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THE CHIC OF BLACK.

THE FLARE EVENING DRESS.

MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1928.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harber, plow, and altho!)

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HANSON SKEY,

The Afternoon Mode Illustrates the

Importance of Black in its

Frocks of Smart Details.

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Many of the Newest Gowns Show Paris Inspiration in Circular

Effects, Side Drapes and Pleatles.

The evening dress again takes up the flared movement. Chiffons, the flare to gain attention. There tulles, georgette "crepes and laces are many types, of evening gowns to are particularly effective in this beguile feminine shoppers, and type of evening gown.

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The chic of black for afternoons has been illustrated time and again in the frocks that have come to us

standing in an important place is Jane Winton, seen in First Na- via Paris. There are no amarter the sheer evening gown that pos- tional's "The Poor Nut," wears an ecatures for the daytime sesses a flare. The flared evening evening gown that emphasises the

than

of black in dress is by no means new. It has flared feeling most successfully. had its day, but that day appears to Its bodice is fitted and brightly have a revived interest. As long as studded with sequins, pearls and clothes travel in a cycle they are bright jewels. The skirt, of tulle bound to return in the newest over a silver slip, is longer on each

side and flares smartly. modes.

those

satin, velvet and even wool crepes. Black as a inatter of fact is again ranking first in smart ap pearances for almost all occasions including the very formal func- tions in the evening, But it is in the afternoon that it gains its greatest distinction.

past.

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ANKLE BEAUTY,

How They Are Kept Slim,

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

made with a proper curve so htat the ankle is really fitted into it. A straight up and down stocking will destroy the contour of almost any ankle, while a gracefully curved stocking is far kinder. It is an to education in beauty culture watch a New York woman, or girl buying silk stockings... Not only the shade but the shape must be just right. Very often she will not purchase until she has tried on the pair she wants.

But while the stocking helps it does not reduce a thick ankle, sa Mrs. New York goes down to first principles when she sees a slight thickening of her ankle.

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Special Treatments.

The silhouette that will appear chic these fall and winter evenings must show a flare. The circular skirt, over tunics, side drapes, pleatings, uneven hemlines and numerous other means of introduc- The use of two aides of satin-ing a flare all show that the flat the dull and the glossy-is again silhouette is relegated to a season

York City. New York New women, intent on keeping youthful, obtaining smart results and is moat

The waistline, of course, plays realise that it is not enough to have effective in the afternoon costumes an important part in all seasons.a firm face and a lithe figure. of black that make use of crepe It seldom remains in one place. Some attention must be paid to the satio.

enough to establish any ankle so mercilessly exposed to claims to permanence. The very criticism by the short skirts of the Black may frequently be seen re-low waistline is no longer smart. moment. lieved by touches of colour. Belts but in its place has come the near- And the ankle is a problem, for est approach to a normal waist-in thick ankle in a nude stocking in bright shades ar.. often a colour line that has been seen in a long takes away the patiently achieved tal accessry as are collars, buckles time. It may be used with a plain effect or alimness through diet and

There are beauty specialists who will give half-hour ankle ́ ́trent- or floral decorations and in the bodice, a loose waist that puffs exercise.

Įments, including the masssage and tailored mode, the

So the New York ankle gets buttons may over the waistline, or one that per-

If she has a mald she takes an hot salt sack, mits a smart draping.

And they usually There special attention. bring the contrast in colour.

ankle treatment each day. After suggest, and teach, a few ankle The hipline varies. In some in-ankle-reducing creams. Draped effects are particularly stances it is shaped to outline the are

a scorching hot salts bath, or after exercises. Rising on the toes is ankle corsets. There good in black. The full pleated figure, while in others it has ankle exercises and masseuses who soaking the feet and ankles in very excellent for dabby, thick ankles, thick hot water in which a quarter of a and twisting the foot round and skirt that is so.often used in the straight lines from the waist and concentrate on fining the new dresses falls with special grace develops a flared effect in the skirt ankle to dainty trimness. This pound of Epsom salts has been round with the hand is also good.

Naturally, aome ankles takes time and patience, but it can poured, her maid puts the "electric in the lustrous black satins. The below the hipa.

masseuse," which is kept in the thicker than others, have always Uneven lines about the hem are be done, and certainly one sees uneven hemline featured in both extremely smart.

Ibeen thick since childhood; but The skirt may more neat ankles in New York than bathroom, to work. silk and velvet appears to advantage be longer on one side, or on both, elsewhere.

due This may be

After the massage the little most American women are small in the newer frocks of black.

the boned, with small wrists and in front or in back. It matters lit-partly to the care with which a rubber corset is fitted over Loretta Young, seen in the First tle, as long as the hem be uneven. smart New York woman selects ankle and the New York woman ankles, and they know quite well National motion picture, 'Her Wild The tunic may be the means of in-her stockings. She does not does not just go In 'and buy rubber that the thickening in their case Oat," has several charming frocks troducing this point at any given choose the more flamboyant nude ankle corsets of a Leauty specialist, comes with increasing years, in- Sa, Wyndham Street. Tel. C. 22. of black that are worn in the after place, too, and hang below the na- shades, that flesh which is a trifle She has them made for her ankles dolence, and over-indulgence in

noons. The slim lines of one are tural hemline.

too pink, that beige a trifle too according to measurement. These acidity-producing foods. Hence the Ship Chandlers.

relieved by an apron effect in Skirts in general are creeping yellow. She knows that the softer she will wear for several hours frantic efforts to keep the ankles are more becoming during the day, as they are so well slim and young, and in accord front with scalloped edges. The down a bit, and when the occasion nude shades two sides of the skirts are uneven, demanda they may be really long to the ankle and that light and made now that they are not visible with the slender, graceful figure otherwise there is a plaintess and and emphasise a robe de style. dark gun-metals are even more under a stocking. After the ankle and the firm, fresh face-lest corsets are removed, the ankles they should give the game away. simplicity about the frock that are The sheer fabrics that fall in slimming, its outstanding features,

very carefully must again be bathed and rubbed. -Mary Ryan In the "Daily Mail,”

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