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Oh! There's a Rumor of Lone Skirts
Paris.
Dearest Sister:
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T la always a pleasure to write you,
tor you are so appreciative. I
know the smallAat bit of fashion
news will throw you into a terror of
excitement and that is why I cherish
them for you.
The greatest question beyond a
doubt it that of the silhouette. Will it
change, will it be singular or plural In
number? Almost all the bouses that
have shown new things lately are favor-
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MIm Beolah Baker, a 15-year-old girl of Allston, Mass, Is here seen
performing a feat with aa ease and wllhoat strain which pussies all of
ber physical Instractora,
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ing tiie longer skirt, which after all
does not make the skirt actually long,
only by comparison with what we
have been experiencing lately. And
most of the houses favor more width.
Some do it with a circular cut, others
with a full tunic oversklrt that still
leaves the underskirt narrow at the
feet. There is a gentle slope from
shoulders to hem. The walntllne con
tinues to be placed low and the hip
sash is receiving attention by more
than one cotitourler.
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Sleeves remain short, with a tend
ency to the three-quarter rather than
the extreme shoulder-cap length, nat
ural enough with the new length and
fullness of skirts. They are cut bell
shape, as a rule.
Perhaps one of the. most striking
things about the new clothes is the in
creasing tendency to give up embroid
ery, and consequently the almost se
vere look to many of the new frocks.
Probably thla is because of the fas
cinating new materials now arriving
from the looms of those wisards which
only France produces. On goes
clothed in homespun now for the day
time frock, woolen home-spun for the
talieur, cotton for the sports frock and
silk homespun for either or for the
semi-costume. The rough material
naturally are not made tor embroid
ery, else why waste all the time it
must take to get that odd, irregular
weave that in some of the cottons and
silks I as fine aa batiste in one place
and aa heavy aa crash in another?
Extreme Simplicity.
I doubt It you have noticed In your
own shops this vogue tor extreme sim
plicity of cut and lack of trimming
that is beginning to rumble like a sen
sational fashion storm on the Paris
horlson. I hear that one house, ex
clusive of the exclusive, is making al
most a trademark of Its trimmlnslcss
productions. After the profligate use
of embroidery, such a thing as m plain
white velvet frock with nothing to
recommend it but its own lustrous ma
terial, 1 certainly a relief,
I know I
am going to like the new trimming-
less mode.
I am terribly interested In the small
Menu Possibilities
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AE inexpensive can of baked
beans, put up by any of the re
liable firms, has much to recom
mend it It Is true that generally the
tiny piece of pork that accompanies the
beans la so diminutive that it takes
considerable searching to find it ; still
the flavor and consistency of the beans
are very good and they require so lit
tle time to reheat that they are a boon
to the busy housekeeper who wants a
substantial meal at short notice.
As a rule, the ones put up in tomato
sauce are to be preferred and If the
housewife will spend a few moments
in their preparation after they are
taken from the can a very good substi
tute for the real home-baked beans can
be obtained.
Take the beans carefully from the
can, turn into a brown-glaxed baking
dish and lay over the top rashers of
separate jackets that are being shown
here by almost ail the houses that ca
ter to the tailored type of woman. They
are quite trig and top off a whol
frock of contrasting material, such as
white canton crepe with the jacket of
navy serge or again homespun.
Ribbon Streamers.
There Is a charming Directolre trend
to hats that argues for a picturesque
season, little high-crowned ribbon
trimmed models with streamers falling
'over one shoulder, or hats on the poke
variety, shorter of brim In the ba-k
than in the front. Ribbon supplants
flowers In milady's fancy, new milli
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thinly sliced bacon. Set the dish In a
hot oven and cook until the bacon la
crisp. Serve with hot Boston, brown
bread. . ,
If any of the beans are left over
they will make either a delicious soup
or salad ; while baked bean sandwiches
are just the thing to add to the lunch-
box when a hearty noonday meal is
desired.
Baked Bean Salad.
Mix together one cupful of baked
beans, one cupful of chopped celery,
three tablespoontul of chopped green
tomato pickle and half a cupful of
shredded lettuce. Moisten with a
French dressing, to which a pinch of
curry powder has been added and serve
in lettuc Cup.
Baked Bean Soap.
Place in a saucepan one cupful and
a half of baked beans and add two cup-
nery. Right now on the boulevards
one see lovely little draped berets
and turbans of crept de chine or the
heavier Moroccan crepe.
I firmly believe that color can do
more to set the date of a frock than
anything else. If you have been hank
ing for a gray gown, wait and find one
of the newest putty-beiges which are
ever so much better now than the sil
ver gray. You see It is so easy to copy
the squirrel gray In cheaper materials,
but only the connoisseur knows how
to manage the more subtle gray with
its castor shadings. Your own,
DENISB.
I'oior and character is atle as4 to faidnoe women to toy ton A
f the hrleht colon ot forth for thii Sprlnf.
Smartly written cards with elerer wordlnj la respect to certaia M
colors for different types appealed to a rronpf well-dressed womea aj
who were enjoylnf the Idea of seeing their ewa particular type belaf aj
salted with the correct new shade for now.
For the strong character were the new hewflderteg colon with H
dashing hrtlliancy. For the ladeflnlto character waa d&played grays, 11
aiaares and so on. M
The warn, lmpilsire natures will be attracted to warmer twtoiK, U
aew attractlre nds, while Idealism will tarn to hlae. M
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tali of water, two eupfuls of stewed
ind leuontd tomatoes, half a bay leaf,
in cupful of diced oelery and en
imall onion, stuck with thre whol
More. 81mmr for on hour, strain
add seasoning to tast and thicken
lightly with a scant tables poonful of
browned flour, blended with two table
spoonfuls of bacon fat. Serve as soon
as it rebolla, after the flour Is added.
Baked Bean Sandwiches,
Mil together on cupful of baked
beans, thre slices of minced cooked
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bacon, on chopped dfll ptckl and half
a cupful of shredded romata., Blend
with a Busslan dressing and no aa a
filling between buttered alkses of Boa- 1
ton brown bread.
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Washing Lae Csrtain.
Before washing av lae emtataa,
calico or anything containing draa j
Ins. oak over night In water to which;
a packet of salt baa been added, Tbx ;
takes out all the Urn and Sana
annoyance and labor.
la slvpl yet effective design.
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