One of the prettiest gowns worn at the opening day of the tennis tournament at Newport was on Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs. It was a lavender organdy, divided into small squares by raised bars of white. The skirt showed several horizontal insertions of pale yellow lace. The upper part of the skirt was plain and fitted closely. The bodice showed a bolero effect. The upper portion, or bolero, was of the organdy with vertical insertions of the lace. The lower edge of the short jacket was edged by a band of the lace, and the lower part of the corsage was formed of finely plaited white mull. The bishop sleeves had insertions of the lace at the wrist. Mrs. Oelrichs wore a medium-sized hat of pale blue tulle, which turned up abruptly on the left. A bow of lavender velvet nestled against the hair, and another bow of the same velvet was applied on the outside of the brim on the right side.

Mrs. George B. de Forest

Mrs. George B. de Forest wore one of the most simple and charming frocks seen. It was an Irish grass linen, especially silky and sheer. The skirt had the front breadth tucked in fine tucks from the belt to the foot, and down each side ran a four-inch band of white embroidery done on the grass linen. Several of these bands ran around the bottom of the back and side breadths. The bodice had a yoke outlined with the embroidery, and the bishop sleeves puffed above the wristbands of embroidery. Mrs. de Forest's hat was a large ecru affair, bent well over the forehead and over the coiffure in the back, and was held in place by a filmy veil. It was trimmed with a variety of delicately tinted flowers and ribbons.

Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish

Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, who was with Mrs. de Forest, wore a light yellow batiste beautifully embroidered all over in a deeper yellow. The frock was close fitting and very simply made. Her large cream colored straw hat had bows of pale blue satin ribbon and a wreath of pink roses. She carried an exquisite parasol of rose pink silk, formed of three circular flounces on a plain foundation.

Mrs. Clarence Mackay

Mrs. Clarence Mackay was in a superb gown of heavy dead white lace over heavy silk. The skirt was long and trailing, and the lace Eton coat, stiffened with the silk, was worn over a chiffon blouse. Mrs. Mackay's hat was a large one, trimmed in white. She carried a plain parasol of pale blue silk with a five=inch border of light yellow hemstitched to the blue.

Mrs. George Crocker

Mrs. George Crocker wore a white organdy figured in a broken pattern of black with occasional hints of pink. The skirt was trimmed with vertical appliqués of black lace, and the close-fitting bodice-matched. A small hat of black touched with white completed the costume.

Mrs. James Laurens Van Alen

Mrs. James Laurens Van Alen was in a pale shade of blue mull. The skirt had a foot-deep flounce and a four-inch band of cream lace just above the hem. Two or three inches above the straight insertion ran an inch-wide insertion forming V points. The bodice had cream lace insertions in the yoke and fine scroll embroidery both back and front forming a yoke. The bishop sleeves had insertions of lace. Mrs. Van Alen's hat was a small one of white straw, simply trimmed with lace and with clusters of lilies of the valley at the left of the front.

Mrs. John Clinton Gray

Mrs. John Clinton Gray was in dull blue canvas cloth. The skirt was finished at the bottom in three clusters of three-quarter inch tucks, their own width apart. Above these a six-inch insertion of heavy blue lace of the same shade as the gown formed a heading. The skirt was plain otherwise. The tight-fitting bodice had tucks in the back and front, running vertically, and a deep yoke collar of the blue lace over white. The sleeves fitted rather closely and were of the ordinary bishop cut. Mrs. Gray's hat was a narrow, toque of blue straw, matching her gown in color. On either side of the front were placed small masses of black feather.

Miss Cynthia Roche

Miss Cynthia Roche wore a short straight skirt of white pique. Like most of the wash skirts seen, it had no applied flounce, but the hip yoke, a foot deep, was formed of vertical half-inch tucks their own width apart. As these were left unstitched a foot below the waist they made the skirt quite full. The white blouse was not sheer and was absolutely plain. The hat worn was a tricorn shape, the under rolling brim of bright-red straw, the upper brim of a blended yellow and red. A big red chou was stuck between the front and the left points.

Miss Ellen Drexel Paul

Miss Ellen Drexel Paul was in a sheer white muslin with horizontal insertions of delicate white lace. The narrow ruffles at the skirt's edge had these insertions, and the bodice had insertions in the yoke and bishop sleeves. Miss Paul's hat was a large one of pale blue, trimmed with two wide ostrich plumes of the same shade, which crossed in the front and drooped over the hair in the back.

Miss Gladys Brooks

With Miss Paul was Miss Gladys Brooks. The latter wore a simple cotton frock. The background, of a light cream color, was divided by waving lines of red an inch apart. In the centre of these stripes, and at intervals of an inch, tiny sprigs of dull red appeared. The skirt fell in straight unbroken lines to the floor, where it swept the least bit. The six-inch hem was headed by a band of hemstitching. The waist showed a little of the mestitching, but was plain, blousing the least bit in front. The sleeves were small bishop shape, puffing above the wristband. A large round white hat was worn.

Miss Nathalie Schenck

Miss Nathalie Schenck wore a frock of white pique. The long skirt had a deep hem running from the waist to the hem, both back and front, and on each side of the centre were four-inch bands of white embroidery. The blouse had bands of the same embroidery, running from the shoulder seams to the belt, in line with the meeting stripes in the skirt. The bishop sleeves had bands of the same width embroidery running from shoulder to wristbands. A simple trimmed white hat was worn.

Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg

Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg was seen on Monday afternoon in a simple blouse waist and wash skirt. The latter had satin finished stripes a sixteenth of an inch in width and an inch apart, and two bias bands an inch wide were stitched, six inches apart near the hem. The blouse was a sheer one of white muslin. There was a straight yoke in the back and the material below was gathered slightly where it joined the yoke. There was no yoke in front, but two inch-wide insertions of lace on each side ran vertically from the shoulder seams to the belt. The stock was a band of creamy lace, and the plain bishop sleeves were gathered into bands that matched the stock. The blouse was worn over a high-necked, long-sleeved slip of palest blue. The girdle was a folded band of white satin ribbon, and in the back a tiny belt pin set with three turquoises caught it to the skirt. A pearl ornament with pendants was fastened in front, just above the bust line. Mrs. Ladenburg's hat was a rather small saucer-brimmed affair, set back from the face. Folds of delicate blue satin ribbon were placed around the crown, and formed a bow in front outside the brim. On the left side it was covered with pink tea roses, which were in turn half covered from above with the reddish tea rose leaves.

Mrs. James Hude Beekman

Mrs. James Hude Beekman was at the Casino the same afternoon in a tailor-made cloth gown of a bright deep blue. The skirt was absolutely plain, neither applied flounce nor a single tuck, and it showed no trail. The coat was an Eton jacket that covered the belt in the back, ran in short points below the waist line in front, and had a vest front of horizontal crossing bands of the palest shade of light blue and white cloth. The coat was not buttoned, although cut to be tight-fitting, and disclosed a simple white blouse. The hat worn was a small toque of golden brown straw trimmed with pale yellow flowers on the left side and one deep velvety red rose.

Miss Caroline Beekman

Miss Caroline Beekman, who was with Mrs. Beekman, wore a black and white foulard. The background was black, and was thickly covered with clover leaves in white, grilled with fine lines of black. The skirt was gathered very full in the back, and the tight-fitting bodice, which extended below the waist line, had insertions of black lace over white. There were black chiffon flounces, with ruchings of the same on the front of the skirt. A large black and white hat was worn.

Mrs. F. H. Benedict

Mrs. F. H. Benedict was in blue and white foulard. The groundwork was pale china silk, and the white was in trailing vines, with small round leaves. The skirt was plain except that some dozen half-inch tucks an inch apart finished its lower edge. The tight-fitting bodice bloused only a trifle in front and from the underarm seam, placket like pieces of cream lace over white silk ran to the front, ending in tab-like ends. There were appliqués of the cream lace around the neck, and a yoke was simulated. The stock was cream face, and the close bishop sleeves were finished with the lace. Mrs. Benedict's round toque had its brim formed entirely of bluets, and no crown was visible.

Mrs. Charles Oelrichs

Mrs. Charles Oelrichs wore at a recent dinner in Newport a charming frock of white mousseline over pink taffeta. The deep mousseline flounce at the bottom of the skirt was edged, both top and bottom, with insertions of white through which the rose pink silk was visible. The upper part of the skirt was trimmed with black velvet ribbon arranged in lengthwise stripes of four each, from the belt to the flounce, these clusters being their own width apart. The bodice repeated the skirt's design in velvet-trimming, and the ribbon was applied in groups of four strips and ran on each side of the back from the shoulder seams to the centre of the belt, the lower ends being brought together so as to touch. Those on the skirt were also close together at the waist line, but gradually separated on the way down the skirt. The front of the bodice was a mass of fluffy lace and mousseline. Mrs. Oelrichs wore a large pink boa and her small oval toque was formed entirely of small pink roses.

Mrs. Edward Moore Robison

Mrs. Edward Moore Robison wore a white lace princess slip over a tight-fitting under robe of taffeta. The lace was ornamented with spray like tendrils of spangles in silver and gold. The slip hung loose a bit at the waist line, and at the bust on the left side there was a large Chou of white flowers and a few loops of black velvet, from which depended to the bottom of the gown long streamers of white chiffon. She wore a rather small black picture hat, set back from the brow, and gloves of black suede covered her arms to above the elbows.

Mrs. Charles Childs

Mrs. Charles Childs wore a frock of black net spangled in jet and steel over white taffeta, the skirt, long and sweeping, and yoke were transparent, and a large black hat trimmed with ostrich plumes. Miss Alice Blight wore a black frock. The material was figured gauze. The sleeves and yoke were transparent, and a large black hat, a Duchess of Devonshire, was worn. There was not a single touch of color anywhere.

Mrs. Lawrence Waterbury

Mrs. Lawrence Waterbury was in a Princess frock of delicate white lace over white silk. The lace was draped on, and there were glimpses of pale blue under the narrow ruffle of white lace that edged the bottom. A horseshoe of diamonds was caught in the centre back, and another diamond ornament appeared at the neck in the back. The sleeves were extremely short and white gloves met them. Mrs. Waterbury's large hat was of ecru straw, with a brim turned down slightly. It was trimmed with flat bows of black velvet ribbon and sprays of pink roses.

Mrs. De Forest Danielson of Boston

Mrs. De Forest Danielson of Boston was in black net, rather heavily jetted. The yoke and sleeves were unlined, and the jet was applied in large rings, in medallion effect, with jet centers. her small black horsehair hat was set back from the face, and in the Chou of black tulle under the edge one large diamond glittered. She wore a chain of diamonds with a large pear-shaped pearl pendant.