FF dame dam smiles e fashion 1 bygrace by grace jewett austin did you ever study a greek statue of a woman and notice how the beautiful olds folds of the skirt go rippling down to tier ocr feet the greeks greek gained those folds by using f plenty of ma terdal and giving it very bitti iitti lit tl re so po that the folds fell in natural fashion the sculptors caught the spirit of this artistic drapery grace J austin and that hat Is the ren rea sun son the whole hole world still goes to school to the greek sculptor for studies of beautiful women now that the clouds of discussion and questioning are clearing away a bit from the new styles dame fashion wonders if f ninny many are not noticing that often and again there are dresses dressea that have hare the true trite beauty of the clas sic ale greek soft Is the word tor for materials te rials even when they are of the substance of tweed for rough service aery those who shrieked a few months month ngo go that hoops and buttles and all sorts aorta of monstrosities were scheduled to return mistook the spirit of the time probably never since the days of the greeks were there so many genuine worshipers of beauty and so many who have given ghen it a lifes ardent study as at the present day and these theae cau can be trusted not to make distortions out of women and girls lf if there Is one characteristic more notable than another this season it la Is rippling folds one may see them on the front of pretty blouses to te be worn with tailored suits capes fall in folds by the very nature of their form even the hats get a touch of the dropping sides or the fluttering little black yells volla that soften some of the brims and as for the hair modest modes I 1 well statuesque Is the only word there may be a place aboard a yacht tor for breeze blown locks although dauie dame fashion almost doubts even that but if you have a classic marble bust in your horne homo or in some col collection lechon con for you to examine just go 90 and study it and then do likewise and you will be a modern of the moderns these thele light little hats hate with their lacelike lac ellke fragility in appearance and yet often with astonishingly good wearing qualities are proving becoming to their wearers bearers wear ers A young women entered a room the other evening wearing such a hat bat and for abe inori dame fashion took tier tor for a college girl then she realized that this was really the mother of a husky six foot son the caressing quality of these down dropping side hats still impresses one with the feeling that they are warmhearted warm hearted affectionate hats lu in spite of their fairylike lightness it was only recently that dame fashion ran across a lengthy story of the way queens and their ladles in waiting of centuries gone e by used to toll upon the elaborate embroidery for the gowns and other articles of 0 wea ing apparel indeed a shawl brought from norway was lately shown to her that was rich and bril llant liand hand embroidered flowers but the twentieth century la is too busy for such toll there to la too much to read too many wonderful places to visit ewt altogether too much to be seen and heard yet the century Is so clever that the happy cheerful effects of embroidered work are gained with great swiftness A pretty woman wearing one of the gay printed silks aglow with flowers Is just as lovely as though she hod had spent a thousand hours bouts in embroidering embroider ing fo no 30 western newspaper onion