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liemr; -luiu..¢i_iJ~.- .v°°l<-°“° "““~ "‘“` ideally -wlibn -tlllllr ¢ll°°° °“°“" ““'° _“vu #5 “void .fashionable unless. bun u" nice pe°i=l°.l\\‘° l° “° shesshtusdueverywhere. and Father si; w'svs».1ltal1l¢’:t°"l¢ll°W fh°’“- W” "“" naive sos-lends; to nut on ¢il=l`= fl‘°““' looking even -though obviously inexpen- sivsi- sallorea, who generally ll" “°"‘°; thins on hand that can be utilises, so out all old white cotton veils frock, model* its skirt narrower by B°l1"l\“\f souls of its‘ gores until they W0” d“’ most straight. out off the fravdil ° 5° °,| R. hamand added a scnnt foot rudlo made from the sleeves of the old waist. Then she produced three Yardscf new Japanese cotton crepe (white flow6l'°ll with tiny pink roses). and made a blollla having short tab fronts that knot at tho waist line and above it open 0VBl‘ ll- Wd' ice of plain volie-the front of the old waist. At the back the flowered bodice blouses over the corded~in waistiine and ends in a square. very short ccatr toil. Although the neck is rather deep- ly rounded out and finished with a nar- row plain voile frill, the small set-in

sleeves are hooked tightly and plainly about th wrists. The effect is quaint and smart. Louise paid twenty-five cents a yard for the lovely white cot- ton crepe which she made into a skirt having a plain front and sides and a back laid in four deep side plalts that stretch whenever she takes an extra. long step. She could weor it when dancing the Tango and not be incon- venienced. The blouse is really it hip- length peasant shirt that goes on over the head and opens hal!-way down the front, thereby- displaying a flesh-hued chiffon guimpe.

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AT EITHER side of this opening,

thick cables of white cotton cord-

ing fall from the points of a narrow, turned-over collar of white cotton Her- cules braid matching the bordering of the garment, which is drawn, in at the normal walstline by a. wide belt in tail- ored wllite kid. Straight, three-quarter sleeves, set into dropped arm-eyes, are trimmed with bands of braid running from 'their lower edges to several inches

above the elbow. 'lihis dress cost Louise exactly two dolior_ and its laundering is simply nil. as after each wearing she gives it a soft water souaing, hangs it to dry in the sun ond than shakes the wrinkles out of it. Etilei's frock of

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Over a draped skirt of white

crepe de chlne are two white -

tulle tunics edged with black _- moire. The collar, cuffs and girdle are also of moire.

the same material his plaited' finely sores; the -shoulders to form a yoke. and would hlnl loosely to\l\er knees were it not belted with s crepe de

shine .san made from un old party

.klgtruth it white cotton crepe half- tltting prince!! track finished about ite nook ind elbow sleeves with wide frot- ton Hercule). _It is trimmed with s row - gg in-sid .ti-sph that stsrt from the un~ asf side or the hem end run to points at the bale ofthe hips. Half-way down :boss straps sts manned sezommek- N mls “sim for s,su-an or No.-.ie slick velvet" ribbon that is woven mrgugn the ‘pst-tures and _terminahd mls pig -bow at-the loci: ct the figure. pq hunger this rrock. smr _its .sinus Ms' been rdliiiWsd,.=is like wsshins o » fsslie can us only any mu.. im-

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MY "week-and -bag frock"' is a

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double lines of deep fan. The upper portion-sleeves and fkgqice and gh; skirt as far as the knees-is cut,is one, and its only seams _extend from under ths arms down both sides. Inch wide \\8bY Irish lace insertion (imitation) de- UYIGI 01° Bllkhtiy rounded-out neck and

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crepe with plaited tunic of same. The girdle; collar- and cuffs offer a pleasing contrast in that they are made of bright plain silk.

the frohts, which cross four 'inches dtom the base of the throat and overlap s trifle above the waist-line, which is defllwi by a-plain blue crlnkled cotton

illllhlwhoso two long ends. nt the back, P0 Oulled under the top edge of the e’¥ht9°"'h"*°h 1126? illieco of material which forms the lower half of the skirt “nu il Joined to its upper portion under a plain blue oordins. A frilling of fine. ‘Y f"““°° W""° 1l_°l» Startins iuut be- l°“"."’° Ulfvat at the edge of the over- lianping len. front or the blouse, run, dg"g°"°"y °°"°" "I9 WIKI. then straight wn under the girdle and defines th sl:irt's piacket tc its terminstin ol B three inches below the blue cordllnp T' UNB Ylllplihx surfaced cotton I b gi B

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even less than did gh Louise, and father eecl»=?re:nt‘l1s;ni??:¢il:: prettiest one in nu homemnde clothes. r new collection of

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AN2)'1l‘lI;:Ill£R feather-~we|gy,¢ garmem _ °“°h °”° 0! as puts into our week-end bog, || me “emu” sweater- .ol loosely- knitted white wool ‘°PhV’~ THU" 0l‘iBlnated several year; Bio' in Paris. have only recently cum., to America. and in some of the shop, cost a dollar and a half each. But Mil. dred. kllllllllk them at times when me would otherwise be sitting with folded hands, gets them up for about Mty Cont! apiece. They have wrist-long sleeves. come high about the neg; and st the waist-line and- fit the figure so closely that they can bo worn under a snugly-fitted blouse wilhoilt straining lt. And they afford nearly N; ,mwh warmth as I heavy wool sweeter with- out boina* a burden to carry, Even fl-lh¢l‘ YIM 0l{B~ If you chance to en- counter him some brcezy'morn|ng when, ho'» etartinsysn u nshins trip, <iun'¢ im- agine that we’ve ict him go too thinly garbed. You lnglr _ho very sure that be- tween hls under and his .upper shirt he`l wearing sjkeicton sweater. _ -*__-4-_-___

T0 KEEP A RUG IH PLACE

:Unless a rug is__vsry` heavy it is llama to-be‘kici¢ed up on tho floor. uunl

so-iss 'to sttsei\...to #ls ends or me rus will cling to the no shed floors wunrui serstchlns' the - hardwood. Another method is to lightly bsete webbim:

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garments, whose straight lines date back to the days of Greek Phidias, are to be seen than ever before. .Marabou is com- bined with the smartest of these frocks and the fluffy confection outlines beautiful skins most effectively. .

This evening dress is made of

pale blue satin. The tunic is made of -plaited shadow lace, loosely belted in by ii double sash of pink satin. The plain piece of material over the shoulders trimmed with brown marzlbou is made- of pink chif- fon., The sheer gathered yoke

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of the lsnd without distributing a iarsfl Dart oi'_it over her own body, and any- one who contends otherwise in slmllly

blufllug, _ _ we lisa s sn-luutn erossinz. met pious- ant people and enjoyed three luubstantlai rqeais e. day plus two snacks on declu- s. morning houillon and an afternoon tea~and not one day passed hut what I promised myself that I would clit all this out just as soon -ss we landed. In the meantime. ‘I "|55 ¢'-' lJ9l'BllBd° myself, much shufiinboard ard freollenl constitutionais would certainly counicr- act to some extent the constant tuck- lng sway of unusual duantllfel 0! rlvh food. ' Later, after a brief__aclilll=llll¢l“°°' Wm* nie smsinh -cllmlm, 1 out myself off with tho* idea that after we got ‘on me continues iuinss _-would l>° dif- ferent. It would not bs nacesssrv in Paris, for instance. to stoke continually gn keep out the--penetrating edid ss ii had been in London. than too there would 'be fewer friends to deluge \ls with invitations to dellsl_\\Il'» 1°” Rm' after-theater sutirrrs. ' - It was somewhat contradictory to find

that sltllougil my English friends were such "good tronchern1on" they were quits as much interested in the ques- tion ot rl youthful silhouette as we Americans. In fact,it seemed impossi- ble to be alone with women anywhere without nearing- the suuieet discussed and eschweetnsd on have ner pst tad which she believed in implicit/ and was always urging the others to adopt.

".0ne of the most unlnue-wal: that of il

particularly good looking gill who had

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Swedish masseuso forlquite a while. much to her brothers amusement, when |suddoniy_ho stopped teasing her and became interostetfin her case, He asked innumerable questions about the treat.- ments and as .they consisted larlleit' of sharp slappings he insisted that sho could du that better herself. When lil! complained that it tired her oven to at-_ tempt it he volunteered to help her out and to her astonishment brought horned pair of bed‘rccm slippers having- flexible soles, With those he allowed her how it would he possible to heat, a pretty- sharp tattoo without bruising tilo arm; re- ceiving the treatment, or tiring thc nthcr. One of her friends fauched for the'succcss of this -remedy and claimed to have reduced har hips with it. My own impression was that iv could bo safely used anywhere except un the

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HN Tl-ll<;Si3i days I often remembered

the lectures which my ci'd doctor

had aiven me on the disas_trous`oi!eots of fats;-sweets and stn,r_ches and won- dered wlm ‘he’woul<l‘s»y lr be could see tho amount of salad and pastry I _ was consuming. Sometimes. I -question- ed whether one could really -bc any worse for me than the other, but down in_my heart -I must-have-known that my pet.wesJmess -for salads dressed with n rich -mayonnaise would be my undolns. 'there esn'ue no 'question but that cllvu oil puts on flesh quicker than any or tile other four fats--butter. meat fat, cream and clioese.-_althouglr the rich :arts served in such tempting variety in everyprivatc house and tesshop in

the afternoon, must have been A 1210.55 _rival combining as they did sn over- short pastry with I swcdt. l'i¢h llllll-“"1 or fruit filling. But .like the man in the opera "t'hs worst of it was I liked it" and did not seen to have sumclont will power to refuse any of these 500'! things. It was as it both the flesh and the spirit had gone completely back on me. Indscd about the only con- rointion I 'nad was the fact that I was not estins our--pet American fsttener- hot bl-sad-in the lnornllul- N0 lriildlo cakes loaded with butter and msplo

slrup graced the English breakfast table you can rest assured.

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ignorant et wnat the effect of all this u-0nla‘be or that 1 uid not resins that 1 should get down to a "maintenance -list" of lean white meats, plenty of vegetables. -greon salads drcssedmoreiy with lemon and salt. and no thick soups and rich desserts. just as quickly as possible unless I was willing to tslto the fattening consequences.

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How 1 aio leur for niy nies uleo

basliroom at home with its lull;

row cffnsst little white bass of Epsom een in the cupbssrdl it ls s||'u.-ull enough to argue that I could have kept up such a dimpio treatment nnywlioic. but in.spite of the fact that -wo had rooms at a good place and wcoit-clldcli with delightful people in the suburbs. I had nothld didst-snt hath slsoe -leav- ing the steamer much less n redlicini.: ,cne. To be sure. my "bawtn" appeared with-alarm-clock regularity each morn- ing,” but in its hat shaped tiny tub it was a parody to n good American. Neither had I ever the heart to ask the maid- to bring more and hotter water when I knew that she had first to heat it and than csrry the jugs up two long hisht of steps from her basement.

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Furs

iiii suiitlo charm that lies in

fine fur and the exquisite frnnie it :lffonla for the features is a.

‘hills that has found the profoundeet recognition long ere this and equally well-known is the fact that thcre is positively nothing that will impart 'Sreatcr comfort in cold weather than fur.

While nil furs are worn, still they-B 3,-o

BOME. which .ure more in style glmn others, but the popularity lasts rr gr(-M. er length of time than that of is (avg,-|¢,, style of garment or hat-three your-5 generally: one in which tho style wm-its “Self UD in Public fnvor. one year where they acquire such dimensions, as gg no a positive craze, und one ln wh.cn gm. decline takes place. l-Inch year brings n new favorite. nnd tho consequence in that tilerc are always three it-ndina: styles in furs, tho one just bcginnmg tn bccolno fashionable. the other nt its point of culmination, and the third slowly hut surely lxoing out or f"5h|u,|_ The wolvnn who is wise will buy hm- furs ill that stylr that is just comini: 'll. thus ilelllg cv(-ll tilc most expensive \\'il| slay In iivrfcf-t cunliition for it irrcntor pcriorl of time.

Ono is always on the snfc side when

iluylnlz mink or sahlv, for these two fllfl Wi" hlrllly ever loose their "\'cstir¢o" to such an extent as to he- rnme parse.

The llltlvr pertains to the most ox. elusive nl' nil polls. and is nvcol-dinzly' lllllh l\l‘icf'rl_ 'l`llo host irrndc comes from the Canrnus Ma\mtr\`n in Russia nnd Stu value is six times tim! of the so-rniir--1

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Ulvlllh this. too ik' priced. The domestic' Milli. in the lnestiervlillwfladivorr tu- from pcpladidk ths\&tsie¢0ct el the reel Russian article. ` ' 11 is _uw inmozlu.-:'uur qc awww

_ins meds mm tailed cat. cuddle( \~lelp'U_§Qli¢gl i In mink rur. the but uueutiii Eastern mlulr,-_q`ss,¢hqnp MM high in price, it is u ll'¢lt (GI DQIO. accessible than ssbis. The lmiqtiqpqot this fur src various, and t|lU.Y"l@4ld0r_ 9. quantity ol diisrpng figs. Russian. dyed_mini¢, whielmin '@1112 js ltiilllllllf W* #he .fur ct ass _l\‘0¢ll,oi~ Italien marmot, dyed so mst-the im- itation is really very clever. The darker stripes are pmduollx lrlth the paint brush. and will wear ot. in the <‘-°“fI°. of time .Brook-.mink su¢_--Iss- anese mink is mule of tht htrio! vllllk felt- ml bvilvnowvssvrsmsre-

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pared so that the reeamhlanpa W1th~Utl real Eastern mink is so close as lo even puzzle experts. -Them than is another .king df mink. called l.fbllldsd" mink; this is real mink fur; but DIMM( many times, and dyed so -that the stripes are uniform. It is much cheaper than Eastern mink, but will not will' half as well, the little pieced sections beins-apt to rip apart, and to-become discoiored. 3 » : __ - ‘ Q Q Q ”

LACK LYNX -is one ot the mod-

B eratcly priced _furs which owllmto its silkiness and its beautiful Jetty blpck, stands high in the esteem of matw, In this. too are several grades of the ssai article. as well as lmltatlonl so pon feet that they arc hardly less bslllliltxi than the other, and-sometimes not sho cheaper. But their hair- is mute-_ s little shorter sad less dense and-ethis is what distinguishes the .Lynn qui' from the real Lynx's tus. _» _ r

Of great softness and s lovely enemy

white is the real ermiae and particu- larly beautiful -it looks when its dpli- cate tint is offset by -tho £1009. blank - little ermine tails. which gt~ad\;ally~~hc- come white and towards the tim _chldc into s clear lisht ,sulphur Ilona White weasel is very frequentlyc subsltutsd for ermlne, and with such exoeiiolxtms- suits that many rt _woman who colmdlll herself a thcrfrish connoisseur or Lure has fsilon victim to the decerrson, with out ever finding ,out about rt. luohly. for her to ilnd out that hier knowledss of fur has foiled her, would surely- I-530! her not a little. . . - f. _.

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H111; fox’sn£f silver fox arc nry

W highly thought of, but in nine cases out of ten they sro only imitstions. The white rox is oopisd in Angers sud Thibet fur from Persia, and lt must bs admitted that the imitation is not in-_ ferlor to the original in-ibosuty. How ever, when exposed to the dimpheil of ruin, me long white heir wus become very crinkiy and curly. ll it was wont to be before the Bombing and dying process, and unless it is inlmeditteiy submitted a second time to thy lbrocoss it will stny curly. and expose the coll-

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Of all the mnnv pelts that pllil as silver fox there ls probably not one on justly claim to the name. &’ho|~g\msy _ be one caught in the Drain" sf wg. :ary or the Russian "stisppsn`," inn this happens vss-y,.lvetl» il\Qy, gg ‘ some museum or collector Would nor In the opportunity ot.-aecu& -.sign l miraculum slip by, but purciillc it, pu.

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