The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1901, Page 11

he yachting girl has put away her hed her caddy; s f cleek the piazza pose; the from her attitude has sprudg into activ the tennis girl has forgotten her racket, while Vi n the one great hich is vachting. ever so nautical. he sails and can to inder- stands the art of boat bu nd she knows all the tr sailing, from the minute Jaunched > the time when, sails in trim shape, she is laid aside and goes into drydock for the win- ter It is the fasl nowadays, and 2nd slides down chting gown and to appear in 1 e full insignia of her yachting glo The Tommy Lipton Girl. 2 ds of yachting d then there handling _thc , the Tom- or she would not be tol- it is, they are glad to i, because she is so does make trouble way. girl is a product of own her who knows a vachts, and Mrs. rnegie, who is the cleverest world, are quite dif- Lipton girl, and ere she hesitates they all love her, r down to the cap- captain to the sail- to hold sway. On ou can see her. yachtswoman is quite a from the American type. secluded. Lily Langtry 2 excellent example of the true ing woman. She loves to on deck and to languidly sniff the but when the breezes blow she goes below, and, like Joseph Porter, K. C. B., of “‘Pinafore” fame, is mecre for ornament than for actual use. But the hman prefers his woman thut way not as an ass sustere comy pears upon h of a yacht m lishman, s! § suffrance, kes her as an ormament, nt. “To her he is an on, and, when she ap- own ground, as the deck t be regarded by an Eng- there on tolerance, on itation, but mnever ' to boss. No Englishwoman handles the ropes unless it be languidly and with laughter, uncertainly, and with masculine guidance. The Mrs. Iselin Type. The Mrs. Iselin type of yachtswoman is a2 most charming creature. She is aboard yaclit not to command, but to cheer. She is pretty always, and vivacious very. She is a woman who is ready to enteitain at any time and who is always entertaired, whether eny one is entertaining her or not. £he ras a smile, the Mrs. Iselin type, and she is chipper and cheery from morn- ing to night. The Mrs. Iselin type is an inveterate yachtswoman. She doesnot “dress” at all, but wears one suit always; usually she se- lects a k blue, because it does not show the weather and because it looks as nice at one time as another. ype carries an immense wardrobe with but it is an outside wardrobe, reac be slipped on or taken off at a second’s notice. It consists not of gowns, but wraps, and she is proof against colds, coughs and consumption. Should the breezes blow and an icy blast strike across the decks she slips below and ccmes out brave in a sealskin coat; should the wind die down and a calm lie over the water, while the sails hang list- who throws off the seal ts into a mysterious jacket, which seems ow to bring cooling thoughts with She is comfort- able, the Mrs. Iselin type, and, what is more, she has always a mascot with her. The Boat’s Mascot. he mascot is a never-te-be-forgotten in the chronicles of yacht sailing. hout it no favoring wind can puff; with it the sails inflate and the yacht sails swift, even in the teeth of the gale. It is this type that cheers you on in spite of discourageme In the calm mo- ments, when no progr can be made, she je and w the adverse win she tells you how to turn them your “It is like life,” she reminds winds. It depends upon the handle them. All yachts have sails; yet some boats go one and some go another way—all propelled by the same wind.” Her logic is supreme; her good cheer is infectious. : The iety type of yachtswoman is a very friendly one. She is not such a good sailor, but ghe ‘s such a good fellow. With an’ American flag in one hand and the Stars and Stripes back of her, she will sit and sip claret lemonades and listen. She is an excellent listener, this soclety type, and you like her because she hears your sea stories and laughs at and appreciates them. The society {ype comes from Newport. All in softest and most perishable mate- rials, she steps atoard tbe yacht, and With a little scream becomes righted and pre- pares to cnjoy the day. The society type becomes dreadfully seasick on a small yacht, for she is used to sailiug or steaming in a yacht tne size of a palatial hotel, and to sit under the YACHTING PARTY ON THE \PACTOLUS sail of a tipping little katydid of a yacht is too mucn to be born with equanimity. But one must get used to all things cup years. To the society type the man whe can sail a yacht is a hero, and it is she who, on account of her great appreciation, is invited to go when others are either left ashore or put aboard the observation boat, which is hedvy.and goes ponderous- ly upon its way without the terrifying duckings of the little yacht. . The Jolly Lady Tar. She is a law unto herself, the soclety type, a plece of charming femininity, something one cherishes and loves, and it is she who generally lands the yachts- man as her own; she who gets a husband when the others wait for a proposal. There is another type of yachtswoman, one you frequently see these days. She knows nothing about yachting, but she dresses as a jolly lady tar and she lives ashore. She doesn’'t go aboard the boat, but stays on land and talks yacht. It is she who gives vachting luncheons and she who attends yachting suppers, and she who is authority on the menus for yacht- ing dinners. This jolly lady tar is always perfectly gowned and to look at her one would know that she was a yachtswoman. She THE SUNDAY CALL MRS wears many & yachting sign of the lady tar and even her underwear is embroid- ered with anchors. Her watch charm is an anchor and anchors appear upon her sleeves and spring miraculously into view upon her jacket, shirt and skirt. She is quite a wopder in enthusiasm, the jolly lady tar. It is to the lady tar that the yachtsman who goes to sea owes his good times ashore. At best, yachting is but a dry occupation, and, even while engaged in the excitement of the sail, the yachtsman is planning his dinner at home. He knows that the jolly lady tar will not forget him. The Woman Who Stays Home. It is she who thinks of a sea food soup and she who knows how the finny tribe can best be turned to good aceount in the setting of a friendly board. Sha never overdoes the matter, this lady tar, but she provides a dinner which the yachts- man eats and over which he thanks his sails that he is on land once more: The lady tar gets up cup race dances WAITING For T HE. AEOLUS" C¥.C. KEEFE. AND W’\RT7 e an and she plans yachting joys which maxe you think she is a yachtswoman, thoughs well she knows that not for worlds would she go to sea. Many kinds of yachting women arer there. There is the sort that can never yacht at all because of town duties: there is the girl who cannot get away from home for a breath of the sea; there is the woman who must plan the tri-daily spread and the woman who must rock the cradle. But they are yachting women just the same, for they read yachting and they talk yachts: and, over the cradle and the tablecloth, they hum yachting songs of the deep blue sea which brings the white-winged boats nearer. The Tommy Lipton girl is popular these days, even though she makes herself num« erous aboard ship, but so alsa is the homa yachting woman, for, to her enthusiasmy as much as to the Tommy Lipton girl's assistance, do the great international cup races owe their success. ALGUSTA PRESCOT? THE MISSES O'BRIEN THE RAMONTANA IN THE UPPER BAY ON THE “CLARA" FOR A CRUISE VP THE RIVER