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A distinctively elegant afternoon frock is pictured at the left; it features hand-rolled circularly cut ruffles and a wide girdle caught in front with a rose-quartz buckle. Right is a summer ensemble; the Brinted frock hny tiers of ruffles on the skirt; the beige cropella cont of plain cut and full length; the hat is of black baku with rose aigrette and black bow
trim.
A Sermon on Cynics. Too Short Dresses. Lampshade Skirts.
[By Olive Roberts Barton.]'
The teacher asked the class if anyone knew what a cynic was.
A PROBLEM FOR DEBUTANTES,
KIND TO POOR FIGURES.
Women are adopting a lamp- Many debutanes who are to be shade silhouette for the summer.
A little Italian girl jumped up and presented at one of this season's Instead of keeping. the straight, announced promptly that it was five Courts, the first of which will "garcon," all-down-alike line for something in which to wash dishes be held on May 8, are worried by their clothes, many women are -"also da baby."
the problem of finding the ideal having afternoon frocks with a, Her answer was as good as any. court dress.
very long, low belted jumper top What is a cynic, exactly? He will Mins Doris Jack, daughter of and a close pleated "lampshade” give a definition of himself that Mr. Richard Jack, the artist, and skirt. goes something like this: "I am to a Daily Mail reporter:
The effect of the new modo is a cynic because I think for myself
exactly that of a tall lampstand There is no doubt that many with the shade slipped down to and do not neeept the views or court dresses make it difficult for the. foot instead of being at the practices of other people."
the debutante to curtsey. If the top of it. This effect is heighten-| dress is short, the curtsey is ugly ed by the fact that this type of while, if it is long, it hampers dress is invariably made from twn movement and is not fashionable. sorts of stuff, plain and otherwise." Lears down without building The curtsey one has to make is An afternoon frock with a long He criticises but offers no very low, and it is not easy to find jumper bodice of platinum-grey remedy."
a perfect dress. I think, however, plain material, fastened with
His neighbours' definition would likely be "A cynic is a person who believes in nobody. He
up.
Recently I had a letter from a Ma who prides himself upon | being a cynic. He is no more a cynic than 1 am, but because he sees so many things-to be set right and feels the futility of doing much
single-handed, he hast become disgruntled and bil: pessimistic.
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We all do that,more or less, but I have known him from boyhood and a finer man never lived. It anuses me to hear him call him self a cynic-and with a fair amount of pride at that. He re- marks that it is the eynies who are making all the progress in the world..
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It is too big a subject for this space, but at least there is room for me to give my définition: cynic. is one who has lost all faith Hi everybody and everything.
Never admit yourself a cynic.i It is a terrible, confession. It is better to try to have faith in people) and what they do. Things may not suit you. They may appear raw and common and contrary to your cathetic sense of rightness. But the huge forces of what the mass of people. are thinking and) doing are the stuff that life is made of.
No really great man ever hai been a cynic at heart.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
GEE! MI FELLASUL NEVER GUESS IN A MILLION YEARS WINO'S COMIN' TO OUR HOUSETM WAITIL I TELL 'EM ---THEY'LL
BE SURPRISED TO HEAR
I AWE AN UNCLE
HARRY!
Very Distinctive.
An embroidered motif on a blue felt at repeated on the. collar of the blue coat is a new whim.
CANT GUESS WHO'S COMIN' TO
OUR HOUSE IN A COUPLE DAYS?
groups of silver buttons; had a closely knife-pleated skirt of figured silk in dull, rich, tones of blue, rose, green, and brown. Another model showed a bodice of plain brown stuff with a skirt of deep apricot taffeta, scalloped at the hem, where it was bound with some sort of gaton and edged with big, brown-coloured bends, which further emphasised the lamp- shade effect.
There is quaint originality about this new silhouette which makes it. a distinct change from recent fashions, and it has a great advan- Lage over some "lines" since it enables many women with "awkward" figures to follow the new mode.
that dresses can be designed which are really short but look long owing to the ingenious arrange- ment of graceful chiffons and draperies. There are many dresses, which allow perfect free- dom of movement while losing nothing in grace of line.
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