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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1928.
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
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NOW- WHAT ARE YOU GROWLING ABOUT DADDY?
Paris Forecasts Reveal Daytime and Evening Costumes in
Black Other Shades Seen. A Longer Silhouette
Is Noted.
The fashion forecast is always interesting.
Inevitably there are new lines, new colours, new thoughts and new features, all struggling to gain first position.
Colours are always important. Often a distinctive new shade is Introduced that will do much to make the season stand out as show- ing something entirely different. Then again it may be a completely different silhouette that will mark the mode or it may be a differ- ent length of skirt that will be most important. This season sees several points of interest stressed, with no marked attention being paid to them. A general change In the silhouelle fa noted, but the change has been made without radical departure from past modes. In colours black is seen holding an important place in fall styles. Black flat crepe is being shown
for models in the daytime, some- times relieved by a touch of pink or green. Black georgette appears in many dinner costumes, while black velvet is seen for both for- mal and informal costumes. Vel- vet appliques and crepe satins are. used for contrast and produce some extremely interesting results. Greys, too, are important and will succeed in a measure the belges of past seasons..
Sophisticated simplicity seems to be the high light of the new mode. The majority of frocks show con- trasted, effects with diagonal seam- Ings and bandings used from the right shoulder to the left hip. The skirts, too, show this diagonal line from the left hip to the right hem.
High waistlines and loose panela a pleats and novel cuts seem to be featured in other models. High collara, too, are a new point of in- terest. The flared silhouette and uneven her is marked in other models. Bolted frocks
are scen
and the uneven hem is usually longer at the back. Side drapery will prove important in adding a note of interest to many of the fall costumes. Side point drapery on either blouse or skirt is fre- quently seen, lending a graceful silhouette.
Billie Dove, who may always be relied upon to appear in the very newest of fashion's favourites, is Been wearing a now, costume that boasts many of the new pointe. It is of black, simply made, with long sleeves and a. slight flare at the hemline. A grey for scarf and
I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO GROWL- WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
WEARIN' SUCH. SHORT SKIRTS? YOU OUGHT TO
BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.
tiny toque with feathers help to add to the effect of extreme chic. Miss Dove is seen in the First Na- tional picture, "The Stolen Bride."
Picture Hat made of silk erinoline with georgette under- brim trimmed with shot silk faille ribbon and Georgette Rose, by Reslaw, London.
Dainty Hat made of Pedaline straw trimmed with posy of flowers, also by Reslaw, Lon- don.
FEMININE WILES.
Women in the Business World.
The Sports Theme Manages to
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Maintain Place of First Importance, Coats Accompany Many Costumes,
Although there is a distinct ten- dency to follow a decidedly femini ine line of softness and pleasing fullness, there is by no means an absence of sports feeling in the Winter mode. In fact, the sports; theme is seen in a place of first im- portance in many of the Paris, openings.
Naturally the clothes that are sports must possess sports silhou worn while participating in active ettes and comfort giving lines as well as a chic that often goes with this type of costume. However, even in frocks that are not design- ed primarily for sports, the sports theme is noted.
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HORIZONTAL 1-To bring before
the mind 9-Domestic animal 10-A wind-instrument
(pl.)
12-A depras (abbr) 13-Exclamation
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HORIZONTAL (ConL) VERTICAL (Cent)
40-A gamin 41-Steamship (abbr) 42-Powder-cavity of a
fiint-tock
143-To rush bandlong
46 Ta complete 140-To draw along
expressing surprise 48-Notions
14-Depressed
16-Large body of water (abbr.)
.
17-Compass point
(abbr.)
19-Protection for dress 20-A fish
21-Dry talk 23-An English admirali 25-Traveling burglar 26-Discoverer of N.
magnetic pole
27-A metal 30-indolent
23-The great artery
35-A shade troo
36-In ne manner
37-High winds
50-Growing or
attached to something
VERTICAL
1-One-fourth of an
kors (abke.) 2-An aga 3-Exclamation of Impatience
To cut and gather
grain
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-A hard black wood 7-At once
8-Topographical
Engineer (abbr.)
-Celerity of
movement
11-Saturates 12-inhabitants of in
anolent empire of 8. W. Aufa 16-Slowly Increasing
In loudnek 18-Unit of work 20-Twelve dozen
(abbr.)
22-CALOO
24-A scented raot 28-To
perch upon 20-A worthless teaving 31-Department (abbr.)
22-Guldka
34-Afresh 35-Off
38-Qirl's name 39-0lscoverer of
Graanland
42-Tablet
44-Writing Implement
47-Egyptian aun-god 49-Upen
SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSSWORD PUZZLES - Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. There will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in wrn to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both.
(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
The sweater costume which was so important during Summer months seems to have held over Its popularity into Winter weather. The horizontal stripes that make it is perfectly legitimate for her to gay the sweater are again being put all the frills on, and look as featured in jumpers of smart a fluffy as she can, pearances,
The charming that touches of womankind in attracting are pleated and possess belta and
Cashmere skirts
gether.
Attracting Business,
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ties of a contrasting colour form men are thus put to a right use, and she also thought that it chic parts of the sweater outfit brought something beautiful into The tuck-in blouse type prevails in business which is too drab alto- many instances and is worn with jersey or dull silk skirts. A cardí gan jacket the same colour as the skirt, but contrasted with the blouse forms a smart sports ensem- If a bright georgette frock, with ble.
its bewitching shoulder flower in The sports costumes in general softest pastel tints, and a perman- possess a belted silhouette, with a ent wave, are going to attract more defined hip line and a waist line business than the severe blue coat placed moderately low. Many and skirt and stiff shirt blouse, sports frocks in two-piece composi- with its accompanying, mannish hat tions with belted jumpers and and plain hair bob, she would be a ed. They pleated skirts are being shown.
would recognise that bad business woman if she ad-young women were in their office Sports jumpers in plain jerseys, hered slavishly to the first method for business purposes only, novelty woollens and angora fer- women adopted in breaking through they should not pay any attention and seys, All colours and colour com- man's domain. binations are used, with black being Another woman had no time for less, of course, they were untidy, to the way the girls dressed-un- particularly effective.
such nonsense. Business is busi- which would give the office a name
THE INTERNATIONAL STRINGATE
on-
Mary Astor is seen wearing an ness. She could not understand for. slovenliness. An appeal for interesting sports costume in the how any sensible woman would the feelings of the girls who loved First National film "No Place to want to bring feminine wiles into beautiful things, and who might Go." It possesses a grey silk skirt the business world. If a man and blouse boasting a Tuxedo sensible, he will do his business ed charming meanwhile, who met 13 work better if they knew they look- front. It is occompanied by a with women because they are the by the sharp retort that business sleeveless jersey sweater of car-best to deal with, and he will not progressed best when it was dinal shade. Cardinal binding is give a thought to whether a tirely de-sexed-this latter being used on collar and cuffs.
woman is pretty or not. What he an ugly word much on the lips of wante la brains, not wiles, in busi- leading militants among the femin- ness hours. If a woman can show ists to-day. Leave sex and beauty recently met in California, as re-that she is competent to do busi out the question, for these things presentatives of the 45,000 mem-ness, what more can a man want? must be entirely eliminated from bers of the Federated Business and If business men know when they modern business. That being so, Professional Women's Clubs of were best off, they would not give she could not see any use in dis America, showed their interest in a thought to how their clerks look-cussing the question any further. the question whether women make
the clothes or whether clothes make the woman.
'Business'
women are out after business, said one woman, and therefore they have no right to leave unturned one stone that might show success beneath It Since success is largely a question of personality, of "putting it over," woman have to consider every me Actually, it is a foregone conclu- thod of making their personality at- sion. The, girl with a flair or tractive, and that is all there is to dreas will dress charmingly: the it. She thought if a woman sate girl who does not know how to herself out deliberately to minke dress will dress dowdily. But even herself look so sweetly appealing foregone conclusions are discussed that men will "Tall for it," and do at times, and it was only to be ex- business with her because they. pected that the 5,000 women who like the feminine touch in business,
BRINGING UP FATHER.
THERE'S NO USE TALKIN' TO HER-1'LL TELL HER MOTHER AT LEAST SHE HAS A LITTLE SENSE-
PEPS
Stop The Worst COUGH,COLD or CHILL
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME. ONE TELLME I CAN'T GO AROUND THIS HOUSE
IN MY UNDERSHIRT-.
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