTer a Lace-Ru filed Skirt Cretonne makes a delightful o'use dress on account of its ornamental properties Like a Japanese princess looks a graceful woman in her picturesque figured cretonne rolx Fine qualities launder Poorer qualities "clean" by pastes and gasolines The French have many varieties of house-dress None of these is more pop- FOIl TUB SALT WATER A Bathinir Salt of Deep Poppy Colored Cloth In Trimmed With White Getting ready the bathing suit is an arduous task for Mar when the cold winds still blow Select ladies cloth and you will be ready for all seasons It keeps its shape if sou get a good quality All smooth cloths are called "Indies' cloth" The skirt can be a deep poppy red trimmed around the hem with a iand of white cloth The waist is a blouse ending with a long point in front under which great hooks grapple it to the BRIGHT IN TAX AND GREEN The Girl Who Make One Pretty Goirn Do for Shopping- Lunch- eon and Collins The world woke sunshiny one morning and in tan and green to match the sun and grass the prettiest girl on the block started out to do hey morning shopping intending to take' luncheon with a friend and make calls afterwards Her gown was planned for all three purposes The waist a round baby one with pleats drawn to a point front and back useful gownfor jl child Bine' Serine With White Berire Sweater Make an Ideal Hlgr for Seaahbre A child's becoming little dress can be made of serge throughout This material docs not wrinkle and if shrunken before making up can be worn by a little girl at the seashore and mountains alike and in- town The skirt can be of blue serge laid In kilt plaits At the waist a tan belt fastened with stout straps to the skirt supports it The waist is in two parts white sweater and blue jacket The sweater is of white serge made sweater shape A DAVS 8IiOriI IW TOW! Silver Gray Corered With Set DImUc a Serviceable and ItrcwmlniC Iloillce A waist for a day's lio irg In town enn be redeemed from jroMii'-sa anj clorified by tli? rasns ponililitJi Net and ilk nr nc(tnplishing wrmrs in soft effects Inn siinr-gray silk bod-bre with gray figured net rr it a young matron shopped the life-long ijy without discomfort Jt was cool sod pretty The waist was tteM-fitting with a front of silver silk All th it nf the waiKt was covered wjh the fiitnr-i ut that lay in heavy pattern upon it down to the very wrint '1 he ef en me ju the brond velvet straps that trirnnn-d the waist from slo'ildT to i-lt There were two on each side Around the walt a crush belt of the velvet was finixhea' with two loops of the same The skirt Pink Satin Sleeves Veiled In Tulle and Pink Flft-ured Dresden Silk' Clutch Coral Lipa A dress of Dresden silk is a very appropriate gown for a young woman in her bloom to wear Dresden is th pretty figured silky for ball and other dressy gowns It is liked by brunettes because it has not too much color for them Blondes dresned in Dresden are shop-window figures modeH of sweetness A Dresden waint fastened in front with straps and rhinestone buttons may have sleeves of silk satin veiled with tulle The- satin should match the roses in the Dresden The sleeves terminate in a folded fichu of tulle crossing into the bosom of the waist with apparent carelegMiiess giving full bust effect A rulfle of the pink satin finishes the bodice at the waist line The skirt which is a dancing length n'T t1 '1' The First Salty Dip skirt The waist has an elastic around the belt and is put on over the head like a skirt The little yoke is nut on A Sunshiny Day Coitnme was belted snugly with a little rira below it The material of the waist was a geranium-green cloth Down one side of it extended a strip of white satin kept in panel-shape by the belt The puffs of her sleeve were large with a slight droop -at the shoulder They were crinolined and connected with long suede gloves so: closely that you did not suspect that tEey reached to the wrist and were trimmed with laceThe lace being broad and soft tucked well inside the gloves The collar was a deep square yoke Its material was white satin covered with heavy tan lace Each figure was sharply outlined on the satin finishing the collar at the throat was a ruffle of grenadine This is cheaper than chiffon and keeps its shape better The skirt was a pale tan with rose-silk lining the hat a black velvet trimmed with ostrich feather All the color was in the costume and the black hat set off well the golden hue of the pretty hair Farntera on Bicycle The farmers of Oxford county Me first and is as deep as the waist Jn fact it-is the only undergarment worn and is belted in underneath with the elastic that holds the blouse For Tonn or Conn try with high collar and no visible opening it buttons down the back The jacket is loose with enormous sleeves These are unlined and are easy to put on and off They are cut bishop shape full to the wrist The lappels-are of white serge with bands of blue sewed on to make a 6triped pattern The same finish is at wrist Blue stockings and patent-leather slippers are put on for the house Outdoors blue leggings can be buttoned over the slippers or high shoes worn The hat is of braided straw trimmed with taffettv ribbon in blue and white stripes No petticoat is worn with this flaring little skirt There is a foundation skirt of blue serge under the kilt which answers for petticoat Snug leg-glets of blue serge of bloomer pattern make a child very comfortable Dear Girla Miss "1 don't care for men in fact I've already said 'No to seven of them" Miss "Indeed What were they Adams Freeman nieyclinsr In London Bicycling has become so popular In fashionable Hyde Park London that the firstcommissioner of works is to be asked whether he cannot exclude carriages from the bicycle track for two hours in the forenoon as they are a source of inconvenience and danger to the bicyclists White cloth makes the lannels of the Reeomlna to Blondea and Bmnettea is of Dresden silk with fans of pink tulle each having its straps and rhinestone buttons The fan is very full and fluffy with apparently endless tulle rolled Into it Around the foot there is a pink tulle finish and the skirt is lined with very pale pink taffeta The slippers matin this gown in pink satin White shoulder gloves almost meet the tulle and satin sleeves A Story Of Dan O'Connell A capital story is told of how Daniel O'Connell received the grateful blessing of an Irishman During the course of his circuit in Ireland he was able to secure the liberation of a young son of Erin who had been charged with some offense or other On a second turn round the country O'Connell again saved the Irishman from the arm of the law The prisoner overwhelmingly grateful went up to the advocate shook him by the' hand and in the fullness of his heart exclaimed "And may the Lord save ye to defend me always Mr O'Connell" Bismarck's Condition Bismarck is only a strong man by fits and starts now and shows unmistakable signs of his age though his mental faculties are unimpaired His worst foe is his neuralgia and his hardest battle is to keep his daily number of pipes of tobacco down tO a minimum An Kany Shoppinnr Bodice of the bodice rippled a little to give fullness to slender Lips and the front points separated to give a jack effect The skirt was a Mack fatin with deep velvet binding" making it tit for wur A satin wrap hung over one hand and the otlur rented uion a gray silk chopping reticule supported at the belt with The hat a broad-brimmd sailor share was trimmod with "earn" of blnck velvet sad fterling eilver buckles White dogskin gloves wathable were worn The China Crare The crae wares has interested many in the history of a ware that ha for many ycsr hnd a fascination for a few collectors: The esrIWt Mft i believed to have len sn imitation if a blue and white porcelain made in China and was first manufactured iu Deift Holland sometime In the fourteenth century Some two hundred years Inter the Dutch bejran the manufacture of the ware in Kngland and later the French potters attempted It with considerable success Mr Kdward Bnrler who i a collector and connoisseur of ceram- says "Very few pieces of the Foclisli delft seem to have reached the United States as nine out of ten examples which have come to lieht show unmistakably their Dutch orlgiu" bodice and the yoke The waving tie is also of cloth There is a white cloth cuff at the elbow The perplexing part of a bathinir suit Like a Japanese Princess nlar than the Yvette named long ago for a Parisian beauty The Yvette opens from neck to hem and falls free There Js a rope of many colored silks binding the two sides of the waist separtely One side can be left flying to show the exquisite lingerie underneath A rose-colored cretonne with figures in ortental colors and a cobweb tracery of brown makes a picture robe Line it with deep blue silk figured or run coarse outline figures in cotton on plain blue silk for the lining Snowy lace edges the entire robe to the feet and the sleeves which keep their shape from the stiffness of the material are lined with the lace which falls in tiny points below them The whole robe-can be thrown open or tied into trim effect The most exquisite of lace petticoats and the softest of lace underwaists are part of the cretonne robe Inexpensive is this breakfast gown yet it requires little extravagance in lace unless there is a family Jace chest upon which ta draw is the undergarment This is settled for the waist by the long yoke Under the skirt thick woolen tights extend to the waist The feet are reinforced with double woolen soles and no shoes are worn The feet look a trifle larger in them 'but are very comfortable and graceful ore nearly all taking to bicycles The other day one of them rode three miles to the store on a wheel carrying a pail of Tfever Oxford can ston a eirl takinir the de butter in on hand and a basket of egs in the ether Another lashed a bag of meal to the handle bar of hia wheel and gree of A but it can't prevent her adding the honorable name of to her Philadelphia Times rode home with the load passing a neigh bor who was returning in a wagon tied in front in a coquettish bow For on mwmm BsiDciflDO the eun there is a bathing hat of oilskin with a puff crown and the brim shirred on wires like a child's lawn hat This over a pretty face and tied coquettishly under the chin is very fetching For the modest bather who dislikes going from the bath house to the water uncovered there are some wonderful cloaks would combme dashingly with the plain colors or white THE TURKISH BATH Something About an institution Chattanooga la to Have for the First Time By the first of June the Head house Turkish baths will be open for the public For several weeks prist the management of the Head hpuse has been pub-ingthe work of construction and only a few more days are necessary for iM smaller than is gereraJly rw6rn will keep the feet' from -spreading 'too much and for slender extremities there are some gay colored stockings with black sock effects that are very stunning The blick nd darkiblue ribbed and open work hose are also effective but thick ankles and clumsy understandings will find their defects emphasized by any but the plain-eat black stockings For tender feet there are bathing shoes of black jersey cloth with cork soles and the usual clumsy long stockings arranged in the same way A ready made bathing suit in twilled flannel or serge with braid trimmings can With these too the skirts are a shade wider than those of the cheaper suits and the ubiquitous sailor collar scarcer One dashing little suit of black satin bad the neck cut quite low and finished with a rose quilling of the same The sleeves were in short double puffs and three Norfolk plaits back and front of the bodice be nad as low as $4 lnose in monair are more expensive and if made of silk or satin the price may range anywhere from 1S to $40 In the way of adjuncts it seems sen- completion In connection with the work on this building an artesian well is lf it put down which will supply the water ij- for the baths and the hotel generally When the work is completed Chatta-tnooga will have by far the most perfect "Written for The Chattanooga Times New Yorkt May Just at this moment the summer girl is busy with her bathing clothes It is the early bird every time she knows that catches the worm and never since she took her maiden dip was there such a distracting variety of water materials and styles to choose frjjjm The time has long gone by when a bathing suit may be made up of any old articles of apparel gathered at random about the house The costume for the water must be made for this purpose alone and the ethica of fashion demand that it must be as perfect in all its details as any other in the wardrobe- The Teople who frequent the seaside resorts will have more reason than ever this summer to open their eyes over some of the bathing suits though it will be chiefly in astonishment at their extreme elegance Rich Bathing Drenei Black satin and rich wash silks figure conspicuously among the new bathing materials and there are novelty mohairs that seem elegant enough for the smartest street get-up Theni of- course there are the usual blue and black tlannels and serges with and complete system of ItusKian and lurfctNii baths to be found anywhere in the south The system when coTiijJete will consist of ten rooms a Ioliv a lounging room a sudatorium a a inns- age room a natsitorium a Turkish bath n-liussian tiatb au Citctne and mWU- bath aad an otfice and drensini? rooms- There will be thr-e entrances to the office rooms one from Chestnut street one ny a nan-way from the lobby of tlio hotel and one bv a ntrtirwar from the lmrlor floors of the hotel The baths are lo cated on the ground floor and the convenience of access Iocstim aad Hrfect eoulnment will -nnut vvinr white braid trimmings that are always demand for such an undertaking worn Les a Costly Among the inexpensive ready-made suits the' serges and fiannnels there is i Black Satin which shroud the figure completely A light French waterproof silk was the material of one seen and which with big puff sleeves and a wide hood seemed almost as elegant as an opera wrap The others were of white Tnrkishr toweling nd navy blue flannel nnd were in the shape of a huge circular cape NINA FITCH How a Proad Hen Comhatted a Theory He was being interviewed on the noul- trv hllRinesR nrhAn ha anAi "I don't want to boast but I do think we nave goi ne Knowingest hens in the ine onice dressing rooms and lounging rooms are to 1 finished in quarter-sawed oak the hat rooms in brone the swimming pool which in 15 feet is built of white glnied toman bri and all the other rooiiis in white (ioorgia marble On attending the baths tbe oiTu-e and dressing rooms are rirt entered where the patron is prepared for the sudatorium or first hot room with a temperature of 1-5 degMHs Aftr a su'ncient time has been spent in this department varying from ten to twenty minutes the torndorium is entered which is kept nt a temperature of 1U0 decrs in which the bather remains until the sweating process has been thoroughlv establihed riuiring only five or ten minutes during vhicta time the supiosel 7tisMH pores of the skin have becu actively eiercised In this hot room the bather innv- recline upon cushion chairs lie upon loimgcs or exercise by walking to and fro the length of the room after which he Is taken 'in charge by an attendant who conducts him into the niassnse room of a temperature of about 112 degrees where a thorough nnd cnercetic treatment is received -This process is ob-nuxe Aor tPn or fifteen minutes ine bather then plunges into the pool of pure running water of atmospheric temperature where he may remain at will indulging in such nautical athletics a he may leel inclined When the plunee has been sufficiently enjoyed the drying process begins with an application of aromatic solutions such as lavender bay-rum or alcohol after which the subject is deposited on a thoroughly comfortable ana sleep-inducing lounge to remain until the luxury must be rductantlv given up condition the jKet Willis de-? ws In- a few rnfnutes" said he ipan 1 opl a delightful glow conrs-LhrenFh n'r Tein' bringing absolute nolfJ tranquility to both "nd mind- such condition one could scarcely fail to become for the time a poet: and if I were compelled to concieve a romance or indite an epithala-mmm send me to the baths on a day of Idleness and leave me there "till sunset" vFn-ealtfi1 Tst "nd delightful rein-vigoration of tired and exhausted nature cnVrv18h bath? come as a boon which cannot be overestimated rTnCard'? Crimean Realment tt Proe Isenthnsiasrte In Jul fx ofT for th restorsthm of Cnn8 Itoyal Canadian to witQ greatest wS rfft' IK Petition fomm have been distributed broadcast over the Io- im-urjr mine that black hens lay better than those of uhici wiur vne aay tound a hen Plain and Striped Mohair was another novelty Another bathing dress of uncommon daintiness and elegance was an importation in yellow china silk The bodice of the Uapped surplice fashion in front and was 'ornamented across the bust with clusters of wide tucks' The skirt and short puff sleeves were also tucked and the bottoms of the uader trousers gathered -over an elastic band into a tiny frill just below the knee Salt Water Colors With the smartest mohair suits there is a tendency to contrast in color which will be found very decorative on the right girl The suit will be in one tint and the trimming in another in bands for the skirt and with perhaps a jacket effect for the bodice and in a narrow belt or pointed girdle to hold the waist in trimly The plain waist models are made with a pointed joke back and front with a plaited or gathered lower portion A small sailor collar and bands on the skirt in another tint will be the trimming of this or perhaps white black or red braid will be used and if th bodice is in the shape of a blousa the sailor collar will often open low over a highly ornamental shield front Mohair makes perhaps the most sensible bathing suit of any material used It is light in weight and when soaked does not cling to the body as do the serges and flannels her tail I called the hired man and told him to catch and kill her 'You can't leijr vu i ue laying capabilities of a hen feathers' 1 said nei Pave me a sorrowful looV nil nirl nnt saw a -vt VT iT- i ifii morning the hired man told me that he could not find her A month or two later I opened a rule of nntiu I 1 BUTE ASD WHITE SERGE AJfI YELLOW CHINESE SILK nil In iome srT of a faTed I owever are odoj with pretty bathers and at New- cellar-and found a big hollow space in feKe5 them There was aP Wnch of black feathers in the with three white ones standing up- in a defiant sort Bf htaf the feathers" essary part of a proper bathing get-un The trim adjusted look of many of the bodices depends on a support underneath though of course many very slight figures may not require one If the bathing girl i very thin however a corset will build her out to more rnT" -z- wi iub missing hen The sensitive creature had stowed herself away and worn herself l-If Btlr Spotted' Mohair one model which seems to have a widespread popularity This is composed of a short skirt and high gathered bodice all in one with full undertrousers in a separate piece Sometimes there will be wool tights instead of the trousers the tights being preferred by many as allowing more freedom in movement The sleeves in these suits are Usually in short puffs and the neck of the bod-ieo is commonly finished with a broad collar The more inexpensive the suit the more it runs to wliitt braid zig-zag and plain and the bigger its collar Cheap Yet Charming Among the choice ready-made bathing suits those of satin silk and mohair there is one model where the waist and trousers are in one place and the skirt in another that can be had with the novelty weaves limits and helps to keep her and in these there are several varieties i clotnef1 in neat bounds and in her well uu narrajranseti last summer it wrs observed that many small feet were protected by little sandals of black or colored satin with cork soles These were strapped daintily around the foot and ankle with narrow satin ribbons crossed over the instep With a shanelr foot the effect was charming Hair Covering! For Tvomen who have pretty wavy hair hair that the salt water only turns into love locks jind graceful meshes it has now come to be quite the thing to wear nothing on the head while bathing Those who have straight hair or who 'dislike to wet their heads wear oilskin cans over which a bright silk handkerchief Is wnich are warranted to stand the salt as as for very stout figures a genuine corset will be found more satisfactory Gettlna- Beady for nint Grigsby-'Good gracious my dear wh are you windina-all th-t YaZLiil 'WfiT water quite as well as some of the plain ones Yellow is an excellent sea water color in the plain mohair and if a good quality can be had a narrow black and white stripe may be selected from the -novelties One in blue or red with white snots your hat?" arouna uau mo ims utTLuieu ponea Doaice Dressing- the Feet' "In" the matter of stockings if colored orts are to be worn care should betaken to select those that will not (increase the size of the feet and anklpu A sise i-Mffy wi erim determlns filTv-1 geinng jt shape for th first theater iiitn ji 5 iwr hand a Mr a uiouu iuu AJeaj er.