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WOOLLY SUITS THREE PIECES EVENING AND AFTERNOON DRESSES. DAINTY NOVELTIES. ⚫EVERSMART MANICURE COMPACTS.

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FALL FABRICS LEND VARIETY TO THE MODE.

New Materials Appear in Novelty Weaves and Colours; Designs Are in the Main Simple.

NEW EVENING DRESSES.

The Uneven Hemline Is Emphasized

· in Many of the Formal Gowns -Side Panels Are Used,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1927.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This gross-word puzzle has been made by an export but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.) ...

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The collection of materials that naturally have such a great bearing on the Winter modes are noted this

Yola d'Avril, appearing in First season for their variety. There are National's "Valley of the Glants," all sorts of materials that have brings a Parisian flavour to all her never appeared before and they clothes. She is seen wearing a new take a place of importance along sports coat which combines new with fabrics of old charm.

Many Ideas with new designs. The colour combination and even the pattern suggesting rainbow effects are of futuristic nature. It possesses a smart collar of platinum fox.

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of the weaves make fabrics appear new when in reality they are sim ply different in their surfaces.

FASHIONS FROM PARIS.

Some of the new dresses in Paris show yoke effects on the blouse or skirt, or on both. One smart model developed in a featherweight gray mixture, with almost invisi

One of the most important fer- tures of the Winter mode is express- ed in the evening gowns possessing The line may uneven hemlines.,

vary in its means of producing an uneven effect. It may be obtained by a flare that is longer at the sides, front or back, Panels of longer lengths may be the means of Introducing the broken hemline. Scallops of all sorts of varying sizes may be introduced. It mat- tera but little. The point in obtain- ing a smart silhouette for the formal gown is in having its hem-

line uneven.

'Dorothy Mackaill, whose newest First National motion picture, "The Crystal Cup," permits her a very wears several varied wardrobe, charming expressions of the new

Chlef among materials that are really new are the transparent vel- veta. These transparent velvets lend themselves with perfect effec- tiveness to the creation of evening gowns of distinction. The present made stresses the formal note in evening gowns and so the new vel- vets help materially in lending this idea of formal appeal.

They are splendid examples of perfect weav ing and possess great beauty and richness-particularly in black, although they are seen in all colours from the pastels and whiteg ble flecks of red, had inverted box mode. Included among them is an to rich autumn shades.

pleats in the skirt coming from evening dress which stresses un- It is of shaded Velours woven in new ways also under a yoke. The blouse, per- even hemlines. make their appearance with much fectly plain except for a straight- chiffon in interesting scalloped appeal. They are of a heavier line yoke in front, owed its chic to flounces forming side panels that a wide belt of dark red suede with give a longer line at each side. body than the transparent velvets ornamental buckle. The coat to be The foundation is of satin and pos and are very smart in the printed worn over this dress was of a gray sesses an extremely simple bodice. effects. Prints in general run to mixture, similar in tone to dress, Flowers in # colourful spray smaller designs. Cut velvets, too, but heavier as to weight. A red effect are used from the shoulders come in this collection and areauede flower repeated on the coat right down midway, to the knees of bound to be much used in a season lapel the note of colour in the the skirt.. that pays attention to velvets for dress. both daytime and formal appear- ances.

HORIZONTAL

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get rid of the cat? 3-To leave off

What Island was

the place of Napoleon's first exiin?

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HORIZONTAL (Cont.)

VERTICAL (Cont.)

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British ship

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Washington?

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(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)

A GLOOMY ROOM.

It needs a flash of imagination to make a cheerful room of one with a dull aspect, yet it has just been done. The formal note is stressed in In addition to the lightweight most of the newer evening gowns.

It was a told room, gaunt, and woollens mentioned, there is a Simplicity is still to be desired, but

dour-a gloomy habitation! There are many other velvets that woollen jersey, but so different it must be combined with a formal Square and lofty it loomed, having appear to advantage. These in from the oldtime jerseys that effect in order to achieve distinc-a deep, dark recess on either side clude velvets on metal, on gauze, one 18 tempted to label it tion in the new mode. There is

of its window. Here always the on crepe and on georgette crepe. Moiré and corduroy velvets, too, are

́ery sunlit room. found in the fall mode.

* new fabric, It appears in variety of materials usedvelvets Q great variety of weights, of a sheerness that is new and very weaves and patterns. Sometimes popular being much seen. Brocad-

shadows lurked. Now it is a flow-

formation. It has a soft, pale yel- A wall-paper began the trans- it has a very sleek and finished look, ed chiffons, metal brocades, lames low background. like the inside of Crepes and wool jerseys in new weaves are also much in the fore- again it has a brushed appearance. and chiffon being seen in models of a banana skin; and a border of ap-j

dia appealing formality. ground. Kasha weaves with dia- There are herringbone and gonal threads is very smart in the sonal weaves, there are shell-like Colours allow a wide range. around above the skirting board. parently growing flowers runs

sport and street materials.

sonal weaves in general are much

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All the flowers have intervals been "planted" where, one would

Dla patterns, there are interwoven silk Black is of course very much in the fo each corner, and at

threads or lines of gold and silver fore, especially in the sheer round the wails, spring up "grew-wish them frankly wavy or zigzag, and there georgette velvets, but other fabrics are stripes of different tones of the are worn in almost all colours. same colour,

used in the woollen materials, Kosha lame is a new fabric that is used for street costumes. Jersey In a fine ribbed weave of goat's hair and artificial silk is also seen.

Mixed woollens are treated in a

past seasons. Cheviot weaves in

There are self-tone lines that are

Another detail which is expected to develop into a vogue is the

of

been a tendency to drape the waist decidedly different, manner from separate blouse which will form line for afternoon and evening, and i part of the winter ensemble. So to do away with the narrow, tailor- tiny patterned designs are much in

many seasons have passed since this very practical and charming been ite marking point for so long. evidence. Woollen lames are much item of woman's toilette has been

ed straight-around belt which has

used, too. Smooth and lustrous really in fashion, it is high time

Shoulder lines also, if they surfaces are a feature of many of that it returned. Separate blouses late

continue to follow. those the new fabrica. Rough surfaces

Summer will be more In the jersey fabrics, in contrast to great París couturiers at her mid- very much less the squared lines of lamé were featured by one of the rounded and feminine and smooth surfaced woollen fabrics are a feature of the fall fabrics.

Silks present much the same ap- pearance with different weights and weaves giving them their appeal..

Lames in all weights, designs and colours are the choice for evening. The newer lames appear as light and transparent as gauze and the weaves are so supple that the de-

season showings and these were which ape those of the tailor's dum- the forerunners of the blouse in

other, and probably more utili-1 my. tarlan materials.

What will prove to be the fore- most The waistline, which has been mystery: More than likely there colour scheme is another

very temperamental for some time, will be many smart colours from is, as yet an uncertain detail al- which women will choose the most though one of greatest importance becoming. We have had so much. It may go up. It may go down. It red and blue that it is quite pos may disappear, but this last is im-sible these two shades will be put probable. Very lately there has away for the Winter at least.

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