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seen lending a colourful as well as
attractive feature.
pearance when it uses lace for its trimming. Lace is one of the All sorts of straws are used for newest features of the summer hal these large hats from the heavier in both small and large 'shapes. It Milans to the yedda and erocheted is very smartly combined with both straws and the hemp, lace, Pana-taffets and velvets and is decided- Just as surely as summer breezes mas and Leghorns.
ly flattering. The semi-large hats are much blow, the large hat appears to com-
Small shapes are by no means used, alao. They appear in lines neglected." plete a charming picture when that are suitable for sports and portant use in aports as well as They possess an im- worn with the fluttering chiffons
town appearances." They lend for some afternoon appearances. and sheer afternoon frocks. There
shade, but also manage to preserve They are indispensable for travel- is no other type of hat that so Becomingly shades the face or addaan air of informality that the verying and should also be seen in the the correct touch to the printed arge hat lacks. They are seen in week-end wardrobe. rowns that are so much in evis the same straws that create the mobiling. yachting, golfing, hiking larger hata and also add felt to and all the other outdoor sports their variety. Trimmings
their place is established. They more tailored in general.' The grosgrain ribbon is perhaps most different. Their brims are turned have new lines to make them often used, but this, too, may be up or down at will. Their crowns adapted in odd treatments to create are dented, stitched or plented to interest. The semi-large hat is give add effects and their air of also seen in strictly formal apsimplicity makes them a correct
dence,
The large hat is really a netos- sity. Their shade is so desirable and their crowns of light weight straws are cool and not too close during really warm days and they 47e absolutely flattering when drooping of brim.
not uncommon.
TICKINGS.
reached her consciousness..
are
For auto-
part of any sporta costume. In the mall hats felts predominate with their chiffon weights emphasized. Straws are often of crocheted
varieties, while the all hat in
much used.
The draped hat makes its ap- pearance along formal lines. It is exceptionally chic in black satin and appeara to advantage with flowered chiffons as well as the black frock that will be so much
worn even
weather.
during the summer
There are several interesting features of the new large hats. They are trimmed differently and are often interestingly shaped both in crown and brim. Many of them
That night Anna went to bed are freed and often most becom-early to prepare herself for her ingly with flesh coloured silk or first day's work. She was struck any flattering shade that may also as she undressed by the almost be used as a trimming in a bow uncanny stillness of the room and or floral decoration, too.
of the house. She heard Big Ben Often the lines on these large strike ten as she lay in bed, but no hats are broken. The fronts are other sounds reached her, not even apt to be cut just as the backs the rumble of traffic. It was like are treated. Odd notches alsó ap- | being in the country, she thought; Hand blocked linen will be used pear and bows across the front are and yet here they were, in the very for many of the new hats in bath Trimmings in heart of London. She was nearly small, semi-large and large. hato. general are less severe than used asleep when it suddenly struck her It is quite flattering and its aim last season Ribbon is most often that someone must have put a plícity exerts a strong appeal.. used, but the exquisite shades clock in the room during the day, Colleen Мосге, лееn in her selected and softness of the silk and that its ticking had only just newest First National picture, does much to soften the outlines
She "Naughty But Nice," wears several of the bow. Grosgrain, satin, sat up in bed and listened. It was new and becoming hats. One, taffeta and velvet are all used suc- a loud and regular ticking, the aort closely fitted to the head and de- cessfully in becoming tints. Even of sourd that her small wrist.corated with flowers, marka a new Ince appears on some models, while watch, which was the only time-note in millinery. Miss Moore aloo floral trimmings are frequently piece she possessed, was utterly wears several large hats of droop-
incapable of making. And sheing brim. hadn't noticed the clock while she was undressing. She switched on the light, and to her surprise dis- covered that there was no clock in the room; although the sound' seem-
Honeymoons are nerve-shatter- of her bed. Moreover, it had the ing things, and are responsible for loud, unhurried tick of a clock of a good deal of unhappiness; "they some size. It must, she thought, are mistake. From the on- be in the hall. She thrust her feet lookers' point of view it is, of into bedroom slippers and went to course, a blessing when the turtle- look, but the hall was innocent of doves disappear until the experi- One new pullover or cardigan, clocks, and moreover, the ticking ment is over, but whoever invented or other fancy garment.
was louder, inside her room than honeymoons did no kindness to These estimates have been arriv- outside, it. She closed the door newly married people. There is ed at as the result of the third again, puzzled. There was по no time in life when the compan- census of production in the hosiery room next to hers, and she was ionship of other people would trade. The tatal quantities alone on that floor, the other two more beneficial. available for consumption in the rooms which were in the front of United Kingdom were:
the house, being unfurnished. She Stockings and socks, 22,735,000 | discarded the idea that the sound dozen pairs.
might come from one of the ser- Underwear, 7,481,000 dozen. vants' rooms upstairs. It was too Faney hosiery, 9,611,000 dozen. neur and too loud for that. Irrit The preliminary census reportated and baled, she got into bed in the Board of Trade Journal again. She hated a clock in her states that the value of the output room at the best of times, and an
HOSE FOR THE MILLION.
In the year 1924 there were led to come from within a few feet available for each person in Great Britain:
Six new pairs of stockings or hone
Two new garments of under- wear, and
HONEYMOONS.
be
Logically, there would be more chance of the honeymoon spirit lasting and spreading over a longer period if there were more diver- slona in the early days by mixing with other people. It is not cal culated to bring out the best in a man to be shut up alone with one other person say for a fortnight,
of the hostery trade in Great Bri-invisible one was maddening. without any of his usual occupa- tain during 1924 was nearly five Suaan. Eetz-"And Then Face to times that of 1907.
Face"(Fisher Unwin.)
tions of sport or business; nothing to do but say the same thing over
BRINGING UP FATHER.
ONE WILL EX ENOUGH!
WHATS THAT IT SOUNDS UKE LIONS AN TIGERS!
HORIZONTAL
©THE INTERNATIONAL SYNULMATE.
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In recent oll
prober?
6-Punctuation marke
(pl.)
12-Part of blacksmith
equipment
14-Unbaked bread 16-Left pide (abbr.) 10-For example
(Lat_abbr.)
17-What la Beaton'a
nickname? 10-Prefix Against 20-Rear Admirat
(abbr.)
21-Poncessive pronoun
23-Non-professional
26-Cut
27-What Roman
Emperor iddled? 29-Article
39-What abbreviation
do lawyers use for "against
31-What Canal held
German Navy la World War? 32-What State d: mandel
to be shown? (abbr.)
34-Vko wrate Mätar
Spangled Banner"i 36-Prefix, Double 37-Twint
39-Sudden pain 41-Pouch 42-Simitar
4-Period of time 44 Frightful 48-What medo
California famount 18-Preposition 60-Conducted
62-Pronoun
57-What is the
Keystone Stats7 (abbr.)
58-Preposition
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80-Horb with aromatla|
seede
63-Man's name
64-From what is flax
VERTICAL (Cont.)
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cradie?
26-Ourselves
20-Hawallan Jalanda
(abbr.)
28-What is the 18th
latter, Greek alphabet?
drawn in aplaning?{31-Inttamed
67-A beverage
66-What is Latin for
"and tr
69-Preposition 70-Until (port) 71-8outhern State
(abbr.)
73-About
74-Singer 76-Wine aut
70-Breathes noluity m
kleep 70-Consecrated.
VERTICAL
1-Bird's claw 2-Follow
3-A thoroughfare
(abbr.) 4-American dessert 5-What is the first name cf the actreid who Sapphol
7-Scent
$3-Preposition 22-Expatriation 36-Collere degree
(abbr.)
37-*oker
33-Barrier
35-Wooden pin 40-To roam almlessly (46-Because
-Exclamation
49-Ante 60-Final
51-Clock face
63-Aspistered for polit
ical appointment 85-Chewed and
swallowed 66-Woodsman's tool 67-Jumbled type 50-What island east of
Canada -British Colony? (abbr.)
played-Pronoun
Angry crowd 2-Greek letter |10-To harmonizo
11-Wrap (pl.) 13-Project 17-Skeine of yarn
fastened together
18-Flock of birda 22-Transportation
system (cbbr.),
62-To let by contrast $4-What famous artist
flustrated
"Paradise Lost?" 66-Point
66 Qulok-Jumping
Insect 64-High Jutting rock
(England)
72-Part of a trole 78-Negative
| 77-8umx, belonging to
(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
and over again; nobody to speak YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION. pretty face and the brains of an to but possibly a woman with a
the couple may be they are bound earwig. No matter how angelic to be bored with one another.
only
methods; they shut up the affianced The wise old Greeks had better
women from their lovers, allowing them occasional meetings. Even when married the man was only allowed to visit at stated in- tervala. Spartan but wholesome. No nerve shattering modern honey-' moons calculated to kill any finer. feelings and make the most peace- ful quarrel.-"A Woman of No Im- portance"-"Joys of Life."
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