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Show TROUSSEAU SHOPPING QATHERINO a trousseau together Is a fascinating, though a somewhat some-what fatiguing, task. The sensible prospective bride decides before she begins her shopping Just how much be intends to spend on her trousseau and how much more she can spend If the is sorely tempted and she does not buy nearly as many things nowadays nowa-days as In the past, because fashions change so quickly. She spends a generous amount on her woddlng gown, and if she changes Into a "going away gown" after the ceremony and reception, that also Is often rather elaborate, for the custom cus-tom of going to a hotel for a day or two before the honeymoon trip has brought about a change The going wa7 costumo is generally a handsome three piece affair In moire, charmeuse or taffeta instead of the severely tailored tailor-ed frock for traveling, which also figures Importantly In the trousseau. One or two handsome evening frocks and three simple ones aro quite enough for the average bride, and for one of ! these a white lace is a sensible choice. J Tim was when brides brought as their , dower large chests filled to overflowing with mounds of snowy linen and lln-gerte, lln-gerte, but not nowadays. It Is no longer expedient or necessary. On Frencr night robes there Is a t tnall loop uttonholed. through which the ribbon is drawn and tied. This 1 Ave the tone of sewing on the bow. 1 |