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MACH one of the Famous Forts determines to be

the super-best-dressed, the Queen, of Queens of Clothes. They split

greatest up the Parisian dressmakers between them. and the dressmakers make fashions for the rival feudists. The way the styles have gone flamboyant this sea- son may be traced back to the will of these members of the Famous Forty to outdo some rival!

This is the way a new style really gets a start. in life dressmakers of high society

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*The single frock with a wide skirt that is shorter than other skirts will put you in the

bandwagon of the latest styles.

This kind of frock is a problem when it has to be worn with a wap, because requires a parti- cular kind of wrap; but alone, for warm weather, it offers Do PTO- ⚫blems at all.

There is the dress with the spiral skirt, which is another type that is new in fashion feeling and which you can ro in for as a solitary garment if you want tỗ.

Printed dresses are big Items in separate dress styles, Printed dresses are also dangerous, if you care anything about distinction. The dress that you wear to an office, or in from the suburbs. shouldn't be a bit print. if you want to be chic. Practical printed frocks should be chosen with small designs, tiny flowers, dots, pin checks, or, something on this order. Dresses that you wear for afternoon, to go to the movies, at the country club; and to parties in the daytime may have large,

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· Butterflies

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[HE season of butterflies is here: myriads of velvety wings fy about in our gardens. And in both China and Japan this magnificent insect is symbol for the graceful and the beautiful In both coun- tries it is associated with the woman, or, more correctly, the maid. Both are reputed to be fair and fickle, frail and frivol- ous, lighthearted and given to dreaming. To speak of the colourful attire of the girl as resembling the wings of the butterfly, or of her disposition to change lovers as parallelling the creature's flitting from flower to flower in search of·· honey, is quite the custom. The geisha girls are always referred to as butterfly, and not

only are

their hair ornaments shaped like this winged creature but their obi are tied to simulate it.

"It has no voice, the butterfly, whose dream of flowers I fain would hear." In China, the painter has ever combined the butterfly with flowers, in fact it is referred to as "the stemless flower." "It is most frequently found with the peony, but it also occurs with other flowers such as the morning-glory, the chrysanthemum, and the plum. blossom

"As the seasons change, The butterflies and flowers Combine in new brocades Which lure to dreams.”

From the earliest times legends concerning butterflies have been woven in the fabric of history and folklore of Japan.

There is the tale of Masakodo, a lord of the Taira clan, whe organis- ed a revolt against the Fugiwaras about 930 A.D. Around the palaces in far-off Kyoto áppeared clouds of butterflies, which struck terror into the hearts of the people. It was thought that these were the souls of those fated to fall in battle

.

Sometimes butterfies were look- ed upon as having unusual, powers of divination.

There is the sprightly story of

the Emperor of romantic tendez- cies, at whose gorgeous flower- gazing parties attendants would set myriads caged butterflies free. The air would be iridescent with the bright colours of their wings, then they would settle on the fairest maidens, thus making their selection for the recipients of royal favours!

Some of the most charming playa and poems are based upon the be- lief that the butterly is the spirit of a loved one-

Nadeshiko ni

Choco Shiroshi-

Tare no kon?" On the pink flower there is a white butterdy; whose spirit, I wonder?

Old Takahama lived alone in a little house near a temple grave- yard. When he lay dying a white butterfly flew into the room

and settled on his window. Three times the relatives drove it away; each time it came back. Finally i was chased out into the garden, whence it flew into the cemetery and settled on a tomb. On following they found an old stonе erected fifty years back, and bearing the name "Akiko," marking the last