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Crepe And Satin Popular
Washington.soft, graceful scarf drapes across
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The youthful Sonora de Espil, the throat in front and flares in wife of the ambassador from back to a long, double cape effect. Argentina, attended an evening re- ception in a smart tomato-red crepa Mrs. Camilo Osias, wife of the gown flecked with gold, cut long and Philippine delegate to congress, sweeping with a girdle outlined in caused gold.
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Hurry at a White House reception by wearing one of the pic- turesque gowns of her native coun- | Mrs. Harold Russek attended a try, made of coral-coloured pina dance at the Cuban embassy in a cloth with a high pleated ruff at the severely plain black crepe dress neckline. trimmed with a collar of white or- gandic fashioned in long, thin strips to resemble you feathers.
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth has an evening gown of a new fabric, "stained glass chiffon." A rich and
Mme. Osian, wife of the resident elaborate design in deep gold, blue commissioner from the Philippines, and red is worked into a black attracted much attention at a din-
chiffon background. The gown is ner dance, wearing a shimmering made simply with a short train." white satin that swirled about her coral-coloured slippers. Her long coral earrings repeated the colour note
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For public dinners Mrs. Franklin
satin made with a high neck and D. Roosevelt has a gown of mirror)
long sleeves that widen slightly above the elbow. Small triangles of Departing. from her usual blue, brilliants are set at either side of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is wear-the batteau neckline. ing a new evening gown of pale peach-coloured satin which is trim-. -Commissioner of -Immigration med with an emerald ornament. Marp Ward, of Boston, attended a She wears emerald green slippers tea here in a royal blue crepe with. with the gown and carries a tiny applique of silver cloth on the puffed bag of the same colour.
aleeves. She wore a small "bell- hop" hat of gray crepe trimmed with a small blue veil.
The slim Mme. Mosicki, wife of the secretary to the Polish embassy, wears an evening gown of shell- Mrs. Jouett Shouse, wife of the pink chiffon mude with ruffled former chairman of the national de- sleeves and trimmed with a match-mocratic committee, received at a ing velvet sash.
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Feather Fashion
A new fashion fad that has caught on in Hollywood ta the white feather "necklace," which adorns the formal afternoon or dinner frock. Hare is Jean Howard displaying the new vogue. Her necklace la mounted on a band of gleaming brilliants on a black velvet frock. Feathered cuffs match the neckline.
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For Spring
Muslin Jabots Are Important.
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This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling.
such as harbor, plow, and altho.
New suits should ruffle it with late afterno ea in her home the best this spring. A definite wearing a erely plain black part of every woman's dress allows be Mrs. Curtis Dall, daughter of the chiffon velvet gown with a spray of ance will, if she is wise, be pat| quod President, wears a dance frock of single gardenias pinned to the tangerine-coloured crepe on which alshoulder.,'.
Home-Made Cushion Covers
Important Accessories
For Spring.
NUSHIONS and their covers are
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apart for the criap pique collars and muslin jabots which will be a very important part of her outfit.
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This will be economical, too, for it will be found that last season's
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WATTEAU HATS WORN frocks respond marvellously to the
COQUETTISHLY
Multi-Coloured Berets Become Popular.
WHITE WOOD POCHETTES
treatment of this season's collar.
Most of the new jabots, of course, need a tiny stand-up collar to keep them neat. But if the dress is not made with a collar of the semi- military type, over which this can be fitted, have a narrow muslin band, fitting flat over the frock, sewn beneath the stand-up one.
important accessories in spring | The Watteau hat, tilted right This will hold the collar of the labot furnishing renewal schemes, for forward, coquettishly straight over in place, and prevent an unsightly these decorative trifles can bestow a the eyes, can efther display curls at gap from appearing between it and final note of luxury, sedate or bell-the back or a useful substitute of the dress. lant in colour as the case may be. feathers, flowers or ribbon loops if By the way, some of the flutea) The really "fussy" looking cushion curls are temporarily or perman-jabots and collars which look so at- ira out of date this season. Cushions ently absent.
tractive when they are new are apt
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are chosen for their softness, covera The "tea-tray" hats, cut perfectly to lose that crisp appearance after for their artistic charm. Squares square and with crowns so shallow washing. This it not necessarily and small pillow shapes are among that they give, set straight upon because they are badly washed, but the most popular of the newer de-the head, an effect of a tray pre-because of clumay ironing.
cariously balanced, are mostly made goffering from which will press the Frills and fringes are restrained in white pique. The borders of the frill back into its own shape may be in width. A narrow futing, plait brim are folded over in a hem.
of help in this case. or roll of the same material as the
The
Do not imagine that this sort of beret has become a hardy cover is preferred. Galloon braid annual. It is fastened down In thing looks well only on dark or piping is also used de an edging.front with a smart new pin, pulled dresses. Almost any simple colous- Cushions can be highly expensive well over to one side and made ined frock is the better for a touch of furnishing accessories. On the multi-colourings these days. It is fresh pique or muslin at the neck. other hand, the clever needlewoman, fashioned in straw, cotton or wool, The "Queen Christina" set, which with very little effort, can. create but the good old felt is still the has been inspired by the Garbo film charming and artistic cushion covers most popular.
will, however, be beat worn with a herself.
Handbags are now made in the black or dark blue frock which is white wood, bordered and absolutely plain. The wide collar fastened with gilt. They look well and long cuffs provide all the trim- with a black suit and a white and ming needed.. gold button-hole should go with The beauty of these "lingeris": them. Some of there white wood sets, of course, is that it can be pochettes are trimmed with black whipped off one in the middle of the patent; they finish a black and day and refresh your frock by white ensemble and complement a putting on another, and totally The off-the-face hat hus not dis- cap of half-white and half-black different one, in the afternoon. placed the forward tilted model petersham that generally has a from favour. "Only the very winged ornament, young," said one fashion expert the other day, "wish to display the whole of the forehead. Older} women prefer to conceal their braina-perhaps because they have! more!". However, that may be, the
Stainless steel is being increas fact remains that the over-the-eye ingly used for the kitchen and the alant is still smart and popular in|diking-table." Although expensive,
FORWARD TILTED HATS POPULAR,
Diadem Model.
Stainless Steel Used For Dining-Table.
...
these days of halo, the diadem and it lasts a lifetime. Meat dishes and the jaunty, Breton sailor. In the covers made from it give an old- evening, the diadem hat or head fashioned dignity to the table, dress certainly holds the field-and
Its success is deserved. The 'favour
ite evening coiffure of the moment
consists of a smooth plait circling This may, perhaps, sound a little the head, placad wall back form the trying to wear. In the tropics' but it forehead; immediately behind and is decidedly battering and has a {above the plait rises a diadem ur romantic air which contrasts moet
halo of metal or stiffened lams, charmingly with the cropped heads?
lof not-so-long-ago.
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HORIZONTAL
1-Dock
e-Compact 11-Novice 14-Track
15-To strike lightly
16-Point of compass
(abbr)
17-Lair
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| HORIZONTAL (Cont) ¦ VERTICAL (Gont)
{44-Gresk god of war {46-A negativa 147-The bill of a bird
{49-8mall rug 150-Bustie
61-Trap
(83-More sugary
55-The upper air
18-High School (abbr)|56-Long grisa atema
19-Paradise
20-Nickel (abbr.)
22-Fifty-one (Roman)
23-A literary
composition
24-Fancy
26-Ba in debt 28-Girl's name 20-The dead language 32-Covered the inalda
of
22-Before
84-Epoch 36-8con
VERTICAL
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2-Accumulate
3-dulce' of plants 4-Pronoun
5-Be in want
-To be upright 7-Conjunction B-Youth
9-independent laland
in Atlantic Ocean 28-Marked with a data 10-A twilled cotton 42-East indie (abbr)
43-Pronoun.
goods 1-Employ
¿13-Make zriaw
15-Each (abbr.)
21-Persis
25-Point of compass
(abbr.)
20-Unit
27-Highest nota in
Quido's scale
24-indulgent
30-Metric land measure 31-Abound
35-Wenders 38-Masning
37-Altuda
36-Restrain from
acting
39-Because 40-Finished
41-An opening Into a
house (pl.) 45-Unessked
148-Interjection Bo-consumed
182-Musioni note 54-Electrical Engineer
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The solution of the above with a new cross-word puzzle will appear in Monday's issue.
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